The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-22
AN Inpor1nnt stale Paper.
Extracts from II.e Documenr

Extracts from IIe Document
We had intended 10 publish Gov
ernor Osborne message to the Leg
islatnre in full in an "extra" bu
neglected the matter till too late
The message is a long one, and We
must content oursclf with some ex
tracts of the moro important por
lions of the document.
The Governor opens his message
by an allnsion 10 the eyentful record
of The year just passed-notices oul
rapid growth. The disasters which
set in July, bad brought disasters
as uneXampled as our prosperity
had been. 70 repair the ihjurie:
Of disasters will require exemplary
patience and persevering industry
lie believes the brave hearts and
strong arms OF our people viii
however, overcome the severity o.
the disaster which has befallen us
lie notices the crop failures, and tho
extent of injury done. Gives some
figures, which have heretofore been
made public in various shapes
Thanks those who have so gener.
ously contributed TO aid our suffer
ers, and urges the legislature to dc
something more.
AGRIcULTCRE AND MANUFACTURES
Deplorable as is the condition oil
affairs which have thus pictured,
appealing loudly 10 the sympathy
and benevolence of the philanthro-
pic everywhere, still, as state, we
are not without occasion for hearty
coDgIatulRtion. Kansas has passed
that stage when calamity, even as
severe as that of last summer, can
seriously, much less permanently,
impair her growth and progress.
None have stronger faith in her fu.
ture than those who have suffered
the most keenly from the recent ex-
ceptional disaster.
When we come 10 consider the
statistics concerning the material
development of the state, we are at
once brought 10 the conclusion, not
only that our present condition is
far from being remedies, but that
misfortunes must be much more
widespread in their extent and fat
ri III their results to seriously re-
lard the steady aggregate increase
IN the leading features OF our agTi-
cultural and industrial growth. 1t
may not be thought out of place in
this connection, 10 call attention to
a few noticeable figures taken from
The official reports in the agriculture
department.
The aggregate acreage embraced
within the organized counties of the
state is 35, 7J0,400. Number of acres
at present subject to taxation, &c.
99G,74G. Number of acres cultivat-
ed, 1869, 7G9. The increase of cult
waited acres from 1873 to 1874 was
705,S72, or 20 so per cent. A SINH
lar increase is to be noted in diary
ard other products. The establish
ments fo~ the manufacture OF cheese
increased from s, in 1873, to 10 in
1874; the capital invested, from
S9,Sl0.00 to $jG,3I3.00; the a2@re-
gate production in factories and
families, from 295,094 pounds in
1873, to 430, SAG pounds in 1874. The
increase in manufactured butter
during the year was 6i2,4l7 pounds.
The number of bushels OF castor
beans raised in 1873 was 50, 435 the
increase in 1874 was 100 per cent.
The number of bushels OF flax seed
produced in 1873 was G3, 4S7 =; the in
crease in 1874 was 275 per cent. OF
hemp, the production of 1873 was
40, 30l pounds; The increase for
1874 was 60 per cent. The follow
ing figures, from the same same
source, afford some Indications of
the progress which is being made
in manufacturing enterprises