The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-08
FROM LABErTE COUNTY.
EDOIIIics-The Centen ninI-The
Farmers and Their Crops.

RDOII1ics-The Centen IA iaI-I'he
Farmers and Their Crops.
PARSONS, KANSAS, Oct. 3, 1879.
EDIToRs News We had work
ingman's convention at Parsons the
other week, which put full ticket
in the field for county officers and
endorsed McGill for representative.
Only think of it'll McGir a working
man. Did ever a convention do so
absurd thing. Well, if he gets the
republican nomination (and he un-
doubleday wilD he will will walk
over the track at his leisure. The
workingmaD's convention was own
ed and controlled by the Democrats
and in their interest. So far as i
can learn all their nominations were
either democrats or former boiling
republicans. Things are getting
lively and the candidates (and they
arc legion) are the most pleasant
and affable set of men you ever met
you understand.
Last week we had a county Sun
day school convention, and an ag-
ricultural horse trot.
We organized centennial board
lately, after which the board held a
meeting and appointed ali the COM
mittees required by the conetitu-
ton. eve go by the constitutional
We resolved that Labette county
was the banner county of the State
for fruit, great yield of wheat, oats
and corn, and had more and better
coal, more great men and women
than any other county extent. To
make these facts clear to the work
ers we elected L. Nj. Caveness
president of the board, with leave
to attend the centennial exhibition at
Philadelphia, at his own expense,
and lay the evidence OF our great
ness before the assembled nations
of the world. IL the business is too
heavy for him the writer will share
il with him.
Our farmers are now engaged in
threshing their wheat and sowing
for another year. In few days the
bulk of the old crop will be in the
bin and the bulk of the new crop
will be in the ground. The yield
of wheat and oats is good but con-
siderably damaged With rain. The
corn is very heavy aud is all out OF
the way OF frost, M frost as yet.
Farmers are late sowing their wheat
owing TO the difficulty i'll saving
the old crop from wet and the Inn
mense growth of weeds which
makes extra labor in preparing the
ground aud sowing the grain. Our
farmers have found that the only
plow that will efIecIuahy bury the
wild sunflower and other rank
weeds ia the ihree-horsc riding
pillow. They bury every thing oui
of the way of the drill. The breadth
of wheat sown in this county viii
be very great. Tie great problem
with our people is what to do with
their surplus grain. We can't eat
tithe of the wheat and we have
not stock to eat our corn, and rail
road freights are so high that i
leaves but little when we ship it
We greatly need two things. LIST
Lower fEeights for our produce anC
stock. I'd. Have manufactures t.
create q home market for our pro
duce and keep the money at hom'
J that we are sending abroad TO pur
chase manufactured articles.
know of no better phase to invest il
manufacturing than in Labett'
, county. We have an inexhaustibl
supply of fuel for steam power ant
produce enough to feed any mum
Der of workmen, and railroads OF
which to ship away manufacture.
articles. Our farmers give you /
unanimous vote of thanks for you
faithful efforts to get ireights re
: Iduced so as to leave them bette
; returns for their labor.
N LAZARUS