The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-03-04
FROM KANSAS.
HALsrEAp, HARVEY Co. KAN,
Feb. 18Th, 1875.


IHr. Editor In the articles which
| wrote lor the ADVERTISER, as Cor
esponding Secretary OF our Relief
Com, l ncces sarily made our wants
and desliiution prominent, and may
have made the impression upon the
minds OF some Of your readers that
Kansas was not desirable place to
emigrate to, and w.s not capable ol
SUSTAINING civilized population.
Nv articles were certainly not writ
ten with the design Of creating any
such impression.
1t is not my purpose to write the
State ap, nor TO write it dotcn.
simply wish to do it justice. In or
der that my articles as whole may
do that, have thought that some
thing should be said on the other
side, showing up the capabilities OF
the country. propose in the pres
ent article to answer the question,
WY Tie settlers Of Xarcey county
brace prication and famine !" order
to hold ON to their honaestedds.
lst. Their all is here; they are
generally poor men who we're not
able to do business for themselves
successfully in the older States,
where land is high and competition
strong: their little all was brought
here and invested in improvements,
or live stock, or lands. or town prop
ertv. When the grasshoppers and
the panic came, i, was either stay
and beg or GO away and beg. This
reason may not be much to the credit
of the country, but it should not be
lost sight OF by those who wish tc
understand the motives that keep
men here.
I'd Our people like the climate.
Almost anyb, dy would. Neither too
c, Id nor too hot, nor too wet, aud
anly occasionally too dry. Pure air.
pure water and general good health
among the people. These are ad-
vantages moi to he despised in any
counry, and com, ,,ensate for SOM.
disadvantages.
Sd. Our p ople have confidence
The future OF the country as a
farming country.
1t S conceded lha, corn will not d
depend On as |, aiding crop. THIS
as been our ia al mistake heretofore
We were poor and had no money to
spare 10 buy seed wheat or buy reap
RS, or threshers, Or to build barns.
We could ra ST. corn with little or nc
Expense. So we went in for corn
rhe conse equence was when we had
crop there was glu,, and no mar
ket. And VIII, n III grasshoppers eat
up our corn we had nothing. We
Will still raise corn. We can do it
successfully three years out of five.
But we will also raise wheat, rye,
oats, barley, fax seed and potatoes
'astor beans and. cotton may yet
prove a success. Sorgum, broom
corn, sweet potatoes and melons are
certain crops. By thus di,efsifying
our products we will always have
something. Wheat promises to be
our leading crop. Spring wheat is
uncertain. but if winter wheat fails,
1t is generally the fault Of the farmer.
1t needs to be sown early in order to
secure root enough to sand the win
er, but sown in proper time and
otder it is a very certain crop.
But the question arises, where is
our market for wheat! Its weigh
will leave us but little for raising il
we have to ship to the eastern cities
| answer, we hope to do better than
ship east. Believing that our grang
ers have got about through with
their crusade against the railroads
we expect capi, alists will go te
building roads again soon, and ,ha
our road will be extended to SAINTS
Fe and that the Texas Pacific roac
will be put through, opening up tht
mines of New Mexico and Arizona
These enterprises would furnish =
market while the roads were build
ng and the mining region afterward
But il markets from this source
| should fail we are only 700 mile
from Galveston. Once there we ar
at the sea board and have the worl,
for market. =.
4th. We have one of the fines
Countries Of the world for stool
raising, especially for cattle an
sheep. This fact alone must max
the county valuable, when the nee
essay capital is here to develop tn
resources Of the country in this re
spect.
| 5th. We have abundance of wate
power and may in time develop mar
ufactures enough to make the cour
trs self-supporting, without expor
ing the crude products of the soil.
| 9Th. Our people, our customs III
ur laws ore fully up with the spir
the age. Our school system
uch that good school houses sprin
up on the frontier before the &C
shanties OF the pioneer have disaI
/ red. All our children have Il
Lsae6l Of well conducted scnool