The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-06-21
TILE iRI-SE0F KANSAS.

views regarding Kansas for the Toronto
: Globe. lie writes from near Atchison
lie is undoubtedly one Of The Queens
) own, and hates anything outside ofEng
land or her provinces. Moreover, he
must even have come to Kansas with ;
disposition to fault-fnding and misrep
rescntation. Certainly no fair minded
man, who desires to tell the truth and
do justice to country, would for mo
mcnt entertain the idea of penning such
an article. II contains no truth and is q
tremendous lie. We quote portion Of
the letter where he says:
IF the result of 10Y ten years exper.
fence here could possibly be placed be.
fore your readers, am satisfied it would
be far more profitable to many of them
than it has been to me. Let any one
visit Kansas in June, and be might just
ly call it "the prettiest country under the
SUM-" Yet Kansas In summer is but q
flirting gay coouette, sutfused with flow
ers, and smiles, and sweetest promises
that captivate mems hearts, and rob them
Of their better judgement-till when they
90 TO gather autumn fruits, and then
they only find the sere and yellow leaves
of bitter disappointment. Kansas to-
day has much spare corn, but it is feast
or famine all the time. | have sold it
for ten cents bushel one year, and
bought it another year for $3.50. Per-
haps some of your readers will say,why
did not you keep your corn! But let
them live here awhile, and they will find
an answer tor themselves. Lots of mon
ey has been made in Kansas, but never
knew farmer make it except by trad
ing; honest farming does not pay. Kan
sas is valuable chiefly as grazing conn
try, and in this respect it loses value
year by year. A few years ago people
came here with rush, thinking that all
they needed to make them rich was
merely to invert the prairie sod. But
they maze big mistake, and now | see
abandoned farms all around me, and the
evils of prairie breaking more apparent
everywhere.
lie writes Of ten years experience.
In The first place he was no doubt a
poor excuse of a farmer. He may have
bought corn ten years ago for $3.50 per
bushel. The country was then compar-
atively wilderness. Since tten the
climate has changed; the whole face OF
the country has changed; farmers have
learned how to farm in this soil. 1t is
no more q land Of ga feast or famine"
we have less failures in Kansas than in
any other State in tho Union. lie says
that lots ofmoney has been made in Kan
sas, but honest farming docs not pay.
Hear the idiot blow and froth and foam.
Why, there is moro money being made
in Kansas to-day by raising winter
wheat than in any other. business.
Farmers, who do Lothing but farm, are
better off at this vocation in Kansas than
they could have been in a residence of an
equal length of time in any other coun-
try under the sun.
He speaks of people coming here
with rush, expecting to make fortune
by simply inverting the sod, and
then in the same sentence speaks of
abandoned farms, etc. Here he shows
his donkey ears. Does be expect that
farmers will get rich In Kansas or in
any other country on the globe, without
working? Is it either the fault of Kan
sas, or the sol that strangers expect to
get rich at farming without excrtion
We will admit that farmer TO do well
must work even in Kansas. SO must O
a mechanic. So even every body else.
This is the case all over the world. But
no farmer, in any other land, can place
himself in comfortable circumstances so
easily and quickly as in Kansas. Farms
have been abandoned by lazy, shiftless,
good-for nothing men, of which class the
Canuck is no doubt n gifted specimen.
But such men would abandon Paradise if
gold dollars were not thrown into their
laps within twcnty-four hours after
arrival there.
If we had the space we might make
other quotations from his article of glar-
ing lies. He finds fault with our
schools and churches. Our school sys-
tenn is acknowledged to be advanced,
fully equal in efficiency and llbcraity to
that of any other state in the Union.
Church privileges are about the same as
in other States. He finds fault even with
our poor innocent cattle, sheep, horses,
etc. In fact, he is mammoth fault
finder. Such colossal specimen OF n
seeker for land of pure delight and per-
lection should Immediately be translated
to Heaven-where all is perfection.
Ii is Just such Idiots as this follow who
abuse Kansas and endeavor TO prevent
emigration. TO her shores. But 10 the
face of all this malignant opposition she
still goes forward. A truthful represen-
tation OF her great resources and caps-
bilities has gone forth and is still going
forth into all lands, aud she is already /
world famous, Notwithstanding the lies