The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-11-21

In view OF the fact that our market Was
glultei tins IHst season with fine fruIi, some
| OF which sold al the cast Of producing and
marketing, and The next crop. II the season
is favorable, will be tribe thai Of last, il be-
hooyes usto hunt up an outieIifOr our urpiu>.
As our crops increase and our prices decrease,
We must increase the demand or our hu,ine->
l. "A IaI.ur.. Ia j. already IA advance 81 ouI
home consumption. ard shipping cannot be
depended GU Tor many Of our IrGIJ firms loss
money shipping DidCkDerrleS at cent a
quart. wnsI then: In IooBIng around a. 10
So, whist oilers have done under siul lar cir
cumStauc-s, We mud That almost Invariably
th,.v have found relief iua Canning establish
ment. WIN such AN institution an uus
midst the de msDd> .or oar products would Ice
almost ilmttieSS not only that bot II NOu #
fuInisn employ heui Tor scores oi ldle hands
In the east some single factories wall U.s.. f.om
~ - go acres o. tomato :, about lEe ~attIc
OF cumBeTS, Tor pickles. with pea, corn,
and other Vegetables IL pIOpn-iI ION, = de =
IimiIless amount OF Irult. oar paIeiS are
bo.tsi ings OF the great good our leading lac
tories are doing Iur our people. But what In.
Dor and capital do they lurnisn for home
purposes? Look 81 our wagon iaciOiie>, their
mat ] Ial II hll Ei.au, cut, ilu plcbaf-d ia
some other SLATE. TLe hubs are al. turned,
bored aud mon t--d, sEOS-s turned aud len
ant Il. f..lieIs ali cut iU shape, axle. Dol>l IS
tongues, all cat 40 proper dimensions,
and all This lHteus and material u paId Tor
somewhere els; - % tpty nn--teuth Inc cost
OF the wagon - paid TO our mechanics for
putting together AID finishing. Tue same
with our 1uInIr uU- at q bridge factories Tue
mate iai all gIown prepared aud pald for IN
some other Stale, and "A very smali percent
age To our own p-opl-. But nov dIiI"r-nt II
the institution That produces a. oSn mateI-
lai and manufactures IL IN The same helSh-
boTho Il.
Immediately our productive but rot un-
profitable scIes are brought lbs Ir' uI>Il8ou
large numbers of hands are emplos .d ia pro-
ducinE, preparing, and ma seIIng sweet
corn, F,-ts. &c. Alter they a,e gone, The
ground . cleared and again prepared aud
plant. Il ID tomatoes and pickles, aud "A iarse
force j. REQUIRED Ia cultivate a nj pick. Thus
some Of our lands VII, produce tSo psyIDg
crops in a season.
And we can sill add many acres 10 our now
producing fruit Plantations, reIultlug sun
more hands 10 cultivate aid pick, which
taken altogether Ia producing, gathering
and manufacturing viii employ scores of
hands who badly ned the employ ment
which Ihe present stste of affairs deny
giving them. Then again the land that some
OF our peighho:s mud are not Woith pay lug
IL He> on would soon advance mater tally In
yaiue. But tae QUESTION arises, cou Il
lucn an institution he made Ia
pay. They certainly have ana do pay well ia
the east sud why not heie: have heard oi
them paving "a cents per busheI for ions-
toes, when We were getting but . Gems. a.
cents per H. for corn, when We were getting
but ~ cents. i have heard of tht m paying
less thaD 80 cents per box for blacsberIl.s,
yet We can produce these things prontab Y al
these low figures, II only sure of "A market
when raised Aud again. LABOR - ~ cheap
rs csn be asked any where- Aim - any
number OF boys, girls snd women ran BE- had
at from - 10 81 cents per day. And many n
destitute home would be made happier bS
that small income Now ii such n house
could be added 10 our list OF factories with
such dr> r.bIe re ults, is II not wo TN work
lug for, both for the benefit of the city anu
our own welfare? / believe such an init
tuition IL only a matter of time for the Mis-
souri, Valley, and II We sle-p while our neigh
bOrs wors, some Deigbuoring city may carry
OF the coyeled pTizr, and leave Us Ia isnguish
in onr lszipesS. ~ let Us All work together
while the fed Is yet opeh and secure AN in-
tina. We may proud of.
A. q. CHANDLEE.