The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-07
KANSAS 4 FRAUD.
Denouncip: the Glowing Picture OF
the state.

A Letter irem n Practical Farmer
Denouncir: the Glowing Picture Of
the state.
TO the Editor Of the Courier J"urnall
WICHITA, KAN, July % i sm induced
to write to you thst l may Answer many
letters inquiring about this country, and
take this method to answer all frankly and
truly. Ia the first place, there is ring
that has advertised this State and pulled il
up on paper 10 orcer to deceive and -windle
all the farmers they can. his State is
fraud on Il grand scale. 1t is failure in
every particular in farming The farmers
have drouth, hot wiEds, heavy halls, grass
hoppers and chInch bugs. There is 10 Ger
tainly of crop until you have ii gathered.
Ii is impossible 10 grow tame grass here Tor
stock. We have just gone through
one Grculh Of ABOUT eight months
without rain. 1t has rain,d for the
past two or three weeks, but too late. The
grass will burn to-day. Wheat ia failure
here. Ia IL any places there is rot enough
to live On. The people are destitute, and
there IL no money. The women are half
clothed, and the men are barefoottd on the
streets There has not been Il year that a
large portion Of the wheat and corn was not
lost. have seen Il, and know il TO be
true You see the advertisements are as
false a. .rell. J here IL not more than len
per cent Of the nd worth any thing. l
will az .nit that We have some good crops,
but the, ere few. gu are made TO believe
Kansas il the EldoI..io Of the world The
production l. great IN rascality, snd prosti-
tuition il legal here, ard the business men
tip their hats TO tie soiled doves on the
streets. Our hoi Is are open TO then, and they
take their plaCrs at the tables as ii cults
their fancy. Taxes are very heavy, and
the farmers Can not pay them and live
There is a class OF rough and unprincipled
men that rui- this country, get up a
scheme and vo:e bonds, gei them legalizei,
sell them and skip out. II this country
were to be sold TO day, aud everything that
is in it, it would not psy their debts.
claim 10 be one of he best farmers in
Illinois, aud have lived and fsrmed on the
prairie for thirty years, and l believe /
know what it IL. have taken three yesrs
to test this cU airy, and | advise all men
who think Of cUiIIIng here to stay where
they are, and ii they come let them come
and travel with farmers and see for them
selves, cooking their meals with grass, corr
stalks and straw if they csn get it. You
have seen farms advertised for sale rs being
finely improved. with orch ards and barns.
This is false. There il not one farm in Il e
State as we'll improved ss are the ordinary
farms you have in Ken u X, and W. en- q
m an comes here and sees he has been bitten
tries TO sell out and beat come one from
the East. There il one other point | wish
to notice. The people vote bonds for
everything and try TO encourage immigra-
ton West to pay the taxes. The average
Of wheat the State over will no; be more
than FIVE bushels per acre, and corn the |
same. Fruit IL but a trial, and it may be |
supposed to fail. Peaches are sunburnt, |
and are not fit for use, and some fruit trees
will not produce anything. All Of the fine |
fruit We get here comes from the East |
The premiums awarded 10 Kansas on ap |
Piles were on apples grown in Eastern
States, and were selected by fruit man in
Columbus, Kan, whose name l can give.
All Just such frauds have gone to the
press and been scattered all over the coun-
try to induce men TO go West, where no
man can ever live comfortable. There is
no State in the Union that has 20 much
poor land as Kansas. Men come here
look over the country. and to them it seems
to be rich, when it is very poor. l WIS
raised near Louisville, and know how this
country is. | have lived here over three
YEAR,, and wish to deceive no man, as /
am farmer, and feel il my duty to state
wha. / believe TO be the facts for the benefit
of the poo Die. A. W. GRIsMAN.