The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-14

Avritsr Who dgns kimself "A. ".
Griman, !" SOD . examination to the
Louisvil1e Cberjey~ 10urHal, which an
pears n that paper under the caption Of
aKanaas Fraud and which we copy
n another column, headlines and ali.
We copy the article because it will inter-
est our readers - natural curiosity.
and Il win AFFORD lively exercise for
the imagination Of the reader, in irving
to frame picture Of the creature who
would write such stun IN the face of the
facts which present themselves to the
world on every hand. When Kansas
man, or man who has Travelled through
Kansas, reads Grisman's statements, his
first impulse viii be to exclaim-"What
an ungodly liar!- But upon second
thought the reader viii conclude that
the writer is either fool or . knave or
q lunatic, for sensible man, however
much he might be given to lying, would
not utter lies which every body would
know to be lies.
The records show that from q little
more than a million acres under cultiya-
ton the farmers Of Kansas last year
harvested and sold nearly thirty-four
millions of bushels Of wheat. If man
in the face of this fact, which everybody
knows to be fact asserts that the wheat
yield of Kansas is not more than five
bushels to the acre, he is q fool. if he is
not crazy. The millions of dollars in
hard cash which the farmers Of Kansas
last year received for their millions of
bushels of wheat are hard facts which
M rv,o< I,n v,roIuoo6 1,v o~a <,<~oro 81 a -,
ries which may be circulated by the
friends of the State, nor destroyed by
such mastOdon lies as those written by
Grisman.
The magnificent specimens of Kansas
fruits, which have carried away all the
gold medals and first premiums at all
the fruit shows in the country, are at
,tributed by Grisman to Eastern States
but the eastern States" were there at
the same time with specimens of the
best they could produce, which were
found to be far inferior to the samples
sent from Kansas.
The mamoth corn which Kansas sent
to the Centennial, and which all the
world looked at in wonder and surprise
was taken, so Grisman says, from Goth
er States" but the people from those
"other States had never seen such corn
before and they will not need to be told
that Grisman has lied.
Taken altogether, the article is the most
marvellous collection Of utterly stupid
falsehOOds that we ever saw. During
the last five years at least half million
Of people from all parts of the United
States have come to Kansas and made
their homes here, and at least ninety
nine per cent. of all these people have
written back to their friends and rela-
tives in the north, east and south, that
they were prosperous and happy-that
they had found the climate salubrious
and healthful, the soil good and produc-
tive, and the country rich in all the nat
ural resources necessary to build up a
great and prosperous State. And yet,
according to Grisman, all these letters
to parents, brothers and friends have
been written by people who, being "fool-
ed" themselves are trying to "foof'
others.
If all those who propose to lie about
Kansas will tell as foolish and transpar-
ent lies as Grisman has told, they will
not injure us much.-Ledrentc0rfh
Times.