Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-06-12
What Missouri Needs.

THIS state is grandly endowed with
natural advantages The soil is aS
fertile as in any state IN this grandesi
valley of the globe and adapted to the
widest range of vegetable products
Even the south ter ofcouaties thought
to be only valuable for mining and
grazing. have within the last five years
been found we'll adapted 10 the growth
of cotton, producing an excellent quail
ty on the broken upland.
Rich in the most useful minerals,
finely fitted for stock raising, and quite
as we'll for fruit growing: having as
fine climate as is found il the temperate
zone, Missouri ought to lead the entire
sisterhood Of states- What is needed
to crown her queen of states2 That
her moral, intellectual and physical re-
sources be developed on the right lines.
An important factor in this develop
ment is the wealth of mind, muscle and
money. that annually moves in the tide
Of emigration from the older states
westward This tide is largely com.
posed of enterprising thrifty young
men and women just from the schools
and christian homes of the east and
north, seeking room for surplus energy
To secure these for Missouri we need
the triumph of republican principles
here, and throughout the nation. Such
triumph will assure capitalists that
our present financial system will be
continued intact; and that they may
safely embark in manufacturing and
trade.
1t will assure the faithful discharge
of our bonded municipal obligations
Republicanism is the sworn foe of re-
pudiation. The citizen emigrating
will readily settle in the inviting belt
where better climate and more fertile
soil will bring greater gain of health
and wealth.
1t is a fact worthy Of note that a ma
jority of those who are prompted by an
enterprising spirit to emigrate, vote
the republican ticket. or are unwilling
to live where its peculiar institutions
are under ban. Many northern demo-
Gratis have been disguised in the south
by the manifest hatred of public schools
and the spirit of caste that so effectively
bars the progressive development of
society.
Bourbon democracy is aristocratic in
its spirit and work. 1t is therefore
opposed in spirit to the free public
school, to free ballot, and to the equal
ity of all men before the law.
Republicanism gave to this state a
grand free school system including
normal schools, placing them on a
footing of perpetual independence, but
bourbon democracy so limited the per
cent of the tax levy as in many places
to cripple the schools already establish
ed, and make it most difficult to build
houses where greatly needed. Enough
was done by them to say to the northern
mechanic, farmer and tradesman, "a
party having 10000 majority in Mis-
souri, is the enemy of your cherished
free school"
So these emigrants who are all read
ing, thinking men move to other states,
where there is no doubt but the schools
will be sustained, Missouri therefore
needs tor her development glorious
triumph of republican principles. This
can be reached in two ways, either by
the democratic party adopting them, or
by the triumph of the republican party
at the polls in Missouri, November next.
A national triumph without there is
visible reduction of the bourbon major
ity, will not greatly better the present
in this state. A national de-
feat means distress and emigration to
other states Of those we can't afford to
lose.