The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-26

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Mono of the exhibits q TIE e. Louis
Fair are peehaps attracting % much
attention . the collections Of agficul-
tural production from the Northwest
and ffom the State u Kansas, the lat-
ter being exhibited By the Land De
partment Of the KAn1as Division Of
the Union Pacific Railway Company.
and the former by the Northern Paci-
&c Railway Company. Great crowds
daily thr0ng the building In which
these displaye appear, 70 witness the
reals, fruit and vegetables-spee1aliy
the Union Pacific Railway Company
made . display Of Kansas products It
the State Fair Of Minnesota, In COM
petition against three strong corpora
lions In the Northwest, and carried OF
to Kansss the blue ribbon and medal,
and this fact makes the competition
now At st. Louis very interesting.
The defeat In their own Territory Vas
too much for the Northern Pacific
people to bear, aud chatting under. Il
they appeared at ST. Louis determined
IL possible to regain what they had
lost, but the gentlemen who led the
army of retaliation did not seem to
comprehend the strength and number
of their enemy's resources, else they
would not have risked another en-
xaxement. But out of the contest the
people who are In search Of cheap
farrns In the West can learn q .valua-
BILE lesson. The greater variety and
the superiority In general Of the Kan |
sas products in comparison with those |
of the colder climate and protrscted |
winters secured for the Kansas dis |
play. the second time within q few
weeks, the first premium, aud Is there |
were at st. Louis but two competitors.
the second premium silver medal |
-as Q consequence went to display |
No. 2.
That Kansas Is o wonderful State,
ell people must admit; that In both |
disparngelnent aud In praise, more /
has been said of her than of any other
State. But when her prizes are re-
counted the summing up presents q
most favorable result, and proves be-
yond question, that As an agricultural
State she has no superior and but very
few, il any, EQUALS. Beginning with
the Centennial, her exhibit there WAS
the best. Then in 1878. at the Gin.
cinnati industrial EXPOSITION. she
took first prize, and at the st. Louis
Fair. the following wear. the first pre-
MUM was awarded her. In 1881 she
was irst ut the Illinois State Fair, and
ut the Atlantic Cotton EXPOSITION. in
the same wear. she was declared the
victor, and during the present year
she has taken three first premiums.
and has not vet met with "a single de.
feat. although strong efforts have been
made To beat her. Some people may
think that IL WAS fool-hardiness for
the Union Pacific To 10 I'm into Min.
nesota with Kansas products and con
tend against three strong rivals. and
also against patriotism and prejudice
and expect To gain any GLORY i,y the
effort. Upon reflection every person
who has "A knowledge of the climate
Of the two regions. must see nj once
the great natural advantage possessed
by the great central State.
To q casual observer, an array of
large punches or sheaves of wheat and
oats. all nearly of the same variety.
NAV appear as attractive as the dis.
play of a great variety of smaller. but
suneriOr sa,npIe. This il what consii.
tutes the difference in the two disulays
now Mt orr Fair. or useful wild
vrasses Kansas presents seyentv-fiye
varieties while the Nortbwest has
NOT one- fourth of that number In
wheat oats. rye. harley ami some
D,her cereals. Kansas shows over PM
Iiifi;.rent kinds. while her rival hus
but a few. In corn the
variety and duality from Kansas are
20 superior that IL Is useless to attemM
, co,pnara,on' and the same aiso nm.
plies to fruit. The Kansas display