The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-19
PROSPEROUS KANSAS.

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this is the most successful yea Kansas
has ever known. The farm ers have
never been so well rewarded for their
labor, both in quantity and price of
products. and money has never been so
abundant as in this good year of our
Lord, 1852.
The yield OF wheat is not only greater
in the aggregate by several million bush
els, but the amount per capita is more
than ever bef,,re. The same may be
said of corn. with the additional ad-
vantage over other Years that The price
rules, and is likely III rule, higher than
for several years past The oats and
hay crops are also greater than the av-
GRACE If ordinary years, and the apple
crop is the largest in the history of the
state. with the single exception of $780,
With reference To live stock, the num-
Der of marketable animals has decreased
somewhat owing To the extraordinary
prices that have obtained, which has
had the effect 10 throw every pig and
steer upon the market The value on
foot for these animals is and has been
greater for some months past than the
customary price of dressed meats in
other years. The price of hogs has
steadily advanced for mDre than twelve
month, and the Kansas farmer gets
more for his cattle to-day than he
has since 1867.
This condition of things has made it
possible for men who, in the struggle TO
secure homes, had incurred debts to
discharge those obligations and stop the
gnawing of big mortgages. Real estate
has advanced in exact ratio. The farm
er in eastern and central Kansas, who
has a farm clear of incumbrance, does
not want to sell at any price; he would
be foolish to do so when his occupation
pays better at present prices for produce
than IN almost any section of the coun-
try.
The mining interests of Kansas are no
inconsiderable source of revenue to her
people. The lead product of Cherokee
county controls the price of that COM
modify in st. Louis, the largest lead
market In the country. Coal has been
discovered in almost every county as far
west as Usage, and is being shipped by
tram loads to every locality between
Texas and Dakota.
Manufactures are assuming consider
able Importance. Large wagon, carri-
age, furniture, bridge and stove fac
tories are established at various points.
The foundries of Atchison, Leaven-
worth and Fort Scott send machinery
and castings to all the Missouri states
and TO Mexico. Extensive fruit canning
establishments exist in all these towns
Independence. Paper, manufactured
at Lawrence in all grades, from tea pa
per TO the cOarsest, is being sent in car
lots all over Kansas and to the noun
tains, and straw lumber, q recent inven-
tion, which tor appearance and durabili-
ty Is destined to become a formidable
of walnut and mahogny, is
being made from the wheat straw of
Douglas county, and used in the con-
struction of dry goods palace by Far
well, in Chicago.
The milling interests of Kansas are
an important industry. Kansas flour is
celebrated throughout half a dozen
states. There are other manufacturers
of importance. The patent medicines
of the Brown manufacturing company
of Leavenworth, and the Lcis manufsc-
turing company of Lawrence; the Gar
diner cement works of Fort Scott. bar
bed wire manufactures in several To-
calities and others that want of space
forbids mentioning.
This is most crafty ing exhibit for
q young State and one beset by misfOr
tune as Kansas has been. The prosper
ity OF this year Is Of Il more substantial
character also than usual, and it comes
as We have shown, from the legitimate
resources of the state and not from the
influx of population and the building
OF railroads as has been largely the case
heretofore. There is nothing fictitious
about the gODd times in Kansas; the
people arc..on the right track and with
proper effort may rest assured OF con-
tinued success. Stock raising and man.
ufactures together with the inherent
richness of her soil will yet give her
imperial wealth. Her people are be-
coming more stable aud conservative in
the better sense every year, and are rap
idly bringing their state from adversely
if not Ito the stars" to a more practical
and profitable position-the admiration
of the world.