Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-04
THE GREAT WEST.
From West Virginia 70 Kansas -Wonderful
ChicagO--The Wheat Crop Emf
gration--P-ohibitiOn in
Kansas Politics.
SpeclR Correspondence" Of me Register.
INDEPENDENCE JACKSON Coz
Missouri. February Is,


INDEPENDENCE JACKSON Co.,
MISSOURI, February Is.
Since leaving the mountains of our
nativity and your thriving city, We have
traverscd the States between West Viz
einia and the Kansas border, making
temporary StopS ut Columbus o., and
the great western progressive centre,
Chicago. 1t is imDOssible to remain
stationary long in the latter place; you
must move or be moved i'll Chicago,
mentally, physically, mOra!lyand flnan,
~. Everything goes with rush, ana
one is irresistibly caught in the current
of busy circulation. From the boot
black 10 the banker, the drayman To
the trunk line railroad boss, business Is
written on every face, anu the
randi locpmOtiOn of individuals on chief
thruughiareS would naturally suggest
that fire alarm Ia been sounded or
the police bounced somebody. We he
lisve st. Louis papers Islander Chicago
women on the foot question. Ihcy are
lively steppers. and, like the ladies oil
many other fashionable cities, wear
there heels in the middle, but ~ far rs
our observation went, big feet il not
Chicago female, speciality. It's a
shame that au obvious rival city should
have given this branch of the female
ANATOMY such national nOtOriety, and
we believe the girls feel it TO degree
that i notifying and embarrassing.
We came to Chicago, over the +. X
O., and Ia Kansas city Overthe Chicago
and Rock Island road. The condition of
growing wheat along these routes was 4
subject of observation and enquiry, anu
unless all indications and reports fail
the wheat i'm Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa ami Missouri i more promising
than for many seasons. y large acreage
of winter grain was sowu. The fall anu
winter have been very favorable and
unless some unseen injury or insect
damages the wheat crOpit will takea big
corner 10 hold the western harvest OF
the apprOa hing season. The open
winter has enabled farmers to bc well
advanced with sod blowing. The high
prices of corn andothrr grains have given
fresh impetus to agriculture, and from
General appearances the coming season
will be- one of unparalleled activity i'll
the farming world out here. and corn,
and oats. etc, will be- grown on an inn
mcnSe scale.
Emigration continues 10 pour into the
west, and all the railroads have = share
of the transportation of human freight.
\ dav in the Union depot AT Kansas
(Tty. will convey some idea of the mi
grafton westward. Although thiSiS but
one avenue of travel, yesterday
We counted over two hundred
time i'm the two waiting rooms. Many
departcd on trains leaving, ami others
came in, so that the number decreased
but slightly. They We're class OF emil
grants chiefly American, and from the
middle and eastern states, Intelligent,
honest looking yeOmanry that will be
an honor and credit to any State or
Territory. We noticed many children
i'm the crowd and at one time noticed
fifty that could not have been over hVe
years of age.
Kansas city, you are aware, Is on the
border of prohibitiOndum, and while
there we made some effort to ascertain to
what extent the liquor demand in
Kansas is supplied from MISSOURI. We in
tcrviewedIone express agent, who recelV-
ed us cOurteOuIsly but when informed OF
our desire to ascertain something OF the
whiskev, beer and wine shipment
statistics, he replied il would be impoSSi-
BILE to give anything like correct figures
without great labor, and in fact many
packages were eXpresed underline general
head of merchandise" and the COM
pany knew nothing of the contents, so
that the books would not furnish full
information. We, however, heart of a
wholesale house ut one shipment send
ing ont TO Kansas destinations one
hundred kegs. Dealers are generally
retiCent, and nOncOnmuniCatlve, n the
trade, although legitimate rs taraS sellers
i'm Missouri are concerned, publication
and public notice of the consumers and
retail traders, under the head of dTWg-
stores. mCchOHicm supply stores, etc.,
i'm Kansas, might give the latter trouble
and lose the former customers. 1t Is
VIGOROUSLY true andadmitted byevery
one We have COuVcrScd with on the sub
icct that there is an immense traffic
/ across the bOr,lCr, in bottles, jugs, boxes,
! kegs and barrels, that hundreds have
United States license, and are doing
business in defiance of local prohibition,
and in the largest cities, convictions are
next To impossible, Owingt0 tine difficult
" i'm procuring witnesses To prosecute,
ilries To find vCrtlictS and officers to inn
pose penalties. Perhaps in u future
communication We may BE- able to
furnish some facts, and statistics bear
ing on the prohibition fruits in Kansas,
i'm which we will cndeavOr tO present
both sides of the question - viewed
by advocates and oppOsiteS.
Independence, the county l. beautl-
fully located in one Ofthe most fertile and
rich agricultural districts in the State.
Ii i somewhat ancient IN style, anu the
inhabitants principally defendants OF
Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, hon
Orable. hOspitable and largely democratic
i'm sentiment. Thetown has population
of four thousand and supports three
newspapers the Crisis, weekly Democrat;
IlCl,JCIpiel.t, daily, and NCRiaCt, semi
weekly, Democrat. To the latter, an
excellent and lively paper, your cores
pendent is indebted for special cOur-
Ic~irS.
In politics this county and district is
largely Democratic, but the political
diScord and diSSentions have made two
factions of the dominant party, and it
is now CruOp, anli-CruOp, few Green
hackers and Republicans. Consequent
~ at the last election, the eighth district
that ought to have given Democratic
majority of 5000, elected NandOrn, the
Republican, by about 700.
The official corruption, venality and
enlightenment that has cursed New
York, Philadelphia and other munich
palit!es, has been felt in Jackson county
through her county collector, Greene,
who is now in jail, to answer over fifty
indictments for swindling taxpayers.
His method has been to raise the valua-
ton Of property and pocket the tax ex-
cess. The extent Of his frauds have not |
been fully developed. About thirty |
merchants of Kansas City have been |