Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-01
the face of facts like these?
COMPARATIVE PAUPER1SM,

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New England, only 1850 w an
property. Can that be matched by an
"pauper labor in England? The la
Dor bureau of Massachusetts, in speak
ing of such mil operatives, says: 18th
condition of these people is of second
airy consideration. America
as represented by Fall River, is far be
hind England in the treatment of IN
operatives" Are we anxious to sc
this in Kansas; or shall we take GU
natural growth and secure diversity c
industries without misery and wretch
edness? Which system promises-ha
given the better results; the natura
or the artifcial7
suppose we compare further the con
dition of the population in these state
backed by the general government witt
that of the people OF u 'sintensel
provincial-rural' state. Kansas ha
one pauper in every 1,720 inhabitants
Massachusetts has one in every 32S
Pennsylvania one in every 338. Doe
that tell a story of high wages? Blu
pauperism and crime generally go hant
in hand. In the county Jail, where ar
imprisoned minor criminals, Kausa!
has II for every 1900 Inhabitants
Massachusetts one for every $3.50
Pennsylvania one for every 1850. Ii
penitentiaries the proportions are
Kansas, to every 1,058; Massachu'
sets, one to every 1877: Pennsylvania
one to every s75. Do you wonder, a
you read these lines, that the manu-
featuring barons are very general,
guilty Of absenteeism, fearing to face
their workmen, and SILVER st the rustic
of u leaf?
A few more figures as to the well-to'
do-ness of the people. Kansas own;
or produces, for every family of five,
horses, 2 mich cows, 9 hogs, 3 sheep
IA pounds of wool, 100 pounds Of but
ter, "a pounds of cheese, and vegetable
products far beyond any possibility o.
nome consumption-eno1gh to feed the
entire Union. That means indepcn-
deice and comfort, and sound bodie-
and minds. Massachusetts owns Q
produces, for every family of five, 1t
OF a horse, u little less than l-2 of j
mich COW, not quite la of a hog
(probably about one shoulderD about
l-5 Of a sheep, SO Of q pound Of wool.
70 pounds Of butter, about 2 pounds OF
cheese-and has to send out of the stale,
to Kansas, for most of its ''living." LII
which state would yeu prefer to live?,
Here is a straw-the value OF
which you may estimate for yourselves.
OF newspapers devoted to news, pol
itics and family reading," Kansas has
one to every 5000 inhabitants: Massa-
chusetts Ii to every 6,345; Psnnsvl.
vamia, II tor every $40.
"But this system has made these
states very wealthy, and will do the
same for ours" No; a few individuals
have grown wealthy, but the state has
not. What is called development is
really nothing but exhaustion. With
vast natural resources constantly MAR
KETED, the states are losing ground.
Only as favored regions, like our
own, are made tributary to them, can
they exist at all. Read the tell-tale
figures nee more. The state debt OF
Kansas is but about 81 per head, and
The local debt but SIS per head. But
Penns. lvalIia's state debt is 81 Is per
head, and its local debt $21; while
Massachusetts, as a state, owes Sll ~
every inhabitaut, and it's local deb,
is $40 per head! To catch the full
meaning of this, you should remember
that Kansas, both as u state and i'll its
local affairs, is carrying the great bur-
den of opening and improving a new
country; while the others long since
became settled"
WHAT DO MEN WORK FOR?
A word more OIL this all -important
topic. According to the census, there
are, in Kansas, 22.2S5 persons who
can be called OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is,
who are engaged ill some occupation
OF calling Tor the purpose of learning
living;" perhaps something mere, to
he put aside for the inevitab G rainy
Now, with rare exceptions, the
evident desire is to Secure, not money,
what money will buy. They are
working not for dollars, but for houses
and clothing and food and books and
journeys, and all the thousand and one
which fill life with contentmenr
and happiness. They are not working
Or nothing, nor just for the sake vi
MOI are they working
the sole purpose of "developing''
country. There is a great deal OF
about that kind of talk. When
dr. Kelly rf>es In his seat in the house
and declaims about the 'sneed of diver
'ifed industries" it only means that
some Pennsylvania non wish to secure
houses and clothing and food and
books, etc., by selling iron to you and
% Inc and to every who needs it.
And the louder Mr.. Kelly declaims, the
higher is the price OF iron to be, and
he higher the profit. Nor is there any
hing wrong i'll this, in itself. 1t isjust
q legitimate for them to sell iron as il
9 for Inc to sell my labor as a carpen-
Inc wrong comes when the Penn
ylVanlz men get the government to g..
orange matters that you and l are
to pay for iron mere than it is
worth in a tai,, open market; just as
lie wrong would come if l could get
congress 10 SO arrange matters that yt,u
Iust pay me 50 per day tor my work
$ q carpenter, when you could get
'ienty OF eve better carpenters al
Y so per day, if congress would onl.
:eep its meddling fingers out OF your
lie
Very well, then. We s23,2s5 fell
ews' are trying to get houses and
lothing and food and sooks,and no less
han FOG .OSO of us are engaged in AG-
.iCULTuRE. That MEANS that we are |
0 take u grain and cattle and hogs !
nd butter and all That we raise into
ne worlds market, and sell it for what
he world will give for it. There
} Ito lodging THAT. 1 have said
hat the "home market" cry has been
xploded. To pulverize it, let me tell
GU that statistics show that % per
ent. OF all u grain exports are from
ne west, the eastern states being al
lost entirely supplied from the Middle
tates. So the Kansas farmer must
ompete with the world.
TAX ON. EXPORTS.
Now, won't you put aside your par
? prejudices and your inherited theo-
les a few moments and consider care
lilly two or three propositions.
With an immense surplus on YOUR
ands which you must take to market.
hat would you say if the government
ixed you 40 cents Oh every bushel that
1T our portsI Do you suppose any man
18th an AK to grind could make YOU see
lat this was a blessing F.? Do you think
gu would follow a political party
tupid enough to do this, simply be-
ause i'll its Younger and better DAYS it
adj been of service to you-to the
Do you think you would
~: $50 long u those custom house
can do it without my knowing
, all right 2" Not a bit of it. But thew
re doing just that. Do you know it :?
ee here:
Suppose you have 1000 bushels, of
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