The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25

Governor also calls attention 70 the fact thaA
the Pullman Palace Car Company IL seeking .
avoid the payment Of taxes; directs attention
to the matter Of taxing express COM
panies: the telegraph and telephone ser
vice Is worthy Of attention; recon-
mends an appropriation to pay expenses
Of the delegates TO the Farmers Congress; also
TO defray expenses Of delegates to the WASH
ington Inaugural Centennial; the providing Of
means for the maintenance of the National
Guard and congratulates the Legislature upon
the unanimity with which It has decided to re-
tain the services of Senator Plumb
CONCLUSION.
The growth In the output of our mines and
manufactures, and in the capital and labor
employed, as shown elsewhere, Is marked
and gratifying. The recent discovery
and development of exhaustless deposits
OF pure salt underlying q large portion
of Central Kansas. is q matter Of congrstula-
ton to the entire State. 1t adds another in
dustry, the Importance of which can scarcely be
over-estimated At Hutchinson alone eight
salt yards or plants are in operation. producing
daily 2,OoO barrels of salt. equal In quality to
any In the world. At Ellsworth, Wellington,
Kingman and several other points salt works
are either already in successful operation. or
soon to become so. and there con be no doubt
that ere long Kansas is to supply o large por-
ton Of the Union with this staple.
Coal in profitable quantities has been diss ov-
cred in nearly every locality in the eastern part
Of the State natural gas abounds, and we can
boast OF the largest zinc works in the United
States save one.
The manufacture of sugar from sorghum cane
grown in Kansas Is no longer an experiment,
but an assured success, requiring only time and
capital to develop it into great industry. Tho
four plants in operation the past season make .
showing that leaves no room to longer question
this fact. These four factories. during the sea
son OF 1888, produced an aggregate Of 70l, 9ll
pounds Of superior sugar, and 3DO, 600 gallons Of
molasses, with satisfactory results financially,
Notwithstanding the conditions were in soma
cases unfavorable. Those who have given this
question critical investigation and constant
study for years, regard it as settled and this
opens up the prospect of making Kansas es-
pecially Central and Western Kansas, q great
sugar producing district
BY way Of encouragement ut least for the
present, Congress should be memorialized on
the subject of offering bounty on domestic
sugar, to cover any reduction in the duty on the
imported product, in the revision of the tariff
now under consideration. 1t would seem that
Congress could not refuse some such considera'
ton to new industry OF vast importance, not
only to Kansas, but the Nation.
1 have thus briefly referred to some of the
chief Industries OF recent development in our
State. which convince me that fiattering as our
material progress has been, it is but q hint OF
our capabilities Us State. The quartz mines
on our former territorial boundary line. now in
Guided within the limits of u sister State.
have been called the sinner chamber of
Gods great granite safes, fastened with
time-lOcks set upon the advent of
the railway" The time-locks guarding the in
ner chambers where the hidden wealth of Kan
sas lies, are set upon the advent of Yankee en-
terprise. 1t has come and the first fruits OF the
new era full and Astounding. are in our hands
In the hope and belief that the matters herein
presented will receive your cordial and careful
consideration. that your deliberations may be
characterized by fairness 10 all portions of the
State and to each Of its varied interests. and
that you will SO discharge your arduous duties
as to receive the sanction of your own con-
sciences and the approval of the Great Ruler Of
States and Nations, this is confidently sub
mitted. LYMAN U. HUMPHREY.