The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-08-15
auLr HARBoRs NECESSARY

frOm the Topeka Capital:
mo one eau estimate, because no
one can comprehend" says the John
son City Journal, 1.-The benefits
which Kansas would derive from q
deep water harbOr on the coast OF
Texas"
The Journal 10 right. We can
only Approximate ~ TO the gain to
Kansas In every way. The Cdpitui
has frequently demonstrated that
the gain In whatever IL exported Ia
the east or to Europe will be q saw
ing Of go miles Of transportation.
On the wheat crop of this year, esti-
mated now rs 30 ,OOO, 0OD bushels for
export, we have shown that the saw
ings would be s2,JOO,OOO. This saw
ing we want to point out, will go
directly to the farmer, because there
are no middle men stationed here
and there all along TO the seabOard
TO take his profits. The Capital has
also demonstrated that Kansas
would develop very rapidly as essen-
italy q wheat producing state.
More than that, she would become
very speedily the greatest -four pro-
duclng state In the union. II IL
Kansas wheat that goes northwest
aud gives To Minneapolis the reputa-
ton Of producing the best flour In
the world. That u winter wheat,
and they can not raise winter wheat
in Minnesota. II IL for Kansas 10
make this -four and get all the credit
tor the best flour la any market. A
Texas harb1r will enable us, IL not
actually compel us, to do this.
We doubt, furthermore, whether
anything else gives such promise as
the deep water project gives for the
breaking up Of the dressed beef
mOnopOlies and OF the exceedingly
low prices received by the stock
raisers. Moreover, gulf harbOr
shOrtens the course OF all commerce
between the United States and
Mexico, South aud Central America.
There are many other cOnsiderA-
tiOns worth mentioning but We wish
to refer tn the other question Of
whether the prospects are favorable
towards receiving q sufficient ApprO-
priatiOn from congress. The west
ern states, through the convention
TO be held here next October, should
makes this demand rs n demand.
We need the hArbOr, and the east Is
head over ears In our debt ALREADY.
We have paid cheerfully our share
Of the taxes to improve the harbOrs
and rivers, aud lot Of little mud
pt,ldIrs that never ran Ne nav igHllr.
"f the east. T. 4" tlT present time
~ the uI.,S'J has Hpir'l L"InIr iii"
-iatr- EAST ct the MI,sI' IpIu II,"I
haY- h,d aTI'T"pi Iati"n- iuI the.
,uItI.,-.- nI t:sSI. 'Bu'sE, The u"~I
haS had les than so ,iSsI.tsSI In"lII'l-
ing the heavy expenditure an the
I'aTiIir rnast. Now, whether Ne gel
this appropriation or not depends on
what kind Of fight our delegations
make in congress. II they go In, As
the Kansas delegation has been in
structed to do, with an eye single to
this purpose, they will get u.
One Of the cheering signs Of the
times In the tendency Of the rail-
roads TO turn south. They are wide
awake and see the trend OF events.
road appears to be part Of design,
perhaps on the part OF the Union
Pacific aud Rock Island, TO secure
connect with Omaha and run
through central Kansas. The santa
Fe already has direct line to Gal
weston. A road has been hut re-
Gently completed connecting Denver
with the gulf, via Pueblo. IL has
been intimated that G.. r. Hunting
ton has disposed Of his eastern road
for the purpose Of embarking IN
those Of the west and southwest,
foreseeIng the north and south gulf
traffic. Gulf harbors are a certain
ty. What the west proposes TO do
10 10 see that they are . certainty Of
the near future and that congress
deals with US justly.