Wichita eagle., 1889-01-17
CONCLUSION.

The forces operating in the marvellous
upbuiiding OF Kansas are pushing out Ill
new directions aud along other lines OF ac-
| ton The - Oom' period Is passing by,
and the energies of our people are being
devoted TO manufacturing and mining, and
| the development OF the natural resources
OF the state, with the promise OF rewards
the most substantial anu endur NJ. IDe
ttful prosperity. born OF fictitious values
and eXtrayagant speculation, Is giving
birth 10 legitimate enterpr.S, 5, foStered by
men of enlightened business Judgment,
ripened experience and comprehensive
views of the grand future OF the common-
wealth.
The growth in the output of our mines
and manufactures, and Ill the capital and
labor employed, as shown elsewhere, Is
marked and gratifying. The re-
cent discovery and development
of exhaustiess deposits of pure
salt underlying large portion
OF central Kansas, Is matter OF cougrat-
ulatiUn to the entire state. 1t adds another
industry, the Importance OF which can
scarcely be overeStimated. At hutchinson
alone eight salt yards or plants are III OPP
GRAFTON, producing daily 1000 barrels OF
salt, equal in quality TO any III the world.
AT Ellsworth Wellington, kingman, and
several other points, salt works are either
already in successful operation or soon to
ere long Kansas is TO supply large por-
ton of the union with this staple.
Coal in profitable quantities has been
discovered i'll 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 eX-
pertinent but an assured success, requr-
ing only time and capital to develop IL into
IA great industry. The four plants in op-
GRAFTON the past season make showing
that leaves no room to longer question
this fact. These four factories, during the
season of 1888, produced an aggregate
OF i0l,4l pounds OF superior
sugar, and 100000 gallons OF mo-
lasses, with satisfactory results financially
notwithstanding the conditions. were III
some 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, especially central and |
western Kansas, great sugar-produclng |
district.
BY way Of couragement, at least for |
the present, congress should be memorial |
lied 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 consldera- /
ton. 1t would seem that congress could |
not refuse some such consideration to a /
new industry OF vast Importance, not only |
to Kansas but the nation.
| have thus briefly referred to some of |
the chief industries of recent development /
III our state, which convince me that fat
terlng as our material progress has been, it
is but a hint OF our capabilities rs state.
he quartz miues on our former terrific
rial boundary. line, now Included within
the limits OF a sister state, have been
called the inner chamber OF Gods
great granite safes, fastened with
tlne-lOcks set upon the advent OF
the railway" The time locks guarding
the inner chambers where the hidden
wealth of Kansas lies, are set upon the
advent of Yankee enterprise. 1t has come,
and the first fruits of the new era, full and
are in our hands
In the hope and belief that the matters
herein presented viii receive your cordial
and careful consideration, that your de-
hDeratl0ns may De characterized by fair
ness to ali portions Of the state and to each
Of Its varied interests, and that you Will 50
discharge your arduous duties as to re
celve the sanction of your own consciences
and the approval OF the Great Ruler OF
states and nations, this is confidently sub
llitted. LYMAN |. HUMPHREY.