The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
LET Us 90 TO WORK.

There is time for all things. That
means there is a time to talk and a
time to quit talking and work. We
have had our turn at the talk, here in
Kansas. We have expressed our npin-
ion with considerable freedom of the
Beef Combine which puts down and
keeps down the price of cattle and
hogs. We have stated our views about
the policy of the railroad companies in
taking the lions share of the profits on
the corn and wheat they carry to mar
ket. We have intimated our disap-
prevail Of the currency contraction
which has had its share in depressing
prices all around. And we have given
Congress very plainly to understand
what we expect 1t to do in the premis-
es. And now, men and brethren, let
us quit talking awhile and go to work.
The immigration convention which
has been in session at Wichita this
week is a step in the right direction,
There ale million and a half Of peo-
pie in Kansas. Nobody would be
GRO Tded if there were three millions
Here in Allen county we have q little
over 1900. There is room for 80, 900.
suppose the additional 1900 could be
induced to come here this year:
Wouldn't it make times lively? What
would We care for beef combines or
greedy railroads or contracted cur
rency if three thousand new families
should come in here with money to
pay for all the land there was to cell,
money to pay for feed and provisions
till they could raise crop, money to
pay for lumber to erect houses and
barns and fences and labor to build
them? And why shouldn't they come
here? Quality and easy access to mar.
ket considered land is cheaper in AL
len county than in any other county
in Kansas, We have railroads and
schools and churches and good society.
Let US make these things known to
the home-seekers. Kansas used to be
in the immigration business from one
years end to another. Let US resume
the business at the old stand. There
are still plenty Of people In the older
States who want to "go West" and
Kansas has more attractions to offer
them now than she ever had. Let the
latch string he hung on the outside.
While this immigration work prom.
Uses the quickest returns there are a
good many other things we might
turn our attention to, both in our col
lective and in our individual capacity.
Collectively, it is time We were begin.
ming to realizs that communities as
well as individuals may buy too many
whistles and pay too much for them.
A great many Of our public invest
mems have doubtless paid well, aud
Were wisely made. But too many
Kansas communities have been in the
habit of voting bonds to tie tin can
to the tail of every stray dog that came
around. 1t furnishes little diversion
and excitement at the time, doubtless,
but when the day Of reckoning comes
there is nothing to laugh about.
Individually, it is time we we're get
ting our business down to business
principles. Not in farming alone, but
in every other business, we have acted
long enough on the theory that all
Kansas needed to laugh with a harvest
was to be tickled with a hoe. 1t was
pleasing fancy. but it hasn't panned
out as a cold fact. Business success
in Kansas means what business sue
cess elsewhere means, and that is pru-
dence. economy, good management
and hard work. We should be salts
fled with the happy assurance that the
converse Of thIs proposition is also
true, that prudence, economy. good
management and hard work always
mean business success in Kansas.
Congress can help US very material
ly if it does its duty and we hope and
believe it will. But after all mere
legislation cannot do everything. No
Be-H-enncted can help US half so
much as We can help ourselves. Let