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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
KANSAS PROSPECTS ALL RIGHT.

Discussing the farm mortgage question
in this state. the St. Joe News refers TO
what the EAGLE said about the with
drawal of the Lombard Mortgage COM
pany from this state and the reasons as
signed therefor, and says: "The EAGLE
"CiteS the fact that several counties in
1.-The state have reported a large decrease
Sin the farm mortgage debt during the
past year 1t must be remembered,
however, that Kansas had splendid
"crop last year, which enabled farmers
''tO rednce their debts to some extent.
but this year there is a serious crop
"failure and it is more than likely that
''more farm mortgages will be put on in
''the next twelve months than were
taken off"
What the News says about last years
immense crops and the actions of farmers
in paying off their Indebtedness, is true
And this was done Notwithstanding the
ruinously low prices that prevailed. And
if true last year with its depression in
money matters and low prices, it ought
10 De, anu Jllti utSlloudblN Will te true
this year when prices are from 80 to 300
per cent higher than last year. Ii is
calculated, and apparently with a good
degree of accuracy, that this years crop
viii bring more money into the state
than last years; then add to this the
large surplus that is still held over from
last year that viii swell the volume Of
receipts to the farming community bv
several millions more. and there would
appear to be no reason why the mort
gage debt should be increased or even
allowed to remain at what it is now: but
there is every reason to expect that form
of debt to be largely reduced. The
News makes partial amends for its slap
above quoted by making this truthful
statement:
However, there is no reason for
alarm about the condition Of farmers in
Kansas. That state is destined to be
among the wealthiest agricultural states
in the union before the next census
time, and land will not depreciate in
value to any material extent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
A MISTAKEN POLICY.

Manager Webb of the New York Cen
trail may think he can afford to refuse to
arbitrate the question of difference with
the striking employees of his corporation
because, as he boasts, he has $4,000, 900
ready cash placed at his disposal with
which to fight the strikers, but in this he
is in error. He may call to his aid and
assistance tbs entire railway system Of
the country and all of its available CAPT
tai, but that would aggravate the matter,
tends to draw popular sympathy towards
the operatives. If the question Of right
in the controversy is wholly on his side
he can yet well afford to meet the men
and at least try to disabuse their minds
of erroneous impressions. Mr.. Webb
should remember that there is third
party to the situation whose interests
outweigh those he represents, and that
he cannot afford to hazard these
or set them at defiance. The line
of policy he has adopted Is an arbitrary
one and carries with it half admission
that he is partly to blame for the trouble.
This is the view the public takes of the
matter, and it cannot but strengthen the
sentiment that already exists to aconsid-
cradle extent in favor of putting the
railroads under governmental control.
If the railroads want this done, let them
follow the lead of the New York Central
q. Il
plOyes and sustain that road III its pres
ent conflict, and they will help along
that cause whether it is accomplished
or not.
The present situation affords match
less opportunity for displaying the SUI
perior genius and statecraft Of the presi-
dent of the corporation involved if he
were only here. But, alas, Mr.. Depew
is out of the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
SUGAR MAKING IN KANSAS.

The Topeka sugar works will com
mence running sugar on the 1st of Sep
TENDER. A governmental experimental
station will be started on that date.
The Capital says 1.-The company has
1 900 acres of sorghum in good condition
and about 400 acres in fair condition. 1t
will probably require three months to
convert this into sugar and will require
from sixty to seventy men.
"a field of ten acres of beets is also in
good condition. The manufacture of
sugar from beets with this kind of a
plant is in the nature of an experiment.
but Superintendent Watson feels sure of
success, in which case preparations will
be made for a much larger crop. 1t will
take about two weeks to run off the
sugar from the beets." Nothing having
been said for some time about the Topeka
plant it was not known until announce
ment was made that it would be put in
operation this season, but from the
foregoing it appears that its operations
promise to be as large as any other in
the state, except the one at Medicine
Lodge. All the plants in the state appear
to be in perfect condition and the sOr-
ghum and beet crops are also reported
in good condition, and it is expected
that the seasons operations will be a full
and complete test Of the sugar question
as far as Kansas is concerned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
THE CIGARETTE.

The special from Admission, Ala. pub
lished yesterday in the World annOunc-
ing the removal of a prominent citizen
from that city to the state asylum, vio-
lentlv insane. on account of the habit of
smoking cigarettes, will not. we suppose.
produce the least effect upon the minds
Of the vOTaries of that cult, for many of
those most addicted 10 the practice are
perfectly willing TO admit its baneful
effects, although they nevertheless have
failed to abandon the perniciOus habit,
and by the force of example, have en-
cOuraged the young and thoughtless TO
indulge therein.
That. in spite Of all efforts to the con-
trary. the habit Is spreading Is not to be
doubted. as the following extract from
the Baltimore Sunday Herald would seem
To indicate. That paper says; But a
little observation Is needed to convince
the most skeptical that the habit of to-
bacco smoking among boys IS upon the
increase. Little fellows in knee pants.
and some of them. richly dressed. are
seen everywhere putting the cigarette, or
trying the stronger and more manly CT
gar. Bows not more than years old.
and in many instances even younger. are
regularly addicted 10 this habit, and the
testimony of ones evesight in the street
Is sufficient to prove the alarming pres
ence of smoking among young and grow
ing male children.
Legislation has been directed towards
this evil and various acts have been pass
ed attempting to grapple with the evil,
but nothing has come of II.
As the Herald most pertinently Oh
serves, under existing conditions Of
loose moral restraint at the home. and
the cigarette for sale everywhere" there
Is no way to stop this habit save By he
TOIC measures.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
SUNFLOWER SIMMER.
= most music is found in a triangle

The most music is found in triangle
fight
The ambition to be governor in the First
district has Morrill, to it, they say.
Bill Higgins is probably kicking himself
because he didn't make a prediction in re-
gard TO the potatoes, too.
All Kansas corn is not failure. Some
of it will average forty bushels to the
acre and some forty acres to the bushel.
All the 100 counties in Kansas have
normal institutes this year, yet Hamlet
still remains in a dubious frame of mind.
The class in grammar got in its work at
the Topeka Peoples convention. The
platform reads: The past is gone, the
present with US and the future is before
u.s.
A stranger to our government and its
ways by reading the dispatches every
morning might easily get the idea that
the senate was sort Of an annex to Preston
B. Plumb
Isn't it about time for Frank MacLen-
nan to come out again and fall a-foul the
family relationship in Kansas politics?
There is Perkins, and Bot-kins and
Ant-honey
There is this objection that Bishop Per
kins' efforts in passing 151 pension bills in
$50 minutes can not strictly be styled
'sawin' wood" 1t was more sweeping. 1t
was cutting Glover.
An eastern young man with machine
for dehorning cattle reached Kansas the
other day. The first time he saw a Texas
animal he wanted to know what was the
matter with desteering the horns.
Notwithstanding that this is a great
year for great blows and overwhelming
defeats in Kansas politics, it looks very
much like John A. Anderson was going to
be knocked out of the ring by Fillips.
Nellie Bly, will be at the Kansas state
fair, it is said. Her chief feature as a
curiosity will probably be that she is the
only unofficial person who ever went
through Kansas and escaped the railroad
eating houses.
The Atchison Champion is "stuck" on
Guthrie for congress. 1T is General
Guthrie or no one" it says. Mr.. Challis
seems to be something of Vitellius him
self. (Now in the days of ancient Rome,
you see, Vitellius was, etc.
Did the same spirit that actuates some
Smiths to spell it Smythe, influence the
Alliance candidate for chief justice to
change his name from Wrightmud? The
unpretensive and humble members of the
Alliance demand an answer.
Sentiment III favor of Colonel Thomas
Moonlight, of LeavenwOrth, for the Demo
cratic nomination for congress in the First
district is crystalizing very rapidly, says
the Atchison Patriot. This seems to be
sort of an icicle on Colonel Moonlight.
The Cowley county Republican conven-
ton endorsed Ingalls,. This is Senator
Kings county. Mr.. King has been fire.
quently quoted as an anti-Ingalls man. in
reply to which he has said he would vote as
his constituency wished. His constituency
have wished.
Farmer Funston secured the passage of
the meat inspection bill This as a rebuke |
to the people who lately referred to
Eugene Wares contest as brains against |
beef" is so pointed yet accompanied with |
such delicacy, that Funston must surely |
be voted a wit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

compared with nearly 10000, 600 in Eu
rope. There are about 10000 square
miles under cotton culture in the United
States. In India $4,000 square miles are
under cotton culture: in Egypt, i 400
square miles; the area under cultivation
in Brazil is not known TO the deponent.
To enter into the statistical realm of
cotton would be tedious. To many de-
scription of a cotton mill might be ac-
ceptable. but the inventive genius Of
America is revolutionizing the mills so
rapidly that before this article gets into
print the whole system may be changed.
The most interesting spectacle which
cotton presents is upon the wharves at
New Orleans. There the panorama of
miles of bales being loaded upon miles
of river steamers and ocean steamships
and the incoming and outgoing of in
Vulnerable drays drawn by innumer-
able mules driven by innumerable
darkies, is food for the eyes and contem-
plation for the brain. New Orleans does
not sell so much cotton on paper as does
the metropolis, but she actually handles
twice as much. New York treats US to
the spectacle of over 20, 900, 900 bales an
nually sold for future delivery, while
the entire product of the country is sell
dom over Z 900, 900 bales.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

One good way to bind file of magA-
zines cheaply Is to punch three holes
near the back Of each magazine, and
pass strong cord through the holes. tie
ing tightly with the regular binders
knot. The edges may be trimmed under
a printers paper cutter. or even With a
sharp knife. OF course. y bookbfnder
can do n better job. some people. by
the way. dc not know that bOokhnder
viii bind volume of magazines strong
~ and neatly in library sheep" for
twenty-five cents. The owner can letter
the volume with IT pen, and 1t ia quite az
serviceable as if it were more expensive
IL bound.-Writer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
Presidential Profanltr.

President Harrison. being deacon in
the Presbyterian church, is supposed 70
not be in the habit Of swearing. No
body has been known TO hear him.
Many of the presidents have. however,
been able TO swear. and I'D SO. Jackson
stands pFe-eminent for his mouth filing
oaths His genius FOR inventing start
ling explosives WIS extraordinary. With
age, however, bis habit Of cuslng grew
less pronounced, and he generally con-
tented himself with saying. by tho
Eternal" unless the occasion required
something stronger. Andy johnson cusS-
ed frightfully. Grant, although q smok-
er and drinher, seldom uttered a. oath.
though he WAS military man. Hs VIZ
the only soldier president who never
swore. The best known swearer Of tho
present day is Gen. Sherman, although
Sheridan when he lived was a rival for
the honor, but with little Phil dead he
reigns tho prince of oath Inventors
Pittsburg Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
THE GREAT COTTON BELT

Prom Frank Lesie's Popular Monthly.
The cotton-producing states are the
two Carolinas. Tennessee, Georgia
Florida, Texas. Alabama. Louisiana and
Mississippi The annual product ranges
from five and one-half to seven and one
fifth million bales. This product should
bring the planters about $3.50 900 90 on
an average annually OF this. the seed
alone should bring SO, 100000.
The only hope Of an increase IN the
productiveneSs Of the United States in
the annual output Of cotton lies Ia the
clearing Of the swamp lands Of the Mis-
sissippi bottoms. and II the opening Of
new lands in Florida. II i possible that
there NAV be an incrense from Texas
and from Southwestern Tennessee, when
cleared. But the Yazoo delta l. the
great hope Of the country, and It l. 70
that point that the attention Of the negro
ana Of capital should D. directed
The United States neither consumes Eor
manufactures very much Of IL cotton
Il exports over one-half OF It's production
anu has !ess than 1900, 600 splnd.es, as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

The progress of Mr.. Carnegie through
Scotland, his native land, Is said to reSem-
bic triumphal procession. At the sound
Of his approach every town sends out its
magnates to offer him its freedom Ii
must not be supposed that this display of
admiration and esteem on the part of the
tOwn-peOple Is entirely disintePSted. They
are inspired to such unusual hospitality
by the hope of substantial reward Such
expectations have hitherto not been
doomed 10 Disappointment Mr.. Carnegie
has established a number of free libraries
and given substantial aid to many Ian
gushing educational and philauJhrOplc
enterprises. -Leayeuworth Times.
All of which sounds grand, next TO
sublime, if that were all there IS of ii.
But the grandeur and sublimity of the
picture is all knocked out by the reflec-
ton that all this display of munihcence
and philanthropy Is made at the expense
of thousands Of poor people in this coun-
try. in the employ Of my Lord Andrew :
extensive work in PENNSYLVANIA. The
most that can be said to Mr.. Carnegie's
credit is that he had the business sense TO
profit by the opportunities afforded him
in this country 10 gain wealth rapidly.
But to our mind there Is no magnamnitv
or philanthropy in Withholding part of
the fruits of the labor Of employees and
dependents 70 besUow it as gramitv
upon others simply for notoriety's sake.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

What. is the vaulting, boasting Cham
pion getting wabbly on the tariff a'ready:
1t quotes Senator Edmunds as favoring
free trade under certain conditions, which
that paper claims is its position. At the
outset Of the Champions conversion it
announced itself for free trade pure and
simple and without reservation or con-
dition. Perhaps the Champion has
adopted the Cleveland idea, that the tar
if Is an educational question. At any
rate the esteemed has several things to
learn, old as it Is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

The Wichita EAGLE thinks the advertis-
ing committee of the immigration bureau
should see that some of their best pam
phlets are sent TO Hon. William Mckinley,
of Ohio The resolutions of several of our
county Republican conventions are liable
to prejudice him against the state.-kan-
sas City Gazette.
There is no danger of doing any harm
to the state, that it is to say any more
harm, through offending the author of
the crazy quilt tariff bill that bears his
name; he has already exerted himself in
that direction, whether purposely or not.
The only fear that Kansas has in that
connection is that the senate may not be
able to cure the pending measure of its
many inequalities and reform the tariff
on basis of justice and equity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

If Judge Rose, of North Dakota, is
correct in his opinion o, the legal status
of the prohibition states under the Viii
son bill, the prohibitory law will have to
be re-enacted at a special session of the
Legislature to make a sure thing of keep
ing out the vendor OF the original
package in Kansas. Perhaps the Lea
venworth and Atchison county Republi-
cans had received a tip from the Dakota
court that prompted them TO resolve in
favor of a constitutional convention,
which implies an extra session Of the
legislature.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

The committee of senators to whom
the Republican caucus assigned the duty
of arranging the order of business to be
transacted during the remainder Of this
session have decided that the considera-
ton Of the election bill shall be post
poned until the next session. This ac-
ton the Leavenworth Times denounces
as cowardice on the part Of the Repub-
lican majority in the senate. The EAGLE
does not so interpret it. 1t simply shows
a disposition to heed the demands Of the
country in regard to material and bust
ness matters in preference to partisan
and sentimental ones that are regarded
by conservative people as of doubtful ex-
pediency at any time and under any cir
CumStanceS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
A Rebel Trumnet Blasts.

From the Frankfort, Ky. Capital
In all Kentucky there are but six eX-
Confederates soldiers who are a charge
upon the counties of their residence. \
prominent federal soldier recently said
that this fact of itself was the proud
est monument the Confederates could
wish. The Confederates draw no pen
sions, but they help to pay them to 9th
ers; they have no soldiers homes, but are
taxed to support those of the men who
fought them; they are good citizens,
hard working, peaceable, honorable men;
paving what they owe and looking the
whole world in the face. They have
record that they are not ashamed Of and
have no apologies to make 10 any man
or set of men on the earth. They are
true to the United States government,
and if any foreign nation thinks % the
contrary, let it send over an army 10 see
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

Nebraska Democrats really have some
hope of electing part Of their ticket,
probably governor and auditor. as a re-
suit of the Alliance detection from the
Republican party. They calculate that
Boyd will have ten to fifteen thousand
majority in Omaha, and that the popu-
larity of Wahlquist will give him a Lead
on the unpopular Benton. Democrats
are of course over sanguine. especially as
to the governorship. \ Nebraska ex-
change is positive that there Is no reason
TO doubt the election Of Richards.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

Taking Judge Roses decision of the
Dakota original package case as valid
and it Is, until oyerruled by a higher
federal court-and it appears that the
o. p. dealers exhibited greater haste in
getting out of Kansas than was really
necessary. As for that, however. they
showed their good sense in leaving a
community where there was no demand
for their goods and they were not G.
wanted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
In Danger of Forked Lightning.

Murat Halstesd,
The mind of Mr.. Plumb. of the senate,
is still in an agitated condition. He Is
looking abroad over the universe, as II
were. Talk about reciprocity and he
wants it extended to the end of the earth.
Speak of sugar, and he would sweeten
the Mississippi river and all of its tribu-
taries, and he has heart big enough TO
include all the hides of South America
and the wool of Australia. If Mr.. Plumb
is not careful he NAV place himself in
the way of being struck by fcrked light
ming We discern his luminous name in
the Washington reports every morning
like newly arisen orb.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
The Inequalities OF Life.

From TIE Kansas CITY Journal
To the striking employees Of the New
York Central. who know not where the
bread money for their families Is to come
from IL must be rather disheartening 20
read that Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave
a hall al Newport the other evening
which cost thousands Of dollars. and that
Vice President Webb and Jolly party
OF friends Travelled by special traiu 10 at
tend the wedding Of his brother. 4
struggle which perhaps involves starva-
ton for the men does not Ia the least
affect their employers luxurious mode
of living.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26

The president is not likely to insist on
the passage of the election bill this year,
remarks the Globe-Democrat. las a
man Of sagacity he will see that this
measure cannot possibly do good now.
while it would infiict serious injury on
the party, and as a good Republican he
will be glad to see it die on that &C
count" That is probably true, but it
comes in rather odd contrast with his ur-
gent reference to the question of south
ern election methods and the necessity
for correcting the evils by congressional
enactment in his message to congress at
the opening of the session. The presi-
dent was no doubt sincere then and there
Is no doubt that he is equally sincere
now. A change in conditions often
makes necessary change in policy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-26
Compliment to the Eagle.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
No party can endure that Is guilty Of
either folly or wrong. To live, it must
keep on level with the intelligence and
conscience of the people. The honest
party man who Is at the helm and sees
his party drifting on the rocks because
of the folly or wrong of those in COM
mand is bound not 10 obey orders or APP
prove u course which means the partys
destruction. 1t is his duty 10 head the
party the other way and keep it out of
peril 1t i the Independent, courageous.
honest party man in control of the news
paper who is the best editor-best not
only for his country but for his party.
He IS not only the best but he is the
most loyal and useful.