Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19
BE SAYS Prohibition Has Been Curse and
Stopped immigration.
EFFORTS TO HAVE THE LAW REPEALED

upon his Imagination, or, if he does not Ike
his place of residence, perhaps on account
of some trivial dissatisfaction, he is too apt
to make a clean sweep and condemn every
thing. Your correspondent says: Kansas,
Columbia's pride, is dying;' that her star
has gone down into obscurity, leaving
darkened land. Now, it is patent to every
well-informed person that the agricultural
districts have suffered in Vermont, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, in fact, IN all the
States. Farm produce has been low,
while agricultural lands have deprecated
in value throughout the entire coun-
try. Kansas has been no exception, as
matter of course 1t must be borne in mind
that Kansas is a new State, especially the
extreme western portion. l admit that
much Of the land in the western part of the
State has been abandoned. The correspon-
dent should not permit his readers to rest
under the impression that such abandon
ment applies to the State at large. He
even asserts that it is so in the eastern part,
which is not a fact. 1 cannot name the
exact figures, but by reference to statistics
it will be found that Kansas is less mort
gagged than some other States not possessing
as great agricultural resources. While it is
true the oats and corn crops this year were a
partial failure, the hope of the farmer in
Kansas rich soil has not been abandoned.
A FEW FIGURES AS TO OUTPUTS.
81 can recall a few figures concerning the
crops of 1889 and 1890, in the IL counties
Immediately tributary to Wichita, Sedg-
wick county.
"In 1889 these II counties raised: Corn,
so, 900, 600 bushels at 12% cents Sc, ,625, 900;
wheat, 1900, 900 bushels at 45 cents,
S., 400, 600; oats, 100000 bushels at y
cents, 81, 200, 900, making total of S1S, 225,-
900.
"It is estimated the same counties pro-
duced in 1890: Corn, Is, 500, 900 bushels at
So cents, S4,725,000; wheat, 1000, 600
bushels at So cents, $3.50, 900; oats, 7,O0O,-
600 at 25 cents, 81, $50, 900; total, s15 S25, OOO
"Thls shows that the farmers in that local
ity are s.. 600, 900 better off than they were
last year, and to this should be added the
advance of at least 20 cents on the old corn,
several million bushels of which are still
held by farmers in these IL counties, several
individuals to my personal knowledge hav-
ing 10000 to 10000 bushels. The great
trouble with Kansas is her shiftless farmers,
and those who abandoned the Western por-
tion of the State were mostly of that class
who are constantly ''going West" who are
never satisfied any place. What We want
ing Pennsylvania farmers, and more par
ticuiarly the industrious German.
"Where you fnd these on a Kansas farm
will show thrift and prosperity. l visited
an industrious farmer just before l left
Kansas and he had been to town the day
before to pay off a mortgage of $4,000 now
on his farm, which bears per cent interest
and is not due until the latter part of 1893.
The satisfactory prices for grain this year
have enabled many farmers to iquidate
their Indebtedness.
Regarding the decrease in population
in the last three years, I must admit
II is large ana 1ne popula'ion OF the state
| he 6sO mn is in realitv mt over am mn
II b,S 6sen ;nonoss;hIn !, re, the ;oiISU So
roc frou Snnerintan5ento 81 Cansns Po,tas
I'D tbe1 viii nndoubtedI, ho haIJ booir ",
al oftar ,bo Novan, bor aIoot;on poi;t;.. -
IL; a. - oLao.; .I:.A
.io ..nio InI 10 ~ s.aee' "uI 'ne
sicn IiUn 40 ~ ny laii "
St StIus Ao1us soou w Ine PeoPie u 'ne
1la'e a' ,@is1i nave Ine Ifonlui'ion'
EarInerS Allance OF IeoPIes party,
Democratlc, frohloltlon Republican,
whlcn is the present administration, and
the resumPtiVe kepunIcans VINO iavor
reVote on the pronloitary clause OF our
constitution, and who are In accord with
the national Republican party. The latter
have united with the Democrats and placed
on their ticket for Governor, Ex-Governor
Charles Robinson, of Lawrence, who was
the first Governor of the State. and while
he is at least three score and ten, he is we'll
preserved and as active as man of 50 He
has always been a Republican until the
past six years, when he assumed an inde-
pendent position in politics. His election
is almost a certainty, and the people gener-
ally conceive that his administration will
bring new era of prosperity to Kansas.
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LIN ~ Do.
ut is written that prohibition must 60,
and the damage it has done our fair State
will soon disappear. l am strongly in
favor of temperance, but what may be
STYLED Kansas prohibition should have no
advocates among people who abhor hypoc-
risy. Many Kansas people write East
about the glorious success of prohibition,
and even the ministerial meeting held in
Wichita short time since, which was of a
local nature, drew up and were about to
pass Resolutions ueeialing Pronipltion
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