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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
OUR CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES.

On the Cd day of June the work of
collecting statistics of manufactures for
the report of the eleventh census will be
inaugurated throughout the entire coun-
try. The value of this report must de-
pend wholly upon the accuracy and
thOroughnesS with which manufacturers
answer the questions propounded.
The personal interests of every manu-
facturer are involved in the character of
the report on manufactures. 1t viii be
quoted for the next ten years as the Off
cial announcement of the exact indus
trial condition of the country, and will
be the basis for any future legislation
that NAV be enacted in regard to the
wants of our people, whether engaged in
agricultural or mechanical pursuits.
Therefore it is of vital importance to each
manufacturer that an accurate report
shall be made.
The superintendent of census has taken
every possible precaution in the pre-
Eminary work To make this census COM
plete and satisfactory, and the earnest
t4llNitA W ltttSE III i'ANNaNte
tive industry Is all that is now necessary
to secure valuable results.
Every manufacturer should bear in
mind that his answers 10 the questions
relating 10 his business are strictly con-
tidential. are not disclosed to any COM
peutor or TO other persons, and are not
used by the government as predicate for
the purposes Of taxation or license. or in
any way 10 adversely affect his indi-
vidual business. This assurance Is
printed on each schedule over the sigma
ture Of the superintendent of census.
The expert special agent in charge Of
this branch of census work, Mr.. Frank
r. Williams. has personally visited the
principal manufacturing centers and con
suited representative manufacturers, the
publishers of trade journals, and pracu-
cal business men generally. for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the proper scope Of
the inquiry for each branch Of manufac-
ture. The questions contained IN the
census schedules are those suggested by
the manufacturers and other persons
most interested in the progress Of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
SENATOR PLUMB AND THE COUN-
TRY'S CURRENCY.

Senator Plumb represented the con-
| victions and desires of the people
of the entire west in his speech on
the floor of the senate day before yeSter-
day, when he declared that the United
States treasury should have nothing to
do with trying to regulate the business
Of the country by playing the Inch
pin to the lottery wheel of Wall street
The secretary of the treasury gets out
side of the intent of the people and be-
yond the compass of his duties
in making the money Of the
people a distinct factor and power
in the commercial life of the country.
New York is not the Nation nor does the
Nations treasury belong to New York,
and the control Of the secretary of the
treasury by Wall street in the past has
been an economic crime against the en-
tire country. His declaration that ''con-
gress ought to put limit on the amount
of money to be kept on hand in the treas
ury so that whatever the result might be
it could never be imputed to the secre-
tary that he had used his great dis
cretionary power either unwisely or
wickedly. The sum should be fixed at
an amount that would be perfectly safe
and an equivalent sum should be allotted
to the currency, and thus the treasury
department would be taken out of the
currents and tracks of business, out of
connection with the affairs of men, out
Of suspicious or other relations with
speculation. Until this was done there
would be scandal upon scandal, COM
plant upon complaint, wrong upon
wrong" was declaration embodying
the keenest perception and the soundest
wisdom.
1t is a fact, and one which the country
at large is becoming, annually, more
cognizant, that Senator Plumb of Kansas
is one Of the most practical statesmen of
the nation, possessing the most cOmpre-
hensive and soundest financial views of
any man in congress. As a protectionist
he has been charged with conservatism,
as a Republican with greenback and in
fiation proclivities, but in these he has
the thorough sympathy of his state and
of the west; for in all these he is pru-
dent and wise, while it is an undenied
fact that in championing his views and
convictions he has never been wOrsted in
an arena where giants only are en-
COuntered.
1t would have been worth hundreds of
thousands of votes to the Republican
party had Plumbs financial views been
made the policy of the present admins
tration, besides they would have been of
UnmeasurabIe benefit to the country at
large and have assured prosperity for the
entire west
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
NEW FARMING ENTERPRISE.

An enterprising farmer of Pratt coun-
ty, MIR. I. E. Simpson, has introduced on
his farm and has in successful operation
steam pillow, the first in the state. The
Pratt Republican speaks thus of the
innovation, for such it must be termed:
1.-The pillow is wonderful machine,
consisting of 16-horse power engine
which draws six fourteen-inch plows.
They turn up seven feet of ground at
once. Thus it will be seen that in trav-
cling distance of eighty rods and back
the machine will pillow nearly half acre.
Yesterday the round was made in twelve
minutes. This average at ten hours day
would pillow at least twenty-five acres.
The estimated cost of running it is $1,000
per day. Now, just think of it, blowing
the ground in the best shape possible for
forty cents per acre" The new machine
was introduced there by the Messrs.
Blaine Bros, who are the manufacturers
authorized agents for the state west of
the Goth meridian. AS this is the first,
and so far the only steam pillow in the
state, it will attract considerable atten-
ton to Pratt county, which, by the way,
IS one of the best in the southern part of
the state. Kansas lands are especially
adapted to the use of labor saving agri-
cultural implements and machinery and
there is little doubt that the steam pillow
will soon supercede the slower horse
power in the heavy work of breaking
the lands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
KANSAS IS GOOD ENOUGH.

From the Newton Republican.
:. NJ. Spangler. of Darlington town.
ship. sold two steers the other day for
S12S.2 20. He bought them last fall for
SO. 50 that his corn, time and labor have
yielded him an immense profit. He
doesn't want any stay law. nor any other
means of reputation; and instead Of
asking the government TO loan him
money az one per cent, he braces mp like
an independent American, citizen and
sells cattle And this way of borrowing
money 10y selling stock and grain Is get
ting To be very common in Kansas; and
IL VIII be more common vet. when the
Union Labor papers will have TO suspend
publication and the man who uses his
harvester as a hen roOst and ms great big
revolution and reform VIII have 10 let
down his suspenders and 90 10 work and
pay his debts.
George Hupp. of Macon township has
contracted 10 have ready between July
and September seventy head of fat cat
tie. for which he will receive cents
pound. Hupp thinks that Kansas. the
Republican party and fat cattle are all
good enough. He never makes ere
form speech on the street corner. but
he frequently sells fat cattle. He il not
looking for cheap money 10 borrow. be-
cause he sells fat cattle OF STAY laws
and Reputation he takes no thought. for
he Is busy feeding kline Kansas. ne
SAYS, and stock and grain raising ars
quite good enough So SAY we all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT G. A. R.

The National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic will be held in
| Boston, August II to 10 next. The annual
encampment has been held in almost
every prominent city in the east, and in
San Francisco, Denver, Omaha and Des
Moines in the west. Kansas has not yet
been honored by the encampment of the
Grand Army. The Sunfower state has
more old soldiers than any. other state in
the union. They were pioneers in the de-
velopment of the beautiful prairies of
sunny Kansas If the coming encamp-
ment will do justice to the three hundred
thousand old soldiers who are tilling the
soil of the state, where slavery's arrow
drew the first blood, and from which the
soul of John Brown is marching on, the
delegates to the encampment at Boston
will not refuse to vote to hold the encamp-
ment for 1891 at Wichita, the Peerless
Princess of Kansas and the southwest
Boys! put your shoulder to the wheel and
work to secure the next National encamp-
ment at Wichita-Anthony Journal.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Jour
nal, has the very sincere thanks of the
Peerless Princess for the foregoing COM
pIln6nUdTy mention III IldheS Ol her Ill
the distinguished connection named.
Should the Encampment confer the
honor upon Wichita of naming it as the
place for its annual meeting in 1891, the
city would manifest its appreciation of
the compliment and honor by providing
the honOred and distinguished assem-
blage such entertainment as will not
have been surpassed at its most brilliant
and successful meeting hitherto. No
community wheresOever in this broad
land could possibly entertain in keener
degree the esprit de corps of the occasion
than Kansas, its population being made
up as it is of SO large per cent Of the
soldier-citizen. The state, as a whole,
would feel and appreciate the honor
thus bestowed upon it, and all the more
for having the event placed at its COM
mercial metropolis and representative
city, where the great body of guests can
and will be entertained in manner be-
fitting its importance and the station
and grandeur of the commonwealth.
Wichita will be only too proud TO re-
ceive the distinguished consideration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
SUGAR FACTORIES IN WICHITA

| To the Editor of the Eagle.
| There are no manufacturing establish
ments. that would be of greater value to
the city of Wichita and the citizens of
Sedgwick county than sugar factories.
The worlds product of sugar for the year
| 1889 aggregated about 10, 229. 240, 900
pounds. The United States consumes
nearly 1900, 900, 900 pounds of sugar an
| nually. About One-quarter of the worlds
product of sugar is consumed by the peo-
pie of the United States. At the same
time we do not produce one-sixth Of the
amount that is consumed in this Coun-
| try. The manufacture of sugar for our
people involves annually an expenditure
of nearly $310, 900. 900. OF the worlds
product of sugar more than one-half Is
beet sugar Last year the countries man
ufacturing sugar from beets produced
2. 764, 4j5 tons, while che countries pro
ducing cane sugar aggregated about 2.
$50, $50 tons. 1t is estimated that there
were Ala. 29i tons more of beet sugar
made in 1889 than there was Of cane
sugar Germany has I 200 beet sugar
factories and France 500, and these coun-
tries are adding to their number every
year. France and Germany both pro-
duce more sugar than they consume and
are large exporters of sugar. The United
States consumes about fifty-one pounds
per capita. There has been put into the
! treasury Of the United States from tariffs
on sugar about 81, 400, 900, 900 during the
past century.
The analysis made Of the sugar
beets raised in different states
in this country prove clearly
that the beets raised here are
on the average richer IN sugar than those
raised in France and Germany. We
have a soil and a climate for raising
sugar beets equal 70. if not superior 70
any in the world. The sugar beet viii
grow prolifcly in portions Of nearly ell
the western and most OF the middle
states and there Is no state or country
that would excel the Arkansas valley.
the Medicine valley. the haw valley and
the Neosho valleys q Kansas. TIE
, sugar beet industry would be OF immense
value TO the farmers 81 this country
/ The farmers have 70 raise the bees from
which the sugar Is made and the raising
Va sugar = Ass8e "a hAsE AA-ts-4 ksaAa4A-
/ able industries that farmers can pursue.
They derive more profit from the land il
sugar beets than they would IN cattle.
sheep. horses or hogs. or the raising Of
/ any kind OF grain that the land would
/ produce. Fruit alone wiiI excel In mo
( hts. Another pant about IL sugar bsssts
( take but little Of the nutrinlent from the
SOL. The uo-s Il the sugar is obtained
I from the atmosphere through the have.
( TIE cultivation of sugar beets has a ter
! dency 20 enrich the sol instead Of ex-
( hzusting r.
/ Professor Anton Veitch. director of the
( agricultural college az Reichenbere.
T Bohemia. makes the following statement
( IL regard 20 the sugar beet culture Ia
s tins country.
The United States pos.sssses soils q
every kind and II ever state Eflere wire
AMI corn are grown. II l. surely possible
I % rsi-e sugar beeEs. Raising ss1gsr heetg
! gives lie farmer chance not only % get
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
IT OUGHT TO BE DONE:
- ~ klnrmnn Demnrrai.

From the kInEman Democrat
The people Of Kingrnan and vicinity
are growing impatient al the delay IN
giving us better train service on the
Wichita * Western. The only way 10
get east is to 20 al night. and if we stop
short Of Kansas City IL is broken night.
To do any business in Wichita it Is nee
essarv % spend two nights and "A dav.
This amounts 10 prohibition, and. %
seems to us. ought % be q matter Of deep
concern 10 the people Of that city, We
want the old evening train out Of Wich-
ita and hack again In the morning 10 =
connection with the east-bound trunk
line trains. Possibly tilis might not pas
IN immediate returns. bat it will prevent
the loss Of business which viii surely
follow If the present course Is persist
cd in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

Whatever the prospects for good crops
and consequently good times or the re-
verse of both in other states and sections
ii Is gratifying fact that the promise
for both were never more tiattering than
Just now in central and southern Kansas.
The states TO the north of Us have suf-
fered from extreme and unusual changes
of weather, great damage TO vegetation
from the recent cold wave being re-
ported from a large expanSe of country.
while much Of the best agricultural
lands south have been rendered worth
less for the season by excessive rainfall
and OVERLOOKING streams. This section
has experienced its usual good fortune
in escaping both of those extremes and
is today enjoying a prospect that has
probably never been surpassed at this
period Of the year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
SURAH SILK SALE!

Checked and striped surahs at As cents yard. This
is great big bargain in splendid values for summer
wear. Genuine bargains in summer silks
Lace and fancy drapery nets viii close out at one
half the original price &c. 1923 S14S 500 and $40
They are worth twice the price.
Special sale in housekeeping department. White
crochet and hemstitched quilts 20 dozen white quilts at
IS cents 10 dozen white quilts at II cents. 30 dozen
white quilts at SO cents.
Magnificent linen MarseIaise quilts.
Table covers in chenille and tapestry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
ArchItectnrs In Indiana.

kr"Tu tlr hew fuTs -li
There is "A wall of sadness among Ger
tain artistic and decorated souls ira the
chief city Of the Hoosiers becausa the
new part II tho institution for the blind
j. "cut Of harmony, archItecturally
with the Old building. The proportions
and style of the original editice were
very pleasing 30 the eye.' The inmates
81 fhe Institution. however, are not COM
planning 81 tbs u0-ightly character u
the uew addition. and 70 no great harm
Is done. There are "a great many public
building whose architecture s. satisfac-
tory 80 tine blind. There are certain post
office bul'diuE- for instance. whigh tend
10 show that blndnezs b les- ~ g calau-
IS than il commonly supposed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

Noble l. Prentis, in the Kansas City
Star. closes his admirable article on
Times Changes" with the following
paragraph: In Kansas the growth Of
the country-of Its transformation from
wild prairie to town and field-has been
attended BY a corresponding develop
ment Of political institutions. Today
the coyote lifts his hungry note, tomOr-
row the delegate arises TO move a com
mittee on resolutions. Of which he viii
be chairman. Today two big Fat buffa-
Ices lock horns on the prairie, tomorrow
a convention separates into two factions,
70 gore and gouge each other over a ma
jorlty and a minority report Today
the antelope disappears out Of gun-shot
over q distant ridge, tomorrow the wan
and fading hopes Of politician vanish
Thus clvilizatirn and political Insttu-
tons advance together and freedom and
the real estate business brighten where
bat yesterday was the wilderness
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

The Wichita delegation who at To-
peka pledged a sum of money in the
name of the editor of the EAGLE with
which TO fix prohibition in Nebraska, we
hope viii make good their pledge. Ne
braska has been boasting about long
enough of her advantage and prosperity
over Kansas. When Nebraska IS fixed
then we hope to see Missouri tackled, to
which latter effort we viii make a per
sonal contribution. However short Ne
braska may be on water some years,
unquestionably Missouri has too much
whisky for the good of Kansas at all
times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

The Wichita Board OF Trade congratu-
lated, by telegraph, the new and first
governor Of Oklahoma, assuring him of
the city's earnest interest in that beauti-
full domain and Of a warm welcome
should he ever visit the metropolis Of the
southwest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

HenTy Stanley is to be married to Miss
Dorothy Tenant early in June. Miss
Tenant enjoys the pleasurable distinc-
ton Of having her lover during her en-
gagement secluded in the African wilds
and away from the wiles and charms of
others Of her sex.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

The indications are that the legislative
campaign in Illinois this fall will be
largely Of a personal character. The
Democrats are pressing General John NJ.
Palmer as successor to Senator Farwell.
This is so clearly set forth and persist
entity urged that it is taking shape as an
issue, and it is very apparent that men,
bers Of the legislature viii be chosen
with direct reference to the Palmer can
Gidacy for the senatorship.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

The Russian government has ordered
the customs authorities not to interfere
with the baggage of the delegates of the
international prisons congress, to meet
soon at St. Petersburg. This viii relieve
the delegates greatly as some of them
were not perfectly sure whether they
We're to be asked TO inspect the Russian
prisons. which they viii probably do if
they give their tongues and thoughts too
much play:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

Yesterdays dispatches relate how one
Egan, a reckless, crazy spendthrift, on
one occasion gave an acquaintance one
hundred dollars for the privilege of
punching him in the eyes until they We're
black. This is a poor illustration of the
fellows idiosyncrasy. 1t may have
been good sense. There is many and
many a sensible man who has paid more
than a hundred dollars for backing an
other mans ewes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

The state of New York has announced
that fernenting cider is Intoxicating Il
does not follow necessarily that people
become intoxicated from drinking hard
cider. 1t does not follow necessarily
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

In the selection of Mr.. Carlisle to sue
coed the late James B. Beck to the SEN
ate, interest is at once transferred to the
question of who will succeed Mr.. Car.
isle to the house. The EAGLES guess is
Lieutenant Governor Bryan, the most
brilliant and promising young lawyer in
the district, if not In the state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
BIG BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
White House Of Times & Ross.

for the production Of the homemade
article. The average tariff Of Germany
and France and other European countries
on sugar is A. cents per pound. One
half of that tariff and the same amount
of bounty paid by foreign countries
would establish n sugar factory in almost
every county in Kansas and IN all the
beet sugar producing states. Let the
Wichita EAGLE scream loudly for home
made sugar. r. L. MILLER.
1914 W. Twentv-sixth St, y. y.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

Colonel Dan Anthony was not con-
suited by the congressional delegation
in the appointment of Richey as post
master for Leavenworth, and the Times
contains an editorial on the situation
which carries its own evidence that
Colonel Dan writ it standing on his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

The prohibition leaders say they will
trust to the good sense Of the people of
Kansas, while all the while they are
kicking like bay steers against trusting
the people with another vote or any
chance Of a hearing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

In speaking of the two important
racing events to take place at Abilene
this season the Topeka Journal casually
remarks that that place has the best race
course in the state This was probably
done to please Abilene. 1t Is admitted
that the course is a good one, as Is
evidenced by its popularity with horse
men, and it is in keeping with the high
estimate Abilene's enterprising citizens
place upon the noble animal, the horse.
But to say the course there is the best in
the state is putting it stronger than the
facts warrant. Be it known to the
Journal ct al, that Wichita has a mile
track that is not surpassed by any in the
west. And not only so, but its popular
ity attracts number of fast steppers
every week Saturday at present. to test
their speedy qualities, which events
afford some splendid entertainment for
the large crowds who gather there TO
witness their performances.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18

Topeka having tried for nearly a year
now to get along without a congressman,
has given notice to the great Neosho
valley to let up. As the Topeka ring
sters find no trouble in dominating the
Republican party of the state, she ought
TO find little trouble in running single
congressional district, which she has
practically owned for dozen years
-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
WICHITA, May -, 1890.
LIGHTED BY THE STAR OF EMPIR1

LIGHTED BY THE STAR OF EMPIRE
Kansas is not afraid of bonds and
mortgages. With wisely employed Dor
rowed capital her people have here de-
veloped a state, in twenty-five years,
which stands the pride of modern civ
ilizatiOn, and which under the old
rules of economy and natural develop
ment would have taken a hundred years
to accomplish. There is but one state
in the Union that leads Kansas in the
number of miles of railway, and
Kansas has a greater number of school
houses in proportion to the number of
her school children than any country in
the world. Kansas with her matchless
climate. unrivaled soil and borrowed
money has developed more substantial
unfading and tangible wealth that was
ever realized by any people, legltimately
and honorably, in the same time in the
worlds history. 1t Is the man, it is the
people, of this age, who can clear fifty
and hundred per cent on borrowed
capital that are a success and are billed
to play part and leave a mark in the
closing year of the Nineteenth century.
The man, or the people, who tremble in
view of the responsibility of their own
meagre savings and earnings are I'M
equal to the demands of field occupied
by the swiftest enterprise of the age and
lighted by the Star Of Empire.