The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-08-22

convention in Kinsley tile latter part Of
August, at the Congregational church.
Mrs. Rastall, president of the state
w. c. T. u; and Mrs. Laura Johns.
state superintendent Of equal suffrage,
is expected to address the convention.
All meetings of the convention wifi
be open to the public and we hope our
people will be with us and enjoy the
music and the addresses. Further
notice will be given as to date.
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kbuoMYE ABLE FALsEHpoDS.
A reckless and disreputabis weekly
sheet, said to be published in this city,
and devoted to the interests of whisky,
contained an article some time ago on
THE Prohibition Blight. in Kansas
which We hnd'i0, the. columns of the
Omaha Bee. Thsatticle is a catalogue
of the lies that whiskey has been telling
about prohibition. 1t is apparentiys
written with an ugly satisfaction at the
possible injury to be done this state.
and city by publication of an extremely
exaggerated account of the misfortunes
which have come upon many 'fafthhrs
and business men as a natural conse1l
qIiense of general hard times and crop
failures immediatly succeeding a.
boom. ;'' : ~ ~ q -
The first statement in this despicaGle
catalogue of falsehoods is that the GEN.
sus shows a decrease in the population
of the state and nearly every one of its
cities. AS a matter of fact the census
shows an increase of 554, 900 in the POI
ulation of Kansas since 1880, iii spite of
4. nfl ,S-I
|isno one great town like Omaha or
Kansas City to count for the state. We
have not yet seen the census for Kansas ;
towns as whole, but Wichitashows an
increase of about 400 per cent since
1880, Kansas City, Kansas, over sOs per
cent, Topeka over 100 per cent, and
other towns show sln16laF grow th: '''T'
TheIsee0nd stateta6nt is chat "thei
most alarming thing that stares the
people Of Kansas in the face is the fact
that state, municiple andindividual in
debtedness is rapidly increasing and the
burdens of taxpayers are becoming
unbearable.' The Capital las been
informed by loan companies that at no
time in the history of their business
have so many loans been paid by farrns.
ers as in the present year. For several
years this debt increased because
thousands borrowed money in order to-
Becare Farms which they had rot th hs-
money TO buy, and thousands who a.-''
ready had farms caught the boom iufeei'
tion and borrowed to speculate These
debts are icing paid off with rs much
zeal as they were incurred. Ast0 Inu
niciple debt, we have no doubt that it
has increased in the last ten years. Save
us from living in u new state whose
towns and counties will not increase
their liabilities i'm orderto build school
houses, court houses, railroads, sewers,
and other public improve
ments, In this regard we hold Kansas
sIp to the werld as the model state for
enterprise and 'prOgfess. But :. one
state in the union exceeds ~6Sfs
railway mileage, while our school -
houses dot every hill side. OF course
CUR smunieiple debt has increased
while Missouri has decreased.
AS to state Indebtedness, the stat, =
u ent is false. AS state, Kansas is n
better condition, aecol ding to the bF4DL
letin just issued by SuperintendanG
Porter, than any other state except
New York and Minnesota, juEpfng IN
this respect from seventh to third place
while Iowa follows next to Kansas Ia
fourth place. The net assets of KaI easE;s
over all liabilities are a trifle under
IS 900 900, an improvement of over 300
per cent in ten years. MisS0uFi's inn
proyement is so per cent, while Cello
RADIOS is 10 per cent, and Nebraska
makes no report. r
: The valuation of property by the
state APP raisers last week sets down fer
value of farm lands about 81 SO, ,300, ,0d0.,
Ten years ago the value waS9
at less that Ss7 zoo, 600 an in
crease in ten years of trfle under 100
per cent. Ia 1880 the total valuation of
taxable property in Kansas was $780,
SOC, 900. This year it is S34s, 500, 600.
an increase of over II0 per Cent. The
Of land values M Ohio
under the present census, for the 4Est.
time in the history of the state, shoW4s-
a marked falling eff in the value of
farm lands, in some ecountiesappToaciI-
ing as high as from 20 70 80 per cent. :
as to other agricultural states none )
mas yet beelkAeard from. 30 far as the
G pa a. krows, except the 6nforti nate
states of New England. Topeka Capt.
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