Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-02-16
THE YEAR OF JUBILEE.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Under the Mosaic dispensation I

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Under the Mosaic dispensation Their,
was year OF jubilee, and it celebrated
| the extinguishment of debt and the
restoration to freedom of those whom
the hard conditions of life had enslaved
a year in which the debtor was freed
from his obligations; the bondsman be-
came freeman, and the financially IN
fortunate was given an opportunity tc
commence anew the battle of life, freed
from the letters that had bound him. but
retaining all the lessons that experience
had taught. This law given by God
himself to His chosen people, recognized
mans inherent tendency to involve HIM
self In debt. and thus become the slave
of his fellowman; and provided The
! means to strike from his limbs the
shackles that bound him and restore
him to freedom and happiness. Unfor-
tunately for us who are living in the
full blaze of the civilization, almost in
the dawn of the twentieth century,
under the laws governing Kansas no
such beneficient provisions SO
fraught with mercy exist.
The creditor backed by the law exacts
the uttermost farthing, with to IL per
cent added: and no Divine law RENTS
the penalty.
From whence then will come relief ?
and how Will present Kansas debtors
secure extinguishment of debt and in
augurate year of jubilee? Can this be
done: l answer yes! By the operation
of natural laws, giving us the promised
'.seed time and harvest" Our wonder
full resources and our fertile soil, sup
plemented by the industry of our peo-
pie, with brighter financial conditions
will soon enable all to pay their debts
in full.
1t is the opinion of the bes. and
shrewdest financial men in the country,
repeatedly expressed, that this year,
1890, will be most prosperous one.
The feeling of confidence is fast being
felt in business circles all over the cOun-
try. and certainly Kansas prospects
We're never so good, or the outlook so
f1attering. Last year we raised enorm-
GUS crops. Most of the wheat remains
in farmers hands. The conditions exist
for better crops this year than ever be-
fore. The late reports of the state agri-
cultural department. show a splendid con-
dltlon and large acreage of winter wheat
and l predict that when this crop is har-
vested, In June next, it will prove as
great surprise to our eastern people as
was our late corn crop OF nearly S00.
000, 600 bushels.
With ordinary conditions from now
until harvest the result from our large
acreage should not be less than 50,000,-
600 bushels of wheat. All the conditions
the soil, temperature and moist
ure, convince by past experience that
Kansas is now just entering upon
series of grand crop years, Of which last
diversified and proper attention Is given
grain to stock, thus selling their cheap
corn, IN manufactured state, will pour
a wealth of gold into our farmers hands
sufficient to cancel every farm mortgage
and enable all to celebrate year of
jubilee.
Nothing succeeds like success. We
inter the present year with all the
)mens of prosperous future before
is. We have learned some valuable
essons from the experience of the past.
True, much remains to be done. Good |
avs are to be enacted, and some found |
o be detrimental to our prosperity will |
% repealed. Our cheap and fertile |
ands, our healthful, invigorating eli
nate, the tides Of immigration from for
ign lands now turned this way, the |
hrifty farmers from other states, at
racted by our natural and superior adj
'antages, will do the rest. Capital will |
ollow immigration as naturally as water
eeks its level. And the result will be to |
louble our present population, develop
ur natural resources and make the peo-
lie of Kansas the happiest and most
prosperous on the face of the earth.
To the industrious farmers of other
tates, discouraged by the hard condi-
ions of WORKOUT, unfruitful land, life
f toll without reward, or climate cold
nd exacting, we offer q share in our
prosperous present and future.
To all who come to southwestern Kan
as with thrifty, industrious habits, with
money or without. a climate unsurpass-
d, cheap lands, soil as fertile as the
ANGUS valley of the Nile, with all the
dvantages of church, school and soci-
ty found in any part of the land.
To the Kansan the present outlook IS
1ost encouraging, and with these
hanging conditions prosperous future
assured.
Then speed the work OF immigration
nd thrice welcome the present year
18th all its present opportunities, which
to bring to Kansas and her people the
ear of jubilee. MARCUS.