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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
VALUE OF FARM ANIMALS.

From the y. o. Pfcayune.
According statistician J. r. Dodge's
estimate in the report of the department
Of agriculture for January and February,
1890; the value of all the cattle, horses,
mules, sheep and hogs in this country is
s.. j07 $50, 05S, as follows: Horses, 1889, =
600, 900: mules, S179, 600, 900: mich cows,
1886 600, 900: oxen and other cattle. Sj97, =
900, 900; swine, 1921 600, 900; sheep, $780,
900. 600.
All Of the farms in the United States
In 1889 were estimated at so. 1917 .096, 716.
The value of the cattle and other do
nestle animals was equal to One-fourth
the value of all the farms. Horses held
the greatest value, oxen and other cattle
next, swine next, mules next, sheep the
least Of all.
The highest average price of horses in
January last, was in New England and
the middle states-Connecticut, $115;
Rhode Island, $113; Maine, SIP; Penn
sylvania, SIG; The lowest average price
was in Texas, $3.50. The highest aver
age price of mich cows was in New Jer-
oep, 1874; the lowest in Texas, S14.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
WHY THE FARMER IS NOT PROS
Porous.

From the American Economist
The farmers of the west have no longer
any excuse for listening to free trade
demagogues, who would persuade them
that they must Overturu the industrial
system which has made this nation
great. and destroy our mechanical
manufacturing and mining industries.
To restore prosperity h agriculture. SO
outrageOuslv absurd Is this proposition
on its face, that it Is incredible that any
one could be found to listen TO it. Never
thele-s, the prevailing distress of our
farmers IN many parts of the country.
has inclined many 10 welcome 1t As
promising a change that could not make
their condition worse, and might possibly
improve 1t. That more dangerous de
fusion was never sought To be imposed
by schemlng dem2g0gueS upon a suffer
ing and trusting people VIII be appar-
ent. on review of the facts and
explanations which NAV be found in the
TWO essays recently made public under
the titles announced at the head of this
article
The first was issued from the United
States department of agriculture. in its
report for March. under the supervision
# the secretary OF agriculture. Governor
t. II. kUSS. of Wisconsin. one Of the
best friends the farmers of this country
ever had.
The second from c. Wood Davis Of
Se1igNyic6 county. Kan, viii ~ found IL
the April number Of the Forum. q
monthly magazine distinguished for the
ability with which II i edited. and the
remarkable diSceTumant with which il
selects subjects for discussion that meet
the general demand It's articles Con-
mand public confidence. and are accepted
eveTyyN here a. authoritative
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
! BRIGHT SOUTH KANSAS TOWN
From the Kiowa Herald.

From the Kiowa Herald.
Real estate is rising, values are in
creasing and business and residence
property are now changing hands.
''There is a tide In the affairs of men
which taken at the flood leads on to for
tune" and the bard of Avon never utter
ed a more characteristic truism, as it has
proved itself a thousand times in the his
tory of the rise and downfall of individ-
uals. This same principle viii apply to
cities. Kiowa is now climbing the
Golden ladder; her bright star IS In the
ascendency and property of all kinds IS
feeling the effects of the strong conf
dence our people have in its great future
as the grand central commercial city on
the border of the Cherokee strip. Va
cant houses are rapidly becoming occu-
pied with tenants and there is a general
turn of the tide upward, with higher
prices for all kinds of desirable property.
The wave has only just started and the
man who invests his money now is as
sure Of doubling it in two years as he is
sure TO invest when he realizes how
cheap property is selling.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

1t IS stated that during the pest year
from twelve to twenty lines of railroad
in Nebraska did not earn enough to pay
their expenses. Whether this was meant
to imply that business generally was off
to that extent in that state, or that the
stock OF the roads IS expanded beyond
their capacity to carry with an ordinary
run Of business is not intimated; but from
the demands Of the farmers for lower
rates it would appear that they believe
the latter theory the correct one. In
any event the prospects for the limo
cent purchasers " cent per cent are not
the most fattering. The latter class
would no doubt, as the Globe-Democrat
remarks, be glad to exchange their
holdings for corn at any price.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
UNEASY KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City is making a great effort
with the postoftice department for a fast
mail to southwest Kansas. The effort
IS solely a selfish and local one, and, if
successful, viii not benefit southern
Kansas any more than St Louis fast
mail benefits Kansas City, against which
st. Louis scheme Kansas City regularly
howls. No fast mail, however fast, viii
enable Kansas City to hold its own in
this section, nor enable it to get its
clamps on the trade of the Indian terri
tory. All eastern and northern Kansas
seems secure to that Missouri town, and
let her remain satisfied to serve them
without calling on Wanamaker to spend
a vast sum annually to sustain her
waning fortunes in a section that she
can not possibly control in the future.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
THE Frs OF ERROR AND OTHER Frs.

The Wichita EAGLE takes the Alliance
sharply TO account for its assertion that
Senator Ingalls,, during his eighteen years
in the senate, had never done anything for
the farmers interest. Why, it was only
last week. says the EAGLE, that Mr.. In
gals made pointed demand in behalf of
the producers, in his amendment to the
antitrust bill. True; there is his effort
last week, -er-er-what were Mr..
Ingalls, other eifortss-Emporia Repub-
liCan.
Er-er-for legal tender treasury notes
in 1919; er-er-for the coinage of silver
in 1878; er-er-tor free lumber in 1888;
er-er-for cheaper water transportation
by opening the Mississippi river to the
gulf; er-er-for arrears of pensions in
1879, which gave more millions to the
farmers of Kansas than any other statute
of the century. eT-er-for the antitrust
and monopoly bill reported the last week
for the judiciary committee. of which
he is a member: er-er-er-er-old slut
tereri
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
THE HISTORICAL LIBRARY.

Senator Moody will introduce a bill
next winter for the consolidation of the
State Historical society with the state IL
brary. The newspaper files of the former
he says fills up the allotted room without
any real benefit. He is mistaken. The
student Of the future will search these
files for data, and find therein the best
seeds for the production of correct his
tOry.-Lawrence Record
This matter came up during the last
legislative session, and caused a great
deal of argument without accomplishing
anything. The so-called estate library
is originally and almost exclusively law
library. The historical library is a great
deal more valuable and rich for the stu
dent than is dreamed of by any but those
who are accustomed TO use it. The two
libraries belong apart and have separate
ends in view. As the Record suggests,
the value of the historical library viii
appear more obvious, and its use will be
come indispensable as time goes by. The
complete history of Kansas thus far is
contained in the volumes, chiefly I'M
bound, which the officers of the society
are now engaged in cataloguing.
tai
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
SURE ENOUGH KANSAN" REPLIES TO
CONE OF THE MACS"
SPIvEY. Kan. April ), 1890.

SPIvEY. Kan, April ), 1890.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Seeing in your issue of today an arti-
Gle from "One of the Macs, who says he
is from ''Gleh-Mary stock farm" one
would infer he was writing from the
farmers standpoint. think it requires
an answer and. relying on your indulgent
disposition. viii attempt to do so. lie
evidently believes in the good old maxim
Of
''Let him take who has the power,
And let him keep who can;
Or
''The hare Of the dog VIII cure the bite
Or. as protection and scarce money has
ruined the farmer, more protection and
less money viii make them rich again.
Or. as the boy said. Stand it pap. 1t NAV
hurt. but it viii be the maxim Of the
pup.
But think, as Mac says, that although
prejudice NAV and does obscure the VS.
ION or the MASSES for time-blind their
eve sight-the hard stress of circum-
stances generally brings about a change
of vision. l think many old farmers are
getting their second sight. Lots OF
them NOW know that if wheat Is scarce
it l. dear. and some know. to their cost.
that money l. sometimes 50 scarce that
II costs 10 per cent a month for the
use Of it. They further know
the balderdash-that an increase
NJ the currency would not help them,
when they know property Of all kinds
has steadily deprecated with the CON
traction Of the currency, won't wash.
The trouble with '-ODe Of the Macs a..
be l. using the kind of goggles Tor the
farmers TO see through they have got
used Ia: can see things sSs they are. They
are getting over the prejudice that for
merry made them Sc q Vay to get rich
by having taxes put on everything they
ouy. while IN selling they sell IN the oIssz
markets OF the world against the pau
per labor IL Russia and India Have
sen that tins tax made fortunes for
few individuals rsut did not enable iatoE-
7r- in the factories 20 I55Iv either iiOur or
beet. though 1he -four was only worth
dollar per hundred and ls-f only two
cents q pound Try some new ga.
friend Mac The people ars willing 20
risk considerable imitation 0f the car-
rgrcv. ami are going a. have - II least
p the extent * free coinage Of silver.
>ea f thev don't.
\ great nanv though blinded bv pre-
JUDGE. think that more money means
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
PRICES LWAYS THE LOWEST AT THE
White House Of InniS & Ross.

The grand ball 10 be given by the
knights of Pythias viii take place next
Wednesday evening. The preparations
for the event are very elaborate and Il very
brilliant occasion Is anticipated.
The ladies of the different churches OF
the city met Thursday afternoon at the
rooms of the Y N. c. A. and organized a
W. c. I. l. society, and elected the follow
ing officers. Mrs. Rrs. Rhodes president
Miss Mcconnell corresponding secretary
Miss Flora Leach recording secretary, and
Miss W. Lumpkins treasurer.
The ladies' auxiliary Of the Y. N. c. a.
gave a book social last Wednesday evening
at the rooms of the association on Second
street. The attendance WAS large and
quite a collection of valuable books were
added to the library. 4 program includ-
ing recitations and vocal and Instrumental
music was rendered. The ladies of the
auxiliary served coffee and cakes during
the evening.
The l.. :. J.. society gave a TenuysOn re-
ceptiOn last Friday afternoon at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Il c. Nicholson, on First
street. The following program was rem
dered:
Roll call Quotations from Tennyson.
Biographical sketch..-.Mrs. c. NJ. Barnes
Mrs. All. Meal
Reading .;;....-.-..,,.- -. ;Enoch Arden,
Mrs. Frank Greer, Mrs. r. Patton
Guitar solo. Observation-Disclosures The Brook.
Mrs. j. j. Bolio.
Recitation. ...........T The Golden Supper,
Mrs. j. B. Howard
Reading. The Grandmother
Mrs. Foster
Guitar solo. Mrs. r. r. Palmer
Recitation. The Children's hospital.
Mrs. Humphrey.
Reading. Observation-Disclosures. Edwin Gray,
Mrs. T. r. Palmer.
The following members were present: Mes
DANES G. NJ. Barnes, Geo. Gray, X. Patton,
f. II. Greer, +. =. Dodd, r. y. Palmer, A
A. Humphrey, A. II. Mead, l.. f. kimbail,
+. NJ. Smart
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
WHAT WE NEED MOST.

The farming and kindred industries
are not so bad off as most people have
been led to suppose from recent discus
sion of that subject Statistics-fgures
that are said to be incapable of lying
show that farm products, including live
stock Of ali kinds, are as high priced now
as they ever were in this country prior
TO the civil war But whatever depres-
sion there may be-and it mnst be adj
mitted that there is sOme-the best, be-
cause the most effective and lasting,
remedy is the creation and building up
of other industries that viii consume
our vast surplus farm products. We
would not produce less, but arrange by
whatever means possible that are legiti-
mate to consume more at home than we
do at present. We cannot build up
foreign industries, but we can so shape
legislation and outside efforts as to do
this in our own country.
We simply have too many good farm
ers and too much rich land in proportion
to the capital and labor in other pursuits.
We ought not to buy dollars worth of
anything from abroad that we can fairly
make at home. By this policy we should
soon build up home industries that
would make home demand for all our
farm products. The man who dreams
about foreign markets is deluded. All
Europe has more farm products of its
own than it can now sell for fair prices.
Our salvation is home markets by
greater diversity of employments and an
extension of our manufacturing, mining
and other ike pursuits.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

From its aggressive policy of late il
would seem that the Union Pacific rail
road is not in as bad way as has been
pictured for it. Dospites the talk Of
congress passing the necessary act to
force 1t to a settlement with the govern
ment its management goes right along
acquiring new lines of feeders and open
ing new outlets for It's traffic. The latest
stroke Is an arrangement for running a
line of steamers between Portland.
Oregon. and China.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

the largest smelter in ting United StatcS,
as a blacksmith Shop"-an establish
ment costing a million dollars. which
spends S3,00O eco a year in freight for
bringing raw material into our midst
from south Dakota 10 Mexico. turning
out SIS 600, 900 year of silver bullion.
and for which IL pays, according 10 Of
ticial and labor authorities, the highest
average wages 10 its men 81 any eStab-
Gshment east of the Rocky mountains.
The editor of the Chief would be more
patriotic. and have a greater state Of
pride, If ne were 60 expand his vision,
and take IN something more than Troy,
Wathena, White Cloud and 81. Joseph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

cheaper money, better times for the
masses, consequently better times for
every legitimate business. Il do not
mean the pawn shops and cut-throat
mortgage chaps. 1t means less fore
closures, less bankruptcy. and it means
turning of the long lane that has run
straight ahead to the absorption of the
earnings of the masses for years and
years into the hands of the few. 1t
means farmers who own their homes in
stead of tenants under foreign landlords.
1t means modern individual prosperity,
instead of the misery and tyranny of the
feudal ages.
Hoping the EAGLE viii find room for
this under her broad pinions, am yours
respectfully, SURE ENOUGH KANSAS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

Speaker Reeds ruling on what consti-
tutes a quorum IS to be tested by the
Democrats on the Idaho admission bill.
1t is interesting to note in this connection
that Lieut. Gov. Jones of New York
made a ruling in the state senate a few
days ago that was counterpart of the
already famous Reed ruling. Jones is a
Democrat, too, but that doesn't prevent
him from telling what is quorum when
it is right before his eyes. Yy-the-way,
what has become Of that other test case
the Democrats Of the house promised to
make a month ago: Waiting in the in
nocuous for this last one, doubtless.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
working the Chopper.

whats troublil' yer, Jakey y inquired the
proprietor Of a Thirteenth avenue restaurant,
as be noticed as head waiter hanging AROUND
the cash desk.
DE cook wants 20 know wottle we do wild
yestiddy's pieces.
"Much q
"Qu!te some"
.'Wot are thevT'
"Deres half a ham. FIVE cold veal outlets,
some liver, nineteen chicken wings and twelve
pieces of mutton
''You tell de cook Jakey, % put EN- in and
work de chopper, and Den put on the BLACK,
board:
q" Special Today.
Excelsior Croquettes, two fer ten"
New York Tribuns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS.
From the Atchison Champion

There has been a good deal of talk
lately about the evils of too much writ
ing, book and newspaper making in this
age. Mr.. Phelps, our minister at st.
James until recently, wrote a worthy
paper about this calamity month or two
months ago, and Mr.. Howels annihilated.
his arguments and conclusions in due
time. President Eliot, of Harvard, has
thought it worth while to express his
opinions of certain features of the mod
ern newspaper. The collegian's criticism
is probably deserved. Mr.. Choate has
always commented on the immense pro-
portions Of Sunday papers.
But it seems to have escaped the notice
of most critics of the newspaper-they
generally agree that the reading of the
newspapers IS detrimental to the study of
bOoks-that the newspaper is the only
book that many men can afford or are
compelled to see, and the newspaper en-
cOurages the habit of reading. Thus the
newspaper impels many to read books
who would have otherwise read little or
nothing. Newspapers of the best sort
and we are speaking only of such-cOn-
tain a great deal more than mere news.
They mirror faithfully the progress of
man, the growth of thought and the his
tory of the world. The tastes of the
readers of first-class newspaper are GER
tainly refined by what they find in its
columns. The modern newspaper, as
America knows it. is a great civiliZing
engine. Its power for good Is immense.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

Globe-Democrat: Assistant POstmas-
ter General Clarkson goes to the heart Of
the matter when he says that, although
prohibition has worked well in the rural
districts Of Iowa, it has utterly failed in
the larger towns. This has been the ex-
perience, at least so far as regards the
towns, in every state in which prohibi-
ton has been tried. Whatever may be
the case in the purely agricultural com
munitices-ando often the restriction can
be enforced there-the law is imperative
in the cities. The duty of the people
under the circumstances is plain. Iowa
must do as some other states have done
in a similar exigency. State prohibition
must be abolished, and high license and
local option adopted in its stead.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

The Photographic society of Geneva.
Switzerland, have been photocraphing
married couples who have lived together
for many years. They find that between
such husbands and wives there comes TO
be pronounced resemblance of feature
and expression. Out Of seventy-eight
pictures made the resemblance between
husband and wife was in twentv-four
cases greater than between brother and
sister, in thirty cases 1t was As great.
while in the remaining twenty-four
there was no marked resemblance. Per
haps those were the couples that quar-
relied.
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or the Eagle.
THE CHILDREN,

A glow from the dying sunset
Tints the gray of the oud-fecked sky;
The church bells peal out their chansons
And the spring laden breeze swings by.
Alone l sit in the shadows,
With heart and arms empty anew;
The baby no longer nestles
Here with me as he once used to.
Through the deeps of the twilight valley,
Over cloud-bars across the sky,
The echo Of music floats to me
That Is answered back in my sigh.
The eyes smiling up so tTustful,
With the look mothers only see,
Are g0ne-unless in the loveland
/ shall find them watching for me.
No more the tiny pink fingers
Touch my cheek in the sweet old way,
But n1ayhap the gates of Heaven
They viii open for me some day.
Though full of worldly thinking,
Yet "a kinship with heaven have /,
And my heart turns to the treasure
The angels are keeping on high.
With faith that amounts to knowledge
| shall wait until am free,
Then God in His love and goodness
VIII give back my children to me.
y w II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
Caught in tho Aet.

Stranger-H0w much do you get Tor Tie
golden rule'
Jeweler ,weariiy) Young man, stop right
there. recognize YOU a. the despsradD who
inquiries for salvation, the pearl q great
rrIce, the celestial diamonds tire jewel Il
consistency. and as the fellow who wants -
price a par n ruby bps II you don't lighf
cut AT once I'll CAL toe poloe!-Jeweler's Re-
view
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

Many inquiries have been made from
time to time in the newspapers for the
neanest man" and he has at last been
discovered" His name was-for he has
just died-Elon Booth, a Newton, Conn.
miser, who, on MS death bed, begged to
lie allowed to swallow the 100000 he
had accumulated, and in the presence of
his anxious relatives. But the old mans
unbounded faith in the medical students
of his vicinity still remains unexplained.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
At the Receptisn.

Barbara ulda, that gentleman over yon-
der is my friend, Mr.. Floyd. May present
him.
Halda-No, you must excuse me. lie IL the
very man who kept his seat IN this car tina
other evening whis / stood all the way.
Extraordinarily Why, / am shocked. II
he didn't have any regard for our sex hs
might at least have shown some consideration
for age.-Llfe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

The Topeka Capital advises Prof. Snow
to not accept the chanscellerehip of the
State University because it may provoke
severe criticism from part of the state
press. As for that the same is applicable
SO anybody else. But Prof. Snow nor
any other person is likely to accept the
appointment until it is offered. and the
regents don't appear to be in any hurry
to make ii.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08

The ResubmiSsion element saws the
Wichita EAGLE, is the Republican party
conservative element in Kansas. Possibly
But what would il be If il had strength
Weakness should not he taken for con
servatism. Republican.
IL viii be time enough 10 discuss its
weakness after its strength has been
given a test, until which time all such
opinions and assertions are merely con-
iectural Above all the Republican par
" does not want to be convinced of the
strength Of that element through the
costly test of a defeat. BuJ whether
weak or strong it has a political right to
a hearing at the polls. to deny which
may, dear governor. prove disastrous,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
INCREASE OF WEALTH IN THE WEST.

From the Trade and Traffic.
The Kansas crop report for 1889 ex-
hibits the largest and best crop ever
raised in that state. the acreage being
14110 600. and the value of the product
S105. 655. 900. This is 500 900. 600 greater
than the value OF the crop of 1888, and
more than double that Of 1880. showing
that the product of Kansas farms has in
creased over 100 per cent in the decade,
which is at the rate of 10 per cent a year.
This certainly does not look a. if the
west were going TO ruin. Farms are
continually multiplying. and the product
of them is constantly increasing. Every
new era opened to settlement is seized
and occupied in few days. even in re-
gions remote from market. and tnOus-
ands of persons are eager to engage every
year in the vocation which the crOakers
tell Us is Improbable. The facts as pre-
scented in official assessments and agri-
cultural reports show that the agricul-
tural states are rapidly increasing in
wealth, population ana comforts.