The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-24
KANSAS ALL RIGHT.
Some Thing From A World Wide Observer
on Kansas and Wichita-CrOp Prospects
and Improved Market Facilities.

and Improved Market Facilities.
Mr.. Joseph Morse, of Meriden, Conn,
who is well known in southern Kansas,
has been swinging around quite freely
| since his arrival Sunday last. He spent
Monday at Newton, Tuesday at Yelling
ton and yesterday visited the stock yards.
| He has visited Kansas on an average twice
a year for ten years and is well known by
many here, travels all over the state, look
| ing for good investments and watching
the country on general principles. In con-
versation last evening about the condition
of affairs generally to a number of friends
said that in his many visits to the state
he had never seen Kansas more promising.
Last year had been a great year for Kan
sas and last spring as he recalled it
most wildly did not give as fair promises
as this spring. As a result he was more
! than ever pleased with his extensive in
vestments here. In his extensive travels
| for years he had never seen an agricultur-
/ tural country anywhere in appearance
| surpass the great Arkansas valley of to-
/ day. And he insisted that the ap.
pearance was by no means a false
| indication Of the merits of the
| country. The prodUctiveness as estab-
| lished in former years had made this great
! valley famous all over the world and thou
| sands Of acres Of corn and wheat now to be
! seen in this section meant millions Of bush
els OF corn and wheat this year. He also
! observed that the present prices of agricul-
tural products were likely to be improv-
! ed upon and that scarcely one-half of last
! years crop in Kansas had been disposed of.
! He thought it would have been much bet
/ ter if the farmers had sold nothing but to
be able financially and in judgment to save
half of the crop up to present date would
result in great financial good to the farm
ers of the state. He did not fail to observe
/ that the report made by the department Of
| agriculture placed Kansas wheat crop
ahead of that of any other state. The win
! ter in many states had been most severe
on wheat and all had suffered more than
! Kansas. This was a showing which would
attract attention all over the country and
/ scarcely a good farmer in any state would
/ fail to find out that the Kansas wheat crop
! was more promising than that of any other
state. it would result in attracting atten-
1 ton to the merits Of Kansas as an agricul-
tural state and the inevitable conclusion
would be that many good farmers in other
states would seek farms in Kansas This
| was an immigration argument and power in
that line that could scarcely be equaled by
all the literature the state immigration
! bureau could send out. Should the Kan
/ sas wheat crop meet with the usual good
! luck the result would simply startle the
world. This would be followed by another
! enormous corn crop and a stone wall
around the state 400 feet high would not
! be able TO keep the capitalists looking for
farm lands and practical farmers seeking
/ better homes.
Mr.. Morse also observed that the eastern
! people were beginning to find out that
/ Kansas grain of today was much nearer a
market than formerly; that the outlet
| south was a great saving to the producer
who was forced to stand long hauls and
mercileSs freights Also that the outlet
south placed Kansas grain nearer the mar
ket than that of any other state. Texas
unable to raise grain Kansas was the first
reached by the railroads and Nebraska
farmers would be compelled to pay freight
| over Kansas soil and for a much longer
distance than the Kansas farmer and the
change would certainly result in giving
! the Kansas farmer the advantage in
! freight rates and having always had the
advantage in soil and climate suitable for
| agriculture, the Kansas farmer would GER
tainly be well contented and be cleverly
rewarded for his labor
Coming down to Wichita he said he had
been reading the EAGLE carefully while
away and given special attention to every
thing about the improvements of the stock
yards, packing houses and the develop
ment of the live stock market, but the
visit to the stock yards had impressed him
with the fact that the wonderful develop
ment in the north part of the city could
not be told by means of type. He did not
want to be placed on the list of Il told you
so" fellows, but insisted that his business
transactions here had demonstrated that
he for years had had faith in Wichita.
And he also insisted some time ago that
especial attention should be given to the
live stock business. There was no reason
why Wichita could not handle the i'm
mense stock business of a great country in
the southwest. The shippers were just
as anxious to enjoy financially snort
hauls as ever and a market in Wichita
was only logical conclusion reached very
easily He thought that Wichita was do
ing rapid and effective work improving
facilities for handling the live stock of the
great southwest and the next thing that
commands prompt and earnest action is
to take care Of the enormous grain crops
That could be done just as surely as d live
stock market is being built up and most
important not only TO Wichita as city
but to every farmer in southern Kansas.
This would enable the farmers TO hold
their grain for the southern outlet until
prices were entirely satisfactory and in
stead of Chicago and st. Louis getting
a whack at the profits on south
ern Kansas corn Wichita would get it.
also the southern outlet to the market
made it imperative to have elevators add
ing many more Inducements than ever
before. OF course he was quite glad TO
hear that that emphatic step had been
taken on the elevator question, and he was
quite sure Wichita business men would be
euhal TO the test as they had in all others
relating to the welfare of the city.