Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-09-19
Ar the recent meeting O, the State

AT the recent meeting OK the State
Leas ue Of republican clubs a committed
was appointed to prepare an address tc
the people Of the United States refut
ing the ISLANDERS upon Kansas which
have been put in circulation by Alliance
orators within the past year. The docu
ment was completed and gives statistic:
: showing the wonderful growth Of the
state, the enormous crops of the present
year and the excellent condition OF all
classes Of her people. The address is a
long one, covering the financial status
aud the achievements ard resources of
the state in detail. The pertinent
points are summarized rs follows:
Kansas is emerging from the era of
general depression that is not limited to
state lines, nor confined to the iurisdic-
ton OF . republican administration.
Kansas shared misiortunes and endur-
ed calamities that are the common her
itsgs Of the human race. but she is
neither bankrupt nor discouraged. One
OF the newest states IN settlement, she
is foremost in magnitude of her wealth
and the fertility of her resources. The
total assessed valuation Of the state
is S34S,0o0,000. The assessed valuation
OF the state is five times as great as that
OF Florida or Delaware, three times
that Of South Carolina, double that OF
Alabama, Arkansas or Mississippi, S40,-
100000 greater than Maine, 800, 100000
more than New Hampshire, $751;, 100000
more than Vermont, and only SlOOO0O00
below the old and wealthy state of Con-
necticut. Official reports from sixty
counties of tho state show that during
the last three months there was a net
reduction in the mortgage Indebtedness
OF those counties Of 81, 10000. Assum-
ing that there was q proportionate re-
ductIon in the remaining forty-six couu-
ties, the total dIminution of the mort
gage debt Of the state would approxim-
ate S2,250.OO0, and this was during the
summer, before the farmers began to re- |
alize on the years crop. Our wheat |
crop this year of 55,0O0,0O0 bushels at |
current prices is worth S44, ,00U, 900. One
fourth of this is an pie for home use,
leaving S33, ,000.0O0 TO add to our invest |
ments or to pay our debts. Our sur
plus corn viii bring US S2,0O0,000, oats
100000 and other farm products SILL
O00,0N. We can and will sell this year
sl2, 100000 worth OF horses and 5000, |
600 worth Of cattle and hogs. After sup
plying themselves and paying their an
nuRl expense bills, the farmers Of Kan
sss Will have Sl04, ,0C0,0 ,0G0 as the net re-
suit OF a single years work. Some Of
this large preft will be added to our
permanent capital, but most OF il will
be employed in liquidation of indebted
moss. There is q rssoute purpose all
over this state to pay as rapidly as pos
gble all the debts incurred during our
period OF development. Tne balance of
trade is so largely in our favor that the
early extIngulshment OF all our debts is
1t should be understood abroad,
as il is known 1t home, that the only
sdvocstes OF repudiaLion, either by in
trlgue or artltice, are adherents OF the
Peoples party. The new party. under
the seductive leadership of demagoRues
who magnify The farmers misfortunes
and belIttle their resources, obtained
control OF the lower house Of our legis.
ature. Its conspicuous failure as law
making body filed the mora sensible
OF the Alliance with chagrin,
Ind they will embrace the first oppor-
unity offered to reinstate themselves
n the republican party. Kansas is mar
7elous in Itp history, much less in its re-
and magnificent in ITS achieve
ueLts, and the party that msligns the
state and dishonors itself is already
struck with the blight of death.