Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-19
Manifesto By tho Republican STATE
League,


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The Manifesto
The committee appointed By the 70
publican leagues at their recent stase
convention, to prepare manifesto, nave
finished their labors.
The following address was sent out oy
Secretary Butterfield:
At the recent state convention OF 10
publican leagues the undersigned were
appointed committee to prepare N ad-
dress, designed especially to refute the
ISLANDERS upon the state Of Kansas BY the
advocates of the peoples party.
| These defamers of the state that pro-
tects and cares for them, are persistent In
the charge that Kansas, under successive
republican administrations, has been re-
duced to . bsggarly condition. The
atrocious crime of being q state sf Dor
rowers, we shall neither attempt TO pal
liate nor deny. Most of our people came
to Kansas with small means, but with
large share of that robust energy that has
always dominated the state, and In .
quarter of century have achieved Won
derful material results.
"Our debts stand for our investments,
and not for our losses. They represent
our enterprise and not our misfortune;
our property and not our poverty. Ihey
will be paid, to the last penny, in the
legal currency of the country-not coin
shipped, not dollar deprecated"
Kansas is emerging from an era OF gen.
eral depression that is not limited to state
lines, nor confined to the jurisdiction OF
republican administrations. Kansas has
;ofo nd Il.
ties that are the common heritage OF the
human race, but she is neither bankrupt
nor discouraged. One of the newest
states in settlement, she is foremost In
the magnitude of her wealth and fertility
OF her resources.
Kansas has been under the untnter-
rupted control of the republican party
from the date of its admission as . state,
and an imperial commonwealth has been
developed. A magnificent capitol build
ing, and charitable institutions, with
superb equipage, aggregating in cost $o,,
600, 900, have been built and paid for, and
the state has not lost dollar by detaIca-
ton or the dishonesty of public officials.
The total assessed valuation Of proper
ty in the state is $34S, O00,0 O0 The as
sessed 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,
100000 900 greater than Maine, $50, OOO,-
600 moro than New Hampshire, $1S7, 0OO,-
600 more than Vermont, and only t1O,-
100000 below the old and wealthy state
of Connecticut.
Kansas was the thirty fourth state ad-
mitted into the union, but now ranks
nineteenth in population, and eighteenth
in wealth. The wealth of the United
States, during the last decade, increased
43 per cent; that of Kansas 80 per cent,
nearly double the general average.
Kansas is the second state in the union
in railway mileage, having an aggregate
Of 5000 miles.
The school property of the state is
valued at $10,617, 149. Free schools are
maintained from eight to nine months
each year. In addition to the common
schools the state has university, nor
NAL school, and an agricultural college
all Justly celebrated institutions of learn
ing.
There are in the state 1889 church
edifices costing $8,8O1. $40. From 1880 to i
1890 there was an increase in the church
twelve and half million dollars.
A benefcent system Of education has
been fostered by the republican party,
and to-day there is greater diffusion of
popular education, and q smaller per
centage of illiteracy and crime, in Kan
sas, than in any other organized COM
munity upon the face of the globe. In |
all that pertains to a strong and vigorous |
state, the history of civil society fur
nishes no parallel to Kansas.
MORTGAGE INDEBTEDNESS.
Official reports from sixty counties of |
the state show that during the last three |
months there was net reduction in the |
mortgage indebtedness of those counties |
Of one Ind q half million dollars. As
Stunning that there was proportionate |
reduction in the remaining forty-six
counties, the total diminutf6n 81 the |
mortgage debt of the state would approx |
mate $2,250, 900, and this was during the |
summer, before the farmers began to |
realize on this years crop. Our wheat |
crop this year Of 55,000,0O0 bushels, at |
current prices, is worth 81, 0OO,O One
fourth of this is ample for homo use,
leaving $50, 600, 900 to add to our invest
ments, or to paw our debts. Our surplus |
corn will bring US $4,000, 900, oats, S.
OOO 900, and other farm products I'll ,0OO.-
300. We can and will sell this year |
e12, O0O, 900 worth of horses, and $25, O0O,-
300 worth of cattle and hogs. After
themselves and paying their
annual expense bills, the farmers Of Kan
,as will have $1O4 OOO, 900 a. the net re-
!ult Of q single years work. Some Of
his large profit will be added to our per
manent capital. but most of it viii be
in liquidating indebtedness.
The wandering vagabonds who have
Joined the alliance for political purposes
,nly, and who are trying to make living
~ h If fhoir isuo instead ~ |