The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-08-28
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arnere isa class OF farmers in kansas
r7i5s,- t-arc so busy N politics last Aug
asf ana September that they have no
wheat 80 scii. We are esad tn notice
-h-tt mauy of them are taking thg
r,f.7rr track and are T'iusging for Hhrat.
"A uoiirv which VIII be- more 60 their
.,iv,Intase bust wiIl ork disaster to
tf,s. a-taagouues who lua them or
Fopesa Cap.t-'l-
The above stauder0us paragraph from
tIle Caatfm Is specimen Of tie
covarIly and contemplate caIumuia-
tialfs of t1e farmers of Kansas with
which Tie columns of The Capaal are
died ANA it is as false as IL is nuIi-
cious. Tie farmers OF this STATE S. hO
COX tae most prominent and active
part iu the reform movement last 1a.l
are the uls.st enierprisiug alid energetic
IL tI.eir occupation in tHe state, and
have as much wheat to sell as the
farmers who voted tie straight repu0-
IIeau ticket
In This county the men Who ruised
the largest crops are The men who were
most active ia uie peoples party move
raent last fail. For instance:
J. *. Miller, OF Jackson township.
was son.ea ha5 busy in politics last
August and September. lie was
chairman of the county convention
and presided at other meetiurs. Yet
le found time to put in Is8 ;,cres Of
wheat, % acresof rye, 26 acres Of oats,
80 acres Of com, 20 acres Of mluet. Is
aercs of sorghum aud 10 acres of broom
com. He has harvested AL Ills grain,
ana besides, has cut $40 acres Of grain
for his neighbora- He viii have several
bushels of wheat to sell.
lib Oliphant is u farmer of Trenton
township, who, also, put in little
time in politics last fall. He has over
go acres of grain; los acres o. com,
besides other crops, and also carried
through the winter 200 head Of cattle.
VIM. Israel is another popuIist who
helped to knock cut the practical poll
ticians. He has 200 acres of corn
which will average 40 to so bushels
per acre, and also FED, last winter, two
cars of steers and "a car of hogs, and
is now running a thresbiug machine.
John Domain, OF Brown township,
was all active supporter of jerry Simp-
son; he has 115 acres of wheat, 40 acres
OF rye, 100 acres of oats and I25 acres
OF corn, besides forage crops.
We could on our columns with the
names Of farmers of this county who
were and are ardent supporters of the
peoples party, that have put in and
harvested at least twice the amount of
crops cultivated 10y the average eastern
farmer, and we are not malicious OF
unfair enough to draw iuvidious dis
tinctions between turner's belonging
to the peoples party, and those who
saw fit to remain with The old parties.
The republican farmers have also
raised large crops. and we know of no
farmers in this county of any political
belief, who neglect their business to
engage in politics, and this statement,
we believe, is equally applicable to all
parts Of the state. and yet the official
state paper, that draws its support in
the shape of official patronage from
Tie AtlA44lGLS VI LLlC SLtsLGs III Tic LllLGlL-
sity of its hatred to all farmers who
have had sense and sand enough to
throw off the tyranny of machine poll
ticians, uses the power derived from
the farmers to scatter broadcast over
the etst statements like the one referred
to, for the purpose OF convincing the
people of tile east that tile farmers of
alliance ure ignorant. INDECENT and
idiUtic. False statements of that
character do mors to injuTe the credit
Of The state and to create distrust in the
minds of persons living east who have
business relations here, than Az the
resolutions of alliances, or tie speeches
Of PETER and Simpson, concerning
which such a wall goes up from the
old party press.