Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-09-24

believe that politics ssussd ths noss.
gagss IN either statsf Il knows bsttoe.
It knows thus speculation and miaman-
agemsnt are responsible.
'.Kansas Is . new statA We can at.
tention to the following fActs: Illinois,
Town, Wisconsin. Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio, during the first forty years Of
their statehood, passed through trials,
troubles and tribulations fully as severe
a. Kansas citizens have endured since
1861. More than that. a. many farmers
in those states allowed their lands to 20
to forced sale for the non-payment Of
debts, during those years as in Kansas
during like period. When those old
states were going through the sweat
box it was in "good old democratic
times" when "free trade and sailors
rights" was shibboleth in democratic
camps and democratic stump-tail state
bank money was the currency OF the
country.
$50 back little farther. In New
York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts,, during the first forty
years Of their state hood, the privations
and hardships of the people were hun
dred-fold greater than any endured by
the people of any state admitted to the
Union during the past forty years.
There are men now living who remem-
Der the "hard times" and the forced
sales in New York and New England in
the 'good old democratic days" of '37
when is seemed as if ''the end had come
in financial and business affairs. The
Champion remembers the crash of '57 in
the democratic days of James Buchanan,
when lands in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota would not sell
for enough to pay the sherif's costs,
and when good dollars were 80 scarce
and wages so low that personal and
public credit WIS a myth.
'tAnd there were in those days no
newspapers vile enough to make the
miseries of their neighbors part of their
political capital In those early days in
New York and New England, in Ohio
and in the central and western states,
there were GROWERS and grumblers who
much resembled the missionaries of
misery in Kansas to-day. But those
states survived the storm. There is
ever s'survival of the fittest." The
names of the calamity shreikers" of
those days do not appear in history.
They lived and their walls were heard in
the land. They died, are forgotten;
and their names have no place in histo-
~, their graves are unmarked. Go to
the Office of the adjutant general Of any
of those states and behold the bullet
riddled flags, kept as tokens Of the valor
and patriotism of their citizens. No
one looks for the records Of the apostles
of woe who said the rebellion could not
be conquered. Fifty years from now
visitors will examine the archives of
Kansas. They will seek the history of
the brave men who made this common
wealth. Will they look for the records
of the men of 1892 who won passing no.
toriery as advertisers of mortgage debts
and sheriff sales? Thousands of pat
riots visit the itombs of Washington,
Lincoln. Grant and Sherman. Does
any lover of his country or his race,
search for the resting place Of Arnold.
Burr, Vallandingham or the walters of
calamity on the border lines of new
states? Kansas growth and Kansas
prosperity compare favorably with any
other state, the Bourbon state of Mis-
souri, included. Kansas is large bor-
rover. So is Chicago. Kansas people
owe great deal of money, and they
have the property to show for it. Kan
sas is rustler among states. Chicago
is II tler among cities. There are ca
lamity howlers in Chicago, men who went
into debt too deep, but Chicago keeps
growing. The calamity howlers could
not gain control o; Chicago. They
cannot gain control of Kansas. If they
could rule Chicago its commerce would
be paralyzed and grass would grow in
its streets. If the Nightmares, Martins
and Simpsons governed Chicago the
sheriff would sell half the real estate in
it within five years. The Bourbon news
papers like the Republic have set astride
the city of st. Louis till young, enter
prising, borrowing, hustling Chicago
has become the marvel of the world,
while st. Louis Bourbons are hiding |
out in the back yard and bellyaching |
about mortgages and calamity. The
old fossil Bourbon Republic is respect
fully notified that the sore head and
sour stomach party is in the tureep in
Kansas this year.
STRIKING CONTRAST.