The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-08
THAT coMMoNER OUTRAGE
kies' Wheat Libel Refut-d by Dozen
Prominent Citizens.

! moner during the month OF July last con
corning the yield of wheat per acre il
Sedgwick county and the state, and Other
derogatory matter, which statement wa!
promptly denied by the EAGLE at tn.
time, but which found its way into east
| ern papers and was seized upon by many
of them a text TO defame Kansas Fol
lowing is specimen OF the comments thai
/ were drawn out by kies' statement, and
theirs of like import are still going the
rounds of the eastern papers:
The Kansas Commoner, an Alliance
paper al Wichita, Kan, says that the
wAeas crop in that state this year is not
| up to the average neither in acreage OF
yield. The wheat in Sedgwick county
Que of the best III the state, will not yield
| fourteen bushels 10 the acre. So the great
blow about the Kansas wheat crop this
| year IS IA farce, aud Ohio farmers should
be careful about leaving their native state
and einigrating to one that is not near SO
| good.-Cresso 20 journal, August f.
The incident is being talked about in
this community. few of it's authors i'm
mediate friends and supporters attempt
ing to Justify and defend the allegations,
| in view OF which the EAGLE decided to get
the views of number of responsible and
representative business men of the city
and farmers of the county touching the
C"mmoner's misrepresentation and their
effects upon the best interests of the city,
county and state. and to that end the fol-
lowing questions were presented yesterday
and the subjoined responses obtained,
which speak Tor themselves.
What in your opinion has been the effect
OF the Commoner's statement, above re-
ferred TO- upon the material interests of
Kansas and Sedgwick county away from
home and among investors and intending
settlers in this state and section, and what
effect upon the business interests of Wich-
lta IN special or general way? Also what
IN your Judgment Is fair estimate of the
average yield of wheat per acre for Sedg-
WICK county?
ID 5. Hall of Bruno township, Butler
county, Kan, says when talked to about
the above article that such publications
are scandalous, that the wheat of his town
ship will average from twenty to twenty
1--we bushels per acre, that an article of
this kind I'M ures our credit and tends to
retard migration.
j. w. Bullinger of Wichita township
says you can put down the average at
twenty five bushels per acre. I have talked
with many threshers and they put down
the average at twenty bushels generally.
That article did us no good, but harm.
james Howard farmer, stock raiser and
keeper of a large livery stable says: l have
travelled extensively over the county. l
put the average at twenty bushels The
arr icle nllsrepre-ents us. The Commoner
made a mistake
j. r. Holiday, the well known grocery
man, says that l am not we'll enough
posted perhaps to give an opinion as to the
average yield as am too busy taking in
cash from the farmer for my goods, and
paying for produce to think about aver
ages. These publications lowering our
record does us no good. This is a Nancy
H.nks country in every respect.
A. d. Lee. farmer, living for sixteen
years in Delano township, says that the
wheat will average twenty five bushels in
this county. That he has helped many Of
his neighbors thresh and it goes that
THAT article makes me tired. 1t is clearly
Whitney Tucker received the rent crop
from three farms and they all eaveraged
twenty bushels. 1 believe in telling the
truth.
j. 2. Burrell. farmer. living in Illinois
township, thinks the wheat will average
twenty bushels.
Mr. Munson of the large dry goods firm
of Munson & Mcnamara, says: 'My in
formation leads me to think that the
editor is mistaken as to the average yield.
L am sorry to see statements of this kind
made, for political effect; for political pre-
f. Helms, farmer of Attica township:
'The wheat will average twenty bushels
in our country. / have no patience with
the publication of that kind of an article
1t gives people who desire to do so an OPP
to attack Us. 1t harms US very
much and wish they would stop it,"
George Steele, hardware merchant: 81
read the article when published and heard
a friend of the Commoner say that the
paper was away off. / regret it very much
as people from abroad read these state
mrnts and use them against us as this pa
per has"
Oscar Barnes: cit is calculated to do us
harm. The farmer does not talk to me
that way. l get my information from
them, and they say it will 90 very much
higher than that"
Frank Doffelmyer, farmer: 1t is great
and does Us great injustice.
That article alone may have stopped half
dozen families from coming to Sedgwick
county. The wheat in nay section is run
nlng twenty to thirty bushels per acre.
Samuel Houck, one of the oldest mer-
chants of this city and very extensively
Through this county and part
of the state. says that he. OF course. is not
growing wheat personally but that he has
alked with many farmers all Of whom
put the wheat average IN this county at
.wenty bushels: that he thinks the editor
IF the Commoner is mistaken, and that |
articles of that kind are calculated to do |
Is great injury.
George w. Larimer of the wholesale |
house OF johnson & Ltrimer, SAYS that in |
bis Judgment. obtaining his information |
from farmers who have talked with him,
he average for The county Is over twenty |
bushels. That he is sorry 1t is found neces- |
;ary to publish articles of that character |
That not many OHIO farmers will ever |
,oule to this state and theu return TO farm |
On side hills and raise garden truck ia |
Ohio.
Mr.. Ed Phillips, q farmer for twenty |
7ears In Salem township, says THAI the
wheat in his township will 90 twenty |
bushels on al average, or more. That he /
las no pativncs with the publication of |
news of this kind. That this is the great |
.st wheat and corn country III the world
Mr.. Finlay Ross proprietor OF the large /
wholesale and retail furniture store. aud /
Who has resided in this county for fifteen |
'r more years, also Land owner Says that /
Ms wheat averaged twenty five bushels |
Der acre and that farmers generally tell |