The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-13

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kaEsas tine fact of the size ana wha.
, may be called the '.s,isa1,e' Of the state
should never be lost e,i: Of When
man from Kansas remark. that IN hi,
| part of the state" the corn crop will he "a
failure. it is well 'ninauire what 'lortion
OF IA state 100 miles long and 200 miles
wide he includes in his reservation
Does he live iu lie east half or the west
half! Does he live in the valley or the
upland: Is the cornfiela located 500 fe4i
above the sea level or 5000 feet. All
these facts have bearing on the corn
crop in Kansas. and then there is the al
ditional question. How long has the
cornfiela in question been in cultivation:
No one is authorized to speak of Kan
sas as agricIlturally homogeneous
country. with uniform conditions affect
ing its entire area. Kansas is really
''ail sorts" of IA country and never has
known in all its parts at the same time
the same meteorological conditions. 1t
has been said that no storm is strong
enough to prevail through the entire
length and breadth of Kansas The wild
est hurricane loses its force before it has
traversed the length OF the state, and not
one of the hot Winds of which SO
much is said, ever covered more than a
small fraction Of it compared with its
immense area.
These truths should be taken to heart
when the word comes that the .cor,
crop of Kansas is destroyed" Prac,i.
cally that is impossible. A part of III.
# Sfnfo ai,,f,
square miles might be injured, or even
absolutely DESTROYED by drought. just as
before now the crop of whole counties in
every state in the Union has been short.
ened by rain or food, but the loss of the
whole corn crop of state like Kansas is
an unimaginable calamity.-Kansas City
Star.
More Emigrants Than lmmigrants.
Emigration from this port has for the
past six weeks, according to DR.. Senner
exceeded immigration. DR.. Senner said
that SO far as he knew such = state OF
affairs had not been known in the recent
history of this country. Emigration
heretofore has been insignificant rs CON-
pared with immigration. About SIX
weeks ago his attention was called to the
large decrease in immigration and the |
heavy emigration. He has satisfied him
self that the outgoing now outnumber |
the incoming, but thus far he has been
unable to obtain from the steamship |
any statistics on the subject
We have been enforcing the contract
labor law he said. land it has had a
marked effect in convincing the steam
ship companies that it is for their inter-
est as well as for ours to sift their
steerage lists more thoroughly. The
steamship companies are beginning to
realize that if our laws are not strictly
public opinion will become so
strong that immigration may be stopped.
As consequence they are nsing more
care in booking passengers OH the other
side. and the result is that We are get
hing fewer immigrants and better quail
ity.
Many of them. of course. are men
who came here with the intention Of
making little money and then 60
ing home. Fully 80 per cent Of the
Italians come to this country with that
purpose. and after staying here = season
" two they go back to Italy. They con-
,titute. with the Germans and the Firms.
he great majority Of the emigrants
who are leaving us now. That they
lhould outnumber our immigrants. how
'ver. is remar kable and. think. unpreS-
'lented. New York sun.