The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-24
THE RESOURCES AND FINANCES
OF KANSAS.

auxiliary of bankers and financiers, held
in Chicago June %, his theme being The
Banking System and Resources of the
! State of Kansas. we find the following
in reference to the latter part of the
! theme, which abounds in valuable and
most interesting data, and which will be
read with qualification by every Kansan
and true friend of the state under whose
eyes it shall come;
That rectangle of the earth's surface
now constituting the State OF Kansas,
has been since the louisiana purchase in
1903, focal point, geographically, his
| torically and politically. Equi-distant
from the Gulf to the British possessions
at the period of transfer from France to
the United States, the star Of empire
once traversing the illimitable space of
that unknown region vaguely described
as the Great American Desert reached
its zenith and stood still over the Sun
flower State. The mutations and evolu-
tions OF a century and the additional ac-
quired territory have failed to change
the pivotal axis around which revolve
the constellation of States and form the
nebula of that terrestrial luminary
whose discovery is today commemorate
ed and celebrated by the nations of the
earth.
From 1854, when organized into ter
ritory, until 1851 when endowed with
all the rights and prerogatives of state
hood. Kansas was tempest tossed dere-
lict on the political sea OF contentious
factions.
The abolition Scylla and proslavery
Charybdis have left the prenatal imprint
Of the fierce struggles Tor supremacy on
her character and disposition. Eccen-
trio II her methods, advocating a radi-
cal theory today, to be discarded for one
more astounding and aggressive on the
morrow, her individuality is born Of her
necessities and environments.
With the largest Republican assets of
any estate in the Union, comprising
majOrity Of s., 900 IL 1888, In the brief
interval between that date and 1892,
having exhausted all her CAPT: al, sur
plus and undivided profits, that polit-
ical organization went into invol-
untary liquidation and its fur
niture and fixtures according to custom
fell into the hands Of a receiver.
The state that gained eternal fame bv
sending forth one of her sons to destroy
slavery and whose soul has for thirty
years been on an incessant march, has
finally been given a greatly required
rest.
The commonwealth that gave John
Brown to the nation. sheltering within
her borders more eX- Union soldiers than
any other state, has added corroborative
evidence of the independence of her sons
!. 4 T,lA
seat Ill congress, defeating q brave and
valiant opponent who shed his blood in
defense of the stars and stripes
Resourceful in eXpedients, she is con-
tented only when her idiosyncrasies and
startling departure from conventional
systems render her the cynosure OF her
older and more sedate sisters.
Her birthright having been founded |
on trlbulation, she has emblazoned on |
her escutcheon and adopted for her |
motto, ''Ad Astra per Aspera," symbol |
izing Der manifest determination to sur
mount any and all obstacles.
With a population Of less than 100, 900 |
at the date of her admission to statehood, !
she has now within her domain 900 |
900 of as happy, prosperous, intelligent, /
patriotic, mdomitable, courageous aud
pugnaciouS mOctalS as can be found in !
the universe.
From the east to the west line of state. !
a distance of 400 miles, the elevation is /
but 5000 feet with mean annual tenn /
perature of % degrees. The thelmone- |
ter, under the strongest bull movement |
rarely reaches par, while it seldom gets |
below the point of value attained by the |
stock of bank when the perfunctory |
is made by the press that
its depositors viii be paid liz full.
Situated between the 9th and 10th !
parallels. about the latitude of the cele- /
brated Shenandoah valley, It's proximity |
TO the mountain air of Colorado gives this /
region a most delightful, balmv. in |
and yet a wonderfully fruit
full and attractive climate. Malaria, |
and pulmonary troubles are |
not Indigenous to the soil. The summers
are cool, the air crisp and invIgorating: /
sleep enables the weary plow- |
man vending his way home at eventide, ,
to arise with the lark and resume, reani- /
mated and strengthened, for his battle !
with uature-and the silver question.
The average death rate the past wear .
was SIX in a thousand, and "a per cent J
Of this number died under the age of one
year, and - per cent of decrepit age. |
the bacillus of the latter disease having |
been introduced from older inhabited |
regions.
Tie position of Kansas as one o. the |
leading agricultural states is now so well !,
as to need no proof. For the !
past ten years she has been keepihg step
IN the procession of the four leading f.
" laay ,,-ni,,a1,,,- !
not lnfrequently assuming the leadership f,
OF the cavalcade, her last years crop of |
the former being 70 per cent greater than /
that ever produced in any other com
monwealth in one year. With 40-inch /
annual rainfall, 10 quote the language of /
the Kansas Farmer, he ''can raise A good /
crop provided he has rain, OF a cessation
of the same, in 4 week or ten DAYS" \ !
residence OF NTH OF century in that /,
community enables me to make the pos
live assertion without fear OF successful [
that TINS period of grace Is
glaiIngly ambiguous and NAV be reason
ably extended for sixty days, discount !
OF. without protest or dishonor.
The soil Is universally Of black sandy
loan, from two TO SIX feet deep. and. IN
70 the statutory euactments
governing It's Inhabitants, can abstain
for longer intervals OF time without
fluid, or absorb n larger
quantity Of the same without injurious
effects than any other agricultural re- /
slou III the world. one OF the peculuari- /
ties Of this soil IS the producuvencss Of (
land located adjacent TO the innumerable .
streams, which. by sub-irrigation. the
peTcoation OF the water through the soil. /
enables the nusbandman at the very
driest period TO obtain good crops.
Tie top twelve inches of Kansas soil /
have. for the past twenty years. pro-
duced more wealth than the aggregate