The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-17
KANSAS is RICH.
It's wealth, i. Greater Than That of An
The States IL Century Ago.

The States ~ Century Ago.
The farms Of Kansas are not made
to order. They waited .oc the plow.
Tucre were no forests 20 fell. no
,tulnrS TO extract. no rocks TO re-
move. no malaria II combat These
untlulatlny fields are the Iiocr> OF
ancient >els These limestone lodges
underlying the prairic>, and cropping
from the fnrchcaiS OF the hills. are
the ccmetcr:c, of the marine insect
lite ot the rrmcyal world This IN
cNnau>tihc hUniu> Is the mould 81
the decay ~: heritage " Uanumhcvtd
centuries.
Ncre are vallcy> in h.ch Il Iurrow
can he pIowci hundred miles long.
where ali the Ia or rt breaking.
planting, cu.tsvatiu-. moving reap.
lag. and harvesting Is performed hv
horses. engines. and machinery ~
that tarm:u. has become i >eucntary
uccui alton. The lister has sup
planted the hoe, the cradle the
! hcythe, and The cNie III" Us unknown
20 Western asr.CEltur, Is the rat;:-
! rult and cu!vrr!n IL modern warfare.
| The well->weep and windla>> have
ltren supplantcd ssny the windmlll>.
whose vi>acluu> disks disturb ,hc
lnonot ny of the sky.
! The q one of the air. its drvnr>S.
! and the elevation OF the land prod ace
! nervous cXlllutlon. which creates en-
;hu>la>m. movement, scntrsv. push.
/ NiGor, and go. ny whose operation
:lcu a;c transfer Cd into 'rustltV>.'
! and "houmcr> inventors of new
llethnl> IL oNcrrom, the hostility or
nature and coinerS OF novel phrases
To express their defiance of destiny.
Iiatltu1c> are unknown. and all cp
| thot> are SuiErlativr Inauguration
plcliumiuatc>: established formulas
and maXinl> are di>rcgardel Upon
the rainlc>> ana sterile upandS the
>er3ta o! the earth are pierced for
water: and marble, paint, cement,
| Iircclav, c!a'. gypsum. coal. and SALT
are discovered in the descent. If
rhncll bugs and noXiou> in ctSattark
his crops. parasites and epiuemir> are
imported for their destruction.
Fooled and thwaried by the battling
clouds. the. undauntcu husbandman
homhards the invisible moisture OF
the ornament with explosive bal.
Icons. and etfu>ivcly welcomes the
mcteorolo ,ical jugClcr who summons
with his incantat .on> aqueous spirits
from the vastly deep The faith
which removes mountains into the
sea animateS every citizen. and re-
iects the impossible with calm dis
dain.
The present wealth or Kansas: real
and personal. reaches the astounding
aggregate IT nearly seventeen mill
lion dolarS--manv times more than
the valuation of all the States in the
Cnion when the government was
established after 100 years of colonial
existence. tn enormous accumula.
ton nominaliy represents period OF
40 years, but has actually lcen created
in mucn less, for life IN Kansas from
lS.4 to 1865 was Il bivouac. and the
rea! development OF the State did
not begin until peace was reSto cd.
Twenty years ago half its area WAS
pastured by buffalo, and Il consider
able part was covered 10y the ,c>crva-
: tiors of hostile Indians, whose dep Z.
datOnS continued until l~sO, result
ing in more than 200 deaths. or cap
tiviticS less mcrcitul than the grave,
and the expenditure Of millions fol
the defense Of the frontier.