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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
SUMMER AND WICK.

The United States agricultural depart
ment, in its report of the product OF
wheat, corn and oats for 1892, credits
Kansas with
10, S3l 900 bushels of wheat
145, SO, 900 bushels of corn.
a 094 900 bushels of oats.
Kansas exceeded every state in the
Union in her production of wheat by
over %, 600, 900 bushels. She leads every
state i'll corn, except Illinois, Missouri,
Iowa and Nebraska. She also leads all
states in oats, except Illinois, Iowa and
Wisconsin.
The combined wheat crop of Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, MasSachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Arkansas and West Virginia
did not equal that Of Kansas The COM
bined output of Illinois, Missouri, Ne
braska and Colorado was less than Kan
SaS.
And when we compare Kansas with the
states and territories west of here we
find Kansas exceeds the combined crop
of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon and California, or
in other words she raised more wheat
than the half Of the United States west
of her.
Reducing the area of Kansas to eight
counties we find production equally as
startling. they raising 10, S02, $50 bushels
of corn which was a greater yield than
North and South Dakota, more than
either New York, Maryland, South
Carolina, West Virginia or Louisiana
and one-fourth as much as the state of
Texas.
These same counties raised 13,459, 600
bushels of wheat, or half as much as
either Michigan or Missouri; one-third
as much as either California Ohio or In
diana; more than twice as much as
Texas, and as much as Iowa and Texas
combined. Two of these counties, Sedg-
wick and Sumner. raised more wheat
than Texas and half as much as either
New York, Tennessee, Kentucky, Wash
ington or Oregon. These comparisons
will enable a person 10 form some idea
Of the wonderful agricultural valley
tributary to this city and when one real
ICES that it is still in its infancy, its
possibilities cannot be estimated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
CAPITAL CHEEK.

It is to be expected that such towns as
are envious of Wichita's present SUI
periority and of her sure promise of
future greatness will indulge in filings
and criticisms. They have always done
SO, strictly avoiding, however, any dis
arrangements by comparison. But the
State Journal tile other day presuinlng
upon the EAGLES Ignorance, which we
admit was well founded in that particu-
lar instance, belabored Wichita and
Sedgwick county for having failed of
making display at the worlds FAIR, IN
the same connection boasiing what
great things Shawnee county and To-
peka lad done and were doing. We re-
PEELED the onslaught in way entirely
satisfactory to ourselves, but our aston
ishment at the cheek and perfidy of
the spirit of that community as repre-
sented by It's press may be in some
sense imagined when on receiving
a letter yesterday morning, from prom
inent citizen of Topeka, inclosing the
Journals ungracious fling, which letter
bears to us tile surprising Information
that the space set apart for Shawnee
county in the Kansas state bnilding at
Chicago will not be filled by that county.
The writer of the letter states that he
proffered to contribute ali kinds OF
grains, fifty varieties of grasses, thirty
bushels of selected wheat, ten Of oats,
four each of rye, barley and other grains;
in short, a splendid display, secured at
no little cost of time and money, and all
Of which he now would be pleased to add
to the space Of Sedgwick county should
this county conclude to participate. Or
Shawnee county having funked in
everything except in its newspaper gall
he will sell the entire collection.
Farther comment would be silly super
erogation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

After the railroads had revised their
passenger schedules leaving out the ex-
cess of fare to be collected by the con-
ductors from passengers who fail 70 pur-
chase tickets. the bill passed by the last
legislature providing for this change and
covered and published and Is now oper-
alive, though in effect it is obsoleteo
Maybe the railroads will take the same
kind of turn in regard to freight rates,
l. e., revise the schedules and eliminate
the determinations, before the next
legislature undertakes the job for them.
There would be wisdom in such a coup.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
A CANNING FACTORY.

The present flattering prospects for q
full fruit and berry crop this year-there
Is never any question about vegetables
IN abundance in spring and summer
taken IN connection with the current
cost of living which is unusually high
on account of the scarcity OF fruits and
the high prices asked for meats. suggest
the expediency of establishing canning
factories TO utilize the surplus products
of garden and orchard and thus provide
against scarcity and high prices an
other season not only, but for the profits
there are in such enterprises where prop
erly managed. The cost of setting up a
canning factory is not nearly so great as
many suppose, and is very much less
than almost any other industry that
would employ as many people and turn
out as large product.
The Manufacturers Record goes fully
into the details. 1t saws that 4 plant
having daily capacity OF .. 900 cans of
three pounds each, Will not cost for its
entire equipment more than Sl00, ex-
elusive of the building and the brick
used for the chimneys and TO set the
kettles. The equipment for 1000 can
ming factory can be had for $500. not
including bricks or building; and $500
will buy the equipment for factory
turning out daily 10000 cans OF three
pounds each. The average labor cost in
4,00v-can factory is about SO per day
These points will enable our readers to
GRure cut the cost Of such nlant rs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
A KANSAS SCHEME.

Several months ago the EAGLE sug-
gested that headquarter for the farm.
Frs of the world be opened in the Kansas
building at the worlds fair. IL this
state is TO reap any benefit from the fair
it will be by showing what the state
actually is from an agricultural stand
point. In furtherance Of this plan we
would suggest that a representative
from each county be sent to Chicago
and kept there during the entire fair al
the expense OF the county represented
and that this body of county representa-
tives form themselves into a bureau of
information. The men sent should be
representative farmers, men who have
made success in their calling, good
takers and men VINO would put Kansas
as she is before tie people. This, coup
led with such display as Kansas can
and ought to make, will do more to cor
rect the wrong impression prevalent in
regard to Kansas than any other like ex-
penditure.
1t would not be our idea that any
tLduihS vi oclliilS VI lduuS NC allowed,
but chat these men simply talk for Kan
sas and tell what they can substantiate.
If half the truth were known about
Kansas the people could not get here
fast enough, and the day is not far dis
tant when prejudice will give way to
facts and the state will enjoy a greater
prosperity than ever known before.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
ABOUT E ANSAS.

The State Homeopathic Medical society
meets at Topeka May 3-5.
In the district court at Burlington the
other DAY witness named Windpigler
gave evidence in ? criminal case.
Celery culture is becoming noticeable
industry at Leaveuworth. Probably that
accounts for the unusual exhibition OF
nerve there recently.
The twenty-third annual meeting OF the
Kansas State Dental association will be
held in Topeka on April ., and will con-
tinue in session during four days.
Baden. the great provision dealer OF
southwest Kansas. shipped during Febru-
airy seventy-tive car loads of eggs. and the
hens continue to play the role of Macduf.
The town OF Madison, Kan, is the most
thoroughly prohibition iii the state All
the officers chosen at the recent spring
elections We're graduates of the heeley
institute.
Mrs. Judge c. G. Foster has been sum-
moned by wire to Indianapolis, Ind, to
jou her husband, who is under treatment
in that city. Il is feared By his many
friends in Topeka that Judge Foster IS III
critical condition.
The very cute Kansas City Star offers
unprovoked and deliberate affront TO a
large and eminently respectable following
BY remarking that the natural Incidence
Of the colored race is called TO mind by the
negro who has opened real estate Office
IN Wichita
\ literary society in a Kansas county
recently voted TO discuss this question:
Resolved, That drough. will do more
damage To Kansas than al extra session
CT tue legislature" But no one could be
found 10 take the affirmative, aud the pro
ject had to be dropped
The Emporia presbytery in session At
Newton during the week just pas, gave
formal consent 10 The revision OF faith ss
agreed upon blythe presbyteries and re
ported by the last general assembly.
There are tweEty-eight over:ures en-
braced in the proposed changes
Department Commander Bernard Kelly
aud Assistant Adjutag: Gsuera! 4 y.
Campbell will 90 - Hutchinson oz the
10-h Of the mouth to attend a meeting q
rs coGncIl Of administration Of tie
Grand Army A county camp Irr ans.
reunion Will ns held while they are there-
Tae Toornan hiiIiBs company u
Anthony. shipped the past week !. le2
barrels o. their four d.r=ct 70 Londoa ga
Boston The Republican Claims thai The
aoug from Va. mill : rated higher II The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
Eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH Editor.
LEwELLING on WICHITA.

That was a very ungracious dig that
Governor Lewelling gave Wichita IN
the associated dispatches of yesterday
morning. The animus and intent of the
attack on the city and its jobbing inter-
ests are plain enough. Having de-
termined to call an extra session OF the
legislature for the purpose of retrieving
for his party the lost opportunities OF
last winter, he finds it necessary to Sc
cure division in the solid Republican
majority of the lower house so this APP
peal to the supposed prejudices OF the
Missouri river towns by announcing
through the press of the entire west that
the Greenlee bill, which was defeated by
his senate, was only a Wichita measure,
or, in his own language: ''The people
'tare particularly dissatisfied with the
ssGreeniee bill. Outside of few
''jobbers in Wichita, and one
''other town, the people con-
ssderln the measure" In other words
he would impress the people OF Topeka,
ktchson, Leavepworth, Lawrence, Fort
Scott, Kansas City, Kan, Salina and
other heavy shipping points that Wichi-
ia aims to build up an interior jobbing
trade at the expense of all the shipping
interests of the entire state, especially
at the expense of the jobbing points on
the Missouri river. But that he had de-
termined TO call the extra session weeks
before the spring elections, his un-
gracious and far reaching words might
have been attributed to chagrin for the
way Wichita sat down on fusion last
Tuesday week. But no; his is but the
trick of cheap demagogue and at the
expense of d city but for which he
would never have been heard of. His
Impudent claim that after having ridden
around over the state, in special car he
finds a large per cent OF conservative and
liberal Kansas Republicans disguised
with the Republican house and its do
ings last winter, is Pop gall too thin to
be even bitter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

London markets than the Minneapolis
patent -four which has a Worldwide repu-
tatior.
l, IS announced that Dr. Annie II. Kni-
berg. lady physician OF Chetopa, viii be
appointed by Governor Lewelling as a
member OF TIE state board Of health
Women can't run like meu. bnt when
| they skip up to an appointive Office they
seem 10 know how 70 scinch al all right,
| all right.
| The county high school law has been on
| the Kansas statute book seven years. ami
we have but two high schools established
under its proyisions-one in Dickinson.
| the other in Atchison county. A third Is
to be built in Labette county, bat it took
a special act OF the legislature TO make
that possible.
| Billy Bolton of the Grseusburg Signal.
SO it is stated, is down south for brief
| sojourn. He has gone down there prob
ably TO get rid of some of his superfluous
health; he has about 500 pounds that he
wheels around with him--twice as much
! us he needs for comfort, His friends hope
he will not lose the whole 500 while in that
| quarter.
Marion Record: Rides into the country
revealed gratifying evidences OF the inn
proved condition of our farmers. We be-
| lieve III all our twenty-odd years resi-
deDce we have never seen time when the
farmers We're SO generally fixing up"
about their premises as now. New houses
are numerous. old houses have been en-
larged. barns have been erected, fences
buili. the painters have been in demand,
and general spirit of improvement seems
TO pervade the community. All this
means that the comparatively good crops
| and generally fair prices have had their
effect. 1t also means that our farmers are
| recovering from the era of speculation, of
extravaganza in machinery and exorbitant
| interest. Another good year or two will
add greatly to this improved condition Of
our agriculturists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
certain that they do not prevent rapes,

certain that they do not prevent rapeS,
rlur.iers and such ike crime.
!'nc Ua:trsi S,s:.e; district court at
Fort 6nl i, IL, las Il record of the
largest np,licr OF convictions for capital
offenses III the country, the court having
passed sentence Of death upon one
hundred persons. Aud with the bloody
or, If not bloody. then fatal-record
before him. Judge Parker in a recent
charge to the grand jury quoted long
list of statistics to argue that there must
be still more diligent work of judges and
juries in behalf of legal killing.
With statistics at hand he said that
there had been marked increase in the
number Of murders committed. In 1899
the known murders in the United
States were 3.J6S. In 1890 they reached
1920, in 1891 the figure was sos, and
in 1892 it was 6,791. Ia four years over
20, 900 unknown murders have been COM
miited in this country. The fault, says
Judge Parker, lies in the laxity of our
laws. There is too much indifference,
said he, too much sympathy, too much
influence and too much Doodle.
In the way of punishment the judge
gave these figures: In 1890 only 102
hangings accounted for the 4, 800 muir
ders committed in that year, while the
number Of lynchings by mob law was
1877. For 5.99s murders done il 1891
there were 12S legal hangings and 1J0
lynchings, marked increase in mob
law. In 1892 there were but 101 legal
executions against the 6,19l murders,
while the lynchings reached 236.
Judge Parker holds that the people
are unwilling to wait on the slow pro-
cesSes Of law.
But on the other hand the argument
of the Kansas City Times, quite the re-
verse and probably as strong, is that the
masses are also becoming imbued with
the instinct Of bloodihirstiness. Public
unconcern at great crimes Is growing.
Accounts of butcheries that would have
blanched the faces of men 100 years ago
are calmly read by women and children
OF today. Human life, at the present
rate of its decline IN value, Will soon be
worth as little as in the time of Robes
pierre.
All Of these statements show one con-
clusion that neither side in this contro-
versy can dispute, and that is that I'M
less there are firm and swift laws to pun
ish the mob, reason will be at discount
and the rioters will not wait on the
courts no matter how certain and just
they may be.
Mobs must be put down, and law Can
doit.
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they may think of establishing. In al
most every small town there arc Old
warehouses or other buildings hat Car
be rented or purchased fox a snail Snn.
1t is easy enough TO secure the building.
The brick work needed and the equip
ments cost only few hundreds for a
large factory. So much for the general
features of the enterprise. The products
of canning factory not only yield
good profit, but meet with ready sale at
all times.
With the advantages afforded for
obtaining supplies of vegetables, and
fruits and berries usually, and the
market advantages afforded by our
unsurpassed railroad facilities, it is
matter of surprise that there are not ten
canning establishments in this section to
where there Is one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

And this is Populist economy and re-
form that Governor Lewelling enabled
his advisor of the past winter, Judge
Doster, to go down to his elbows in the
state treasury for compensation for his
services that are nowhere recognized by
the constitution Or the laws of the state.
1t must be remembered, however, that
the Lewellins leaders distinctively an
nounced, aud repeatedly, last winter
that their party and its platform were
above laws and courts. 1t seems that
they are not above taking the people S
money,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

An informal meeting of a number of
straightout Democrats from different
parts of the district was held at Hutch
inson Friday at which il was agreed that
a regular meeting should be held at the
same place on Monday, April 26, for the
purpose Of recognizing the party in the
district and as a necessary auxiliary
thereto the selection of district COM
mittee. The cooperation of all good
Democrats in all the counties in the dis
trict is invited to the end that every
county may be represented and thor
ough reorganization of the party effected
upon firm and lasting basis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
DANGERS OF THE MOB.

The incidents occurring at Salina with
in the past few days, wherein q negro
who was charged with enc of the most
henous atrocities known TO the calender
of crimes made the narrowest escape
from summary punishment at the Lands
of an infatuated mob, bring the subject
of MODS and mob law-which is n total
disregard for law-conspicuouslv to
public attention. The excuse set up for
tie acts of the mob is, almost invariably,
the laxity OF the law in dealing with
criminals charged with offenses which
in the estimation Of the public merit
capital punishment. That there is at
times apparently ineScusabIe delays in
the trial of such cases viii not
| be denied, nor that it sometimes
occurs that guilty parties who
are so proven on trial escape the
the penalties assessed or that should be
assessed through technicalities cf the
law will not be denied. Nor Will it be
denied that this Is a grievous wrong to
society; hnt these wrongful occurrences
do not Justify another and greater wrong
in the total disregard for law. Ii the
infection Of summary punishment upon
persons positively known 70 be guilty OF
crimes as charged woull have the effec;
to deter others from the commission OF
like offenses that would afford some
measure OF excuse or paliation for The
acts of the mob but, while il cannot be
positively demonstrated that such is the
case--that dwellings, have restraining
effect unon the viciously inclined. il is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

An extra session of the legislature WAS
as much of certainty for ten DAYS or
more before the adjournment in March
as it is today, all protests to the trary
notwithstanding and the people Of Kan
sas can make up their minds that in adj
dition to the most expensive regular ses-
sion ever held in the state they will have
TO put up thousands upon thousands of
dollars for an extra session. The Pop
bosses say they must have it and Lewell-
ing has agreed to make the call.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
KANsAsIN THE WORLDS MARKETS

The government report given cut
April 10 estimates the condition of the
growing wheat crop of Kansas at &c per
cent of full crop. What is known as
the central belt of Kansas produces from
three-fourths to four fifths OF all the
wheat grown in Kansas, and the condi-
tion of the wheat in the central belt is
just as good as it was last year. What
the harvest will be no man can tell
Kansas may produce $4,000, 900 bushels
of wheat this year, and the yield may
sun as low as $4,000, coo bushels, but the
speculator that figures below the latter
amount is liable TO get left. For the
past two weeks no market report Is COM
plete without reference to the condition
of the growing wheat i'll Kansas. Ger
tain it is that the Kansas crop is an I'M
portant factor in putting up or down
the price of wheat. Ii is claimed
that 50,000,000 bushels of wheat
raised this year in Kansas would sell for
ns much as 7J,000000 bushels would.
While this might have been the case
last year, this appears to be year
where there is little danger of overpro-
duction, as the average condition for this
country Is very low and the foreign
crop does not promise high average. 1t
is rather complimentary to Kansas that
Kansas wind effects the price of every
loaf of bread in the world, or Kansas
chinch bug sends thousands of wage
workers on strike for high wages and
that timely Kansas rain means a great
saving to all bit the wheat growers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
$1,000 e0cb

The above cut shows {,
very handsome style suit;
from $3.50 to $500.
I'm this department we
have just opened a hand
some line of Childrens
Bingham Dresses, sizes , To
10 years, all prices. Infants
Jackets and long Cloaks
beautiful styles 50 to *.
New Waists, Skirts, Suits
and Capes.
Our Spring Catalogue will
be ready in about a week.
Only a word about Silks
and Dress Goods. In this
department our sale have
nearly doubled; are STYLES
and prices right They
must be-results tell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

As soon as Mrs. Lease can get her
charity board properly leveled up and
made solid so it will not teeter when she
gets off she means to visit the grounds of
her late southern campaign and Will go
as far as middle Georgia, the scene of
the thrilling egg experience. To an As
ISOLATED Press reporter he briefly stated
her Intentions, thus: "My experience
there last fall was anything but pleasant,
but | have been invitel there and am
going, because ] believe if go alone
the southern people will be too chivalric
to maltreat me-" Her presence there,
after her scathing arraignment of that
people, they will have to be a chival-
rous lot, indeed, if they receive and
entertain her with respectful consider
alton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16

Please notice what We are
going to give YOU this week
at 124 cents per yard:
333.inch Scotch ginShams,
worth 20 cents.
36-inch Lorraine Suitings,
worth Is cents.
30-inch mOhair suitings,
worth - cents.
30-inch electric striped
organdy, worth 30 cents.
36-inch Drap de HaveraS,
worth Is cents.
SO inch fine percales,
worth - cents.
80 inch satin glol'ias,
worth Is cents.
Short lengths French
ginghams.
All of these goods and
others will be placed on the
center tables at 124 cents
per yard for your choice.
This is a great Offering of
fine goods at a very low
price. 1t is a very great
u! cent sale. Be here
early.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-16
+ Deal Demanded.

The Fort Scott Monitor cay for re-
form IN Republican primaries TIE same
call ought to b. heard IN al. parts II the
state. Republican primaries should b
above suspicion q s&gl,duzEery. SpeB
ARRANGEMENTS should - made as would
render il impossible Ior aDy Snt Eep15-
licans 10 vote at such primaries. Thea.
with proper regulations concerning bF1-
berv. the complaints OF uDfair o51nlna-
ti9.ss would b. greatly iessene3 u not
eaiireIy Done away with. Tie RepGbii-
can party v-iil % greatly s.feagthenel
BE- sf.ch 4 re- c-u.