The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-23
BOOM MILLION CLUBS.
Ship 400, 100000 Bushels of Corn
East, 100000 People Back.
THAT IS A FAIR EXCHANGE.

The million Club to BE Organized at
SaIina Next MOnth-WOrk fer Kan
sas.
The officers of the Kansas State Real
Estate association have announced their
intention of assisting in the good work
of advertising Kansas this year and at
the annual meeting of the association at
Salina next month a Kansas Million club
will be organized
The State Real Estate association is to
hold three days session at Salina on
September and 6.
President E. Jamison of the associa-
ton, who has his headquarters at Leav-
enworth, has issued a circular in which
he says the first two days will be devoted
to the regular business of the associa-
ton, and the third day. September 6, will
be devoted to the organization of a Kan
sas Million club
The object of the Kansas Million club
is to get one million more people to set
tie in Kansas and cultivate the lands
which are now unused.
Mr.. Jamison suggests that it is posi-
BILE the Million club when organized may
decide to send train loaded with Kan
sas Kansas products, grain and manu-
The Kansas Million club idea is a good
one, and should receive the encourage
ment of all who are interested in the
growth and development of the state.
1t would be good plan for the Kan
sas Million club to take hold of Mr.Thos
G. Shillinglaw's scheme, which was
thoroughly presented in this paper yes
| terday,
The way to get one million more peo-
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world know about Kansas and as the OBJ
jects of the two. movements are the same
the gentlemen interested in each should
work together.
Kansas is this year to market a corn
crop of 100000 900 bushels and there is
but one fifth of the land
in the state under cultiva-
ton, If one million more
people can be induced to settle in the
state and assist in the further develop
ment of our commonwealth, several more
ciphers will have to be added to our next
corn crop.
A letter has been prepared by the COM
mittee appointed at the Copeland Wed
nesday night and it is requested that all
Kansas papers copy it in their first issue.
This circular letter is as follows:
To the People of Kansas:
The Kansas Development association
Of the state of Kansas desires your CO.
operation and support in furthering the
proposed business proposition submitted
here below
The Kansas Development association
is an organization organized for the pur-
pose of advertising the state of Kansas
by an entirely new and novel method.
They propose to engage a special train
| composed of reporters representing the
leading newspapers of the United States
with an aggregate circulation of nearly
| 100000 readers. This advertisement
will be read in every part of the globe
where the English language is spoken.
The expense entaiIed in having this
done will be from $1,000 to $4,000, and
as it benefits each and every portion of
| the state alike we deem that each and
every person who is interested in the
welfare of the state should cooperate in
and with this organizatio The rail
roads have volunteered to furnish all
necessary transportation to every point
in the state of Kansas free.
There will be a meeting of this or
! ganization for permanent organization
at the Copeland hotel August 26. You
are respectfully invited to attend, please
| send us word of encouragement or pro-
misses of financial aid to assist US in this
| great undertaking.
All letters should be addressed to
| Thomas Shiliinglaw, secretary, Topeka,