Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-08-31

If five hundred thousand families
could be taken from the cities OF
America and placed on small plots of
land. where they could make a living,
it would be an industrial revolution.
This would mean two million people,
giving four to family. That there
are five hundred thousand families in
America who would be glad OF the OPP
fpOrtunity to get small farm. ii they
know how to do it, there can be no
lqueStion. Kansas is only asking Tor
two hundred and fifty thousand of
these families, and that she can take
care of them. giving them the neceS-
stiles and comforts of life, we can
prove to the most Skeptical.
A man can buy forty acres of good
land in several of the counties in
kansas for 800. He can build him
self house for $500. and he can stock
his farm and buy his seed for $500
more. Thus, for 81 900 man can be-
come his own employer. That he and
his family can live on forty acres OF
land and have something to spare,
ican be proven by hundred of cases in
Kansas to-day. Where the man can
pay the 81 900 it is wise to do SO, but
a man is perfectly safe in buying a
forty acre farm and going into debt
$500. The interest on this amount at
seven per cent per annum would be
less than So per month; not more than
one-half what he would have to pay
for small house in the city.
The object OF the Kansas Real Es-
tate association is to. get laws on the
statute books that are just to the
borrower and lender; to give Informal
tion to hOmeSeekers, and to assist
them in finding suitable locations.
Also to encourage the buying of small
tracts of land, and to discourage pur-
chaserS from assuming large mort
cages. The association believes that
the man who owns forty acre farm,
; fully paid for, is better off than the.
man who owns an eighty acre farm
; and has it mortgaged for one-half its
value.
Having established the fact that a
man can support his family on a SINH
lar investment in Kansas. where he
: is surrounded by good schools,
churches, and more advanced ciyiliZa-
tion than any other state in the
| union, and knowing that two hun
dred and fifty thousand families, or
: one million people would gladly come
to Kansas if the facts were presented
to them, the Kansas State Real Els
tate association will discuss this at
their September meeting, not as phil
anthropistS, but as business men.
We believe that if we bring one mill
lion more people to Kansas we will
have benefited every one of them.
and the state of Kansas also And
the members of the association will
be entitled to a fair commission on
the sales for their services.
How to get the people of America
to know about our cheap land, is the
iquestiOn that the association will
l hnx n Xrn o. r. n
that | have received on the subject
: say, ''Your idea is a good one; give us
the details of your plan for getting
Y the million people. This | will en-
;. deavor to do, making it as plain as
tpOSSible.
/ propose, that in every city in
Kansas where there is newspaper
: published a million club shall be or
: gained, with a president, secretary
7 and treasurer. There shall be no fee;
each member shall pledge himself to
; write his relatives and friends, inyit-
p. ing them to make their home in Kan
sas. After reading their county pa
perS, each one should send them to
parties who be likely to come to Kan
sas. The object of the club will be to
build up the county newspapers: to
prevent the counties from being lied
about; to see that only the truth is
published; and to make it pleasant
for parties who come to live in their
neighbOrhoOd.
The newspapers will be paid for
y their work by new subscribers and ex-
5 ira advertising. The merchants will
be paid by extra trade, the owners of
+, land by their sales, and the real es-
! tate agents by their commissions.
: That everyone in the state will be
. oaprnf. Ia
. As early as possible after the Sep
! TENDER meeting a train of not less
: than twenty-five cars, filled with the
! produce. fruits, minerals, and manu-
4 featured goods of Kansas should be
: taken through the eastern states, so
T that the people can see what we have
= in Kansas to offer them.
! / am free to confess that the sue
cess or failure of my plan to get one
!, 4smillion people to Kansas rests with
t the newspaper editors of the state,
: and with the efforts of the people
, The'local paper is interested in the
!. development of the city and county
J in which it is published. and the bet
ter it is supported the more it can do
; for it's people. Every paper sent out
: of city is an advertisement for that
Z locality. The world will get to know
/ Kansas through printers ink, and the
; tone of the outside press will be
moulded by the sentiment of the local
press of Kansas. And for this reason
my plan is, that each county shall
S organize and work for itself.
: The Kansas State Real Estate asso-
: citation has not been idle this year.
Nearly every county in Kansas is now
: represented. We have more than five
). hundred agents in Illinois interested
e in sending immigration to this state,
and we are making the same arrange
: ments with agents in Iowa, Indiana,
S Ohio and Missouri. By the next an
D nual meeting we expect to have a
/ representative in every county in
5 the union, who will be working with
e our association to locate people in