Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30

raise one-siXtieth of that amount to make
their road a success. You see, that deep
water question was settled first by the
Pittsburg & Gulf people before they spent
dollar constructing the road. OF what
use would the road be to the company if
they could not reach deep water? You
see, the first thing settled on Il scientific
basis in this whole enterprise was the mat
ter of deep water, and. that having
been settled. the next thing was to build
a road in order to get the full advantage of
cured-in handling the vast volume of trade
in the Middle West
Il was very much pleased with the trip
to Port Arthur" he observed. 81 have
long felt that deep water at the Gulf was
OF great Importance to the people of Kan
sas. Last year Kansas raised 20,OOO,eOO
bushels of wheat and 70G00.00O bushels of
corn fer export, while about one-fourth of
the export meats of the country passed
through the Kansas City packing houses
SO far as Kansas is concerned. then, the
Importance of short haul. quick transit
and direct communication with Eastern
countries cannot be overestimated. / be-
lieve that inside of ten years the Nicar-
aqua canal will also have been completed
and upon that completion the business of
the world will be transacted upon the Gulf
of Mexico. 1 also believe that Sabine Pass
will be the solution of deep water on the
Gulf. AS soon as that question is settled
tho people of Kansas alone Will build as
great city on the Gulf as they have at
the mouth of the Kaw. Take all the states
east of the Mississippi river, add to these
Washington and Oregon. and they alto
gether produce only 10 per cent of the eX-
ports of the United States. The remaining
states south and west of those states pro-
duce 80 per cent and so, as ] said to the
people of Shreveport, the people of the
South should not be surprised at the people
in the great cereal producing country tax
ing so much interest in Port Arthur and
the Gulf of Mexico
Representative BOtISin's Speech.
Representative-eIect Botkin. of Kansas
made very acceptable speech at Shreve-
port. the occasion being banquet given
the Pittsburg & Gulf eXcursionsts by the
people of that town on the evening of the
21st. Mr.. Botkin said: About month ago
Governor Morrill,, of Kansas, to attend a
deep water convention al Fort Smith. Dur
ing my visit at this convention. / for the
first time felt the great Importance to the
people of my state of a short route to deep
water for expectation of our surplus prod
ucts. The more L have studied this ques-
Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf railroad,
with deep water at Port Arthur. will solve
the question. When II comes to the ques-
ton of transportation of surplus products
there is no division among our people.
You of Louisiana, the people of Arkansas,
Texas, oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Ne
braska and Missouri are directly interested,
and we are one and the same. extend
thanks for this kind reception rendered by
the good people of Shreveport" u
Mayor Jones, of Oklahoma City.
Mayor c. c. Jones, of Oklahoma City. on
the same OCCASION said: Il was formerly
from Illinois, and was ut the head of. the
millers' association of that state and went
from there to Oklahoma and two years
ago Oklahoma exported 60G0.OO0 bushels of
wheat. 1t cost 80 cents per bushel to'get it
to the Atlantic coast, and Is cents to the
Gulf of Mexico l have always been very
much interested in the deep water Ques-
tion and believed that Port Arthur and the
Gulf railroad will be the solution TO this
most important question. The farmers of
Oklahoma could afford to contribute 10