The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-01
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER. 1. 1897.
MATTER WITH KANsAs9

sas7 II YOU have not. read the foilowlhg
&c., the Kansas city Star: To-day Kan
sas is I'm the throes Of a campaign OF an
other sort. the greatest i'm her history
campaien of industry. From the East
ern river valleys to the West. where the
snowv peaks of the Rockies may be
seen. from the red lands Of Oklahoma
and the Nation to the plains of Nebraska
the song OF the reaper Is hearo' 'he
vhirr Of the moving machine makes
WORRY music I'm the farmers ears while
the rattle and rumble of the thresher
answers the puffings and the pahuhss
OF the overworked engines, and the goio-
on stream of wheat flows in unbroken
eladness from every farm and hamlet
The noise OF the calamity howier Is
drowned by the shouts OF the weary out
happy harvest hands; the croakings OF
the pesslmist are lost in the uproar OF
triumphant Industry. the raven-prophe-
cies of the professional political decrier
are lost in the joyful clnk of the shekels.
This is Kansas year. This 10 the
time of the States redemption. Her
men are realizing their own power and
are becoming acquainted with the land
they live in once the scoffed at tho
derided. the laughing stock of the ili-ad-
vised OF the country. she is now the
praised. the envy Of all. Great Is Kan
sas. and this Is the year of her great
ness"
This is the preface to reports which the
star prints from various sections OF
Kansas. showing that the crops are
abundant. and that Kansas has at last
been able to raise something else be-
sides calamity bowls
Sumner county will reap 4,5S5OOo bush
els Of wheat. the largest ever raised in
a county Of that state, AS wheat goes
or" says that correspondent, ito seek
the shippers elevator. the mortgages fol-
low soon afssr The officers of the local
loan agents are besieged by farmers
wanting TO pay off their mortgage loans
10 the last penny. and releases are COM
ing thick and fast into the Office of the
Register OF Deeds. 1t is a common sight
to see farmers IN the county seats or
email towns going with TAT pocket-books
from store TO store and Office to Office
paving off accounts that have been accu-
mulated during the past three or four
years. 4 single crop has brought the de-
liverance from debt"
A correspondent from Independence
saws that Montgomery county. has a di.
vcrsiled agriculture, including corn,
wheat and all the small grains with some
cotton. All have done well and the
wheat crop is magnificent The
Instances are many where the wheat
yield at present prices equals or exceeds
the market price of the land on which
It was produced.
A correspondent from Hutchison says
that the wheat crop OF Reno county is
immense. so large that estimates are
constantly increased as the threshing pro-
crosses. The wheat crop has made the
farmers comparatively rich. because II
follows close on a winter OF cheap corn.
with cattle and hogs selling at an ad-
vanced market. Mortgages are being
paid off. more hand bought. buildings
erected. and bank deposits larger than
ever before in the history OF the county.
A correspondent from Ellsworth says
that the Western and Southern parts OF
the county show phenomenal yield.
ranging not lower than thirty bushels.
and as high as forty bushels TO the acre;
that tho wheat crop will nquidate every
dollar OF farm mortgages as well as all
floating Indebtedness owed by the farm
crS. Farm lands have advanced mate
rally IN price and farmers are investing
their surplus funds in more lands. espe-
clally in lands owned by mortgage COM
panieS. which are selling their lands for
the price at which they took 1t in.
Another correspondent says that the
farmers OF FRANKLIN county have not for
many years enjoyed a more prosperous
year than this The wheat crop has
averaged well. and there are many farm
ers who have realized thirty-fve bushels
20 the acre.
But why go on with these extrac,s7 The
reports cover nearly a page OF tho Kan
sas City slsr. I'D all are OF the same