The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-10-14
A DRv TEAR.
Beet Sugar Industry OF so4thsrn California
suffers BY Drouth.

Beet Sugar Industry OF sOathern CzIIfOrDia
suffers BY Drouth.
To TIE REPUBLIC.
Los AlamitOs, Gala, Sept. 3O.-This
has been a dry year In this state, said
by old settlers to have been the dryest
year for D years. There were very few
sugar beets raised here this season.
The factory only run eight days. The
factory was doubled in capacity this
season, as was contemplated last year
so all the new machinery had to be
tested and they did not fairly get to
running, and the new help used to the
work, before the beets were all sliced.
I had a good job at 3 per day when
the factory was running and intend
TO take the same place next season. l
shall farm 40 acres of beets and have
them harvested. / have had work this
summer so we have done very we'll I
have thought so many times OF our
Kansas friends and if they only had
the chance to get water that we have
here they would not care much If 1t
did not rain. One can get a flowing
we'll here for 80 cents a foot, and about
400 feet is an average depth, that viii
flow from six to eight inches OF water.
An inch of water Is what will run
through a oae-inch square hole with
four inches Of pressure. They have
some ten-inch wells at the factory that
flow from 40 to 80 inches each. Four
such wells supply the factory with
water and most Of the time this season
that water has run to waste Many OF
the farmers that have flowing wells
made no use Of the water until very
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much Others have used all the water
they had and have done we'll One Of
our neighbOrs have already sold an acre
of alfalfa hay for $40 per acre, and viii
cut it twice more this fall Barley hay
is SIS per ton, alfalfa is SO per ton
Kansas or Nebraska corn is one cent
per pound. i wonder how much the
Kansas man IS getting for his wheat
this year. I guess Mckinley has gone
out Of the wheat business, but If We
want a little to feed the chickens it is
a cent and a half a pound, and at the
retail stores S1-90 per 100 pounds. /
think if Tom Reed fools many Kansas
people, he will have to get something a
little more brilliant than his "hayrack"
argument. That will do back in the
hills Of Maine, but people have passed
that point when they depend on their
congressman to tell them on their re-
turn home all that has happened the
previous year, and if they have no
hayrack, and their neighbOr has two,
they can be sure he will loan them one
if they need it, and on its return will
say "yOu are very welcome, I had no
use for it, you could have it as well as
not. Just come and get it whenever
you need it." I wonder If any Of our
friends ever heard a banker talk that
way to them, or if late years when they
ask a neighbOr for a few dollars q short
time. he don't say, Il wish 1 had it for
you" 81 used to have a little spare
money, but late years it seems as
though there was a place waiting for
every penny get a little before 1 get
IT." More hayTacks don't make more
hay, but if Tom Reed was farmer, be
would know they made it easier getting
what we did have if we had to borrow
a rack to get our hay.
The republicans in this state wasted
lots of advice trying to keep the pOpU-
lists in the middle of the road" but
they paid no attention to it and now
it is hard telling who will be governor
until after election. I expect to hear
that the entire Kansas delegation in
the next congress are pOpulists.
With our very best wishes for all our
Kansas friends, I remain yours very
truly, A. o. CLEMENT