The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-23

mer in digging through the archives IN
Topeka and Lincoln.
with an educational land grant Of over
three million acres the attitude Of Kan
sas toward these interests may. from the
day OF ADMISSION until today. be caarac-
terized by the one word. Indifference. A
general election in 1864 established the pol
icy OF selling the land-yet OF total vote
Of 1900. but $500 voted on the question
Of sales: $500 for and 2.21 against 90
the subsequent history OF the LANDS II may
be said that there has been no manage
ment. no system. no policy. neither OF Jne
possibilities OF the endowment. Governor
Martin in his message IN 1sS5 said 10 tho
legislature: no interest Of Kansas has
been so recklessly and 'mprovideutly man
aged as 10 the state school lands.
a mare absurd system e would
: 2 difficult 70 devise. Under IT'S malign u-
fluence the perm anent school fund has
been deprived of probably o. e-baf t7'
amount that should have been. and under
a proper system would have been, real
lied from the lands already cod. Every
governor during the past egnt
years has directed the attention ~ the
legislature 70 this reckless and improvi-
dent system. But nothing has been
done 70 correct the defects and abuses
not 10 protect the magnificent
school domain OF the state from snoi.a-
ton He urged the creation 81 a state
land department 20 he under 'he control
Of a competent state land commits onsr.
/ But nothing was done. Two years later
he repeats himself showing ALMOST no
facts relating 20 The lands is ~ record -n
an vstate departrn snt-neifher the amount
OF land sold. the amount uusoid, nor me
amount q principal or interest due on
lands on time. The 6etermi nation o. t5is
question" he saws. " involves probably
four or five millions o. dollars yc- .t has
been treated by every legislature f1r zen
years past as Z q was a matter 20 70
interest 20 the state o~ lts people And
since that time nothing bas been done
From the land sales and other SOURCES
fund @, some S7.dcrc9 has arsea aDPar-
/ entity enormous until one considers -he
magnitude OK .the grant from watch II
came. This r. now held b. The Treasurer
q the state and Invested IN c1uu-T. cty
( and other bonds Repeated ioss-s 20 ms
/ fund have occurred through sr1bezzie-
msut. bad legislation ard frzoi1iant arf
urz-frs irve~ -1ent. Ef5le the income h1s
steadily suffered hr the derire - Inter-
I e-. rates from 2 per cezt O. f1ur. H'F1'z
t-ls. the uuinvestsG -aaH balance ~ che
E common rraooi fund clone has s~erarri
I -nr-s than SO ~ yea- f1r re i~=-tg-
three years ending IEs The income -
the state Agricultural -7Esze from s.a
snare N ,he land endowment de~-safel
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