Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-12
GOV. STANLEYS MESSAGE
The States COnditiO, Of Affair,
Reviewed in Detail
THE REVENUES AND TAXATION


TO the Senate and House OF ReprcS ntatlyes'
Kansas enters upon the twonty-clgdth yea
OF It's existence under most favorable auspices
The recent achievements OF the nation nro
cause for general rejoicing aud tio poopo o
this state by voice uni act have given generous
support both TO the administration and ~
policy,
No state ever realized In It's cyporenjO The
sentiment contained In It's motto m0rG fully
than our own, We nre reacalnl tho highlands
OF prosperity, hut we have surely come up oui
OF the lowland4 Of adversely The period Of
speculation from lssj ~ 1883 caused the inilow
OF large sums VI foreign capital which were
largely swallowed up or forced TO leave tho
.atlto by the reaction and depression which fol-
lowed and As % consequence we were for the
first time In our history compelled 10 rely upon
our own resources During the speculative PEE
rlod Eastern capital sought Investment In tho
ntate-largely IN the way ot lOnnS on ronl cs-
tato-and when the reaction cams nearly Nll OF
our farms and mach OF our city properly was
mortgagod, In many cases for moro than actual
value, and most OF tho money 0btanol was In
yestsd AMI lost In speculation, II sooms
strange that so Intelligent pooplo rs our own
would incur such nrgo indebtedness as they
did for few years prior TO lSOJ, and largely for
speculative purposes
The voting OF bonds by tho residents OF coun'
Ties, townships and cities, tho giving OF large
donations 70 private enterprises and the mort
gaglng OF private property seemed more Hike u
passion than the exercise Of reason, but Tor tho
tlmo being " influenced the people, AMI when
tho craze subsidized the Indebtedness was there
In most cases for money or benefits actually
re oyed, and we nll realized that there was but
one honest way 10 meet II, nnd that was by
payment where payment was possible
The condition which confronted the people OF
Kansas In 1890 was dlscouragng, aud would
have deferred people less courageous, Indus
trous and frugal than our own; but with the
readiness md willingness which have always
characterized them thoy proceeded 10 the work
OF discharglng their indebtedness and building
up tho wasto places without the aid OF outside
capItal-no longer oblanablc- turned TO the
development OF our natural resources, and In q
largerdegrce thauevor engaged In the tIllage
OF our fields, the stocking OF our pastures and
the working OF our mines, Az result tho
herdshave been increasing the cribs and gran
aries OF the farmer are well hlled, labor Is In
great demand and finds ready reward, the
statesman who piled politics ~ trade Is mora
IN evidence than In demand, IN the wall OF
calamity has few auditors and no response.
The lneurrng Of indebtedness both public and
private has largely CGascd, and during the lust
few years large sums OF private indebtedness
have been paid public indebtedness has been,
aud IL being, largely reduced and II can be-
safely said that the end OF the long night Of our
folly IL at hand, and when tho morning comes
we will oil greet II the moro cordially, because
cgen In the dark night OF our misfortune we
did not Yield TO the ClamOr to compromise our
individual honesty or the honor OF the state
The report OF tho secretary OF agriculture
shows that for tho past year the value Of our
farui products was slbl ,0l3 S!a0O; live stock,
Sll3 ,g!7 9330O, making total OF S255, l5l $4,000,
Agriculture and stock raising being our great
Wo may geta better ldoa Of this enormous
value when we consider that its equal dstribu-
ton throughout the state would give more
than 800 w to evory person, or estimating iivo
members 10 family more than 5000 TO
every family In tho state
But while farming aad stock raising are our
great industries, they are not our only ones
Tho reports OF other industries furaNh yalu-
able information. They show that We hnyo
tho Argest zinc mining camp In the world, and
that our coal, oil, ead, Salt, clay stone, gypsum
aud gas interests have been making very Sats-
factory advances The output OF lead and 2lno
ores In the Gnlena and Empire CITY districts
exceeded n 100000 In ynlno for tle first time
Ia 1895 but during last year the output was
largely In excess OF 800 100, This yalul of the
other products above mentioned, lust year, was
approximately az follows.