The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-01
CITY ovvscsAL PApEn-


kANuAo UAprT AT LAST.
KaneMs IL prosperous. and admits H.
Kansas u happy. and giories In II. Kan
sas has had enough Of Popultsm. and
said % In 1885 There II nothing the
matter with Kansas
A correspondent Of the Chicago
Record has been investigating Kansas.
and he has found that all pressing
causes Of Industrial complaint have dis
appeared. ard that the incomes Of farm
srs and producers are much gfeater than
the outgo. Bank Examiner BreidenthAl.
. noted Populist. was interviewed. and
he goes on record In a most interesting
and convincing manner as 10 the satis-
factory situation Of his constituents. He
expressed himself In this picturesque
style. when asked II prosperity had re-
turned:
'.you can lind plenty Of It everywhere
IN this state. and can cut X on In great
chunks. We are now praying that you
may have equal prosperity In the East.
70 that your people can sell out and
come 10 Kansas and buy farms and be
happy. There never was a time nor q
place where a man seeking q home and
happiness could do 20 well as he cGn do
to-day in Kansas There was never time
nor place where anybody could find
more prosperous. more contented or
happier people We have been through
the fro of adversely. and yo not only APP
prectAte the contrast. but have profited by
tina experience.
Mr.. Brcidenthai was asked about the
mortgages which were for several years
the chief product OF that state. and
through the yociferous osatory Of its
nueaerous statesmen gave 1t great
amount Of unpleasant advertising. lie
said:
II think there will be net increase In
tho MORTGAGES on Kansas property during
the curGwsgs year. hut that is an evidence
VI financial strength lns,eaa OF weakness.
OF the hsrsi-tinses mortgages not more
than $sAosasssa remain. We have probably
paid OF sisg .essss during sno last three
years. The census Of iSsa credited us with
&staS~o.eo u mor.sssed farms and homss.
That was pretty near the truth The GEN.
ets 81 ise mav Shaw t-l tssassa or SsAss s.sa
but the greater part viii be mortgages Of
recent date. naE given IL replace this old
ones fer snnSt 81 them have been can-
eelea uut Ter rev farms. new haFnes i'm
proved lnacsiaary. hlgh-Ased stock and
ether evidences Of prosperity.
These mertaases wete paid BY rigid
and farcees economy. hy the careful hus
banding Of every source OK revenue, aud
hv the profits upan the splendid crops
ef the last TIVE years. The value II the
crops CT Kansas farmers in 1895 was
asa, eco In iSs5. siss. sss, eco, and in
isss. slsi.ssSeoo, Ths general welfare is
shcwn Is the answer 10 question as
80 the amount 81 bank dep sits;
eAsseut 81. sssAas Caaaot give yom the
,sssiree for she natiea&' banks bur TIE de-
posats ia the state ssAaks ever wnicn 4
have supervision AasYe increased very rap
islis, In iS9s sasv Nsrs ssSaa ass: in tSs
they We're sIs.4sassss saG Ia lNs> they were
ssAes Tbs, Sss>asilG ia Tho national
t1uas pFefAsAiY asseaai IL seaffy as
much sacre. sra saess figures DO pot in-
siasss large SUMS II Kansas ass3s&y that
are deposited 81 tao a&aks NJ Kansas
CIV. - f.asSls. Sa3eas0 ana othar slsies
east - A.
II taesv Is TIE slightest disposition u
dispute thssa extraordinary tlxures i,
IS Sufficient te remark ghat ghsy ars
,sram folaa'iss sasheyisy ansl ats publish
ei IN ga se4ieg.e fsdons ne y s.saasr IL la
set lessnaea - saow that Kansas aas
se@n IDEAS i with flea&s because a Re
publican decentralization IS sss pcw er. !.
Is rfui~r sseuga 81 pssst oat that