New-York tribune., 1900-08-12

aA a. entnusisstc popuace. The country s+orakaanar
tne people who are at the verv sour seos ~ psoS %nh
sion a. % IN "a Kansas there is hesitancy Of express
si9t ~ on the part OF the average producer
% ne, ne hens and cows are doing more than ever
found In aIIno3 proSperity The slimmng station is
min improving their cattle in order to get more
rors .n LOT the same amount OF feed one creamery
company which has $50 stations. and makes hut
tiroe ~ the carload has two travelling all the
he ehhaeeaLoring 70 educate the people so that they
ba~d seaHLe s the benefits OF breeding up their
toI the benefit OF their pocket books
s ne TACT that by alfalfa and Kafr corn the farm
suppl% thaj Geen ape to secure enough income to
ssaIT9ess OF the returns Of the corn and wheat
fields. argues condition Of prosperity hat cannot
be overcome by the failure of a single field or
b-p. tb- me qay when calamity could succeed to a
was such condition at the very beginning Of the
Jonl5 POISONING and f. was feared that there
tTFners did not worry. They laughed and said:
va axe Us through and the failure Of the corn
cayoa 5 NUT US, As matter OF fact. the rains
win be little oSGer f poSSsSios so tnae mere
s4s FARMER this year-he does not need It.
CHANGED CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
Down the southern border Of the State they
say there is more moisture each year. The Okla
homa farmers breaking up the soil. and the
not winds that used to blow OF the open plains
the corn it did in the old days The farmers
are also learning not to burn all the their
is' IIs' out 70 give back to the soil the elements
taken rom II. The experience has been n costly
Iarm IS as productive II when the sod
was broken, The virgin fields Of Oklahoma are
producing the big Yields. and the farmers there
are sounding a warning against repeating the eX-
perlence of the Kansas farmers. As the perma-
nence OF their prosperity becomes better estab-
hshed, the Kansas farmers are less willing TO
unite against what used TO be called "unholy ag-
gregations Of wealth"
An effort was made here some months ago to
start secret society called the Knights OF the Soil
on basis similar TO the old Farmers Alliance.
but II failed for the farmers would not come
izaticTl was abandoned. and there meet
. II was failure in every respect. and especially
the Federation Of Farmers. called TO meet To-
peka, will be equally n failure The farmers will
not unite against their own interests and just
they are doing too well to take any chances on the
Z future
The influence of Roosevelts tour through Central
Kansas IS seen among the young men In the lit
tie towns they are organizing Rough Rider clubs
IN which every young farmer furnishes his own
horse. and companies Of from 1O0 to $50 easily
formed. Uniforms are secured, and the companies
are preparing TO unite in regiments for the rallies
70 occur in the fall when the busy season IS past
II Roosevelt Kansas next faU he will
have q reception that viii make his former trip
/ seem tame and sDirttless bv comparison.
Kansas IS awake as not before in years. The
State platform OF the Popu!ists pats Socialism or
the back; tfe Democratic party denoUnces II. The
same men running both tickets and plat
forms. kausaaS have taen fooled before, but the
signs are not right for fOolins them this year