The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-21
STANLEY IS HOPEFUL
He sees a Bright Fail Future for
Kansas

In an interview Thursday evening, after
/ the first important rain, but before the
I second. Governor Stanley made a state
ment relative 10 the crop conditions Of
the state that is not only conservative
+ but comprehensive. He said:
The present drouth throughout the
west has been very injurious and in KAN
/ sas has worked practical destruction Of
7 the corn. There are certain portions OF
/ the state where the corn is IN fair condi-
ton and with seasonable rains Kansas
might produce 100000 bushels, but the
+ latter part Of July anu the month OF Au-
gust is always trying period for the
4 corn. and very little hope may be enter
{ tanned for this crop. It may as well be
/ considered a substantial failure
But with the corn crop wholly elimi-
/ mated Kansas is in better shape this year
I than in many years III the past and while
/ cause for encoura cement, it affords no
/ ground for disbursement
The value OF our wheat this year viii
( be equal TO or greater than of last year.
which in round numbers was So 0oo. 90.
/ Our livestock products viii BE- at least
! SCI 10000. alfalfa and other forage crops
! s. 000000 hay and grasses S2.ooQe0. This
i makes a total Of size coo for farm prod
ucts, not counting corn. oats, potatoes,
fruit and many other things OF which
/ considerable quantities V-in be produced.
The farm products OF Kansas, consist
+ ing of wheat. corn. potatoes, forage crops
/ and livestock products for the last ten
! years aggregate more than 14s3 million
dollars.
During this period we had three short
, years. the value Of the product for 1&8
being xl22 600 COZ 1s94 Sll3 eco 1895 49,
I 000 Oo0. so that the entire farm products
/ Of the year 1891 viii practically reach the
/ value OF the entire farm products OF the
/ three years above mentioned.
''The bank deposits Of these three years
( were approximately as follows. 1888, 500
/ 600 co: lse4. SIS. on 90. 1896. S56o0d003 The
/ hank deposits OF Kansas at this time az
I grogate about s.5.oo0.0e9. The farm prod
ucts viii be more than $1,000 ooo and
! these. therefore. viii exceed thesum Of the
/ farm products and bank deposits for the
/ best OF the three small years since 1871.
/ Taking our farm products alone for
/ % years and dividing them into periods
/ of five years each. commencing with 1882
I and ending with the present year, We
/ have for the first period q farm produc-
/ tion OF 500 eoo Go, for the second, S65, 0oo-
/ ESQ. for the third. ssfs. 900 Go and for the
fve-year period ending with the present
/ year, S759 $4,000
In 1896. the last short year We had IN
Kansas. our Indebtedness was very large
and the amount of money going out Of
the state TO paw interest was enormous
I since mat time public and private in-
! debtedness has been largely reduced. and
I this IS bearing much lower rate of inter
es- tina ever. Thousands Of farmers who
/ were in debt st that time are now out
+ Of debt. with deposits in che bank. and
/ we owe many milion dollars less m
i Kansas thsn we did IN ls75-
/ .It is too evident Tor discussion that
/ the present ar0utl il the wesl Viii Work
+ serious INJURY and thar It viii lead %
/ much discoara cement but so FAR as kan
I sas IS concerned a. VIA not oe altogether
without good results had there been a
i large yield cf corn. with geod pasturaEe,
following our immense wheat harvest
( immigration would have agair tlrned to-
! v-5 the state and attempted On open up
western kansas n general agriculture
4 Already The steps Of the imnni s7art 7rere
/ turned IN thai direction. and 7rith hour
tfut corn CRIB following The ule1lalad
I wheat crop ~ TIE state Il IS safe 20
sav that the western thiri - rhs 81 q
E7ald have more than dolrlea i1 pequ-
lauou in short time Ehs res-lt Eeuid
f have been disastrous That eEreTlrent
+ h7s bse- tried ia Kansas twee- aoth
. times 10 las proven saii-re ard ztl
f prove a failure as often - trlet-