The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-12-20
Mr.. GOBURN'S CURT REPLY.
A Missouri Stockman's Bad Break
in Speaking on Kansas.
Secretary COburn Takes Exception to the
Remarks Of President Walden, Of the
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, at
the National Meeting in Chicago.


Of the Kansas City Live Stock exchange,
took the state Of Kansas to illustrate his
remarks on "The Late Drought" before
the National Live Stock association
meeting at Chicago last week, he surely
little thought of the seorching invectiVes
he was laying up to come and plague
him, or he might have chosen his own
state to illustrate his subject. The com
mission men of Kansas City have be-
come alarmed lest the remarks Of their
president offend the stOckmen of Kan
sss, which they realize is their best mar
ket, and are fearful that the trade may
be affected, and are Fastening to make
apologies for Walden's utterances.
In his Introductory remarks MIR. Wal
den said some very nice things about
Kansas:
Did you ever cross the grand Sun
flower state, Kansas, during the latter
part OF May and the first days Of June,
when the grass looked so inviting you
almost longed to eat it? When fields of
wheat and oats rippled into the distance,
a veritable emerald sea, and the corn in
its straight rows for miles across the
country, almost a black green, waved
gracefully in the sunshine? When cat
tie were grazing upon the rich grass,
sides bullying with fulness? Can you
ever forget this sight of nature clad in
new spring garments Of green? Can you |
ever forget the orchards, with trees laden |
with myraid blossoms, sending forth /
such perfume as no incense unburned /
could equal, and the landscape dotted |
here and there with beautiful pond, /
tank, or occasional stream, all full of /
clear, sparkling water? The farmer and !
ranchman, bubbling over with satisfac-
ton at the prospect Of bountiful crops
and fat stock; the good housewife sing
ing over her work? What sight for
you poor, cooped-up mortals who slave
your life away in cities and towns! Get
out occasionally into the country and
breathe the pure air, free from smoke,
sewer gas and a thousand such bad
odorsp'
In painting the picture of drought"
Mr.. Walden continued, and stirred up
SOm0tuAHS mOIo IAaA- q AOS "iGAOAAhS |
wind:
''The balmy Kansas zeyphr no longer
greets US perfume laden, but is now a
hot, whitening wind Mark the sickly
white yellow of the corn, the stunted,
dwarfed wheat and oats; grass sere and
withered, white with dust; gaunt and
starving cattle walking the trail along
the fence. Only a scum of greenish
yellow over the bosom Of muddy water
in ponds, tanks and creeks, lately so
proud in their strength, but would not
now float Johnny's tiny play boat. Look
at the abiect, despsiring farmer, perched
deiectedly on the barnyard fence, smok
ing an old clay pipe. Look at the house
wife, moving istlessly about the house,
with unkept children playing about her.
Even nature seems to wear look Of de-
spair and woe"
Ed. Coburn, secretary Of the Kansas
state board of agriculture, read the
speech and addressed an open letter to
Mr.. Walden; drawing freely upon his
supply of invectives:
I'NOw, my guess is that this Mr.. Wal
den lives in Missouri; that if he is in the
live stock trade about three fourths of
the business he does and of the living he
gets are furnished by the state of Kan
sas-his caricature of which he so loving
~ drew, and, neglecting his business,
iourneyed to Chicago to put on exhibit
ton, with himself as its easel. But why
should he have gone out of his way to
label his picture Kansas Why aot
Missouri, or Texas, or Oklahoma? Would
he have the world suppose they were
immune while Kansas was enduring
such grievous Affections? In the matter
Of drought In the summer Of 1901, COM
pared with Missouri, Kansas, too vet to
pillow, was spending large sums for drain
tile.
"Kansas had at the hour when he was
exploiting his picture of 'abiect despair
ing more horses, more mules, more
mich COWS and more other cattle, and
worth more money than ever before. /
Her hay, sorgum, wool, dairy, poultry,
garden and horticultural products never
before brought so much, and her people !
never before SO generally wore silk IN
derwear, nor had SO much money in /
banks-sn amount per capita such as
has seldom If ever been equaled By the
people of an agricultural community
anywhere"
Evidence OF Thrift and Growth.
FFrom the st. Francis Eagle.j
The editor Of the Eagle visited our
neignboring city OF Goodland last Sun