The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-05
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is safe to say that the loss % the manu-
facturers in the season of 1909 would, at
a fair valuation. not fall short Of two
and one-fourth million dollars"
D. ". BLAINE RESOLUTIONS
Following air. Wilson, D. ". Blaine, Of
Pratt. Kan, introduced the following
resolutions, which had been approved
by the committee OF. resolutions and were
PASSED unanimously By the conventions:
Whereas, The state Of Kansas having
irstituted Irvine plant in the peniten-
tiary and that said binding Irvine plant
is permitted by the law that created it
TO be operated at the discretion of the
warden ana board of directors of the
state penitentiary: and
Whereas. As the said warden and
board Of directors have from time to time
caused 10 be circulated through the news
papers Of the state that the said Irvine
plant is operated solely in the interest Of
the grain growers of the state for the
purpose Of keeping down he price of trust
made binding twine TO the Kansas far
mers, and is not run for profit; and
Whereas, On or about the 10th
day of November the board Of
directors have caused to be pub
hshed through the public press that the
state manufactured and sold for the sea-
son Of 1892, ,240 pounds of sisal Irvine
on which the state cleared a net profit
OF S22713.00, but failed to prove their
statement with an itemIzed report; and
o1,rrc-f o,-bJfSbad ,,rioa
at which the Irvine was sold for the har-
vest of 1902, was ten cents per pound, TO
the retail implement dealers of the state,
and ten and half cents per pound to the
grain grower, which would indicate that
the penitentiary plant practically had a
clear profit of two cents per pound on all
the Irvine manufactured and sold for the
season OF 1902; and
Whereas, The wholesale price of sisal
fibre at the seaports Of the United States
for the past twelve months have averaged
above eight and half cents per pound,
and that it would be impossible for the
warden and board of directors to pur-
chase a standard grade of sisal fibre and
pay freights and other incidental expenses
in manufacturing and selling the Irvine,
exclusive of the convict labor and make
the profit they claim to have done, with
out either short weights to the purchaser
of the Irvine or using an inferior grade
OF sisal fibre or mixing in a large proper
ticn of cheaper and inferior grade of fibre
other than sisal; and
Whereas, The warden and board OF
directors have surrounded all the deals
connected with the purchase of the
amount and material Of which the Irvine
is made and the freights and costs con-
nected with the manufacture and sale of
the Irvine and have endeavored in every
way possible TO prevent the taxpayers,
the farmers and other interested parties
from learning the facts relating to the
operation of said Irvine plant, and that
they have at all times intimated that the
farmers of the state are and have been
robbed by what they are pleased TO call
the Irvine trust and the dealers and by so
doing they are creating a sentiment Of
distrust and dissatisfaction between the
formers and retail implement dealers Of
the state of Kansas who have been in
the past furnishing the farmers of Kan
sas all their binding Irvine and who are
now, even with the penitentiary Irvine
plant in operation, furnishing more than
three-fourths of the Irvine required by
the farmers of Kansas; and
Whereas, We believe that if this un-
satisfactory condition of affairs is per
nitted to continue that serious results
are imminent, as ii jeopardizes the supply
OF Irvine for convenient use to the farmer
i'll the season for harvesting his crops,
for the reason that the dealers hesitate
to purchase and carry in stock a sufficient
amount of Irvine to meet the requirements
of their immediate vicinity because of
the lack OF information as to the amount
OF Irvine that the penitentlary will make
and the price for which it may be sold;
therefore, be it
Resolved. That We. the Retail Imple-
II ent dealers. in annual convention as
sembled in the city OF Wichita. Kansas.
demand in the interest or all the grain
g1owers Of Kansas and IN our own be-
half that the coming session of the Kan
sas legislature so amend the law that
created the penitentiary Irvine plant that
it shall be obligatory on the warden and
hoard Of directors that they shall make
a fun and complete itemized report on -
first day OF November each year covering
the actual number of pounds and kinds
Of fibre purchased, prices paid. the cost
OF freight. the amount and kinds Of oil
purchased. from whom. and the prices
paid for same. also the salary Of the
superintendent OF the plant and other
paid attendants, repairs of machinery.
etc; the number Of convicts and the DAYS
employed in manufacturing the Irvine. the