The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-12

'As If in mockery. the heavy fall OF
snow which gently fell upon the land at
the time Of the admission Of the state
augnTlng peace purity ana plenty. much
Of our people were being fed from the
hand OF charity. threats OF national OiS-
ruDtion were freely spoken IN the halls
Of congress. ana u one time the preSt-
dent-eiect had 70 deny his identity 10
take upon himself the oath OF Office.
And why all this?
Because Kansas. the first fruit Of pop
ular soyereiSnty. had elected 70 become Z
free state. She had Witnstood drt~
insect ravages, peStLenee and famine IN
quick succession, bllt now her time was
at hand where women must TIL her
and shelter ner hslplcsS- Her border
best impr0ved-was under constant mea-
ace, and Lawrence. On august !, 1so3.
bore bloody testimony q the same Spirit
which thiTty-liRe years later made IL
a crime against state pride 70 produce
Uncle Toms Cabin in the leaGins city
in Kentucky.
with such political and Industrial con-
dltlons, Il was we'll nigh a forlorn hope
for her hundred thousand people 70 main
tain her struggle for existen ence-ruUch less
prosperity. Not until 1871 was Ilere
much encourag agement for hope Tor
east could get as Tar Is Jefferson CITY
by rail-crOssing the Alleghsnles by zig
gag reliefs. and the rivers bv ferries-on
cars which may be sttl In -se Tor fQreis
immigration and hy river, boat and
stages, or. not inSTequently. or foot 60
destination and from the Western STATE
DAY Inc unknown was before and the
dreaded behind. Chicago was on jack
screws. while twO-tier cellars were be-
ing put under its buildings. teieDhOues.
except as possibilities; i was paNirg
business or case Of extreme necessity
that 1t was felt could use ne telephone,
the farmer broke up the ground v
fourteen-inch piows pulled by fourteen
hand horses. dropped his corn by
and covered first by q stone drawn by
rrrH
We're not even q dream. The planting uf
frGit trees and the seeding Of tame
grasses We're deemed doubtful expert
Uents even In Brown county. and the
one man who disregarded his neighbors'
Judgment was derided as a Yankee crank.
In the first election after the 'admis-
cast. while at the election or General
Harrison in 1883 he received a little ever
$500 plurality.
Need l advert to churches. schools
crops. live stock and public improve
ments2 Even had Secretary Coburn then
been in effect he would not have ami
hilated his future predecessor for his
american Desert was a myth In a.
"A D. ISL from which I think Kan
Sas may date the beginning of her s7ia-
Stantlal prosperity. j. not so very long
aEO. BOYS co not usually IN fact become
men al twenty nor communities states.
bers. OF a million ana nai ~ people.
after having settled Oklahoma with a
population three times that of Kansas at
our admission. we are ready 20 stand UP
for Kansas under al circumstances.
shall not undertake 10 indulge in figures
while Secretary COburn is around. DO
YOU know Of anyone who would2 1 thi
lr safe 10 say that Mr. wilson, secretary
Of agriculture, is not the man 10 try it,
Where have we got 10 in Our fifty
years, all told, such as il has been. Of
real existence Probably not "A farm in
eastern Kansas is beyond the sound or
a railroad whistle, the daily mail is ON
the table with the uoO0-day meal the
telephone is at command, the farmers
former hard work, blowing. seeding. reap
ing, moving. is now done on wheels,
the farm wagon, with seating borrowed
from the kitchen. has given way as q
means of neighborhOod travel to the
spring wagon and top buggy the kitchen
safe with It's perforated tin doors. 70
the cellar and ice house, home grown
fruits are abundant and the food products
of other climatic conditions are Uneasy
reach. In like class-nO 0eODle on the
face Of the globe live so well as the
Kansas farmers. I have 'batched in
Brown county in the early days-Visited
since-and dined over d good share of
the civilized world, and know whereof
I speak.
And yet how many farmer boys. in
their ignorance Of life quarrel with
their lot and change 10 town to be-
come 70 large extent, manned in rail-
road service defaulters in banks or other
fiduciarv enpioy nent-because of rum
ming behind more and more each year.
TO become fugitives or convicts, and
must die with life insurance 10 make pro-
visions for their families BOYS and girls
on the farm. do not let visions of easy
times and good clothes make YOU over
look the fact that on the farm things
grow while YOU sleep. while in town you
get only what YOU work for.
far itr al f1la - n "a L.
ing hands, and where well directed. that
viii always paw. and in this day IL is
the fault of the dOer II hard work Is
made OF IT, There is a good deal OF dir
ference between harvesting with a biu-
der and by hand. tMy back aches now
when / recall nv experience tn Cradiiugl
Ny father never could appreciate why
should refuse the gift of a farm from
HIM in Connecticut that had been im-
proved for 3O0 years and buy one from
the government in Kansas until he paid
Kansas a visit. Since then the difference
has increased. the Connecticut farm
has decreased in value from $500 10 S2.eo0.
and the Kansas farm increased from
government pre-emptlOn price 10 $50 per
acre; and we're the Connecticut build
ings on the Kansas farm they would be
worth the present value Of tho old farm
But the story Is not told without ths
changed conditions being taken into con-
sideratiOu. While there has been some
thing the matter with Kansas during
The matter with Connecticut-and some
thing the matter all over the civilized
world. The battle Of Waterloo no moro
changed the maps of Europe than ala
the destruction OF slavery change the
political and industrial conditions of the
United States. Had Elucher failed 70
cross the Rhine within the time Napoleon
deemed impossible the little corporal
would have been the master Of Europe
instead OF an exiled prisoner, but for
Kansas. slavery would have been stronger
than ever On that DAY the sun shore
upon another country. The same Split
which refused slavery IN kansas. sup
pressed the war Of the TeDf lliGn which
and the country rose from SIS
spoiiation as did Chicago from its ruins
70 become its great inland city-t0 be-
come the great political ana industrial f
influence OF the great powers, ard al
this because Of equality. enterprise. cour-
age. uafriotism-ana borrowed money.
How alike the history Of Kansas
Much later than fifty years ago kan
sas was borrowing money from New
York ard New York from London. the
national loan made during Cleveland
last ad-ninistratir1 was piaced ir Lon
don. During lchinler Irst 1drr-inls-
tratior. the British government borrowed
It's South African war. However
American money. tllss s1ol41 ROT nave
been. The ueorIe ~ or rer1bllc SHOULD
not furnish money 10 be used il crushing
Imf At that time. ard since orr govern
-nenf has been lrfi~trs sting the tlrfy
- fts OEr bond irlsir rhfaa eese -r1 tua
'fhe greed o Eai- is t Apf i
sav use ~ idi- money 10 Tcu re
ert when money vert il kansas ~ 1--WE
par ceuL Is month co @9E what few
r10rtE1 1Cer are outstanding ll eastern
I[arsls af seven per cfutEr1 W nf
rade st 1ve T7e owner hd faifer plt
-fs rro--e lrfa h-afEE lands ureerl