The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

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keen competition. on the south will be
the Oklahoman with his eager exalting
of the Land of the fair god;" on the
north the Nebraskan with his vigor and
earnestness. The high plains to the west
have been rediscOvered by means Of new
emthods in agriculture, and old Mis-
souri, shows signs of being ashamed of
some things she did to the Sunflowsr
state in the early days and wants to fol-
low in our footsteps. 1t will not he
possible to do business on Wind-Kansas
has tried that too, and it did not work.
On the other hand it is going to take
less faith to prosper in the future than
in the past There are less things TO
try. If anything be left on which to
experiment in agriculture, politics, sci
ence or religion, it is hidden somewhere
or has been created since yesterday.
The Kansan has worried too much,
hurried too much. He has acted appar-
emily on the principle that the state was
in danger of being blown away Or
washed away over night and has been
unduly elated when he found it yet with
him. When hot winds like furnace
heated breaths racing over a thousand
miles of plain came out of the south on
July afternoon he countermanded the
order for his daughters new hat; but
when the rain fell in timely appropriate
ness on the corn he purchased for his
son twO-seated buggy. though only
one seat was desired Yet through it
all the state has rewarded his effort and
the recurring seasons have added to his
store. II is time to learn the lesson of
its stability, to stop the anxious gazing
at neeting clouds. the eternal expression
of doubt. SO needless and so undeserved.
The kansan of tomorrow should re-
member that Kansas like the country
newspaper, is here to stay" 1t is not
for day, nor for a decade-but for all
the time of our race; it will develop and
grow, and shine among the brightest
Jewels of COlumbia's crown. The duty
of the next generation is to build with
such faith in it's destiny, with such
confidence in it's permanence that the
element of imagined uncertainty shall
be known no more.
Kansas has passed through the era of
boastlng; II has outliVed the days of
brag. Its tendency is toward conserva-
tism, toward fairness toward everyday
old-fashioned honesty. Let us be known
for what we are as a state; let US stand
with faces to the dawn, greeting the
world with frank, fair comradeship.
with clear conscience and clean hands.
My generation has had much to say in
assumed superiority over the east It
has been the fashion to deride the dwell
lers on paved streets within sound of
the Atlanic- For my part ! believe the
easterner is just as good as a Kansan;
and he understands some things that
the Kansan does mott 1t is possible that
we think faster and act more quickly,
but somehow the easterner gets good
deal out of life. He seeks not to live a
hundred years in fifty; he cares not to
labor without recreation. He gives a
good deal of time to getting acquainted
with his family and his friends-but il
is worth it. He has pride in birth and
ancestry-which is about as satisfactory
has having every mans history begin
with the day before yesterday-and nc
questions asked. He works hard; Their
he takes time to rest to think. to
study. Is it a bad model to initiate? Is
il not about time to realize that section
alism is the refuge of demagogues; thai
we are interdependent east and west
and that our prosperity advances exact
" as does that of the nation America
is one great family in business-anc
Kansas is an influential member of the
firm.
NEED MORE RECREATION.
Another thing: In east and west i:
each year a broader acceptance of the
gospel of observation-disclosures SHOULD
not be obstinate toward this means Of
grace. The state will stand hitcheC
now. 1t is halter broke" You can e
off and leave it and find it here wheI
you return. There is nothing to pre-
vent your taking a broader outlook OIL
life than is found within the state,
boundaries-and it will make you
better citizen, better men and bette
women.
The balance wheel needed in the so
cial economy of the west may be fount
in wider vision and a more intimate
friendlier acquaintance with our neigh
bors.
The Kansan of tomorrow should b
better poise than the one of yesterday
He should bring into his life work
fairer. cleaner comprehension of hi
destiny We are proud of the SINAI
number of prisoners in our courts an
prisons-but the asylums are full t
overhowingl What a wonder to al
this well-favored land. life's orderin
people If it could be said that here il
had become so truly in sympathy wit
human needs. so broad in the develop