The state herald., 1904-09-16
WHY ALL'S WELL IN KANSAS.
II Is Because Of Sound Money asd the
Protective Policy.

| Protective Policy.
Few people realize how or why the
condition OF Kansas is watched with
such solcitude throughout the country
especially in the Western States.
| The fact is indisputable that there Is
something about its climate, the mer-
rurial disposition Of its people and the
conditions of life in Kansas that make
It a~sort OF barometer for the rest of the
republic. When there is anything seri-
! Gus the matter with Kansas il is GER
tain ths. all is not exactly right with
her neighbors. When there is drouth
In Kansas there is apt TO be mighty
thirst in all the region west Of the Mis-
sissippi. When the rains and sunshine
! bless Kansas with bountiful harvests
and the cyclone and grasshopper give her
! wide berth, the fatness is apt to extend
beyond her borders and fill the land with
reason for rejoicings and content.
When Providence frowns on Kansas
the heart of the nation is usually sorrow
/ full for her-and for itself
When Providence smiles on Kansas
the rest Of us generally bid au reyoir to
melancholy.
Therefore Senator Fairbanks did well.
In opening the Republican campaign at
Marion, Kan, Sept. /, TO remind his au-
ditors OF the change that had come over
their prospects since the days when the
whole land rang with the cry, whats
the matter with Kansas?" Happily he
was able to proclaim, II not from the
house tops at least 10 the telegraph op-
orators for dissemination throughout the
nation. that "All's well in Kansas"
1 IA. h.. ~
ditions as they existed eight years ago:
'Knnsas was suffering from the effects
Of Democratic administration. The in.
: tcrests OF her agriculture languished. Her
crops rotted In the field or were market.
ed at unremunerated prices" And much
more to the same effect. Then he point.
ed TO the prosperity OF the present, with
out need TO recapitulate the blessings
that good crops, good prices, good govern
ment and sound money showered upon
Kansas as from an erhaustless urn.
During the last seven years." he said"
mo one has shared the prosperity which
has come TO the country In a fuller de-
gree than the farmers Of Kansas" And
he illustrated the prosperity OF the State
by the Increase In her bank deposits
from S33.000OoO In 1895 TO over $780,
100000 In 1900" As matter OF exact
record II might be well TO say that the
bank deposits In Kansas increased from
s30,52o.isT In 1896 to Ssi.o55, ,ii0. or
$50 per cent, while those OF the whole
country increased from 1921 SOS, ,339 TO
S5i0,Gi9,I02, or slightly under i34 per
cent.
Would the reader know how all this
wonderful prosperity came 10 Kansas?
II was through her own Industry stlmu.
lated and protected by the sound econ
omic md monetary policies OF the Re.
publican party.
In 1895 corn on the farms Of Kansas
was bringing II cents bushel: last year.
according TO the report OF the Depart.
mcnt of Agriculture. 1t brought 90 cent,
Or exactly double rs much,
In 1895 the price u wheat on the Kan.
sas farm was ~ cents per bushel: last
year. according TO the same authority.
II was II cents.
In 1895 the price Of oats on the Kan.
sas farm was II cents: last year Il was
3o-a ease where 30 cents was a joke
which the kansan appreciated clear
down To his boots.
During this period freight rates on
Nheat per W. pounds from Atehiton,
Kan, 10 Chicago were reduced from -
to 10 cents, aud on rye. barley, corn and
oats from 20 TO 10 cents.
I In 1893 the revenue OF the railways
per passenger per mile Ia the territory Of
which Kansas is the center was 2.2I5
cents; In 1902 Il had fallen TO 2.236
cents. In the same period the railroad
revenue from freight In the same terri.
tory had fallen from i.i0i cents per ton
per mile 10 ODIs cents.
There are good times In Kansas be-.
snuss of good government. good crops.
good prices, Increasing manufactures aud
declining rates for Transporting the fruits
OF all Kinds Of Industry TO the markets
of the world; aud when there ar. good
times In Kansas there IL little occasion
for discomfort Throughout, the rest Of IA,
ilalon.