The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-18
STANDS UP FOR KANSAS
es,vsrnor Hocn,s Address Before Con-
vention Of Commercial Clubs.

ST Louis April 1S-The convention
NJ commercial clubs OF the southwest
closed here with a banquet at the Jef-
ferson hotel attended by several hun
dred delegates at which the governors
of six states and territories were the
guests of honor. Preceding the banquet
Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis pro
nonnced the invocation and following
the banquet, James E. Smith gave an
address Of welcome. in his capacity as
president OF the St. Louis Business
Mems league. Governor Folk was on
the programme to answer to the toast-
THE State Of Missouri
Governor Jefferson Davis OF Arkansas
responded to the toast. The Mississippi
valley" and Governor Frank trantz
of Oklahoma spoke on, What state
hood Means to Oklahoma
In response to the toast, kansas,
Governor Hoch said in part
s.rhs territory west of the Mississippi
s.onourjses more than two-thirds of the
entire area Of the Unftedt States, but
At contains largely less than one-tnlro
~ the population of this country me
average population to the square mile
4, the eastern one-third of the United
states is sixty four while in the west
ar1 fygo-4airtls. or west of the Mississip-
ui river. It is only ten to the square
nile. These simple figures give US some
idea OF the extent Of the problem ana
the defd of operation before US.
T 1T am to speak chiefly, I believe, con-
corning that subdivision of this great
territory to which have referred
fxnoxgu as Kansas-a slice of it 400 miles
! Tong goo miles wide, and, as another
- said 1000 miles deep and reaching
{ IL the skies In territorial extent KAN
sss alone is quite an empire. 1t is twice
- large as England and Wales com
7,ined. two and one-half times as large
as ireland, three times as large as
I Greece. i've times as large as Switzer-
Iand. seven times as large as Belgium.
IT is larger than Maine, New Aamp-
I ai,sra Vermont Massachusetts, Rhode
| Island Connecticut New Jersey, Della
ware Maryland and the District of
; Columbia. all together
zone of its counties IS larger than
( Rhode Island: one of its eight con-
/ r-ressional districts is half as large as
+ either New York or Ohio Some idea
+ az Kansas as a field Of immigration
/ may be CLEANED from the fact that
/ While its population to the square mile
IS only eighteen. that of Massac husetts
Is 34s. Rhode Island is 407. New Jer-
sey Is $50. Maryland is 80, Con
uectfcut Is 1877, Indiana is 10, Illinois
IS SO and of all the eastern one-third
OF the country as above stated "a.
,sTl1e development of the state has
been marvellous but its development
really has just begun In 1850 there
was not a white inhabitant IN Kansas
At the breaking out cf the civil wal
only 107 900 whites resided within its
borders. Now 1.545,0O0 persons have
homes there Among them illiteracy
Is OF smaller percentage than in ans
ether state IN the Union with one ex.
eaption. They have expended 10 mil.
Hon dollars for 10000 school houses
where 400, 900 pupils are enrolled and
$4,000 teachers find employment at an
annual cost to the state of $500. GOO
Nearly 10 million dollars is invested il
churches Eight hundred newspapers
gather and disseminate the news: sOf
bands hold deposits of 100 million dol
lars. or an average of $50 per capita