The Ordway new era., 1907-07-19
ro fcndcrs OF The New Era.


To Readers of The New Era.
Those whose time and means per-
NIT of extensive travel. should deem
II their d uty and take pleasure In re-
counting to their less favored friends
what OF interest by the way they en-
conntered.
We left Denver on the Goth over the
Santa Fe Railway, purposing to see
us much Of the great farming region
OF Kansas and Texas as possible, en-
route toward the setting sun"
After journeyiug perhaps $50 miles
down the Arkansas Valley, that rich
heritage OF Southern Colorado, where
alfalfa and beet fields spread out In
almost endless view, and the canta-
loupe abounds, we cross the line into
"BIeeding- Kansas, and here where
but a few years ago, aid was sent TO
relieve drouth suffering people, to-day
are TO be seen thrifty towns and great
farms OF waving grain and hay, a pic
ture OF vcrdure and prosperity. Car
den City and region about. being tue
first Ia Kansas TO engage In beet cult
ure and the establishment OF a huge
beet factory OF 1000 tons capacity,that
has had one year OF successful opera
lion, and then comes the wheat heidS
OF Western Kansas, ut once the pride
and wonder 70 state and traveller. for
here are TO be seen tields Of wheat that
are only bounded by the hOrizon-''a
waving sea OF grain"-for more than
100 miles. As your train moves on the
only complaint heard was that the
green bug was injuring some Of tie
fields. But for this, Kansas would
have her fifth successive bumper
wheat crop" and as in the days OF
Pharuah. be ready to feed the rest OF
the world
AT Hutchinson we enter the fruit
bearing section and salt belt, Hutch
inson having the largest salt works in
the world. Late trusts have destroyed
the fruit for this year. but We were
told that ''grandmother's preserves,
carried over from last year, would
greatly relieve the scarcity.
And now we turn south and cross
over Oklahoma by night into the
Lone STAR state, Texas. We
thought we had seen farms before and
We had, but Texas is 50 vast In every.
thing. that even Kansas seems small.
Here We began to see great cotton
fields and corn fields, aud we are in
"Darkey Land now and "SambO" is
ever in evidence. and with his numer-
Gus progeny and faithful mule, is hap
py and contented. IL we northern
people could swap some OF our serious
care and take on some OF their ease o,
mind, for "Sambo never takes more
on his shoulders than he can kick of
at his heels" the exchange would be
better for each.
But what a world OF corn and cot
ton-whole townships, counties Of it.
Where does II all go? Who can use IL
ali? But reader, do you know that
Texas produces one-fUurth the cotton
OF the world /? And her cotton sup
plies the world by way OF New Or
leans and Galveston, where great
ocean liners transport it to foreign
lands-England, Germany, France,
China, Japan. Twelve million bales
OF 800 lbs each, is her annual crop and
the present ruling price is l3c per
pound. So you hear talk Of cotton be-
ing King again.
But you never heard of Texas be-
ing corn state, did you But she
is, and with more corn land than lii
nois, she bids fair to outrank that
great corn state soon.
We pass on and Fort Worth. the
packing town Of Texas meets US, a
city Of $1,000 population, and aspiring
TO be the leading city of Northern
Texas. Fort Worth is situated on the
Trinity river. on the edge OF the great