The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
kAMSAS COMMENT
A GREAT KANsAN.


a lot of men have been suggested
LOT 1a1t's cabinet who are not entitled
" sucn distinction But Taft could
h naAe hit by appointing F. D. Co.
49, go, oI Kansas, as secretary of agri-
culture. Mr.. Coburn is more than an
olrdlnary man. He has become famous
Tue world over, and would be a credit
70 the Taft administration. The ST.
ooe gazette lately made this reference
10 Coourn, of Kansas: eff Governor
elect Hadley wants to do something for
MlSsourl that will bring fame to him,
anu make lasting impression for his
oInInlstratlon among the citizens of
M4Ssourl, let him turn his optics tow
arcs Kansas, and observe what has
Deen done for the SunfioWer state by.
=. = CoDurn, secretary of the Kansas
STATE BOARD of agriculture. Mr.. Coburn
- easlIy the most popular man in Kan
Sas ana, what is better still, his popu-
IaIlIy rests upon a secure foundation.
administrations have come and gone
DuC Mr.. Coburn continues to hold his
Iop, regardless of the results of cleo
IONS And this is true not because of
MS activity in politics but because he
IS always doing something for Kansas
ana doing it in such a way as to dem
onstrate that his services are indispen-
point Missouri is better state than
Kansas, though it is not nearly so
Well advertised. We raise good hogs
ana good alfalfa, but we could raise
formed man, like Coburn for instance,
TO k-ep telling us how. When Coburn
puDnSheS little booklet on Kansas
SOIL or Kansas grain, or Kansas live
stock 1t is read and valued in every
state In the Union, but especially in
Kansas. The Kansas farmer has learn
ed to believe in Coburn because he has
tested his propositions and proved that
they are founded in reason, while the
farmer in other states has been in
to the state presided over by Coburn.
Missouri needs Coburn and needs him
badly. Governor Hadley ought to be
able to find him. Since the election
our governor-elect has said that he in
tends to make his administration no
table because of an effort to improve
our agricultural methods. He would
have the state take the lead in develop |
ing our many natural resources. He
can do this in no more practical or
certain way than to hunt up a Coburn, |
such as the one who is devoting his
life to the development of Kansas, and |
give him a place at the Missouri pie |
nter.''-Atchison Globe.
GREAT AIMS OF A NEW MAGAZINE |
No greater purpose could be defined |
for the new Kansas Magazine than that |
outlined by Mr.. William Allen White: |
1.-The Kansas Magazine will not strive |
to be literary. 1t cares not for sonnets. |
But it does desire to see Kansas an |
Ideal commonwealth, the American
model of ideal state governments This
announcement is quite sufficient to dis
tinguish the forthcoming Kansas pub
Iication from all other magazines.
Instead of restricting itself by the
limitations here set. the Kansas Maya
zine has given itself exceptionally large
scope in the purpose here declared. 1t
IS to be a state publication, owned,
and edited by state men with
state ideals and State records.
There is not another commonwealth
n the Union in which such an enter
Prise would give greater promise, for
here is no other state in which thu
public gives such an imme-
late response to the. right appeal
made in the right swsy, and there is no
,ther state whetes the posi- Utilities %
establishing ideal government for the
for the counties, for the
titles and for the public institutions,
ire so inviting.
And 1T may be said, also, that there
las never been a time in the history of
Kansas when such a magazine as Is
low projected would have had such fine
PROSPECTS of realizing the aspirations OF
he founders.-Kansas City Star.