The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-24
KANSAS CONAENT
KANSAS FOR A KANsAN.

KANSAS FOR A KANSAN. e-
Inc doctrine. Kansas, for Kansans, ~
seems susceptible of an application ex-
ceptionaily individual In the case of
william Allen White, editor and owner
OF the Emporia Gazette, magazine
writer and the author of much litera-
ture tnat has caused his name to be
enrolled among the American Imnor-
tails.
1t is known by his friends that Mr..
w mite very recently declined an offer
TO take charge Of the editorial. page
OF one OF the great metropolitan news
papers OF the middle west on terms
that would have been accounted as a
strong temptation to most Journalists
not attached by proprietary interests
with establishments of corresponding
magnitude. The proposition was de-
cnned without hesitation by Mr.. White,
with the statement that nothing could
tempt him to leave Emporia or to for
sake line of work which is thorough
ly In harmony with his tastes; which
makes him an influential factor in the
affairs of the great state Of Kansas;
which Is amply remunerative, and
which holds him to the propitious en-
vironment that has made him fam
Gus.
Kansas for Kansan, is a policy
which. In the case of William Alien
White. seems to have been forecast by
destiny. Mr.. White gave the very ear
I-NoS PiCu5C u genius ny SSfecJluS
Kansas as his birthplace. To make
certain that the future should bring to
him all that 1t has yielded. he was born
IN Emporia, where live the dear, gen.
uine, intrinsic folk who are described
IN his charming book Of stories. called
In Our Town" To every effort. al
most, that Mr.. White has made in the
realm Of letters. Kansas has lent the
charm of it's keen life and its Intense
individuality. What many writer's leave
out OF their books is the engaging and
compelling ingredient of human nature.
That is the very element that springs
up and bubbles over in Mr.. Whites
writing; and, without the slightest de-
traction from the praise that is due 20
the superb natural gifts Of the bard of
"Willer Crick" and author of 1.-THE
Court of Boyville," Kansas must be
which has made Mr.. White one of the
favorite sons Of fortune.
1t is quite In accord with all Of the
promptings OF Judgment and sentiment,
that Mr.. White should continue to abide
in Kansas-and in Emporia. Not that
he would not shine with a light all his
own in New York or Chicago or any
other locality to which he might elect
to remove. But Kansas Is for Kansans
in way that no other state on the
map is for its inhabitants, and in a
way that no other son OF that state has
proved SO definitely and distinctly as
William Allen White of Emporia.-
Kansas City Star. 81
RECIPROCITY NEEDED.
The men who are opposing mail
order houses and parcels post do not
act consistently. For instance the
merchants protest against the farm
ers buying Of mail order houses.
Last summer we heard a merchant
tell g. farmer that he, would not pay
certain price for berries that he
could get them shipped in from Mis-
souri, for less. There ought to be re-
ciprocity. If the merchants expect
the farmers to patronize them they
in turn must patronize the farmers.
The concession must NOT all be on
ono side lawrence Journal.