The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

wealth. It is second now, Massachu-
setts leading. but the margin between
them is so slight that the wheat and
/ corn crop is sure to put Kansas at
the top.
1.-The wheat crop has just been har-
! vested, and threshing has started.
said Mr.. Harvey. From now until
snow flies the threSherS will be seen
| on every hand. A party of men stand
! ing on hill near Great Bend, Kan,
one day two weeks ago saw twenty
nine threShing machines at work.
Many of the big wheat farmers own
their own threshers, as they do their
binders and other farm implements.
ia will take three threshing ma
chimes thirty days to thresh out the
crop raised by one farmer alone This
farmer has 10000 acres of wheat in
western Kansas. It is the best crop
that he has had for years. The wheat
Will run from fifteen to twenty bushels
to the acre on the average. This is
a tremendous yield for that country.
Early in the spring the dry weather
and high winds threatened to take the
crop, but the rains came just at the
right time to save it.
kansas threatens to break all rec
ords in corn production this year.
Level headed crop experts say they
wouldn't be surprised to, see it go
above 3O0,OO0,000 bushels. The largest
corn crop ever harvested in Kansas up
to this time was in 1889, when it ag-
gregated 273,S88,O00 bushels"
All of the preliminary arrangements
for the big joint meeting at Kansas
City of all the postal organizations
among the postmasters. assistant post
masters, pOstoffice clerks, supervisory
employees, city and rural delivery car
riers, and railway mail clerks of the
five states of Kansas, Missouri, Okla
homa, Iowa and Nebraska have been
completed. The joint meeting will be
held in Convention hall of that city
and some prominent officials from the
postoffiCe department, possibly includ-
in Postmaster General Hitchcock
will be present 1t is expected that
number of the Kansas delegation in
congress will attend the convention
and be called upon for speeches. The
meeting will be held in September.
BY word and by vote Congressman
Victor Murdoch protested against an
bill providing for an automobile for
Speaker Cannon. OF course. there
were other Republican insurgents as
We'll as Democrats who fought the
provision.
Congressman Barnhart, in discuss
ing the item pertaining to the auto
mobile during consideration of the de-
hClency bill, said: I'VE have heard it
stated on the floor several times that
the beneficiary of this automobile APP
preparation was a gentleman of such
simple tastes that he scorned underwear
that cost more than so cents a gar
ment. Ever since then I have been
wondering if it would not be the royal
diadem of ridiculousless for US to at
tempt to force gentleman of such
simple and modest tastes as that into
a $4,000 automobile.
How are we going to explain our
selves when we go back to our con-
stituents if in the last hours of this
session of congress we permit an ap-
preparation bill to go through here
which we said originally should
amount to less than 100000. but
which is now increased by the senate
to more than S1,000.000. How can
We Justify ourselves by saying that we
passed it hurriedly and at the last
minute because a whole lot of us
wanted to get back home as soon as
possible to look after our fences?'
The gentleman seems to have read
inns conference report very carefully
Volunteered Congressman Murdoch
Does he find anywhere in the confer
ence report where the chauffeur or