The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-29
WM.ALLEN WHITE, THE KANSAN
PROCD or BEING SPOKESMAN
ron kINStS IDEAS.
WhS lie Has Refused I.ucratI'e OHerS To
go Else~heTe Hes ~ Much = Part
81 hanSas A. Her GOFnslaIks ana sun
flowers. tie SAYS Newspaper NOrk


Certain Rich Man In our Town.
The King ~ Boyvllle- and other stores
with the tang Ut the new W.s' ~ them
prides himself IN being a kan.an - the
kansans lie - also a Republican in
surgepI leader. but his Insurgency -
not new II began in 1891. when h. nrst
. attracted widespread attention by print
ing IN his little country daily newspaper
in Emporia his famous editorial article
on What's the Matter with Kansas
| Although successful a. an author and
widalv known a. a maya zine writer with
muck raking tendencies Will White. ~
! ell Kansas knows him and alb hun
( prefers To he known as n ns~spaper man
: nv profession. and a kansau first last and
all thS time. II lac would own =" anN
special ambition II would b" that b" ha'!
rather tell the story ~ Kansas aud IN"
central West than do anything else ~
tLIs world Neither money getting no.
! political power for the sake ~ merely
/ possessing either. appeals to White VI"
believes IN the Kansas spIrl' ~ typical
IL America. lie thinks Kansas - ia" real
/ United States. and he had rather hr
the Inouthpiece q Kansas Thought -
her patriotism especially than Ia be the
richest man in the State or a Inliel states
J senator For these reasons White has re-
! jecied time ami time nGaln f'at'rrng onerS
! in journalism IA 60 tot hiCago or Eastern
cities
i belong n much 20 Kansas and want
To make myself a. much a part 81 her ~
her corn fields he said not long age -
an intimate friend i wouldn't b" fn'irh
account anywhere else began ~"
here with little or nothing and | hav"
fought NV way up "a prosperity ] atu
n part Of Kansas and thank hea." IN.
Kansas u \ part - me YES. all there -
u me shall never live anvwhere else
My work - here among the Corns'alk-.
where the brightest minded Americans
live and ~. ke~ns~t lovers ~ th",r roun-
try reside and hero shall live and ia"
| like - tell this story IN my daily news
paper work IN my magazine articles
and IN my books. I suppose -ha. VFite
more books but yo'I'll al~ays hud sun
flowers and corns'alks and Cai'l" aud
grain and the most human ni hannah
people in them ve- and the kanas- hoy
and giEl that ! love - veil II ] can tell
their stories and make PLAN - me rest
Of the world their life 'hsir character
their aspirations. III I've satisfied You
can call me What you Ike, In-urgenf.
progressive, fnutkTAheT. dfN'Flhk -
long a. YOU also make ~ clear nat !
am a Kansas American IN every breath
draw and expect Ia draw until the last
Mr White has refused many enttcing
offers 4 Chicago nesspap"r pwner went
to see him not long ago and o0"red him
$40 go a year and all traV slliug aud other
expenses 10 write Will Whites column
for his newspaper daily White shook
his head
caller
White still shook his head
Well YOU can have $50 osD and LONG
contract said the visitor
White again shook he head and sad
that not t25 IN q year nor double hat
sum would tempt him TO leave Kansas
and Emporia I know my hf"- work.
he -ald and I know INV limitations
Both require that ! should sitv ne~"
And there White Stays
White - proudsT - his lI'tl. sv-paper
shop than all the re~t - ms prs sr"fity
Long after he became famous ne was
not above writing a me-" -lOra' item
fnr the rORsns taking m 20 two lin" Adj
vertIsemeni over N. counter ~ selling
a newspaper pOpuli-m started m hlS
nsighborhood lust abort N" time b" was
st-1I ggling 10 make his living with MS
own newspaper He fought n bitterly
He ven had harangue ana p@r-unal an
counters on The streets with the Popul-i
appoint 2 COMMITTEES. 20 VA on nun and
'ell him they would run him on - town n
he didn'' quIt hIs ATTACKS on 'r"m. ~"
detied fh"n and SAID
I wont 20. and what more. ! u say
here and write mp n" "hitulrI-- - you
fellows IN NV paper
White has already written me obituaries
IT all 'hOse men except one When he
wrote hIs famous What he Matter
With hansass- art cIe h.. was about 10
- To- - IN In
Mountains He went out on the street
and got INTO white hot row with som"
POpuli-ts He came back IN a rage. -at
down aud wrote he ART iCs 20 lef oh steam.
When h." finished " no tossed o. 80 his
foreman and told HIM 20 run q when h."
vas away He had no idea tna' ~ was
anything unusual He hsd written nearly
NO dozen editorial art cles TO he used 10
his absence. II Came Ou' about ten days
afteT he had gone Awav and Whit. nwoke
IN the Rocky Mountains IN Colorado one
morning 20 find himself famous ~" stu
keeps printed shps ~ u 10 satisfy the mail
demand for n. which has not ceased from
that day 10 this
Whit" began his newspap"r owning
career in a two roomed shop II was
about ten feet wide In front the
counting and editorial room In back
was the little press He did everything
hs could himself took IN ads. wrote
toms sold new-pa paTr looked after the
mailing and the route BOYS A. times
he would write piece that would h" over
the heads ~ his people A. first they
didn't know how TO tax" HIM "" went
right ahead He began 10 max" money
and pay IN his debts He pouRht a new
press Then he got q typ"setting machine
He was able to hire two or three reporters.
Then he got a fine new building ~ ms
/ own. and IL - one ~ the best IN Fmpora
and first class newspaper shop And u
paid for itself There's wh"r" Whites
heart ~ Has glad to h. an author and
10 get high prices for his magazine artI-
cles. but he loves his own newspaper
hest 81 all and he likes 10 recall IT. -tTug-
Cling days when he got his plate matter
from Kansas City IN IN" morning and
"A wed u up himself and printed ~ IN the
afternoon and was the whole thing m
the GdIciis almost even 10 the printers
devil
, white does most ~ his literary work
~ night ~ home He takes his time about
a. A. his elbow arts his hest and most
/ eXactinR critic Seldom does word ~
what he writes 60 - the public until
Mrs. White approves. 4 dahcat" sweet
faced Wholesome cheerful woman ~
MrS White with keen literary taste and
most delicate refined judgment in the
matter ~ writing All Empnria - proud
now ~ white. Many folks think his a
Certain Rich Man IL pretty near beng