The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-09

skeptical were convinced. Men with
compton, eters stood at the doors of
the lecture halls and counted them as
they entered. The results have been
shown in a practical way, for hum
dreds of city men, wage earners, have
turned their backs on the narrow
streets and the cramped houses or
flats, and turned their faces toward
Kansas, where they plan to build
themselves new homes.
81 have had men ask me Why does
the Union Pacific do this :" continued
Mr.. Fort. THAT is easy. AS the state
grows, so do we. 1t is only by the
closest cooperation betw cen railroads
prosperous. Our interests are SO in
terwoven that separate them and they
are so weakened that the fabric which
has been built up falls.
Values Come with Population.
Increased land values come from
settlement and building Up, and with
these increased values ICme heavier
crops. and it is from these heavier
crops that we derive our profit, for we
haul them to market. The farmers
are the backbone of commerce., and
commerce is the backbone of the rail-
roads. for without tonnage the railroad
must go out of business. And without
the railroad the farmers and their
towns and villages become mere iso-
lated human beings and communities
who live but do not prosper.
"And that is why we are spending
more than $1,20O,0O0 to tell the people
about Kansas and the rest of the West.
We know that even a conservative
statement of the truth will convince,
and that they will come and so we
will profit from their profits in the
future years"
Coburn Tells of Movement.
In an article in a farm paper re-
Gently F. D. Coburn, secretary of the
Kansas department of agriculture,
says:
at cannot be gainsaid that condi-
tions among the poor in the over
judicious distribution of these people
on some of the vast unoccupied lands
where the soil would give them sub
sistence, and the ample space, sun
shine and fresh air bring health is
prettv nearly ideal Normal
country is a wholesome and healthful
movement. all the time to be nationally
encouraged"
One of the great purposes of the
land shows in Chicago ard Omaha is
to relieve just such crowded condi-
advantages to be gained by exchang-
ing a salaried position, which gives
merely a home for the time being and
provides little for the future, for a
IT6Sn air, anu
prosperity. The railroads are doing
much to aid this move.
I'VE want the people Of Kansas to
be prosperous, for in their prosperity
lies our gain" said Mr.. Fort recently
in discussing the plans of the Union
Pacific. Government statistics show
us that six-tel4ths of the people who
move West to take up farms come
from the vicinity of chi eago. When
We looked into the plans for last years
land show we discovered that in the
Far West and in the South the COM
munity spirit had a strong hold, but
that in Kansas and a few other states
there was no concerted move to take
advantage of this opportunity to tell of
the states advantages. And that is
where we stepped in. We drew on our
advertising appropriation and set to
work and the work paid.
Intensified Farming Is Best.
Intensified farming is the farming
of the future, and the man who will
devote his time and energy intelli-
gently to the problems of his land will
reap the reward in inci eased crops,
greater profits and a heavier bank
account. Until the underground flow