The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
HOW WE'RE LIVING.
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featuring industry. Put the two col
lrnns of figures together and you have
a fairly accurate idea as to who draws
the big profits. If the wage scale cor
responds with the price of household
necessities then Neil would hardly rec
om1nend legislative action Then if
NeiPs figures show that the raise in
prices of bread, butter. eggs and beef
steak have exceeded the advance In
wages, he would be backed by tons of
argument for an adjustment of the
trouble
''It is impossible to say how soon
we will finish the work." Neil stated,
as he smiled in a way that left doubt
as whether the man thought It would
be two weeks or three years. We
want to study the question of prcduc-
ton of the principal fopd stutfs
Wheat. of course. is the chief article
and then would come the eggs, butter
and meats supply. The wheat pro-
duction is a big item in Kansas, but 1
think the Importance of the Kansas
wheat belt in relation to supplying the
wants of the nation will increase Won
derfully in the next few years. In
my opinion F -nsas has only started.
TN a few years. continued the la
Dor commissioner, "the fertility of the
soil will be a bigger question in this
state than it is now. The farmers viii
bend their efforts to increase the crop
yield rather than to increase the acre
age That will be the secret of future
advancement of the state
Then Neil proceeded to tell how the
government gets its figures from the
producers, the millers anG the manu-
facturers. With Neil were his two
assistants, J. c. Bowen and f. c. Crox- |
ton. They do the field work and Neil
plans the details and maps the cam |
paig--
Doesn't Consider Kansas a Dairy state. |
It was when Neil told of the number |
of men used in the many departments, |
that the Washington man struck a
surprise in the wealth and prosperity |
of Kansas. He had told of the work |
in securing figures on the production |
of butter.
when will these men visit KAN
sas?' was asked.
'Oh. they won't come to this state
Bowen answered, as he rugged at his |
beard, Kansas isn't much of a dairy |
state, you know"
why. say man." blurted the ma
tive kansan, as he swelled with |
pride. why man, Topeka has the big
gest creamery in the world This is /
sure some butter state.'
Then the crop and labor experts /
smiled. They didn't want to humiliate /
Kansan on his own soil and Croxton,
whose daughter came to Kansas for +
nm education, asked the visitor for
wee bit of proof. When it was pro-
duced, there was a near riot in the
Topeka creamery produced 5000. 600 /
pounds of good butte revery year. The
experts were amazed. They wanted to
know where the cream came from. /
They wanted to know how long the +
Topeka institution had been going at
the present clip. Then suddenly the
entire group became Kansas boosters.
Bowen admitted that he wished he
owned a Kansas farm. Croxton told
with pride that his daughter is att md
ing the Kansas Agricultural college.
Neil really showed regret when he
admitted that this was his first visit to
the state, but he had met any num-
Der of Kansans and he counted them
on the fingers of both hands as he
told about 1t.
st am awful sorry young man"
Neil ventured at a late hour last night
ct am just real sorry we haven't some
thing good to give you."
Then again Neil insisted that his per-
sonal study of what Kansas has done
can do and viii do is only to relieve
the public mind concerning a matter
that has caused no little unrest If
his information was to be devoted to
nothing about it. That was all he
cared to say about his visit.
As the visitor left the room, the par
ty of three were still puzzling over
Kansas Bowen's whiskers-onc so .
popular in kansas-were receiving
rough treatment at the hands OF their
owner, as he muttered words about the 4
wheat production. On the table in
front Of Nell was spread a map of
Kansas He was studying the lines of 3
Croxton. his head in his hands AS
the door closed CroXton was talking
to himself in a low tone-"'and to Il
think'-he was saying-sKansas IS
butter state"
weather indications.