Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-30

| NhtiOnhl Dhnk, Adnbhb Olty, nan,
at the Abilene meeting Is worth read
Ing az clear showing Of what hap
pens to the Kansas money supply.
| Kansas is essentially an agricul
tural state and naturally the re
ceipts of the state are largely from
the sa:o Of agricultural products. Al
the same time, 1t 10 growing in i'm
portance as q manufacturing state
In 1905, the receipts for manufac
tured products were S200, 900, 900
and It ranked 18th OF the states oil
the Union in manufactured output
However, the larger part Of this
manufactured output was really the
result Of manufacturing agricultural
products In the packing industries
10 Kansas City, which probably con-
tributed about u Of the entire
amount.
We also have mineral resources.
For example, in 1907, the coal Of
Kansas was valued at $9,328, 301.90
and the oil pumped out Of the earth
that year was about S,760,O00 bal-
rels, in value nearly $4,000, 900. 90.
In addition, Kansas receives quite
good deal Of money from the sale
of gas, lead, zinc, salt, cement, gyp-
sum, etc., but, after all, we depend
upon the tiller of the soil for most
Of our money and to him, we mid
dlemen must bow, for after oil. we
make our living by taking a share
Of the profits In the way Of interest.
The Hon. F. D. Coburn, secretary
of agriculture, and no better secre-
tary lives on earth, reports that for
1910, the total value Of farm plo-
ducts and live stock OF Kansas
reached the tremendous sum, in
round figures, of $4,000. 900, an
average income Of $46,000,00O per
month, S1,500,OO per day, or near
ly 800 per day per capita. What
are the gold mines Of all the world
compared to the soil Of Kansas?
Again, for the five years ending
Dec. 81, 1910, the corn, wheat. hay,
sorghum and oats alone netted over
1880 900, 10000, and during the
same period, the helpful hen" de-
posted in the state of Kansas about
$50, 100000
In addition to the receipts from
agricultural products, there must be
listed receipts from insurance polio
les paid, receipts from legacies, from
The sale of land to buyers from other
states, receipts from the payment OF
government pensions, very large
ten, salaries paid by public service
1t surprised me, and
am cure 1t will surprise you to
know that the railways Of Kansas
paid employees in the state last year
n round figures, $74,61O,000, and
hat during that time, the amounts
by the railways for pas
Ienger and freight traffic were as
'ollows: passenger train service,
'21, 500, 100000; freight train SER
vice, $5O,467,OOO or. a total Of
III, 100000. The large salary bill
II the railroads in Kansas is ex-
,lained, of course. by the long haul
of the transcontinental lines, 20
many of which run through the en-
ire length Of the state, but It is
,leasing to know that our railroads
ire SO important a factor in the
business of the state and contribute
% largely to its receipts, for all its
employees are consumers Of agricul-
ural products and they thus con.
ribute largely to the wealth of the
tate.
In this connection, 1t might be
mentioned that the receipts for
freight and passenger rateL tele-
,hone and telegraph and express
,harges all flow out Of the state
laily, all agents being indtructed
o remit all receipts daily. A large
art return again about the middle
Il each month in payment of salar-
es. This latter return, however, is
lot felt by the small towns and
My influences terminal centers
There large numbers Of railway en-
loyes live.
| think have said enough about
ecelpts to indicate from whence
hey come and that by far the larger
roportlon is from the sale OF agri-
ultural products.
Let us now consider for a few ,
loments the expenditures Of the
late. h
Had Il occurred TO you that We {
ave but few treasures in the state
I Kansasi That the railroad COM 1
anies, the telegraph companies, the ,
,lephone companies, the express '