Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-05-30
WHAT TEN YEARS HAVE DONE.

piIatioh Of data showing the com
mercial and Industrial development
OF the territory served By its 11,0OO
miles OF lines. Kansas comes in for
half a column Of special mention.
Regarding the Santa Fe territory IN
general the bulletin says:
1.-THE territory in which the Santa
Re operates IL known throughout the
United States as the Great South
west, an empire in itself. rich in all
the natural resources that so to make
a prosperous country. II the thirteen
states in Santa Fe territory were
isolated from the rest of the world,
the inhabitants would lack neither
necessities nor Injuries in all the
time to come, for in this section ev-
erything that mankind desires IL pro-
duced in abundance.
1.-THE lines of the Santa Fe run
In Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska. Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas
Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Me-
vada and California. The greater
part of this territory is in the course
OF development, being comparatively
new. The fertility of the soil, the
rich mineral deposits, the vast for
ests, and other natural resources at
tract capital, because investment in
the southwest Is regarded as safe.
The growth of the country has been
steady and natural. The progress
made in every line of industrial ac-
tivity has had a substantial basis.
1.-THE manufacturing industries in
the thirteen states served by the
Santa Fe have increased in number
and output more than 100 per cent
In ten years. All of these states pro-
duce lumber for the market, except
two. Ten of the states are coal pro-
ducers. Petroleum and natural gas
are found In nine. The wool indus
try is important in twelve. Stone
for the market is produced in six,
salt in four, lead and zinc in seven,
gypsum in eight, lime in four, GEM
ent in nine, sand and gravel In ten,
clay in eight, precious metals In siv,
copper in tive, iron in six the fish
ing industry is extensive in six, the
ship building industry in three and
every state is rich in products from
the farm, ranch and orchard"
Then follows story of develop
ment by states. Regarding Kansas
the bulletin says: kansas is the
fourth state in the Union in values
of field products. And yet says Sec
rotary Coburn, Not a 1.-THE of her
possibilities are developed In 1917
the value of that which came from
the farms of Kansas was $540,0QO,-l
900, more than twice the coming |
value. of all the gold and silver mined
annually in the United States. In
the last twelve years, Kansas has
raised more wheat than any other,
state by 100000 bushels. How
aver, wheat is not the biggest Kan
las crop. Sixty per cent of the total
value of all Kansas soil products in
.wenty years was contributed by
corn.
Farm values in Kansas have adj
,anced rapidly. The total value of
Kansas land in 1910 was 1,537,976,
SIS, an increase of 189 per cent in
EN- years. The total value of all
arm property was $2,0S9,3S9,91O,
IN increase of 1876 per cent in ten
,ears. The total value of live stock
ind poultry was $253, 523,577, an inAd
.rease of 1928 in ten years.
kansas has 2,475 factories, with
capital of $38,6SO,117 and an an
lual output valued at $200,000 200.
The coal production in Kansas is
rom five to six million tons an
lually, and the United State geolo-
,icaI survey estimates that the sup
Dly unmined in the state is $685.
1000 tons. The petroleum out
tut annually is a million and half
Darrels. The known petroleum area
n Kansas is 200 square miles, and
he known natural gas area is $50
quare miles. Kansas produces am
lually a million and a half pounds
II wool, million yards of stone,
rs 900 tons of lead and zinc, 1907
100 tons of gypsum, from five to
tx million barrels of cement, mill
ion tons of sand and gravel and
rom two to three million barrels
# salt. Kansas has the greatest
Ialt fields in the world"
The bulletin concludes with "A
H1nnco into the Future AZ fol- II