The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
Governor Tells Farmers They
Pay Too Much in Freight.
Declares That Kansas Is Garden
Spot for Railways.
NIP nIECEN mAIKC
DIESEM TALKS
Says That Great Things Have
Been Done in Agriculture.
Geo. P. Bellows Says Young Men
Must Stay by Farm.

ing letting their producIS TO mar
ket. and the supplies they require to
their FARMS said Gov. W. R. Stubs
In the course of his address of well
com Wednesday night in Representa-
tive hall before the members of the
Kansas state Board of Agriculture and
others who had assembled to listen to
the addresses.
IT am informed by one Of the ablest
and most experienced rate experts IN
the United States that freight charges
in Kansas amount to more tnan
100000 every year in excess OF
charges for the same service in other
states similarly situated
This man said that Kansas Is the
garden spot for the railways-they
make more profit here than in any
other state-and he is In position to
know. I think it is mighty impor-
tant matter. I believe we have falr-
" good public utilities law L shaH De
very much disa- pointed IL il the next
few months we do not get decision
from the interstate commerce COM
mission which will give renei- WI We
got information which would warrant
the commission giving US rates that
would save US over 100000. We We
been paying higher rates from the
same points than Salt Lake CITY pays.
1.-The farmers for the most part
work too long hours and give these
things little attention. l believe 1t is
part of the business OF the FARMERS
and merchants to know what becomes
with the public money believe there
should be county tax leagues to look
into these things.
ssI,ve been talking to President Wa
tiers about establishing a department
in economies, which will enable the
farmers to dig into the cost OF getting
their products to market In my
opinion, the farmers are overlooking
an important business proposition IN
that they don't know precisely what
percentage of profit each individual
crop brings An accurate account of
every dollar of expenditure and in
come should be kept on farm. as
we'll as in q business house.
s'Topeka is a convention city," said
Robert Stone in welcoming the dele
gates in behalf Of the city and county.
ssWhen we hear that a convention IS
to be held here some citizen-usually
the mayor-goes to an encyclopedia
or a farming journal to stuff full of
Information, but the result is usually
poor When we try to become inter
esting We som etimes become foolish.
I shan't tell you how to run a farm,
for think you know more about that
than I do myself.
coming from the farms-not because
the products amount to more than
$5O,O00.00O a year-but because To-
peka first met Mr. Kansas as a farm
er, and first loves are always the
sweetest"
President Diesem's Response.
LAS president of the board of agri-
culture" said 1. L Diesem in response,
Il desire to express the thanks of my
associates and myself for the many
expressions of warm friendship made
manifest by those present. However,
we all recognize that the expression
of personal esteem and friendship,
however pleasing they may be, are
only secondary to the great and justi-
fable pride you all have for the in
stitution we epreSent-agricultu
For be it remembered that this state
and other states and all nations and
peoples must look to agriculture and
kindred enterprises as the basis of all
true wealth and greatness as well as
real contentment.
while In Chicago in December. I
visited the Land Show at the Coliseum,
and it certainly was a surprise to me.
and it was to many thousands of other
people. to note the showing made of the
products of Kansas by the Real Es-
tate Dealers association and individuals
from different parts of the st te.
Kansas presented the largest variety
OF farm products of any state in the
Union which showed at the Land Show. !
She presented the largest corn found in
the building, which fact was admitted
by the great cosmopolitan nevsDa pers
of Chicago. and all this was done as |
the result OF private subscription. or
private money, not one dollar having
besn appropriated by the state for this |
purpose"
Leaving the Farms.
In speaking on Farm Life Induce
lows OF Maryville. No. declared that
schools have had much to do with
tempting the young men to leave the
farms.
while public sentiment has not been
sufficiently helpful in stimulating and
impressing Upon our young men tie
advantages OF farm life, there is still
another influence that has operated to
the disadvantage of the development
OF Farm inducements. and that is our
highly priced and beloved public school
system While the public school is an
institution in which we all hold com
lnendable pride, vet, it must be admit
ted that it has been educating our chill
dren away from rather than toward the
farm
ALREADY steps of vast import have
been taken calculated to correct this
mistake and the children in many pub
lie schools are now being instructed in
the documentary elements of aeric1ll-
ture and plant life, thus coltivating a
the soil and The things connected there
with This movement should have a
nation wide. hearty and enthusiastic
support.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
and our predecessors may not have done
what was best to advance the cause
of agriculture. yet we have conscien-
tiously done what we considered hest
-NAAAS ~AtO EAOACSSAOitS anu
commercialism have beckoned and
courted the young men of the country
in numbers out of proportion with cor
SiStency, vet 1t must be plain that, for
the present, and for generations to
come, farm Inducements for young men
are and viii be sufficiently numerous to
convince any young man of ordinary
intelligence and sincerity Of purpose
that no line of endeavor has more of
the permanently good things Of life to
offer than farming and its allied inter
ests.
.+One OF the greatest Of all farm in
ducenaents for young men is the ad