The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-11
NEED MORE MEN"
Also More Business and Less
Politics.
Sentiment at Real Estate Mems
Meeting.
LOOK FOR ROSY FUTURE
Optimistic Prophecies of Hodges
and Capper.
LOOK FOR ROSY FUTURE
Seagreaves Urges 'InterestEast-
ern Women in Kansas.

eral papers read at the closing session
Wednesday afternoon of the third an
nual meeting of the Kansas Real Es-
tate association which held a two days
convention at the Commercial club e.
NJ Glover of Newton, one of the board
of directors of the association. stated
that politicians had been keeping up
fight on the railroads to gain the sym
pathy and support of the farmers Tor
selfish reasons too long.
c. A. Seagraves, of Chicago, colonial
ton agent for the Santa F'e, who was
present, also urged cooperation with
railroads for Kansas people to bring
more population to the state IN TINS
connection he suggested that the soclal
and school advantages OF Kansas oe
put before the women Of the eastern
states as an inducement to locate here.
George H. Hodges of Olathe. Demo-
cratic candidate for governor OF Kan
sas and Arthur Capper, a Topeka pub
Usher and newspaper man, and candi-
date for the same office on the Repub-
lican ticket. both propheSied a rosy
future for their state.
The meeting adjourned last night to
meet again in July: The place will be
left to the town making the best propo-
sition. 1t was decided to make a show
ing at the Kansas City land show in
April A great deal of the exhibit used
by the Kansas real estate men at Chi
cago is still available for the purpose.
Mr.. Hodges address In part follows:
Kansas Needs More Men.
MY subject Kansas is old. but it is
always new. We need more men. With
our present SO. 900, 600 acres and present
population we have about SO acres for
every person in the state. The time
should come when we will be raising
81 bushels to the acre as an average.
1.-THE sale of butter and eggs last
year alone in Kansas amounted to
s21. 100000 or $6.o00,0O0 more than the
cost of the Louisiana Purchase Al
though last year was a drouth year. the
billion of dollars and if the products of
the farms wera loaded into cars it
would make a train reaching from To-
peka to New York. or over 200 miles
''Since creation of men destinies were
moulded by those who anticipated op-
portunities.
Want state Builders.
I'VE need state builders-the great
est glory of man is to be d builder.
Let tn ose who hunger for political
preferment understand that the high
est recomnn endatiOn of craftsmanship
is the ability to construct, to make two
bushels of grain grow where one grew
before-to put into active use some
dormant natural resource-to husband
the resources of your state to the end |
that mankind may be the direct bene |
ficiary of his toll
I'VE cannot legislate against bad |
business methods without in degree |
harming legitimate efforts as we'll |
you cannot legislate against bad trusts !
with out hurting good trusts, if it is |
possible for such things to exist. am |
q firm believer that a corporation that |
does an interstate business should be |
under governmental control and |
to regulations prescribed for |
the proper conduct of its business and I
at variance with national regulation.
Catch Up With Laws.
Let legislatures cease their grind |
until the state catches up with the |
laws on the statute book. We have a
greater number of progressive laws
upon our statute books than any other
com onWealth. They were not the
or party. but marked the achievements
of the united efforts of progressive
Democrats and progressive Republi-
cans men who stood for principle
rather than expediency. The question
of corporate control has been settled.
We have the best railroad enactmentS
of any state in the west. We have
utilities commission law that all the in
terests respect and with big broad
gagged comm issioners to read into it
a liberal Interpretation and a sensible
analysis the greater benefits of this
law will become apparent to the pub
nc. mere is no pressing Heeu u
further railroad enactments or pub
lie service corporation acts at this
time. The utilities commission have
unlimited authority and should use
heir power not to hamper but to aid
IN the development of public utilities
With amendments to our constitution
permitting direct legislation and the
development and improvement of pub
ic highways by the state-with the
repeal of the inheritance tax law and
he adoption of a recording mortgage
ak law that invites a greater volume
IF money for investments, we will
nave a general statute that for fair
ness and equity seems to fill all of our
present needs.
MIR. Capper's Talk.
Mr.. Capper said in part:
II often hear the remark: Land in
Kansas is no longer an attractive invest