The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-15
FEE OF $40 A YEAR
Secretary of State to Issue the
Permits.
Will Also Ask Legislature for
Immigration Bureau.


and paying an annual fee of ten dollars
a year. Another bill, which will be
presented by the association will pro-
vide for the establishment of an i'm
migration bureau expenses of which tc
be betrayed by the money collected III
ten dollar fees from the three thousand
realty men of Kansas. The bills were
approved at the morning session of the
fourth annual meeting of the aSSocia-
ton which closed today.
4 New officers of the association elected
today are: President, Dave Elev
Larned; vice president, c. G. Blakely
Topeka; secretary, c. NJ Glover, New
ton; treasurer, J. B. Fields. Alma.
]. H Miller, director of the college
! extension department of the State Agri-
cultural college spoke before the asso-
citation members at the Commercial
club this morning.
The feature of the meeting Tuesday
evening was a banquet at the Ellzs club.
]. Will Kelley, secretary of the Com
merciaI club served as POSTMASTER, Ad-
dresses were made by F. D. Coburn,
Charles I. Zirkle, of Garden City, pres
ident of the organization, and ;. N.
Brewster, of Troy.
Should Advertise Kansas.
Ed. Coburn, secretary of the board
of agriculture, urged the members of
the Kansas association of real estate
agents to tell the world the facts
1.-The rush of tens of thousands to
the Canadian northwest, streams of
homeseekers lured to the desolate
wilds of Texas, train loads OF eager
investors in the sand barrens, razor
back and alligator Conservatives or
Florida, and the tremendous outpour-
ing of foreign emigration to Argentina
in recent years we'll illustrate what can
be done by presenting forcefully in
ducements not for moment compar-
III IN hn 1OnrPSf
all Kansas.
THE real estate dealers, who can
prosper only as the state prospers,
may do much by concerted action to
bring a desired immigration that VIII
occupy, cultivate, and make to bios
som with harvests and happy homes
our inviting prairies.
"a matter of great Importance is
unity in some method of presenting
persistently, concisely and effectively
to people elsewhere the real facts
about Kansas, and in such way that
the people will be convinced the rep
reservations are true.
"Since we have established in these
later decades a great prosperity by
and through our agriculture, and tell
of it, many strangers and the incredu-
lous who have heard the echoes of our
years in the wilderness, regard US as
faith through ignorance is to be over
come it will be by continuous bonn
harding with the facts. The realty
men, the railroads and various other
interests by their extensive advertis-
ing have done much, but more is need
ed to remove the hurtful suspicious
harbored by the unenlightened. Let
us persuade them, not with heated at
mosphere and the mirage of boom
day imagination, but with the album
dant. incontrovertible truth"
Mr. ZirkIe said: In the absence Of
statewide genuine truthful advertis-
ing of our state, by some such method
as an immigration bureau, what have
we to offer to cause the people to come
this way or to stop they pass on?
Not only are we deficient today in Of
fering some attraction, but we are eff
ficient in having an almost nation
wide prejudice against Kansas, which
must be overcome. and which can be
overcome and which We will overcome.
THE railroads formerly did the adj
vertising for US. but the small amount
of advertising now furnished our state
by the railroads, as compared to that
done by them several years ago is very
apparent Adverse legislation against
them, the fact that they can more
profitably advertise more distant locali-
ties along their lines, and their con-
tention that better results are obtain
ed from their advertising by assisting
those who help themselves, are plausi-
BILE reasons which must be recognized
by everybody.
LAS 1 have Just stated, we do not
have the mountain scenery or elabor-
ate summer resorts to attract the peo-
pie, but on the other hand we have
a well established prejudice against
our state.
What shall we do to cause the
people to come here and learn the
truth? We will not do it successfully
under present conditions.
I'VE have a plan to assist the Iegis-
lature to provide for an immigration bu-
reau, which cannot fail of consideration
by honest thinking representatives aud
senators of our state, that of
Either one of two plans are feasible
Make the license fee, say $40 for each real
estate agent in the state, the aggregate
of which would be about $1,000 annually
and appropriate the amount received
to an immigration bureau, make tie
license fee only about one-half as much
and make a state appropriation of s25,U)9.
profession. license should be required to
be issued to every real estate agent IN
the state, and the fee appropriated to
the maintenance of an immigration bu-
reau. This would furnish protection &c
every legitimate real estate man, and pro-
lection of wonderful proportions to IL
vestors. and home seekers
1t would not work hardship on any
body, because any man who can AFFORD
ford to pay $40 per year when every dol
lar would be used to advertise his busl-
ness.
Such a law would cause every man 10
be classed where he belongs. Today we
have people who speak disparagingly IF
a real estate man, and who stand the
curb, and represent themselves to be
farmers. mechanics, laborers or anything
to suit the occasion, and take your client
whom you have induced to consider an
investment by the expenditure of a great
deal of time and money. Nine times out
of ten the buyer gets skinned, and when
he begins to inquire for the fellows Of
flee or place of abode, to his astonish-
ment and disgust. he finds to his surprise
md .sisc1,sf that his saiIIcer is ahsnlIIfeix