Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-02

had a most delightful summer, study
ing geography and shaking hands and
meeting face to face the best people
under the shining sun.
SIXTH BIGGER THAN BELGIUM
"Why, do you know that the Sixth
congressional district has as many
square miles as Belgium? 1t is an
empire, and every foot of its vast do
main is valuable and the possibilities
of development in north western Kan
sas are something wonderful. ST.
Francis, in Cheyenne county, should
have great sugar beet factory. The
northwest county in this great state
could be developed and town or
four or five thousand people could be
built up there if the great sugar beet
industry was properly encouraged by
federal laws.
There are thousands of acres of
splendid land along our rivers espec-
tally adapted for the cultivation of
sugar beets, if this industry could
have the fostering benefit of a reason
able protective tariff. Practically
every county seat town in this vast
domain, and the tributary territory,
can be greatly improved and de-
veloped if common sense methods are
pursued in the enactment of laws to
foster and to assist our people,
PLEASED WITH CANDIDACY
When asked how his campaign for
congress was progressing, a broad
smile came over his face and he re-
piled: l have visited the twenty
two counties of this district and
every city and hamlet in it, besides
many of the outlying neighborhoods,
and the trip has been doubly pleasant
and enjoyable this summer because
everywhere L have gone / have re-
ceived the most positive assurances
/ from farmers, cattlemen and bust
ness men who say that l will receive
their earnest support in the campaign
of 1916.
1.-The time has arrived in the his
tory of the Sixth congressional dis
trict when the people want business
man in Washington; man who has
helped solve the problems of this
new and undeveloped country: man
who has faced the hot winds; man
who has taken his place on the night
who has been obliged by stern neces-
sity and adversely to meet serious
| financial Problems not only for him
self, but for hundreds of othe rs.
Such man in my opinion will know
how by years of actual experience to
assist in the making of laws that
would be of benefit to all the people
and for the entile country
LIFELONG PToHIBITIoNIsT
Being asked how he stood ON prohi-
bition, Mr.. Benton grew serious and
said: Il was student at Washburn
college when John z. St. John was
elected governor of Kansas, and when
the first prohibitory amendment was
passed. AS boy at school we dis
cussed prohibition, high license and
saloons. / have always taken the
side of prohibition, and believed in it
and have favored it from boyhood
days. 1t has been a pleasure for me
to raise my boys in a town without
saloons and in county where the
jails and poor farm are uninhabited.
AiltT tIAdi Vi lhiii9 years III Nan
sas, prohibition has more friends than
ever. / notice that MIR. Bryan recent
/ ly said that it is not time for the
Democratic party TO resolve in favor
of prohibition. He is talking just as
the Democla attic party of Kansas has
always talked.
ALL DRY LAWS BY REPUBLICANS
81 want to say to you that every
Law on the statue books of Kansas in
favor of prohibition was passed by a