The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-07

states and nations, and that she had
no means of reciprOcation for these
favorS and cOurtesies. In other words,
Kansas is in a position of living with
bunch who have champagne allow
ances," to spend, and we haven't even
a ginger ale appropriation to spend
with them.
We stayed in the Kansas building
long enough to see dozens or people
come in, stand in the middle of the
room, look around, and then with re
marks of more or less disgust, that
kansas hadn't done much, turn
wasn't anything else for them to do,
but that.
At san Diego the conditions were
even worse.
The lumber has shrunk so that 1t
leaves spaces from one-half to three
fourths of an inch wide where one can
look through and see the whitewashed
ioists back of it,
The porch on one side of the house
is the resting place of a pyramid table.
which had been built for the inside OF
the building, on which to show our
display, but there not being any ex-
nothing for Mr.. Dean, who is in
charge, to do with it but put it out
side, and there it is.
In Good Location.
Our building at San Diego occupies
one of the best positions on the
ground, being one of the closest state
buildings to the main part of the
grounds, in fact, being but the sec
ond building from the big SpreckleS
Pipe Organ Court. In order to get to
the other buildings it is necessary to
go right by the Kansas building, and
consequently nearly everyone going to
the other buildings at all goes into the
Kansas building first. The other states
having buildings there have buildings
which far surpass the Kansas building,
especially the New Mexico building,
which is one of the most attractive at
either one of the fairs. They have
of every product which comes
from their state. They are giving NOV
ing picture lectures in their audlto-
rum every day from in the morning
until in the afternoon, and they are
results. While in Santa Fe L
saw a letter from the secretary of the
chamber of commerce at Roswell,
stating that they had received 60 in
quirieS for prices on and locations or
land and every one of them traceable
to the advertising matter given out at
the New Mexico building. They also
had reports from Portales, Carlsbad,
Silver City and other cities, giving ap-
the same report.
1t strikes me that the big land COM
panies, especially the Santa Fe Land
company, which has large acreage of
valuable land in the southwestern part
of Kansas could not find any better
me dunn to reach the people than by
having sufficient of their advertising
at our Kansas buildings in both San
Francisco and San Diego. 1 am not
anyone or criticiSing anyone,
but l do believe we should either do
one of two things-close those build
ingS out there entirely, or make some |
provision to handle and equip them
as they should be handled, as we are
certainly subjecting our state to Sc
we're and unnecessary ridicule with
conditions as they now exist We did
not need to go into this proposition
oil 20 lI- hvIt civ tnf nc
in the Union represented at San Diego, |
and there was no reason why we had
to be one of these six states, unless we
were prepared to do it right" If I
correctly, there are but
twenty-siX states represented at San
Francisco, and there was no reason |
why we had to go up there either un-
less we could go in prepared to do it
right" in every sense of the word, |
which means socially as we'll as from
the standpoint of having a proper rep
of this great state of ours.
With the exception of a few charts
sent out by the Manhattan Agricul- |
tural college, there isn't anything at
either of the fairs to show the people |
of the country that we have anything |
else but the grain, and even that is not |
complete, as we haven't any exhibits |
of our flour, with the exception of the |
display made at the Dry Farming con-
gress. pyramid made up of sacks |
of flour made by the different flour |
mills IN our state would make a Won |
1erful display, and a dozen other fea-
lures could be suggested which. of
would require time and some |
money to assemble.
We have an opportunity to advertise !
and help our state very materially. |
While thousands have already visited |
these fairs, yet they are ex-
oecting their biggest attendance dur |
ing the months of July, August and |
september, and it does seem as though |
tn iS
investment which we have out there |
in shape to bring results.