The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-31
Governor Capper Tells Pitts
burg Chamber of Commerce.
IS FAR Behind OTHER STATES
He Makes Comparisons With
Iowa and Indiana.
Too Much Money Spent for
Things We Could Make.


,r.,, o. Gov
FlttSDurS- hah-' NAL gu
ernol Capper today told members OF
A. p;4+.I,,,,.., cb,r,tar If commerce
tli0 i'1'''Ni
that Kansas must whip up INDUS
u ANY " - 40
tries. a larger pay roll and more peo-
rla the Governor declared. He cited
i 1 a., 4
manufacturing conditions III io"s anu
other statos which he said showed
that Kansas was far behind.
The things the world needs can be
most easily provided by Kansas in
,1,,.,t-i,, "a millions Of dollars Sent
,-,..r,,f, cti,rsrs in other states
u lfHul'NStul % IN - r7t.
should stay rlght mere al HUIils' ~. ne
money paid 10 laborers IN other states
should he a Kansas pay roll.
Much OF the WedL . Mii ne w Pc
in exchange for commodities whlch we
can produce and ought 10 produce az
home" the governor said. I'VE nave
been backward in developing along in
'5,,,.t.-t,i H., er,1 nc a cnnseonence we
u .l'''i IA ~, go ~, ~ ,lonIIation
that we ought to make and We fall far
short i'm taking advantage Of our op-
PoIl .illle9 ioi la
III ,..... a ,,a+a-iaI
Kansas products ana malerlal
should be Kansas manufactured, the
governor urged. The opportunities
ar, here i'lT but because Of a lack Of de-
velopm'ent Kansas mas taH zen, pig
slump in the rank OF Industrlal states
of the nation. The big per capita
wealth and the fat bank accounts are
sert 10 ather states to paw for ma
terialS manufactured in other states.
There is no reason in the world
why we shouldn't be making in Kan
eas NOT only a large mart Of the ten
,,,iri5,.., dollars, v,,or+b Of bOots and
-. - - - =
sh"NS we puy every year, pul also =
part Of the billion dollars worth that
the ration produces" Governor Cap
ner said Continuing tie governor
said IN nart.
w.. t,o,s,s Co,,id M
Neithcf rs there any r'ison WY We
m" nearly two million dollars Worth Of
harness Huu siuulerE WhlCu lliG PeoDiIt, -
me state purchase every year; We eouIu .,I
the rest OF the nation with sixty mlllloh
ugI. rs worm tlAt IL uses.
r qt. "utpuL OF lne WAGON H gu 4rrIa X
IL - if,,,.. i-.',,,., .,,r.l,.,s 80 q 100 -
IONS "l ioii5rs Kansas purchases sl'+uO,5
w. H',l -,lespIle tIe Iutoiloolle-
- PI'Ol ~ c;;,,.- ,,,-,
We my cleNeh ana a halI nlllIoa dolIaTs
worth o. turnlture ana reIrlEerators' me
HIti"h buys a. halt million dollars worth
HtL.f "I "nicn we prouuuce, -. -,
'lrt Ilttlt sun, NJ! w ny ~
u III l!c w" anu Tititei liilIul w -
l.tS W'r.I Nv, we nuA ne n"ulon GsSs ~
nlH,on dollars W9rth-aRd we mlght De
rouMI YiE piE snnFt e." e. IT. s In rs
m. NJ ~ 81 i
o"lnS1TTN ln Inr hlteG Ht"Ies anu 1 IealLE
- Hllllloh IuIIlr in'tIhGt III NIusas tleIe
"i.,i',i- ILL r. III ~ L ~, ~ 1 ~
kllIt 800 20 ~ ,,dl IlIsleI! Nausas alone
nuyS - wv" w. M"L'! anu lrou ~ 10Y ~
Nllti 81 Oh IT, 'uV - ~
Ordinary COM tl"'lltles OF ne lhcuodLors'
uL"',L'S. '.i'',I9 .'I.t fihlasI 3i. In
'TFts "l 'll'i N'il'u N'ilS.a hilshI Pi"-
ducc from raw materials lust mt hand.
ll'fe IS Il lWlt com Dnr'Soh OF the way
tNtls's RUINS WIN i""" /" us iD"n @e
''N- ,,.,.,.t x,-i., -,
compared W I'm iowa
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