The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-17
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situation thru a county organization.
The state university is facing the food
problem thru organization of student
bodies. Plans have now been made,
he declared, to use the fine arts build
ing for drying and canning fruits and
vegetables. Students will do the work.
All departments of the school, he de-
clared, would be placed at the dispos-
al of the federal government for CO.
operation during the war. Efforts are
being made to meet demands for sur
geons thru the medical school and
special training facilities were being
provided for young women who de-
sired to enter Red Cross service.
Ten to fifteen million acres of land
must be planted or seeded to crops
during the next sixty days if the lanG
is to be utilized. That was the state
ment of Kansas soil conditions as out
lined by J. c. Mohler, secretary of
the state board of agriculture. De-
tailed information as to conditions in
every county would be prepared by
his department and presented to the
council. Conditions demanded i'm
mediate action. he said.
Urge Public Subscription.
Emerson Carey of Hutchinson, for
mer state senator, urge a public sub
scription of 100000 to 100000 with
labor. teams and machinery placed at
disposal of farmers in needy districts.
Tne plan met immediate objections
from several sources. w. r. Stubbs
former governor, jumped on the plan.
as did Mrs. Saxon of Topeka and Ed
ward Taylor of Edwardsville. Tay-
lor declared that horses owned in east
ern Kansas could not be loaned to
western counties and that if provided
at all, must be donated or sold out
right
Taylor urged the calling of a spe-
cial session of the legislature. I'VE
n a
special session not later than next
Monday morning." said Taylor. I'VE
must meet this issue face to face, by
civil or martial law. We must fight
as one man and work as one man. no
matter, my good sir, whether it meets
your idea or not. There should be
an immediate law prohibiting the kill
ing of cow or steer under two years
old, or killing a hog weighing less
than 100 pounds, or a sheep under one
year old. or the killing of spring
chickens except in case of sickness"
w. r. Stubbs of Lawrence. former
governor, wanted the council to go on
record positively and flat footedly for
better wages for soldiers and men in
service. I'VE insist on paying men on
the farms and in the office good
wages, but we want our men and boys
to-. stand up and be shot at for SO
cents a day." said Stubbs. 1T doesn't
look good to me and 1 don't think it
does to~you. either
What of Colleges?
Mrs. Saxon of Topeka wanted to
know about the farmers from the Ag-
ricultural college. She urged that if
the college is really producing farm
ers that it is facing an excellent op-
trained young men into the fields to
lead in the development of soil con-
ditions and raising of bumper crops.
Farmers in Ellis county are in
hearty accord with the plan to raise
new crops on abandoned wheat land.
according to Prof. w. A. Lewis, head
of the Hays state normal. Lewis de-
clared that a canvass of nearly 1000
farmers showed they were willing to
take any rea sonable step to meet con-
ditions. That was not all. He said
they did not want help from the state
at large. They are willing to gamble
on new crops on their own funds, or
money loaned by local banks. These
conditions" said Lewis. prevail in
Ellis county in spite of the fact that
we have less than enough old wheat
on hand for next falls sowing
Henry Lassen, prominent Wichita
miller, told the council that wheat
conditions are not as dark as they
seem.
This state, in my opinion, will pro-
duce 60 to 70 per cent of a full wheat
crop" said Lassen. with the open
ing of the Canadian markets-in view
of the fact they have 100 million
bushels on hand-this country will
| find next September that there is a
1 big supply of wheat on hand. Record
prices are causing use of every acre
of northern wheat land this spring
and with fair conditions, there will be
/ a big crop next fall. What Kansas
needs at this time. is to take advan-
! tage of conditions which are at hand
and there is no question as to the
showing the state will make"
Members Defense Council.
DIR. H. ]. Waters, president Kansas
State Agricultural college, Manhattan.
J. c. Mohler, secretary state board
of agriculture.
w R Stubbs, president Kansas
State Livestock association, Lawrence.
NJ McAuliffe, president Farmers
union, Salina.
B. Needham. grand master state
grange, Lane.
o. F. Whitney. secretary Kansas
State Horticultural society, Topeka.
| l.. H Wulfekuhler, president Kan
sas Bankers association, Leavenworth.
Ex-senator Edwin Taylor. truck
gardener and potato grower, Edwards
vile.
D. ]. Fair, wheat grower. Sterling.
Prof. F. w. Blackmar, University
of Kansas, Lawrence.
Prof w. NJ. Jardine, Kansas State
agricultural college, Manhattan.
| Prof Edward c. johnson. Kansas
State Agricultural college, Manhat-
tan.
Dr. w A. Lewis, president Hays
State Normal school, Hays.
Mrs Cora Wellhouse Bullard, Ton
ganoxie.
Mrs. Noble Prentis, Newton
Mrs May Belleville Brown, Salina.
Mrs Theodore Saxon, Topeka
Henry Lassen, miller, Wichita
Charles f. Scott, newspaper pub
fisher, lola.
Frank P. MacLennan, newspaper
publisher, Topeka
I Emerson Carey, salt, Hutchinson
F. c. Fox, general manager Santa
Fe railway, Topeka.
| Charles S. Gleed. railroads, Topeka
William Allen White newspaper
publisher, Emporia.
A. H. Cutler. wholesale grocer. EN-.
poria.
Robert A. Gray, coal, Weir City
E. V. Lanyon, zinc, Pittsburg.