The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-31

ments, the governor declares In his
lengthy review he points to a speeding
up OF justice by the courts of the state
a general demand for a bone dry ma
ton as well as a bone dry state. the
cooperation and good will between
labor and capital and the absence of
Industrial strife. Success Of the state
manager plan is claimed by the gov
ernor and successful administration of
the affairs of all state institutions is
asserted.
Kansas, with her enormous azricuI-
turaI resources, did more than her
snare toward aiding the nations war
program She broke all records in
crop and live stock valuations. al
tho her bushel yield Of the two major
crops-W and corn-were below
the former records But Kansas
soWed g,4s2, 900 acres Of wheat last
ran and expects to feed the Allies
with Kansas flour next year.
Every war demand was promptly
met by the state, says the COVE rnOr
and Kansas 0yersu described her Ped
cross and Y NJ. c A quotas and to
date has placed more than sixty mil
non dollars and the state gave a class
OF soldiers to the national service who
VT tne praise OF conservative army
oIIlelals. IN a review Of the war pro-
gram Of the state during 1917. the
governor said in part:
The Governors Review
-. Kansas has gone over the top in every
thing connected with the war While her
people are peace loving, they now are
thorofy aroused and are standing behind
the governments program Kansas hns
EeWeF slackers than anv state in the union
sue mas more UhGn her quota Of men ia
the army and Will have many more enlist
ments 70 her credit. even in the next draft
Many Kansas towns did NOT have 70 send :,
single man to the first draft army Their
quotas had been more than filled BY voInn-
tesfs- The state has 9125 men in the ma
army and 64J9 in the draft army The en-
hstment figures for the navy are not avail
able but they ara large
Army officers, who are slow usuaT1v
ABOUT handing out compliments all re-
marx on the physical. mental and moral
make-up or the Kansas troops They saw
no state ever sent a better type of Young
men into the service. II Is noteworthy thar
not a single Kansas boy was rejected on
account of alcoholism and that the percent
age OF re1ect1Ons for physical disabilities
was smaller among Kansas troops than
nose OF any other state General Leonard
" ootl. cOWmahder or Camp Funston. fire.
queutly has taken socen sion To saw in public
addresses that the standards Of living IN
bansas nave not only increased the eff
cheney Of Kansas soldiers - per cent but
that the prohihitOry and other welfare laws
Of the state have made it compa ratfveIv
easy to conduct a model army camp at
Funston
In the Red Cross drive Kansas quota
was Sl.tJo,Oou She raised $1,000. eco
In the first Y NJ G. 4. drive her orots
was $1,000 She raised S76.O0O
IN the second L NJ c 4 drive her quota
was S52J. 600. She raised S615oCO
n rhe two liberty loan drives her quota
was s4J.0Gc. 600. She raised it.
she registered more women in the
Hoover food pledge. per cnpita than anv
other state. She the frs state to
proclaim Liberty day ana has been fore
most IN demanding clean army eamps She
was the first 70 organize a food production
drive out OF this Kansas idea devpIoued
the National Council Of Defense with state
councils Of defense in every state And
Kansas has led in the drive against profit
GERS and price EouEers-
1T has been my good fortune 10 be
identified I'm one way or another with most
all OF these activities. and l shall always
regard his as the most important work
Of my administration