The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-16
State Chamber of Commerce
Plans Big Publicity Campaign.
To Try to Promote immigration
of Farmers Into State.
DRIVE FOR S1OO, 900 PLANNED
W. L. Higgins Explains Indus
trial Court Law.
John III. Crawford Also Adj
dresses Convention Here.

Sell Kansas to Kansans' is the SO.
gan of the campaign being conducted
by the state Chamber of Commerce,
according to an announcement made
today by Keith Clevenger, secretary
of the state Chamber of Commerce.
with offices at Wichita. The principal
feature of the campaign will be the
development of a bureau of publicity
and development for the purpose OF
advertising KanEas and Kansas re-
sources Another big feature will be
a campaign for immigration of farm
ers into the state.
statistics show" said Clevenger
that the population of the country
has decreased more than the popula-
ton of the cities has increased. which
is a very lamentable situation"
He cited the case in Colby county
where the farm population has de-
creased more than the city of Winfield
has increased in the past year. This
is not uncommon. according 10 C1ev-
enger. and he further stated that the
same records may be found any place
The method proposed tc change the
prevailing conditions is to better farm
ing conditions and have the farmer
looked upon as professional man
rather than a drudge and mental la
borer, To do this it will be necessary
TO raise money, and a campaign for
$4,000 or $1,000 is to be instituted.
Urges Firms Cooperate.
The cooperation of every firm and
every man in Kansas is desired to fur
Their this proposition, and the men
present at the meeting this morning
seemed to feel sure that when the
facts concerning the campaign are
generally known that the cooperation
will be forthcoming.
w. L. Higgins, presiding Judge OF
the court of industrial relations, in his
talk before .he convention. brought
out the fact that industries such as
factories and corporations will be more
willing 70 move their business into
Kansas than they were before the in
I dustrial court was a fact, the reason
! being that they feel they now will be
free from the industrial turmoil and
strife between labor and capital. Hug
gins also said the industrial court. as
applied, was not a new idea, that il
was simply . new principle applied TO
a new era under new circumstances.
Crawford Voices Plan.
John H. Crawford. state labor COM
missioner, was the second man to talk.
He said q new enactment of the law
affecting employers liability and en-
ployes' indemnity. would offer a par
tial solution for the Industrial prob
lens. He proposed that an amend
ment of new law be made to the
given compensation in order to en-
able him to carry on some other
branch or work, should he be injured
too badly to be able to take up his
former occupation. He likened this
clause to the compensation act of the
government in allowing ex-soldiers
who were blinded or otherwise in
capacitated from going back to their
pre-war jobs, to train themselves at
government expenses in some other
occupation. He also proposed that If
man having no heirs, be killed. that
one-half of his indemnity be put in
the state treasury for use by an in
jured employe in helping himself TO
be fitted for other positions. BY do
ing this, according to Crawford; there
would soon be enough in the treasury
to help every incapacitated employe a
little.
More Industrial casualties are
happening annually than the United
States suffered in any one year of the
war" said Crawford in closing. AL
tho we have law of employers liza
bility and employees compensation, it
is not compulsory and the law that 1
am proposing to you will be compul-
sorry" The chamber was expected to
endorse such a law at the afternoon
session.
Several other speakers were on the
program this afternoon.
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