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TOL. XIII, NO. 18.
WICHITA, KANSAS, SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 8, 1890-TWELYE PAGES.
WHOLE NO.. 1S85.
THE NEW STATE.
A eastern corre
spondent has writ
ten us asking 'What
will be the effect
upon Kansas gen
erally and upon
"Wichita, particular-
Jllfl,. if oil 1 Tnrlinn
J 3 . hm lands soutli o us
publicdomain?' This
'question bas been
readily answered by
the cattlemen occu
pying that country
with their herds.
JyThey tell you that
the settlement of
i that country will
draw a large nart of
its population from
Kansas that indus
tries established and
in contemplation m
(Kansas will be
'drawn thither that
viewed along -with the newer portions ol
this state as a frontier country where cheap
lands may be acquired it will divide and
secure more than a moiety of the incom
ing tide of settlers whieh periodically and
spasmodically set ontfrom the eastern and
middle states for the country of cheap
homes. And finally they tell us that these
people in large numbers and mostly com
posed of the poorer and more improvident
classes hastily drawn into this new and
destitute country with false ideas of the
difficulties before them will speedily come
to want and that in place of contributing
to our wealth as a stale we shall bo called
upon as individuals to divide our stores
with our starving neighbors.
Onthe other hand we are told by the
boom elemeut that x ' moment this couu
try is wrestled from tne control of tho un
scrupulous cattle baron and it is known
that theso lands are dedicated by the gov
ernment to the homeless citizens of the
republic that Kansas will enter upon a
season of prosperity unknown in the his
tory of the state.
The purpose of this article is to consider
these statements made on the one hand by
a class of men whoso vital interests sug
gest false or at least extravagant state
ments in regard to the country aud in
spires them with specious arguments in
tended to scire away their traditional en
emy, the settler. Wc also understand the
other side is painted by a class of sanguine
people whose chief stimulant in lifo
has been that principle which sustained
the renowned and hopeful Colonel Mul
berry Sellers in ah his trials. "We know
as well as the cattle men that these people
will suffer as first settlers in the new
state. Tney are suffering where they are
now they will suffer whether they settle
in Kansas or Oklahoma, or if they go
further west, which they are sure to do
until the Occident and the orient meet, and
v h reer they are they wilidiue sumptu
ously on "turnip and cold water" and they
will be happy. But these Mulberry Sellers
are as essential to the great whole as any
fractional part thereof. They are les
avants couriers, sappers and diners, mis
sionaries or whatever other title you may
choose to give to a brave, restle&s, nomadic
people.
They left old England to build log cab
ins and clear the heavy timber in the for
ests of New England, which they sold for
a mere trifle to the more thrifty and per
manent settlers who followed them, then
again repeating tho same labor in clearing
foiests and building log cabins in New
York, and next breaking the first sod on
the prairies of Illinois, and fao on step by
step, ever moving, ever toiling until they
may truly say, "I go before to prepare a
way for you." So much for the "first set
tler" and the fact that he comes poor, does
not better his condition, is dissatified and
moves on, proves nothing as to the fertili
ty of the country or its ability to support
and finally onrich the patient and deter
mined settler who comes to stay. As to
tho country which is now the bone of con
tention, we mean the Cherokee outlet,
tl-ere ought nottobetwoopinionsamongbt
honest men in regard to its futuro as an
agricultural country. Begin with Chero
kee county on tho southeast line of Kan
sas Docs any cattleman or obstructionist
lroin to say that tho laud in the Indian
territory immediately across the line is less
fertile than our own rich Cherokee county,
Kansas' Now follow west directly
along tho liuo through La
bette, Montgomery, Chatauqua. Cowley,
Sumner, Harper and the east half of Bar
ber These seen couuties lying imme
diately along the line for a distance of over
two hundred miles are amongst the richest
in the state and some of them produce par
ticuWly in the great staples, corn and
wheat, a yield second to no land in the
I'm ted States. Crossing from any of
these Kansas counties into the territory
you will find t he topography of the country,
composition of the soil, character of the
water, amount of rain fall and the altitude
of the country exactly the same as in tho
state. Those Indian lands west of the
line of the ninty-sixth degree have never
produced anything because the virgin sod
has never Imjoii broken, except at the head
quarter camps of the cattle ranches where
n small garden patch lias been hastily
planted for the e of the men. But even
with this imperfect care everything plant
ed has grown most luxuriantly without
irrigation and if there was no other evi
dence tin e accidental tests would establish
thoalue of these lands for agricultural
purposes.
Assuming then that we are agreed as
we must be that the country about to be
opqned is by nature a rich inheritance for
the husbandman, we come to the question
with which we started, what will be the
effect upon Kansas when these lands are
brought into use?
Lying contiguous to n; the state of Kan
sas without any effort and by natural
methods nmt be the principal commercial
neighbor and whatever tne advantages the
new state may reap by this neighborhood
comity it does not appear how it can be
otherwise than highly profitable to our
Belves. These immigrants come into the
country wanting .everythinc, even the
bread the eat they first year they must buy.
The state will remain as it begins, a pure-
1v .,rrT-iftilf-iir:l rnnntpv .inriif in timn t)nv
become ambitious to engage in manufac-
turer they will learn that it is to their ad
vantage to buy of us, sending us in ex
change theirjivestock and -their surplus
grain. Uefore Oklahoma will be prepared
to enter into manufacturing-on. a scale
of any jnaguitude, Kansas will be com
paratively a old state and with, the pro
gress we are now making in the manu
facturing industries we shall be prepared
to furnish much that will bo wanted by
our younger neighbor.
This mention of live stock suggests an
important part of our subject which we
can not afford to overlook. The cattlemen
aaYeboaitcd oi the profitable use they
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made of the Cherokee strip, that they have
paid the Indians an annual rental of $200,
000 for the use of the lands and that If the
same area were turned over to the farmers
no crops and no such valuable herds
would ever be seen again on these plains.
In cattle alone this would seem true, as
these lands have for years been devoted ex
clusively to the grazing of cattle and yet
we shall see that the cattle men have
known little of the capacity of these lands.
In 1883 a combination of cattle men leased
of the Cherokeas a little over 6,000,000 acres
of the country known as the strip or out
let. The calculation in Texas is that to graze
a steer the year round, that is, where no
feod is gathered for the animal, that twen
ty acres are necessary. The strip ranch
men declared that less than twenty acres
would serve one animal, yet as a matter of
fact, there has never been in the seven
years which the association has occupied
those lands more than 300,000 cattle held,
of all ages at one time, and it is fair to as
sume that 30,000 is all the lands have car
ried, on an average. Six millions of acres
divided into farms of 160 acres each gives
37,500 farms. Let us see what these lands
would carry in live stock alone under a
system of mixed husbandry. This sup
poses the use of these lands by farmers
who shall make no specialty of stock rais
ing; indeed, we know the first step in open
ing a new country is to raise grain.
Necessity compels this and so while our
estimates shall be made low our figures
not be reached the fist year. Ten head of
the cattle kind is a reasonable estimate
for a farm of 100 acres and twenty head of
swine of all ages aud four horses. AVe will
now make tho comparison giving numbers
and values showing what the ranchmen
have done and what the farmers will do.
Thirty-seven thousand five hundred farms
carrying ten cattle, twenty swine and four
horses each give the following results:
375,000 cattle, worth $18. .
.$ 6,750.000
. 3.750,000
. 7,50 J, 000
im, wn nogs " r..
150.000 horses ' 50..
$18,000,00(1
iO.OOO ranch cattlo at IS 4,500,000
4,003 saddle horses at 40 100,000
5 4,000,000
"We se here that these lands will carry
our times the value of live stock which
lias been kept upon them under a
loose cattle ranching system and still have
one-half tho land for cultivation.
The reader must understand that this
comparison of figures applies only
to a certain small portion of the
Indian Territory belonging to the
Cherokees and that other tribes
notably tho Cheyennes and Aiapahoes, nnd
the Kiowas and Comanches hold much
larger areas of as fine land as was ever seen
by man, and these vast tracts are not be
ing utilized even as well as the Cherokee
lands above described. Indeed nothing
has been grazed upon the Cherokee and
Arrapahoe reservation since 1885, when
President Cleveland showed how littlo he
knew of the cattlo business on the ranch
by compelling the hasty evacuation of
those lands by cattlemen who had just
placed their herds there under a lease from
the chiefs of the Cheyennes and Arra pa
hoes and with the approval of Agent Miles
and with the tacit consent of Secretary of
theutcrioc-Teller.
This exodus occurred late in the fall and
with a winter before them of unusual se
verity, and no time to make provision for
feeding their cattle, more than 80 per
cent of them perished. It might be said
paranthetically that Abram Ilewitt was
largely interested in this deal and that
while Mr. Ilewitt lost his cattle Mr. Cleve
land lost his well, he did not win New
York nor a second term of tho pr sidency
as a result. We are now to consider what
effect the opening of this new country will
have upon the jobbing trade of Kansas.
"We know that tho Kansas City papers have
kept up a continual howl about their
claims to the trade of that country in
deed one would suppose they owned
tho country and were opening it
for the benefit of their jobbing houses.
Now, if Kansas City can control that
trade or can even carry off a large share of
it then can she control tho trade of the
state of Kansas south a.id west of "Wichita
for the couutry about to be opened is jis
much a part of Kansas for all purposes of
distribution of merchandise by wholesale
as are Sedgwick and Sumner counties.
Now, it is well known that the manufac
turers and jobbers of "Wichita enjoy al
most exclusively the trade of southern
and western Kansas to say nothing of
dividing the trade of oastern Kansas with
the jobbers of the Missouri river towns.
sVi f:ir ;i.s the finest inn whiMi our rnrrpc- t
pondent asks pertains to Wichita particu
larly, the history of our packing houses
and the steady and rapid increase of our
live stock market will furnish an answer.
Kansas City packing houses and Kansas
City live stock commission men had much
to say when we took our first step toward
establishing a packing house in "Wichita.
They were sure we would not be able to
draw or "force," as they allied it, hogs
enough to this point to run one small
packing house, and in support, of their
prediction they cited the failure of the
Tobey & Booth packing house in Hutch
inson. It is true the first hogs that came
had to bo "forced" here. They were
sometimes bought in the country 05
commission men, or in some cases
pledges were made that ship
pers should realize a certain price
and it was more difficulut with these
pledges to get a hundred hogs a day then
than it is now without any effort to get
1 2.000 a dav. And what is true of the in
crease in the hog trade here is also true of
cattle. While but a small number of cat
tle are slaughtered here this market is and
will become the best in the country for the
distribution of cattle for full winter feed
ing. In favorable conditions for this trade
Wichita has no equal. For a limited dis
tance north and east, and for an unlimited
distance south and west Wichita must
ultimately control the great cattle feeding
trade west of the Missouri river. To
those not familiar with this question this
broad assertion may need to be explained.
We will state then that all of Texas ex
cept a portion of east Texas, all of the Pan
Haudle country. New Mexico, Arizouia
and southern Colorado are hoary cattle
breeding districts. This territory em
braces nearly all of tho country where cat
tle are turned loose the whole year, where
they received little care and no food gath-
e . " U1'm
And w hile these countries
produce abundant grass aud breed cattle
successfully on the range, and grow them
reasonably well, they never get ripe on the
range and none of the districts mentioned
produce corn in sufficient quantities or
j cheap enough to feed cattle out and finish
them for beef. -The tops, we mean
the fatest, are cut and shipped,
bur even the best of the cattle
goto canners at ruinous prices. These
cattle must be sold; they have reached the
ace beyond which it is unprofitable to hold
them on the range: what they need is corn
to iinisu mem .vim nero comes our op
portunity
The countries mentioned are !
all tributary to Wichita by railroad, yet
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VI'ETARD
liere has been no market for them until
now west of Kansas City. We mean there
has been no point in Kansas where the
cattle have been offered for sale and distri
bution, and our feeders who wanted them
have been compelled to follow them into
Kansas City and buy them and transport
them back often over the same road. The
cost of this operation, taking Wichita as a
point, is as follows:
Freight on steer to Kansas City $1 50
Commission for selling, feed, yardage
and shrinkage 2 00
Return freight 1 50
Total $5 00
The steer bus been earned through the
great corn fields of Kansas to be returned
again at a cost of five dollars,
which is more than 25 per cent of his value.
It is true Kansas has produced the larger
part of the cattle which have been fed in
the state heretofore but cattle raising in
Kansas is not going to increase while the
business of corn feeding is in its infancy.
We can remember when Ohio was tho
great cattle feeding ground, then Indiana
and then Illinois where it was held for
man' years. Then as Iowa was developed
as a corn growing state it moved to Iowa
and now to Kansrs which is its western
limit. And this feature of the question
this western limit gives Kansas tho as
siirance of holding this great live stock
and provision industry for all time or at
least until such time as the present cli
matic conditions of the country are over
turned and corn can be profitably raised
5000 feel above sea level. Our situation is
peculiar. While Wichitaisthecenterof tho
most productive corn district in the united
States yet 150 miles west of Wichita the
limit of successful corn growing is reached.
Where corn is grown hogs will be
raised and cattle will be fed and
where cattle and hogs are made fat, pack
ing houses and dressed beef houses will be
built and prosper and a provision center
will bo established, and this without bonus
or artificial stimulus. There will be no
more packing houses built east of us, and,
as we have shown Chat none can exist west
of us, the conclusion is inevitable that
right here will eventually be the great pro
vision center of the country.
Recurring again to tho question which
suggested this article we will say that
Kansas, and especially Wichita, with her
system of railroads reaching out to all
parts of the territory, will contribute more
than all other influences combined to
building up the unoccupied country south
of us, and that the future prosperity of tho
two states will be so intimately related
that all the commercial interests and man
ufacturing industries of Kausas will bo
I nrnmntifi fliprnhv
A GEEAT ARRAY.
Farmers' Alliance of Rice
Listen to Jucke PefFer.
The
County
Special dlspitch to the Daily Eagle.
IjYOXS. Kan., June 7. Today was assur
edly a red letter day for the Farmers' Al
liance, of Rice county. By half past 10
o'clock in the morning sthe division of the
parade began to arrive. At 11 o'clock the
different sections had formed and the pa
rade through the different streets of our
citv began in earnest. To pass a given
point required nearly an hour's time. In
the procession the teams, carriages, bug
gies, etc., wore counted and the conserva
tive number exceeded eight hundred.
People estimate the assembled hosts at
0,000.
Judge Peffer. of the Kansas Farmer,
who " delivered the address, esti
mated the gathering at from eight
to nine thousand. No such assemblage
has hitherto been gathered in this portion
of the state.
The address of the speaker abounded in
manv truths, such as are self-evident to
the casual observer. To extricate the
farmer from the condition of "woe" that
now weighs them down was not nearly so
clear a manv of the horny-handed yeo
manrv would" like to have heard. The ad
dress," however, though lasting about one
nnd a bnlf hnur. was listened to with most I
intense intf rest. !
Your correspondent venture the state
ment that no man running a a
Republican or Democrat will be elected
in Rice county this fall. If the farmers
are not in earnest now, they are indulging
in lots of foolishness. Old mossback Dem
ocrats and curlv haired Republicans de
clare all party affiliations off. It looks
like thev mean what they say.
Our crop prospects have been lowered
since our last report. The drv aud cokl
weather and winds have greatly injured
wheat in thenorthwet part of this county.
Our crop, in consequence, is injured pos
sibly i5 per cent.
HOTLY CONTESTED PRIMARIES.
Gakdex Crrr. Kan., June 7 Primaries
weie held by the Republicans of this coun
ty today to nominate candidates for coun
ty offices with the following result- W.
R. Hopkius. for member of the legislature;
H. .t. -uason. county attorney; m. -U.
Pierce, clerk of district court; Miss. JL E.
Hopper, county superintendent, J. W.
Weeks, probate judeer F. A Dunn, county
commissioner. At the same time a vote
was taken to decide whether the county
would endorse Miltou Brown or C. .7 Jones
for congress. On the face of the returns j
Jones has a mall majority but so mm-b
fraud has alreadv come to" licht t hat a re
count ami probably a contest will
be re-
quired to decide the matter The fight wrs
yiot aad close oyer neariy every office. I
TUCKER FRUIT FARM.
VIEW FROM THE ROAD
A KANSAS FRUIT FAM.
STEAWBEEEIE3, GRAPES, APPLES,
PEA0HES-ALL VARIETIES.
An Hour at the Tucker Fruit Farm, Four
Miles East of tho City A Profit
able Venture Opening's lor
Practical Fruit Growers.
The Tucker fruit farm is situated in the
southwest quarter of section 19, township
27, range 2, aud four miles due east of the
corner of Lawrence and Douglas. It con
tains one hundred and fifty acres, and lies
between Douglas avenue and Kellogg
street;, the north and south boundaries.
The farm is in such a high state of culti-1
ration that it naturally attracts much at
tention and is frequently shown amongst,
a thousand others as a sample of the pro
ductiveness of the Kansas soil.
Four years ago, when Mr. Tucker
bought tho place, it was little better than
prairie, having up to that time only pro
duced sod corn. A small portion of it,
however, had been worked for a vegetable
garden which gave Mr. Tucker an insight
into the rich soil and enabled his practiced
eye to see the rich possibilities which to a
great extent' have alreadv been realized.
In speaking of this mattefhasaid that no
practical fruit raiser would require to
look twice at any of the land in Sedgwick
county to know that half work and
double results would characterize such
fertility. His only fear at the commence
ment was that some concealed drawbacks
were lurking, to seize upon nnd destroy
the prosperity of the settler, but during
the four years experience he had enjoyed
an imuuity from all kinds of pests and the
farm had far exceeded in its yield his most
sanguine expectations. For the benefit of
those abroad who contemplate settling in
Kansas Mr. Tucker said that they must
first have some practical knowledge of the
crops they wanted to raise and then be
willing to work and providence would take
pretty good care of them. There was
nothing to fear and big results might be
confidently expected. As in any new coun
try the ground must be conscientiously
worked, the more it is ploughed and har
rowed the better, although good results
might be obtained when this was slighted
a little. Pointing to his orchard he said
"There are over two thousand trees all set
four vears ago. After working the ground
well I simply made a hole and stuck the
tree in it." In answer to questions
he continued, "None of them have died
yet and you must admit they all look pret
ty healthy. No fertilizer has been used on
the place and judging by present indica
tions none will be required during my life
time. The strawberries, are also planted
without any care beyond a conscientious
tilling of the ground. If you till the soil
well you can bank on a crop. Of course
the seasons vary a little; for instance this
season could not have been worse for
strawberries and vet you can see for your
self the encouraging yield, while the quali
ty and delicacy of the fruit will not lose
anything in comparison with any I have
ever seen. The tirst two years 1 watcneu
my orcnard pretty closely and kept the
weeds down, but after that the trees took
full possession and the weeds have had a
poor show. Speaking of enemies to fruits,
the weeds are about the only enemy I have
found and good tillage will pretty nearly
knock the life out of them. Tillage
seems to be like civilization and kills off
the aborigines of the vegetable world
Any practical frnic grower can raise a
crop in Kansas and in a bad year he can
safely count on a profit of one hundred per
cent on his investment.
The strawberry culture is particulary
simple. As soon as the crop i off I shall
plow strips six feet wide and two feet
apart the entire length of the field. The
plants remaining will run over on this
ground and take root and as soon as they
?et good possession I wil
possession t win men piow tne
two feet strip which will become the path
between the beds. I llnd the system satis
factory and enables me to managa large
beds with a few hands.
The vineyard speaks for itself and will
prove to be a source of handsome profit.
There is really no pointers to be given on
raising fruit in Kansas far it simplygrows
to great perfection with less work than is
required in any other part of thp world.
About $500 worth of strawberries sells in the
Wichita market daily and although the
market is good enough a few more fruit
growers would benefit it. Tnis is a .good
territory south aad west which should be
supplied from Wichita, and will be as soon
as the western people get an inkling of
what can be raised here. It is- to be hoped
that a good many home seekers will attend
the fair this fall for there will b- some
fruit displays this year that will make
tbeiu open their eves
It would be difficult to find a more at-'
tractive place than the Tucker farm. A
neat, roomy cwtafte occupies an eminence,
and a Ions, broad drive leads" to the 'main
entrance oa the south. bordi by trees
that c5i a friendly statfe athwart the cool
vista. An o-sHse oaiee seilsc roBa toe
estire fcnstfl othe fenu, a2dcerrs?b.;rej2;4?5.
STRAWBERRY PATCH
the eye rests upon the richest gifts of na
ture. The orchard lies just east and south
of the house, and the long, shady avenues
between tho trees invite a stroll. Just
above one's head the fruit bans in tempt
ing clusters, just waiting on the season
to bring it to a perfect state of maturity.
The plum trees are already bend
ing under the weight. of their
rich product, and aside from all
considerations of profit the orchard pre
sents a picture that one reads about but
can only be seen in Kansas. Just north of
the orchard is the vineyard, probably ten
acres, and the vines give promise of a rich
harvest. It embraces all of the popular
varieties and it is difficult to say that in
point of growth the soil is better adapted
to one than to the other.
East of the orchard and vineyard are the
strawberry beds, a place of considerable in
terest as the picking season is right in its
midst. A beautiful field of waving oats
bounds the patch on the north and east,
aud on the south and west the orchard and
the vineyard complete a rustic frame for
the queen fruit of the field. Fifteen or
twenty groups may be seen in different
portions of the field robbing the vines of
the ripened fruit to supply the markets,
but ou the following day the same vines
have a fresh supply until it seems that
they never could be exhausted. Men and
boys collect tho boxes from the pickers as
soon as they are filled and load them onthe
wagons which have them to m.ricet two
hours after tho berries have been picked.
Before leaving the farm don't forget to
visit tho house. In a pretty little room
with a southern and eastern exposure,
commanding a view of the orchard and
lawn, will bo found a large glass dish full
of strawberries as big as your eyes, in the
center of a snowy table cloth. To keep it
company are cream, sugar, fresh country
butter, bread as light as a feather and cake
such as only Mrs. Tucker can make.
Schooners of milk and an invitation to sit
down and partake. This is Kansas hos
pitality aud cannot be passed by without
comment.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD.
DrnUQUK, la., June 7. The Evangelical
Lutheran synod of Iowa and other states
is holding its biennial meeting here, There
was 150 delegates, ropresentiuK 70,000 com
munions and 300 clergymen. Washington,
Nebraska, North and Soutn Dakota, Min
nes ta, Kausas-, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana
are represented. The Rev. " Grossman, D.
D.. of Wavcrly, la., is president of the
svnod. A committee was annotated with
1 Prof. Lutz. of Hope, at its head to form
an auti-iJennett law and similar enact
ments. It is understood the synod will
put itself on record as strongly opposed to
any attempt to force the church to educate
its children outside of the parochial
schools. The treasurer's report shows that
the total income during the last year to be
$43,530.
A BAB RAILROAD WRECK.
DE3 Moines, Ia,,Tune 7. A collision and
wreck occurred yesterday on the Des
Moines Union railway between the Wa
bash and the Chicago, St Paul & Kansas.
City passenger trains. The Wabawh en
gine was badly wreked and the rear end of
the Chicago, i-t Paul Ai Kansas City coach
demolished. The passengers were lmdlv
shaken up, but none of them injured. A.
Wabash brakeman had his hand badly
hurt and the tracks were blocked for sev
eral hours. The loss will not be far from
$10,000.
SLAVONIC CONGRESS POSTPONED.
St. PKTErcsmTRG, June 7 The Slavonic
congress has been postponed indefinitely
owmg to the opposition of tho Russian
court.
TROOPS OUT FOR INDIANS.
Tcmbstonk. An., June 7. Captain Ken
nedy. Tenth United States cavalry, arrived
here last evening with sixty-two colored
troops from Fort Grant, and ten Indian
trailers. They left this morning for Bks
bee, where they will be joined by troops
Chihuahua and go to the frontier.
, A PLANING MILL BURNED.
Kansas Cur, Mo , -Tune 7. The Ryas
planing mill, located in Kansas City, Kan.,
was burned to the ground at 5 o'clock this
morning. The los is about SSS.OuO and not
covered ny any insurance.
INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.
LEAVES worth, Kan.. June 5 Three
men were iniured this morning bv tbe ex
plosion of a boiler at the yards of toe Jef
ferson City Pressed Brick company. Tbev
were Xick Turner. Arnold vocbter and
Philip Kroeger. Turner was seriously in
jured and tlm others lightly. Tbe dam
age to the property was about SLCjO.
REFORMED EPISCOPAL SYNOD.
AsBCRV PRK. N". Y, Jane 7 Tbe
morning session of the general synod of
the Rctormed Episcopal church w
largely occupied, with the report of the
committee on overtures which excited
much discuiiioa on the proposed acaead
mest to ihe constitution, modifying the
process o discipline of church member.
The synod adjourned as nooa -catil after
the Sabbath.
SANTA FE STATEMENT.
Boios. Mass., June 7. The April
of-
detal statement of tbe Atchison, iacindtss;
the Krisca syiem and one-halt of tha At
laxtUr Ac Psflc hr jrros ntrsiags. S8.
S1.7fc hwT f25J7. Xt earaia-f&f,-n7;
iaerms. &M.S. Xppmximate
Mfltemeac for May, &57,4B6; increase.
THR BDBHING BSDKS.
A CLEAE PRESENTATION TO BAR
T0T CODSTY FARMERS.
Hon. J. R. Dallowell, of Wichita,
Addresses a Large Assem
blage at Great Bend.
Pigures Showing HW tho Present Con
tracted Condition of tha Ourrencj
Hav Be Remedied,
Pree Coinaa of Silyer and Liberal Pen
sions the Chief Means to Attain That
End The Tariff Question Made
Clear by Cold Pacts Trusts,
Combines and Unjust Sail
Rates Denounced.
Siecl(l dispatch to tho Dally Eacle.
Gkeat Bknd, Kan., June 7. Some time
ago some of the leading farmers of this.
Barton county invited Colonel James R.
Hallowell, of Wichita, to speak here, and
suggested that should it be convenient he
should attend the meeting liere today. He
accepted the invitation and a large crowd
was at the opera house at 2.50.
Mr. O. B. Wilson was selected chairman
and in response made some clever remarks
on the situation and the questions that
most concerned the farmers. He closed by
presenting Colonel Hallowell who, in part,
spoke as follows:
COLOXEL HALLOWEUS ADDRESS.
Fellow Citizens;
"Are you a farmer?" laughingly asked a
friend the other day, when he spoke of me
addressing you upon this occasion; "No,"
was my reply, "but," smd I, "every man,
woman nnd child in the state of Kansas
has a direct interest in the success of agri
culture. As more than 0,1 percent of our
people are engaged in that pursuit, and it
being the foundation of our wealth, the
state is prosperous when agriculture flour
ishes and the other &" per cent are success
ful, as the non-producers of agricultural
products in a purely agricultural com
munity like ours can not possibly succeed
when crops fail or when prices range so
low that our farmers are constantly falling
behind, being overwhelmed with debt and
unable to pay." There can be no plainer
proposition than this, and to il
lustrate: If all farmers in the
state were worth from fifty
to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
each and was loaning money antt receiving
interest instead of borrowing aud paying
interest he would buy more freely of the
goods and wares of the tradesman and
would pay willingly and liberally for the
services of the professional man, and in
crease the wuges paid to the lalwrer upon
his farm. Hence there should be no con
flict, but each is interested in the success
of the whole and any other feeling or rela
tion is fraught with tho greatest danger
to the general public and hence to our po
litical fabric.
GOOD RESULTS OF OUGAXI7.ATIOV.
The farmers of Kansas as well as other
states have organized for their advance
ment morally, mentally and financially,
and for their general protection, no man or
set of men has the right to object. It is
your privilege, your God given right.
Nearly all other callings have their organ
izations and benellts have accrued to the
members thereof. The industrial unions
of the country have pressed the object of
their society until great good has come to
them.
Our farmers of the wet have economic
problems to work out in common with us
all, that are of the most vital importance
to our prosperity and by orcaniatiou can
better perform the duties before them.
There are many of those problems, m
many that it is impossible to treat all in
one short address, but I will confine myself
to a few of the most important. In speak
ing of tho people of the east, the money
and manufacturing centers, I disclaim any
disposition to array one section againat
the other, and when we insist that thin?
are not equitably adjusted and that cer
tain laws ought to be enacted by congrens
anil certain ones repealed, in order to
reach the most good to the greatest num
ber, we insist on just what is right and no
more.
THE COKDITIOJf OrTHKl'ARStEB.
Our condition in Kan&aft i snefa,
financially, that many have been
greatly alarmed, but I have believed
that a complete adjustment woukl come
and iarticitlarly, if we are true to our
selves. A few years ago we commenced
borrowing from the ea,t and from fordgn
countries in large aum. Men mortgaged
their farms exp-nded the money for Im
provements and vxa built up our state.
The growth was almost rnagk. and at the
commencement of this year it is estimated
that our farm mortgages reach the enor
mous sum of over one hundred million
dollars. The estimated hurplos of beef,
pork, mutton, grain and other product in
onr state for the year 1890. at fair priee,
wa snfllcient to pay every dollar of this j
debt, interest aad principal, and have a j
good giirpln to purchase noeeMaries of
life and probably enjoy wme of tbs j
luxuries, but we were met with a low,
sJuggwh mrfct, iitd our agriculturist
were confortl with ruin, while their
pastures contained thouftaad in tieefcs aad
herds, and their crib were bursting ad
corn was piled oat upon the prairie. Some
tell tt this wag cacmd by overproduction,
and others aiga ranoos cwww for
it, yet. while the theorist, ibr ooaVer
and the alarmist were all candidly giria
tbe people thir idea of tbe itotioa. the
striacacj in the ntoaey marfcet WeC
the circulating vein me ol mootj ucrtwl
about 35 to 98 per ant, nad Hke s &as corn
west from 13 rents to 39 and 33 cent aad
ail other product m proportion aad oar
fanner feeling the frwh Wood of eo
merer are eettjag ia beUer mtaditioa. Bat
lrt the trouble b wat it may. ta coadi
Don "Xted aad f extricate oarsetv
from it is tae ?rat ptcMew irt are trying
to work oat.
THE WSSTAiST ttVJ03&S
I h&ve sever fesee seesl tei3 a
iizetLt. ficaacwr. bet kare b-rea a gaci bor
rower ail wy life, J in ndbmb wtta
you I do noAeetASkd ftgrnts aad wbat x
aiataiae the di&errat trtnmrf jwptct& of
tbe Uatted States we lad ?Wt pa Jsumsrr,
&&, then- it ia all tSari of moaer
4.015.W ia tai mstry ao4 tfcat At th
ine time M3.7U.iU wa jcd ttp a Ue j
rraMtK-T. karmg rt vtrngZLZM ta
acsasi etrraia&MB. ora-ffs esalfe. ctfeajatt-
ls? ssocsra o: abtmi sira t do t as
ness of the country of more thau sucty
million of people. We fully understand
that we have a less 3ctual circula
tion than at any time sinco
1S7S, when it was $1G.."0 per capita, and
upon further examination we find thac
the same reports that in 1SS2, the out
standing national bank currency was
!3S,942,034, and that in 1SS9 it was only
?I8l.3S3,3S4f or a contraction of national
bank notes of 217,538,700. The national
banks have increased at the rate of 1KJ a
year in the last eleven years, while tho de
crease in their circulation has been at tho
rate of .?32,o00,000 per annum. The cause
for the reduction of national bank cur
reucy is the high price of bonds necessary
for security with the government, but let
that be as it may, I believe they have, out
lived their usefullness and being opposed
to all banks of issue think they should bo
atolished- We need more money to do the
business of the couutry and congress ought
to provide for distributing the largo
surplus in the treasury and also enaot a
law directing the issue of $00,000,000 of
treasury legal tender notes to take tha
place of the national bunk not retired.
FKEK COIXAGK BADLT NEKDED.
Silver is the poor man's money and we
1 want more of it, and henco I am now and
j always have been in favor of frea coinage,
placing silver and gold on the fame foot
ing. We of the west can not afford to ad
vocate any other standard save a double
one. It is said we can overreach onrvjolvtw
and have too much money. Have any of
you experienced such a time? If we had
$100 per capita of gold and silver or certui
cates based upon the deposit of the precious
metals, do you think it would depreciate
No, it would always maintain its value,
I am in favor of continuing the battle for
free coinage nntil we force the gold bugs
to surrender, and the stock of tdlvar anil
gold has reached the hichest limit possible.
If the circulating medium was incroiiMl
as proposed, how would wc of the wet
procure our proporttony is a question that
lias been asked me. I.'t us tee. Jixpen
euce has taught us all that the various
channels of trade and commerce carry
volumes of money like the How of blood,
to the heart and from thence to thevarionn
parts of the system, and I claim that th
purchase of silver, bullion for coinnce ,
will circulate the treasury notes or certifi
cates paid for it, or the free coinage law
will provide for coming the metal 01 silver
producers who will place his dollar in
circulation Either w;;-. will increase the
volume of money, and such increase of the
volume will stimulate and Increase enter
prise, and enterprise will increase bulldiuir,
manufacturing and developing, the in-
crease of these creates demand for labor,
and an increased demand for labor in
creases wages, and increu-ed wages createi
increased demand for all kinds of food
products raised bv our farmers nnd Mich
increased demand surely increases prices
and au advance to decent tigures makes
money plenty in agricultural dlatricls,
which will enable you to pay your debts
and prosper. The man who labors and re
ceives oue dollar per day and keeps u
family necessarily is limited in bin pur
chases, but increase his wagea to two or
three dollars and he purchase mere freo
ly, nnd hence with good ""crops, Mirplns
money would be and dwell with us.
L1DEUAZ. YSSWttl I.ATTS.
Another plan of circulating is ponsiotm.
The adoption of a liberal servicu.na well aa
disability, penaion law, i blended ad
j equally witu niiL, utiu jmiio )Mtbriuiiui(i
thought on the subject Tho men who
.saved this great nation are entitled to this
coucefcfdon on the imrt of the nuinor powr
and they had just a woll concede it now,
for we will continue tlie content until wo
.succeed. With over LSLC00 old wjldioru
aud sailors, we would receive milliotM
quarterly. Yet some iay thhi would in
crease taxat ion. Not on the poor, not on
the west. Let the increase, if aay, bo
placed on importod articled of luxury, awl
on liquors, and set apart the fiuulho rained
;t sacred for the payment of esionM.
There w Hi bt no trouble in seouriuif
the (li-)nbution of an additional
cirrulalutx medium. Iet our con
gress provide for it aad the
niany channels already provided wrill carry
it out to the proper nelds of operation.
otrritAOEOiTs traffic katks pbvnooxckii.
Transportation U a question of vital Jm
portance to the wet'rn people. The coat
of transporting our produce to market fa
so great that it becom- a burden, and le
iug a burden, i-s an outrage. I presMate no
sane man ha any doftire to WH4gg a war on
our tratifeportauon lines mi as to cripple
them It wa the construction of tae
great railway system that aided oar jeo
ple to develop the state, but while we fel
Kindly toward them, we are opposed to ex
actiou in tbe way of freight uad pawxta
gor rates thae will rouble' t hem to pay
great dividends un netitloti stock, but
every one U willing that they pay
reasonable divideiwia on the actual
money in vested in the road. and to tins
f ih! wv should ail favor such legielatiou a
will effectually nqneesw every part ice 1 of
watered 4ock out of the traaaportrtdoti
companies and Hjc a liberal Pcfcetui of
rate ho that shipper over tae line aad
stockholder of the oompauiea ay attke
live aad roper.
EVILS OF TttCSTB AMJ OOMHOfK
The formation of trusts aad eswMaes
for tbe purpose of control lime manufactur
ing, transportation, trade ad otaer bujil
ee intercourse bKween our people, fcieor
tainly makmsc capital tbe rogiae of 00
predoit aad in many innuuirm is tks -wtructiou
of the peoples sacred rUcai.
They dictate pricos for all kiade e raw
materisl, fix the prtc of labor aad reifuiato
tbe amount you shall par for article! o
coasumption. Such eocbtaalioas are the
great devouring monster of tbe worfcl of
trade, toieratiag no eempetitioa aad
devouring all sasaii eutorprts.;,
that usually make aotae cow
petition. Tlwy are tae awy of
fre labor aad tae destroyer of saasil trade
centers. Nothing in t be order of saare
gated capital has beea kaorra ia taw
country that to richly deserve ta eaa
demoation of our people as tfeA, sad Ussy
oncht to he swept out of "Ximfmcm bjf ean
jcrewtonal sod levWative saaefcateat.
with peaaHie m vere that noae wtmtd
dare to form aad ofrataa. Aad jou
should support no bum for oJe vrito will
not work eoriy aad late totaJsaast. A
kiadred evil is
THX trtOEK CALUU "TVTVm.n
Voder tbe "future" custom Um jcaala
gajablrr isrows rich oa your peodurts msmI
yet aerer owns or coatrow a hush :t -
pocad. Tbe tystoat is a eu aad sMtod
be abolished. BilW abollslriau; baia af
tbe modes of robbery aav pav( oao or
the other braaraes of eongrea. aad I awa
adrifd will flasJly po beta aewst axd
benomealaw
It U ray deliberate jadgxaeat that tiw
question of ptdcia? man aasaay iactrcaav
tton. tbe redoctioa r freight rates, from
tin- farm to ta market, aad back to (fee
farm, tae 4eaoBitMtfoa- af flllear, to
of liberal peaaioa Jaws, taa
;lon of trusts aad caasanscs.
aad wijuag at the araetasc of
dealJag ia futures ,- tbe gaaat
qasKtioa far iwaedits oatwtdarasloa by
our people uittl apob watch wsst
aladgas Irora taoe was see to jeprweuat
our kaereu ia Ue aalti f eoagm &d
tbe iegJalsteie. Yet tber W aaotfearx.
qnerfttett. ooe of vital ttapoctaace to aft of
& ta ia west, oae of Joe? eaattaavd db
coecdao fraught with totrtOacte sad
aVadea indooat by assay saiasU.
t rritM.utK or rmz xaxept.
Tb aura, wtw sroebwuta tout he fcaaw
all aboai tat tariff write afaskt4f a fcI
aad aroclatftaa hie aatarjr to taa Tacbt &V-
raooxa one aasr ay reruj stsary : jwanm
iargeir saquatated with rf ootrtajax.
oBMaat wurpnxa --:- ft aaasak
of txr? r" - uA iaafitf, tSi
avery stsfc placed aa g arajaie Itapcjftfi

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