It probably will be noted that in the foregoing 

 tables, save one, the figures used are for the year 

 iQoo. Some of the incredulous, or belittlers, if 

 there be such, may point to that as a significant 

 fact and erroneously infer that the showing is 

 for a specially chosen year when every circum- 

 stance was favoring for such presentation. In 

 order, however, to further strengthen the State's 

 position, and for the benefit of doubters, it will 

 be abundantly sufficient to refer to the first table, 

 where Uncle Sam's highest authority boldly de- 

 clares that for the last five years ending with 

 1900 Kansas produced corn and wheat worth 

 seventeen million dollars more than any other 

 state in the Union. 



These and similar facts, while of common 

 knowledge at home, are not so widely known 

 elsewhere, and the true situation warrants much 

 greater publicity than has been heretofore given 

 them. The definite knowledge that Kansas leads 

 causes neither great surprise nor comment among 

 those who are and have been best acquainted 

 with her history, and the actual fact is calmly 

 accepted by such as a matter of course. The 

 only remarkable feature is the ease and effective- 

 ness with which Kansas surpasses the supposed 

 leaders; in fact, unconsciously as it were, indi- 

 cating that there is no appreciable difference in 

 her present standing from that formerly existing, 

 other than the more clearly demonstrated and 

 better understood proofs of uninterrupted devel- 

 opment and genuine prosperity. 



^WHOSOEVER WILL, MAY COME." 



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