People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1893 — From Kansas. [ARTICLE]

From Kansas.

Editor Pilot— l was favored some time ago with a copy of your paper saying I was marked on your list for six months. I suppose one of my .many kind friends there thought to convert me to the new faith. Many thanks for good intentions but it is too late. I voted for Peter Cooper and was at the convention held at Winfieid that gave to the nation the first People's party principles. This seems to be an off year all over the count-ry-storms and drouth, with poor crops. In this part of Kansas the season was quite wet until the last half of July and crops are fair. Wheat is threshing out from 20 to 35 bushels per acre, oats 30 to 50. Corn is about made and will be a good crop. Potatoes and all kinds of vegetables are plenty and of good quality. But fruit—that is apples, peaches, plumbs and pears are very scarce and high in price. Apples picked off the ground bring SI.OO per bushel. Grapes will be a fair crop. Last spring everything started out in good shape; prices of all kind of stock advanced. Real estate began to change hands at better prices, but suddenly everything stopped, prices of all kinds of stock and grain went down, down, and real estate followed, and finally money disappeared. These times ard making converts of men here that we thought would never change their votes. They come to the old People’s men and ask questions about the finance question like school boys. Their papers have kept back the truth, so their readers know nothing but hard names for Mrs. Lease, Jerry Simpson and our governor, but calling people names, hasn’t helped them, and the voters begin to see and they •will again be shown up stronger' than ever Yours truly J. C. Weathers. jl Elk Falls, Kan.