Tuesday, April 29, 1986
Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan
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Farm
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Other young people can't even go to college.
Most of the Kansas students at Kansas State University still come from rural areas, but the number of high school students in those areas is growing.
For example, in northwest Kansas, the number of high school seniors has declined 18 percent in the last five years, according to K-State's office of planning and evaluation. In Riley County that number is 22 percent, of statistics show.
In addition, in metropolitan areas, where the number of high school seniors remains steady, K-State is becoming less popular.
"I can't relate the drop to the agricultural crisis, but it doesn't take a large step of faith to guess that's what's happening," said Don Hoyt, director of K-State's office of planning and evaluation.
Both KU and K-State are trying to find ways to help the troubled rural economy.
K-State has done research, at the school's own expense, to examine the extent of the farm crisis in Kansas as it relates to the commodities market. Researchers also have studied the population flows out of the state.
KU's contribution is a report that lists ways the state can stimulate its sluggish economy.
In January, the KU Institute for Public Policy and Business Research released its report on the economy to Gov. John Carlin and leaders in the state Legislature. A package of legislation came out of the report.
The report provides possible solutions for the ailing rural economy, but the answers are ones that are not available in agriculture in the economy.
The role of a university in a declining economy is to research the problems, said Charles Krider, pro-
fessor of the department's research associate for the institute.
Since agriculture is changing substantially the state needs to diversify and open up jobs outside of agriculture, especially in rural
areas," Krider said.
But not everyone is pleased with KU's efforts.
"You've got to remember that your poor brothers down the Kawrey on agriculture a lot more than KU," said Tony Jurich, who specializes in the study of rural families as a pro-merchant and child development at K-State.
Jurisch said KU's report was extremely distasteful to a lot of people in rural areas because of its lack of collaboration much of its agricultural emphasis
"The way I read this report," he said, "is. 'Let's去玩 and put all our money in five or six major com- mers, and just let the rural areas go to hell."
"And unfortunately, that's the way the farmers are looking at KU. They see this report from KU professors and students off at the University of Kansas."
Meanwhile, KU students from rural areas continue to face some tough decisions.
For Bill Kassebaum, Burdick law student, staying away from his family, ransel is difficult. The ransel is Sen. Nancie Kassebaum, R-Kansas.
"I really love farming," Kassebaum said. "It was a really tough decision whether to stay in law school or go back to the ranch."
Alred said his home town, Pawhuska, Okla., about 40 miles northwest of Tulsa, Okla., depended heavily on farmers and ranchers.
As a result, the merchants who depend on money from farmers and ranchers are finding themselves out of work. "People have to work people he knew were forced to leave
At a time when the cattle market has just come crashing down, Kassebaum sees his law degree as something to fall back on.
"The country seems like it's changing, and there probably will be a lot fewer people living in the country," he said. "But there will always be farmers and ranchers. They'll weather it out."
"We're trying to get through this crisis, that's all."
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PROPOSED BYPASS JUST ANOTHER EXPRESSION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOAX
Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice-President Gary Toebben frequently has explained that economic development occurs when jobs are created and the tax base expanded. According to the April 16 University Daily Kansan, "County Commissioner) Nancy Hiebert thinks a proposed bypass south of Lawrence can be an economic development gold mine for Douglas County ... (and) ease overcrowding of the streets that follow the growing development to the west of Lawrence."
Any city faced with traffic problems obviously needs a system of public transportation. But in response to a question during a distant City Commission meeting, City Manager Buford Watson admitted to having forgotten about those Federal funds for public transportation which have long been available. If Lawrence had a public transportation system, Kansas University would not continue selling more parking permits than it has spaces; those living around the high school might again be able to park in front of their homes during school hours; and traffic could decrease.
No proponent of publicly-funded economic development can possibly understand how capitalism differs from socialism. While a socialist government either partially or totally manages the means of production and consequently is very powerful, the ideal capitalistic state features a relatively unobtrusive government meeting public needs as competing entrepreneurs and firms provide the citizenry with products, services, and jobs.
A legislative audit released in Topeka, April 15 notes that, according to the April 16 Journal-World, "Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska spent between $3.4 million and $3.8 million for economic development during . . . fiscal year 1985 . . . while . . . Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri and Oklahoma . . . spent roughly twice as much. Economic development spending figures for those four states ranged from $6.7 million to $8.7 million . . . Despite a somewhat limited survey response, the auditors found that cities, counties, and local organizations spent many times more than the state spent on economic development activities."
Although many public institutions (schools, libraries, some nurseries homes and hospitals) and agencies (city and state police departments) remain understaffed and thus unable to adequately perform, most of our national governing units are using tax dollars while courting those comparatively few corporate giants considering relocation.
Because valuable public resources are scandalously misused in this notorious appeasement of the powerful, publicly-funded economic development is neither capitalistic nor democratic. The proposed bypass, which would necessitate our government's violating the Fourth Amendment when it unreasonably seizes private property, is just another expression of the economic development hoax.
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