We spend more than a million dollars a year on our colleges and university, and it is money well spent; but we must have education that fits not the few but the many for the business of life. — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
The farmers in Kansas are sorely in need of a credit system meeting their special requirements, that they may more readily obtain money on… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance. — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
For the 95 per cent whose only means of schooling is the district or the city school, we must provide what we are not… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
Until the people, by amendment, change the constitution, I urge that the counties cooperate with one another, that future road work be more uniform,… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
It is our duty to see that our future citizens are well born; that they are properly nourished, and are reared in that environment… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
County government can be simplified greatly by reorganizing and consolidating some of the offices, making others appointive, and reducing salaries in keeping with the… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
