Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-18
KANSAS MEN IN KANSAS CITY.
The Times Thinks That Wichita
Will not Exceed 1000.

The Kansas City Times had one Of its
staff interviewed with the following result:
al see that the Times has been devoting
some space TO the republication Of articles
from the WICHITA EAGLE, which are as
posed to speak of Wichita IS the only CITY
which pretends 10 rival Kansas City. Twas
beginning to be impressed with the glory oil
Wichita when l ran across an old friend,
well known Kansas gentleman, to whom 1
propoupded few questions. Hc laughed.
aWichits." said he, "is certainly flourish
ing town. In 1880 it had less than 5000 in
babjtants: to-day it will range between l., :
600 and 10000. They have good railroad
facilities and are putting up some handsome
residences and business blocks"
"But il is going 10 be a great city," / said.
"I.et me read you this extract from the
EAGLE"
In speaking of Wichita Mr.. Graham said he
was here In 1869. when there was no town, at
which time he bought several hundred head OF
cattle which he wintered M between the rivers
Wichita is the coming city OF this country.
Mr.. Graham Says that on that score the busi-
ness men OF the west are practically unani-
nous.
My friend laughed and pulled ont his pock-
ct book. "Now lie. me read you" he replied.
ga little clipping from the Atchison Cham
pion:"
Atchison 10 the easiest reached Of any city in
Kansas; offers larger stocks OF all the real
staples of commerce than any other city In
Kansas, and is altogether the best commercial
point in the state.
"If that doesn't convince you," he con-
tinued, show does this extract from the
Leavenworth Times strike youf"
Leavenworth Ia, and always has been. the
first city In Kansas, both In point OF population
and in commercial importance. and that her
advantages, which are manifold, have been
often recited but never exaggerated.
"The fact ISL said the gentleman, "there
is no end Of rivalry between Kansas cities.
have no doubt that if YOU watch the pa
pers closely you will find similar expressions
from Topeka, Emporia, and perhaps even
Fort Scott and Harper and Wellington. My
honest impression about Wichita is that ].
will grow to-say about $4,000 and then
stop. 1t may stop before it reaches that
figure"
"But the Wichita EAGLE does not think
so.'
The gentleman laughed again. at il
very plain you don't know Marsh Murdoch,
he said. "Why, he's writing for reputation
A good fellow, but an awful blower. Oh
course this sort of thing amuses people
down that way, but they have too much
sense to believe it. 1t tickles Marsh i'm
mensely to be noticed. / got hold of his
paper the other day, and the first page was
almost entirely given up to answering the
comments Of Kansas City papers. / thinl
he has always regretted that be was not in
volved in that in-Hudson-Martin con.
troversy. However, say good word fol
| Wichita when you can, and don't lose any
/ efaar, Nnrinolfs al noeflae TX q,
City Times.
81 am OF the opinion" said writer of thu
Sixteenth century, shat the Swiss had moi
been now nation but for keeping to theil
prodigous breeches." The Wichita EAGLl
is of the opinion that Kansas City had mo-
been now the dominating commercial pow
er of Kansas but for keeping to their pro
digious blowing. The complacency with
which they arrogste everything and tn,
lordly ar with which their papers sit dowr
on every one who is not Of their bailiwicl
would be passable amusement but for tn
want Of variation. The foremost dealer
and strongest men Kansas City boasts wer,
| formerly business men of Leavenworth
Atchison and Lawrence. ksnsas has no
only furnished Kansas City. therefore, i.
trade but its brains, in fact, its everythin.
except its wind.
Wichita pretends to nothing. What sh
does she does. And there is no rivalry be
tween Wichita and Leavenworth
or Wichita and Atchison, o
Wichita and Topeka. If the Times ha'
read the EAGLE TO better purpose
would have seen that We have been loyal {.
Kansas as whole and TO all her towns
"Kansss business on Kansas soil" has beel
cur motto, and it affords US large degre
of pleasure to see Leavenworth and Atchi
son speaking for themselves III such con
fdent tones. If the Times will notice, tn
EAGLES "blow" has aroused the whole stat
of Kansas and all her towns an,
cities, and that there is positive and un
mistakeably vigorous movement all aloni
the line for new and independent railroa'
outlets
Personally Marsh Murdoch wrote 70
reputation, if ever, before the Times wa
dreamed of,having published paper in Kan
years before the Times had an existence
As the degree of amusement he has furnish
ed ''the people down that way" and for
pointer, as to the effect Of his blow, tn
Times is respectfully referred to the vote o
I Wichita Yesterday on two of the EAGLE
railroad enterprises. And if the Times wi.
not count it blow we beg leave to sugges
that all the newspapers of Kansas City com
bined have not been able to raise a iks
amount for their darling scheme, the build
ing of little twenty-five mile link to Paola