Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06
THE RAmnLxs..RAcxE

THE RAMBLER's RACKET.
Yesterday was not day Of notable accur-
rance in this town. The rain Of the previous
night laid all the dust consequently there
WAS no moro dust to lay.
The real estate men were busy - usual
and it Is q chilly day when they amt busy.
Few people haye been more successful in
keeping busy of late than the vendors Of the
soil in Wichita. You may SEQ them at all
times driving some ono out in buggy to
look at property and almost every man you
meet has . deed in his hand rushing for the
county building. There is an immense
corps Of clerks in the register Office and yet
20 great is the rush that one has to wait two
or three days to get deed recorded.
Chicago may point with undissem-
bled pride to her socialists and
dead policemen, but in Wichita
the real estate boom blossoms like the rose.
Yes sir. other big towns may boast Of their
riots and their closed factories but Wich-
ita stands forth proudly with her undying
loyalty to the men who have clay TO sell.
The carnage At Chicago was the subject
of general talk among our citizens and the
stringing ur of the fire brands who are in
citing the mob was what nearly all agree
was the proper thing. Guests at the break
fast table at tbs Manhattan where l set ex-
pressed themselves in the most vigorous
language on reading the mornings dispatch
es in the EAGLE. This subject leads me to
the following reflection: There has beeu
too much of what We fondly term liberty
in this country. So much 20 that it
has led to anarchy and il
subversive of true liberty. Red mouthed
anarchists like Herr Most and those who
figured in every species Of social discord in
foreign lands until they left their country
for their country's good, have been allowed
to wag an unbridled tongue in this country
under the false notion that we must have
absolute freedom of speech to be free.
When one of these frebrsnds is permitted
to stand up in the streets of New York and
advise men to take up arms and 60 out and
shoot men who have been furnishing them
with employment and offers to procure the
guns for SO much apiece, what becomes of
liberty? Chicago has long been favorite
resort tor this class of scoundrels-men
who have labored long to solye the
problem of idleness and force q
general divvy of all wealth. This is COM
paratively new land and we have no es-
tablished standard of social rights, but this
question is now up for solution and must be
solved. Like all European countries, we
must have a system of surveillance over
over emigrants to our shores, SO as not To
permit this country to become the abiding
place of these red-mOuthed foreign beasts,
such as made the streets of Paris flow in
blood in the days of the commune. 1t ID
astonishing to see how easily men who arc
usually peacesbls can be wrought into q
frenzy of excitement by these robbers who
never earned an honest dollar. In my
opinion the only way to solve the problem
of how many hours should constitute a day.
work, is to pay men so much An hour and
then let them work as many or as few hours
as they please fear the result of the pres
ent agitation will be a complete industrial
and social chaos and the laboring man will
necessarily have the worst of it.
Ifthey hsd Phil Sheridan in Chicago tc
take charge of the town rs he cid the time Of
the big fire he would coon rout the social
lists Governor Ireland of Texas, was the
most prompt in suppressing riot and blood.
shed and if Governor Oglcsby had acted a.
promptly there would be fewer deaf men il
Chicago today. There is a growing feeling
that there lie enough foreigners in this coun'
try anyway and some men advoea.e a Law
against all emigration. There are few who
would care TO be Chicago policeman just
now.
Capt Smyth showed me some Of the sol
of the Junction addition yesterday; enough
to convince me that, there is clay to be
found there that can be wrought into the
very finest brick, terra-cotta, and the 6nes'
quality of earthenware. He had one piece
of clay that had been burned and never
cav any finer in this country. lie has sew
eral boxes full of the raw clay ut hi
ware house. The grain is the
finest that / have ever seen and it is of the
consistency of wax and As black as ink. A
large portion Of this addition is also under
laid with the very finest building sand
Taking it all in all it is as valuable as I
silver mine, and leads to the belief thai
treasurers of other kinds not yet dreamed o
may be discovered about here. In boring
with an auger the captain discovered sew
eral small shells, which inclines him "a
the belief that this spot was once the bed o
the ocean. That, however, was probably
prior to the landing of Mr.. Chris Columbus
| Speaking of Chris reminds me that al
though he knew great deal about naviga
ton and the general lay o.
the land, in other respects h
was, in the language of the poet, q con
founded fool. He went back to Spain ant
fooled around until he didn't have cent
whereas if he had had sense enough TO pre-
empt quarter section right here in WIGHT,
he would, no doubt. be among the EAGLE,
list of rich men. If Chris had settled dowr
here in the the real estate business, as ad
vised him to 10, what would he be now
Probably the proprietor of an opera house
In the light of what he might have beer
and what he actually is, am convinced thai
Chris was q failure.
The principal feature of attraction in town
yesterday was DIR. Turner'S circus. They
have very good band and two good sing.
ers. They gave performance at the cor.
ner of Main street and Douglas avenue that
was worth % cents, and it was all free.
They have small city Of tents on Market
street, where they give free concerts. and
they arc willing TO work ten hours per day,
This is great country, and the fellow
who can tell how everybody lives. ought 20