Wichita eagle., 1888-01-20

accompanying UDeSe evidences OF large
city came the most remarkable activity
ever known in building in this city, or any
one of even four times her size Factories
were beginning to seek locations in Wichi-
ia, but still the question was, What have
you to continue this growth to make a
great cityto Then it was that the necessi-
ty for the reorganization of the board OF
trade became SO apparent to those who ap-
preciated the fact that Wichita must have
some systematic method of caring for en-
terprises already applying and for those
which might apply, besides attracting
others to this city. As to whether or not
the board of trade has met the eXpecta-
tions of the public is, think, an entirely
useless question.
Although the board has not, of course,
been the direct cause of bringing into our
midst every manufacturing establishment
which has located here, since the reorgani-
cation it has been directly successful in
procuring for Wichita large number OF
industries OF such magnitude and diversi-
ty of character that Wichita has in the
time mentioned forced her way TO the
front rank of manufacturing cities of the
west, and by securing her splendid footing
as the great stock and packing center Of
the southwest, she has solved the problem
of her destiny and is now proclaimed the
unrivaled metropolis of a vast and produc-
tive country, with whose destinies her own
are inseparably united.
No persons who are entire strangers to
Wichita and few who have not seen her
since last winter or spring can realize the
Il, l. e ~,
which during the intervene have gained a
footing here, settled beyond all question
Wichita's supremacy as a city, and give a
positive guarantee of her continued pros
perity. Among her many magnificent en-
terprises, which will add thousands to the
population and millions to the earnings
and wealth of Wichita and which were I'M
known few short months ago, are the
great packing interests of Jacob bold &
Son, the indefatigable competitors of the
great Armour aggrega ton, which will be
soon followed by other very large concerns.
Then there are the great Burton Car
Works, whose cars are at this very minute
occupying more space in railway journals
than any other one subject, and are also
revolutionizing the shipment of live stock
ny iIl W tItLSL
Wichitas car or cut the price of shipment
to the benefit of the cattlemen of the west
and southwest Even should this
car of ours, by its superiority in
duce shippers to take their cattle through
Wichita to Chicago. The company which
owns and operates the car has its money
expended here in conducting its vast bust
ness.
The watch factory's outlay will be nearly
all expended in Wichita, for labor. The
plow works will do the same; the boot and
shoe factory likewise. The pressed brick
works and number of other important
industries owe their locating here to the
work within the board of trade, as a whole
or to its committees, who have in many
instances secured number of quite i'm
portant industries without their ever being
brought before the public.
Two important industries in particular,
which must not be omitted and which. al
though they We're not secured for this city
by direct efforts of this board, were estab-
lished with the assurance that packing in
terests, with which they are closely allied,
would be secured here. Reference is had
TO the stock yards and soap factory.
AS to the work of the secretary's office in
particular, will say that the board, for
the first wear in its existence, has had
regular Office for the secretary that has
been open at all times for the purpose of
the most information posi-
bic, which | think has been of immense
benefit to the city. There has been an
amount of correspondence with parties
from all sections of the country upon all
topics Imaginable, from the young man
who wants to know whether or not ''po-
sition can be found for a young man
without brains or money!" to the Burton
Car Works, that will employ 1900 people.
All sorts of questions as to prices of real
estate in certain sections, where the writer
is interested, and other entirely personal
matters, have been attended to. One of
the provisions of our constitution is, that
the secretary shall attend to all CORE
spondence referred 10 him by any member
Of the board. This Office has. whenever
anything of particular Importance APP
peared in the local papers, sent out copies
Of the same to parties, whose names are
kept on file for that purpose. In this way
more than 5000 copies of the local papers
have been sent out from time to time
during the past six months. On the occa
sion of the G. A. K. encampment at St.
Louis last sail 10000 special circulars were
distributed there, ani, several cars bearing
the veterans from this city were decorated
at the expense of the board of trade.
Numerous descriptive letters concerning
Wichita and her tributary territory have
been written for papers in all sections
Of the country. Whenever any misrepre-
have appeared in the papers
to the detrimcnt of Wichita, these mis-
approximations have been corrected by let
.ers from the board of trade which letters
have in each and every instance been
politely received and the asked for correc-
lions promptly made.
The CITY in this way has had the benefit
IF dozens of gratuitous advertisements, of
1 most favorable character, while on the
other hand, unlike most cities. she has
paid very little for direct advertising. the
amount being only $3.50 in the aggregate
In the month of December the board is
sued its Journal of Commerce, which has
enjoyed very wide circulation.
One other special feature of the secre
ary's Office in conjunction with the COM
nitteeS, has been to conduct preliminary
with various manufactur
ng, commercial aud other enterprises.
which contemplated locating here or were
sought by the board of Trade. Their
have varied from the
'easonable ones, which have been
accepted TO those in which the adventurer
lai his time TO put in against our money
md time, most of which. after finding that
Wichita did not care TO fool any of her
money away on useless schemes, sought
,ther towns Many of these 10 factories
IRE still unsettled, with good prospects Of