Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
LIARS AND LIARS.
Who Wichita's Defamers Are and What
Their Work.


ment and vicious than the kicks of mere
contempt. The kicks which the unfor-
tunate victim on the down-hill road re-
ceives, are not particularly malicious
though SO general; but, he who occupys
the highest position maintains it only in
spite of all the obstacles and opposition
of rivals and would be peers. however
great or strong.
Almost daily are we asked why are
there SO many misrepresentation made
and published of this city, which ques-
ton is generally accompanied with the
request that the EAGLE use the most
vigorous language in denouncing the
ISLANDERS, their sources and vehicles.
Why we do not ought to be obvious to
every one. 1t would be a waste of
breath in hopeless task. 1t was only
last week that well dressed and an in
telligent appearing man, with apparent
candor, announced TO some parties who
were coming to Wichita on train
through Southern Indiana that people
were dying off by the hundreds with
small pox in this city. The whole car
fell to discussing the horrible situation and
several of the party backed out. The
only foundation for such a report must
have been the few cases of verioloid
which were reported the fore part of the
winter. This is cited only as a sample
rumor. Not a week passes that we don't
receive marked copy of some paper
containing some outrageous falsehood
about Wichita. Not only is the health
of the city attacked, but its morals also,
and its every material interest. A dele
cation from neighboring town even
represented to big firm in st. Louis the
other day that Wichita was regularly
oyerflowed by the Arkansas river every
year to the depth of several feet, some
times two or three times a year, not
knowing at the time that the gentlemen
whom they were addressing not only
knew the falsity of the statement, but
had long before that made up their minds
to locate their interest here. 1t hasn't
been but two or three weeks since a re-
port was circulated that the Santa Fe
had purchased the Burton car works in
order to enforce their idleness. The
next thing these works were to be torn
down and taken away. These liars have
regularly and persistently collapsed the
prices of our real estate, destroyed our
business, "busted" our banks. and filled
our streets with beggers, perjury and
woe. They have arrayed all the rail
roads against us periodically and def
nitely, made the drainage of the city
an impossibility, and set the EAGLE up
as hired liar. They have run our shoe
mandatory out of town, and out of the
country, declared our great live stock
market and packing interests a myth,
and our abundant salt water doctored
alkali juice. They have lined our streets
with vacant houses, bankrupted our
street railways and motor lines and
proved that our foul unwholesome water
was depopulating the place with scourges
and epidemics, and then put rents up
beyoud the ability of anybody to pay
They have sent whole blocks and streets
Of our merchants into consignment, our
money institutions into bankruptcy and
our colleges, universities and various
factories up the flume. They have con-
tinuously and persistently lied about
everybody and everything living in or
connected with Wichita, and belittled
every enterprise which excelled in either
its magnitude or its success. Meath a
sombrous veil and with diaphonous
wall they have consigned Wichita and
all she has, all she is, and all she ever
hoped to be to devastating wreck, ruin
and perdition.
Had all these charges, or but small
per cent of them, been true, or had
Wichita ever halted in her grand on
ward march, or stopped increasing or
growing. none Of these ISLANDERS would
ever have been uttered. They wouldn't
have been worth uttering: the incentive
would have been wanting. They are
but the evidence therefore, the enduit-
able proof of our prosperity, the acknowl-
edgment of our superiority. No ex-
perienced man of the world fails to esti-
mate them as such. They are the ear
marks of success, the badges of suprem-
acy and pre-eminence.
And still our banks stand as the great
est monied institutions of the state; still
the whistles of our numerous factories
waken the echoes of the great
valley, morn noon and night; still the
cars continue to vibrate over sixty-seven
miles of street railway, still the rumble
OF traffic and the rush upon our business
thorougfares swells and thickens: still
are interests being daily added and en-
terprises continually multiplied: still do
multitudes of home seekers keep coming,
the city keeps growing. filling up and
spreading, until liars, in their impotence
and perplexity overleap themselves with
the malice of their own words, while the
EAGLE, all unrutf1ed, from day to day.
holds to its onward flight of facts of such
an astonishing successful record as Is
striking dumb even the tongue of wan
ton detraction and outrageous SANDER.
ENCOURAGING TIE SUGAR IN
DUSTRY.
The Iowa legislature has shown
practical interest in home industries BY
passing an appropriation. or bounty. for