Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-14
DEDICATED.
THE NEW BOARD OF TRADE HALL.
In Responseto Invitations Over Fiji
ty NeighbOring Towns are Rep.
resented at the Banquet.
w. s. Morris Address of Welcome, 7.
McNeal's Response-0ther Brilliant
Speeches and he Affair. a
Grand Success.

The board Of trade dedicated their new
hall in the Sedgwick block last night. Tn,
hall is on the second floor 47xS5 feet Will
! light from the north, committee and cloal
rooms adjoining nicely fitted up
making the finest board OF trade head
| quarters in the state. located in the fines
brick block in the state The president
! desk is in the south end of the hall with re
| porters conveniences adjoining. The sec
retary's working quarters are in the north
| east corner Of the hall, and the freight anC
transportation bureau in the northwest
corner
At 7:3O last evening guests commenced tt
arrive from over fifty towns surrounding
the city. These were accompanied by
| the members OF the beard of trade and
invited guests from the city anG
all were put in a row and marched NJ
to the register books The invited guests
from surrounding towns registered are as
follows: Col. James w. Judy, Tadula
H.; Geo. w. Mofiet, Anthony Republican
&. II. keetZ, Newton; j. d. Sturgiss
Augusta, Me-; S. Walton, Harper; w. A
Eaton, kingman; I. A. McNeal, Medicine
Lodge; j. +. Gilmore, Wellington; A NJ
Colson, Caldwell; p. NJ. Johnson, Hutch
inson; X. NJ. Easley, Hutchinson; c. T.
Allcott, Kansas City; r. Z. Simons, J. w.
Ross and K. B. Swartout, Caldwell; J. o.
Campbell, Amos Walton, A. b. Johnson
and J. l.. Huey, Arkansas City: VIM. Nc
kean, kiowa; +. b. Peed, Hazelton; w. c.
Charles, A. j. Bentley, J. Dobson and a.
w. Rumsey, Kiowa; NJ. l.. Conn, Chicago;
E. ?. Greuer, Winfield; w. p
Olmstead, Anthony; f. Meredith,
Hutchinson; w. a. Black, Wellington;
J. A. Frink, Winfield; Fred Krulzman,
St. Louis; J. F. Hulansiski and Geo. v.
Morgan, Peabody; r. X. Laird, New
York; ID. Langsford, Newton Theo Boggs,
Mcpherson; II. 3 Keller, San Diego, Cal. !;
A. B. Warren, Lawrence: j. w. McFar-
land, Chicago; +. Z. Gillette, Kingman;
J. w. Hamilton, Topeka; l.. A. Bigger
Hutchison; II. d. Wilson, ST. Louis; j. Ii.
Bnllen, Winfield.
While the registering was in progress
and the guests were circulating among
the members of the board it is safe to say
that there was no one thing that was dis
cussed so much as the motto OF the board
painted on the wall over the presidents
desk: Harmony, Unity, Strength, Sue
cess" The guests would invariably
say that strict adherence to the
first part of the motto had brought "suc
cess" to the city of Wichita. They all
pronounced it strictly in keeping with the
city's financial and commercial growth.
AT $50 the president of the board, A. w.
Oliver, called the meeting to order, and
introduced Attorney w. S. Morris, who
had been detailed to deliver the address of
welcome. Mr.. Morris said he feared he
had prepared his speech more for the board
than he should have done seeing so many
visitors present We come here tonight
for the purpose of taking possession of this
hall to transact business, and extend to
our visitors the hand of welcome. Men
have always seen the benefits of combin-
ing for accomplishing great tasks. Nei-
Their politics nor civil interests require
more than commercial. All cities are
centers and help the
for miles around
while rich districts make cities the latter
helps the former.
We observe that,a certain amount of rich
calling for business builds city.
The labor of man demands a systematic
To these trade centers come
all kinds of business. In early times cities
on the sea shore handled the trades of
different nations. Railroads made it pos
Sible to have great cities back from the
sea. We can now gather all the products
Of lands by railroads over land as by ships
over the seas. New York has it New York
city and Buffalo, Massachusetts its
Boston, Maryland its Baltimore, Missouri
St. Louis aud has given enough ground
for another city, the result Of Kansas soil.
BY the proper management we can get a
city here that can in every particular COM
mand all the trade OF great country in the
southwest. We have been trying FIR some
lime to get an emporium. Look about
and see how We'll we have succeeded. To
ingenuity, grit and brains is due what you
see. What hurts us hurts you; what helps
Is helps you. We want here and will
nave grand commercial compact. Think
ne you have kindly wish for us we in
ute you to our hall tonight.
The Hon. T. A. Mcneil, of Medicine |
lodge, was booked for the response Of well !
'ome. Most of those present had heard /
ne funny gentleman speak and pricled /.
Up their ears for something in this line. /
lie pretended to offer an apology, claim /
ng he had expected the Hon. Geo. Peck to /
o do the response act, and being notified .
,nly a few days ago, was not we'll prepared .
or an iupromptu speech. l have /
lad severe cold and have not /
)een able to write above a whisper. What .
shall say may fall like the mellow .
adence OF a frog as he talks TO his mate. /
Hope You will not expect my remarks to .
omport with the polished rhetoric of the .
gentleman who has Just preceded me-
The speaker then brought in a fayorite
yarn" about Sophocles who is said to
AVE manufactured KIND of words that
aused the bees TO be friendly with him,
nut Tom seemed to think it WAS not his
words but the contents of jar which he
ad stolen, showing evidence OF crime on
is lips. After venturiug this doubt as 10
be correctness Of the story, he proceeded
D narrate o thrilling experience he had
ONE time ago with she bee.
Coming down to the point.
desire on the part of
be visitors of whom 1 am one to thank
on for courtesieS and wish TO congratu-
ite you on what you nave accomplished. (
thought knew Wichita, but every time
come it has changed so / can scarcely be-
eve am in Wichita. Shall always recol-
ct the first time come here just about
inc years ago. | stopped somewhere on
Douglas avenue and l want it now dis
nelly understood that anything l say
DIV don't count"
The speaker proceeded to described :
lings as he found them and found some :
ling in the bed that has always been in
cative of the city's success. Looking ,