Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-14

legitimate demands of trade They have
entitled themselves to confidence we be-
lieve we have it. We can make this the
the financial center Of the southwest.
Colonel ". II. Murdoch responded To
Manufactures and Industries Of Wichita.
The speaker referred to the fact that the
EAGLE files would show thousands of col
umns on that subject, and the most com
prehensive handling OF the subject could
possibly be gained from that source.
'And now, gentlemen, the same condi-
tions, precisely, which render trade more
voluminous and profitable at some points
than at others, developes, encourages and
sustains manufacturing interests. The
same advantages for reaching the con-
sumner which developes The traffic CEN
ter, just as inevitably plants the factory.
| These two combined constitute the mod
ern commercial center and all such cen
/ tiers are natural ones, fixed by the con-
! formation of the country in which
| they are located by the trend of and con-
| fuence of its streams and the quality and
breadth at their valleys. Railroads do
not make trade centerS, but they make
railroads. Manufacturers will seek such
center and occupy it just in proportion TO
| the develoPenent OF its mercantile trade
| and the concomitants of that trade, lust
| as sure as that capital and traffic lines Will
| seek it.
| There is one falacy that we desire to
puncture right here and now, and that is
the notion, SO universally advocated,
| that the way to build up city is to
secure manufactures The way
to secure manufactures is to con-
serve and develop the commercial corela-
lions of which the factory is but an adj
luncl. Time was when the proximity of
! the raw material and the fuel---or power
located the manufacturer, now it is the
customer. There We're no differential
freight rates in the days of carts and wag-
ons, but the railroad rate between the raw
material and the manufactured article is
wider than the old margin of profit saved
by being near the raw material. The
freight charges on a threshing machine,
for instance, will pay the freight on raw
material sufficient to build twenty fresh
ing machines and for any given distance.
Wichita is traffic center, and natural
one, as her successful commercial life
abundantly attests We cannot at this
time demonstrate or elucidate this asser-
ton. 1t is enough to say that it is so, and
that both manufacturing interests and
traffic lines SO recognize it. Coal WILL in
the near future, be laid down here at the
same price at which it is laid down at St.
Louis, at Kansas City or at the doors of
any other great consumer.
''It is in the central market then. which
means facility for reaching directly and
cheaply the demand for the manufactured
article that determines the profitable loca-
ton for the manufacturer and his plant.
Therefore, every commercial or trade CEN
center is Of necessity manufacturing cen
ter. The great commercial city OF any
country is the great manufacturing city of
this country. There is no exception to
this rule. New YORK is the great CONNER
cial city of America and the value of her
manufactured products exceeds that of
any other city in this continent.
London is the great commercial city of the
British Isles and is their greatest manu-
featuring center. So of the bright and gay
fashion-capital, Paris, of France; so of
Berlin, of Germany; so of Chicago the
great city of the northwest; so of San
Francisco, of the Pacific slope, and so of
Wichita, the naturally great trade center
of this vergin empire, the home of newer
and higher civilization the representatives
of whose energy and enterprise l have now
the honor to bid good nigbtn
Kos Harris response to the board of
trade was expect to be of the entertaining
kind and it certainly was. He first
concluded that he was frightened.
He had decided to appear in an impromptu
and had spent week in that direction.
The encyclopedia business did not belong
alone to Grover Cleveland, as he had made !
full use of it where his analysis called for |
anything of tnat kind. He proceeded !
to Ginger around its environments" |
The audience was chained and |
as a result he had no desire to be in |
hurry.
Finally the speaker knocked the props |
from under him and went out on little |
tour of eloquence and returning was given |
such cheer that 1t almost scared him |
sure enough. The board of trade had al |
ways acted on the theory that heaven helps |
those who help themselves The |
streets of city describe the human ami
NAL that inhabits. The energy shown was
the result of conviction that something
must be done. The wasting of details and
close attention to business had caused !
the city to get there Eli. The !
foundation is gold one. It is
to our rivals to whom we are
indebted for our success. They have
goaded us on TO success. Our critics are
friends in Disguise"
The speaker threw strings Of poison
words at the country press inclined to lie
about this city. The first cured ham of
Wichita's making he longed for
and would soon have it, and
he hoped the Missouri towns in
Kansas would ere long realize that Wichita
IS a commercial center, and it is good for
them that il is true
II is safe to say that all the speakers Of
the evening had a warm audience Fig
lres were cheered, rhetoric was cheered, |
1ratory was cheered, studied" wit was
,heered, and in fact everything of more
han usual merit was received kindly.
The affair was a grand success The
visitors seemed to enjoy the evening highly
and all was Of a business social sort.
The committee having the matter
n charge spared no pains to
make it success. and to them great credit
5 due. A number of the visitors will be
shown the city today, while some arrived
n time yesterday TO enjoy the countesies
n that way from the citizens.