Wichita eagle., 1888-08-03
GOOD ENOUGH.
BETTER THAN ANY OTHER CITY OF
AGE AND SIZE.
What Mr.. Joseph ROsenthal Has to
Say of Rapidly Grow.
ing Cities.
GOOD ENOUGH.


| few days at the Carey attending to bust
ness matters. He is Familiarity known
among his friends as Lucky" and is alsC
recognized as one of the best informed spec
ulators IN real estate of any man between
oceans. He spends thousands of dollar
annually travelling over the United State:
and Canada getting information concern
ing towns and cities OF bright commercial
and financial future. Referring to tn,
fact that be has never made a mistake iT
sizing up town or city he unconsciously
raises himself up in his chair and look:
like he is pround of his judgment which
has won for him the short but expressive
nickname. While yet young man he
has a wonderful supply of information
which only time and extensive trave
coupled with close observation and in
vestigation could gain. This care and
peculiar fitness for learning the
merits OF localities and sec
tons of country has given him g
fund OF information which, finding eX
preston in rare conversational powers
makes him gentleman of striking inter
est in conversation.
Mr.. Rosenthal left Frisco over sever
months ago and took in the northern tiel
of booming business centers. Reaching
the Atlantic he about-faced and obliqued
to the south taking in the southern tier Of
towns and cities Of commercial promise
In this part OF his trip. Of course. one OF
the leading business centers he desired tc
visit was Wichita
Ia conversation yesterday about the ex-
perience of the most active business
centers he said that in his travels
he had observed that none OF
the so-called booming towns are now en-
joying that sort of real estate speculation
which noticed in ali, and in fact very
common one and two years ago. All over
the country the cities of many real estate
trasfers had changed to a growth on a
more sure and, in the case Of Wichita,
rapid growth. One Of the most striking
things he observed in all the cities was the
mortal enmity to Wichita, which clearly
pointed out that the city is looked upon
with an eye of suspicion that it is booked
for great city much larger than the in
tereSts of some others would call for.
Nothing SO clearly indicated the promi-
nence of the city than the constant
Misrepresentation and active interest
shown in this line. Had he be-
lieved half the reports emanating from
the defamers and enemies of the town he
probably would not have thought enough
of his Wichita interests to make a stop for
business purposes. Knowing something
Of human nature in this line, however, he
was not induced to offer his interests for
anything less than a good per cent on the
investments.
Despite the fact that had fully made
up my mind to expect great improve
ments," he continued, lin this city, must
use the old chestnut that your improve
ments have been much greater than L had
expected to find. OF all the rapidly grow
ing towns have visited am prepared to
say that Wichita is today making more
improvements than any city l have visited
with double its population. Minneapolis,
none of the cities or towns Of the Indiana
gas fields, OHIO gas fields can
favorably compare with Wichita
in improvements. Even Kansas City with
her boosted growth in the matter of real
estate transfers can not show more IN
than Wichita. / took occasion
to investigate this matter and know ex
actly whereof | speak. No city of any
thing near the size of Wichita has as many
transfers as you have; so in that line GER
tainly you have no reason TO complain.
In the line of valuable improvements and
other business you stand far ahead OF any
Of near YOUR size. and from this where
comes the canse for complaint? The resi-
1ence portion of city IS a good index of
Of real prosperity People don't indulge
in the luxury of fine homes unless bust
ness calls for IL In this respect Wichita
has no equal There are more fine resi-
iences here than you can find in any city
Of its size anywhere | have been.
If were going To write out a preScrip-
ton for a continued prosperity of this
city | would first put down packing
houses. Take packing houses continu-
)usly for some time-take all kinds in
arge doses and often-don't be afraid OF
getting too many of them They are the
first thing 30 develop. You have made
good start and there is no reason why it
AN not be kept up. The advantages
coming from this line of business can not
De over estimated. You get rich cattle
men TO coming here and meeting an en-
market they VIII not only do
banking business here but do an immense
.rade in other lines. They buy by the
wholesale and in great quantities. This
shipping to Kansas City has always taken
Millions out OF Kansas and ii you get
-our packing houses here you can
top two-thirds of that flow OF business
,ut of the state. The development in
hat line viii also be SO rapid that ere long
he racking interests here viii be of pro-
portions exceeding even Kansas City. A
of this interest here means
ity of hundreds of thousands"
Another thing would put on the pre-
cription would be a continued building of
This IS also necessary and is /
ne of the things that will come naturally |
n a measure. but OF course some effort in !
his line would greatly increase the devel- /
pment. Distributing centers don't de |
end on crops alone This IS a great mis- /
axe. Chicago would be Chicago even If /
Illinois did not raise an ear of corn or !
rain of wheat. Commercial centers deal /
With towns and do whoiesaling business |
nth towns which takes away the backses |
ualities coming from bad seasons /
mong the farmers. OF course good /
rops are a great assistance but not indis- 1
ensab!e. The machinery Of great city /
, 20 heavy TO be influenced to anY alarm /
~ degree by the fluctuations in crops"
Mir. Rosen thai leaves this morning for /
alifornia and expects 10 return next fall. |
n every particular he is more than ever
leased with Wichita, and Is quite certain 1
nat If every city in which he had invested /
ad as bright past and promising fu- /
IRE rs Wichita, his nickname Lucky
ould with propriety be printed in upper