Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-05
MISSOURI FOR MISSOURIANS AND
KANSAS FOR KANSANS.

: 10 the EulCOr OIL the Eagle.
That newspaper in Kansas City, il
the grand, old, undeveloped state 0
, Missouri, finds fault with our rabid logic
is lamentable yet ''survivable."
We will continue in our weak, illog
ical and 'rabid" way to make sugges
tions to Kansans, and when occasion
warrants refer to Kansas City, In The
grand, old, undeveloped state of Mis-
souri,.
We are a Kansan.
Hence, naturally, we are prejudiced
against the state of Missouri. When
ever think" a christian science
think" comes over US and we are con
scious of a safer feeling toward Kansa;
City, situated in the grand, old, undevel
oped state aforesaid, we simply
get out the early history OF
Kansas and read from "Buchan-
ans administration" to the burning
of Lawrence, Kansas" and we are then
ready to bring in a verdict of guilty
against any low, mean, dirty, pusillan-
imous, dastardly act of which it may be
accused. We are Kansan. This i'm
plies youth, vigor, push, industry, enter
prise. thrift and Gberality in all under
takings where Kansas can be benefited.
Being eighbor-mentally or physically
lazy, and coming to Kansas in youth
finding a home amongst people, active,
industrious and enterprising, it proved a
'tspur" to natural inclination, and each
day we became more Kansan and less
Missourian.
We are Kansan. This virtue has be-
come a rooted faith, an Undesirable
prejudice.
Prejudice renders even virtue habit
Through just prejudice, duty becomes a
part Of nature, a delightful pastime; a
long, cloudless, happy summers day.
Who would not be Kansan?
No apology to offer for being a Kan
san. have no apology to offer for be-
ing believer in the motto Of Kansas;
on the other hand believe that it is the
duty of Kansans to cultivate prejudice
toward Kansas City, in the grand old
undeveloped state aforesaid, and with
''sky aspiring, ambitious thoughts and
rival hating envy" build up on home
soil trade centers which in time shall en-
rich Kansas and humble Kansas City,
Mo. mot that we love Omaha, but that
we hate Kansas City, No." is the way
we are quoted. We pass by the incor-
rectness of the quotation because to
quote fairly would be a "Kansas
attribute" and kansas City vice"
Personally we frankly own and proudly
state that we hate Kansas City because
of its insolence, arrogance and lying as
sumptions. Ten years later we hope to
despise it. This distinction is correct.
We hate men, but we despise paupers.
We personally state that we hate Kan
sas City, Missouri, and we love Kansas.
A line from Horace will best express our
thought. The good hate sin because
they love virtue"
We hate Kansas City, Missouri. be-
cause it is in Missouri; because it is a
living example Of the quotation, GLOW
sharper than a serpent's tooth is a thank
less child"
Because its millions of taxable
wealth represent tire iaborious days
and weeks, months and years of Kansas.
Because after having built it Kansans
have no profit in the revenues paid by
Kansas City yearly for current state
taxes.
Because Kansas corporations rep
resenting millions of money have all
their deposits in Kansas City, Missouri,
and are no benefit to Kansas and evade
our tax laws, whereas if they transacted
business in Kansas it would directly
benefit the state and indirectly the peo-
pie of the state.
Because Kansans have for years been
the subject of the daily insult Of Kansas
City's press, and notwithstanding the
late explanation of the Kansas City
Times, claiming to be the defender of
Kansas, we specifically charge that when
Kansas City's press fagrantly and viii
fully invents some new lie to the detri-
ment of Kansas, its papers sell best at
home.
Because, through lack of manhood.
pluck and spirit on the part of the old
Kausan, the state of Kansas has been
tied hand and foot" to Kansas City,
Missouri, until large commercial "pir-
ate has grown up on our eastern bor-
der, and now "scorns the ladder by
which it reached its heighths." And
we, instead OF being fairly, honorably,
or even justly treated in our attempt to
build up Kansas; instead of deriving any
profit from this city builded by our
hands, we are suffering from unjust dis
examinations placed on our people in all
kinds of trade as buyers, sellers and
shippers.
Are these reasons not well grounded?
Kansas City may claim that its con-
duct on freight was defensive only. |
To this we state that freedom Is at least |
Northumberland, political, physical, |
religious and commercial. We have the |
first four, why should we not enjoy the |
the last? Speaking for myself alone, |
freely own that a contest with dwarfs is |
debasing. 1t reflects no honor on the /
victor and Is disgrace TO the vauquished. |
Hence, q contest against this "pauper |
leyiathan" on Missouri soil will. so far /
as the outside world knows, bring honor |
to Kansas. Kansas City is an undis- /
covered pauper. If Kansas can prove /
this fact it will be glory enough. Kan
sas City, No., is vast poor house, fed /
from Kansas bounty. 1t is dependent /
by its location, insolyent from habit, lazy |
from inclination and citizenship, and an |
migrate by reason of our long continued |
acQuiesence in its assumptions. Kansas |
City, Mos solicitude for Kansas we'll |
fare is but the soicitude of the pauper
for the continued prosperity Of the patron
that supports him.
OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
If Kansas City can prevent Kansas
from developing, so far Kansas has slept /
on its rights. then honor and glory be-
long to it by right. Even paupers and
treSpassers obtain rights under statutes
of limitation This claim Of Kansas.
now set up by some Of its people. as 10
the right OF Kansas 10 establish and |
maintain home commerce is well |
founded: