Wichita eagle., 1889-06-23
MISSOURI FOR MISSOURlANS AND
KANSAS FOR KANSANS."

but if old Cato was here and a Kansan
l have no doubt that he would approx
the above heading.
Not long since met Missourian, an,
by the way, he said he was not Mis-
sourian, but New Yorker residing il
Missouri. This apology at once softene'
me. When man is ashamed to b
called by the state of his adoption he i
either mean man, or thinks he lives il
mean state.
Kansans are proud of Kansas, the,
register ''frankness," and IN hotels, OIL
railroads and everywhere else the Kansal
is singing the glories Of Kansas.
Kansans never register from "MIs
souri," though residents Of Gall Cit,
have been known to register from K. c..
Kansas.
This is proof of cowardice, if of moth
ing else.
The aforesaid Missourian from New
York, being in controversial mood, we
at once set to work to abuse each others
state of residence, and publish all we
knew or could invent which might tenC
to reflect on the respective states.
He said Missouri was a great state
good soil, fine coal, timber, stone, min
eral of every kind. and that Kansas was
bereft of all these things, but some coal
and soil, and stone in little spots, and
eventually Missouri would surpass Kan
saS.
Naturally said, ''To what do you at
tribute the neglect on the part of Mis-
souri, to develop all these resources, which
it is granted Missouri POSSESSES" His
answer was, "Her people are behind the
| q oa oyooyf IN, Kopcoo C;tvo
To the question as to how many resi-
dents of Kansas City are Missourians by
birth, he said, Very few, and the ma
jority would like to be annexed to Kan
sas," and as a reason he stated, "That
town, and that the future of Kansas
of Kansas, and that he was extremely
sorry that SO many people in Kansas
were prejudiced against Kansas City as
Kansas was 50 situate that no city could
rival Kansas City in Kansas trade
To the query, what effect would the
building Of through lines of railroad
from Omaha to Topeka, on to Wichita
and from thence south and southwest
have ON Kansas City trade? he said: eff
might hurt Kansas City, but as it is not
possible the matter is unworthy of
notice, no one seriously contemplates
such step, and if it was contemplated
Kansas City would throttle the project. "
Query. If Kansas City can throttle this
why did it not prevent the Santa Fe's
going to Chicago? Why permit the Rock
Island to build 800 miles in Kansas?
Why not to build the Frisco to Kansas
City? and why consume three months
time in raising 100000 to get the Mis-
souri, Pacific to put in the 'Paola cut Off
why was it that Kansas City did not get
the Burton car works at Wichita? why
was Dold & Son permitted to build
their packing house at Wich-
tia, and thereby stop hogs
from going to Kansas City,
which otherwise would have SO gone.
To this he said, ''All these things in re-
atty did not hurt K. c."
As we rode along the question of the
packing interests of Kansas City came
up and the growth from $4,000 hogs the
first year to 1900, 900 the last year, was
discussed, and the question as to what
portion of the hogs were raised IN Mis-
souri, that went to Kansas City. His es-
innate was 100000 from Missouri, 400, 900
from Nebraska and ! ,200,0 900 from Kan
sas. AS we separated his last shot was
''that the Kansas railroad commissioners
would modify the freight rate order at
the rehearing in June and Wichita
would see the futility of trying to be a
CITY,"
However, in the beginning he wanted
to know ''why Kansans. or at least some
of them, hated Kansas City and Mis-
soul? What reason, if any, existed for
it," To this l said: Speaking for one
Kansan only, and not for the state, that
my prejudice was founded on the fable
of the husbandman who carried frozen
viper in his house and after it was
warmed to life he either had to kill
it or be killed by it on account
of its vigorous instincts.
That as a kansan | wanted to see my
state free from Kansas City interference
in our politics, railroad traffic, banking
facilities, jobbing trade and packing in
terests.
That in my Judgment state that had
built city of such dimensions on for
eign soil in infancy, was capable of at
taining grander results in youth and
middle age on its own soil and that l
hoped in the next ten years to see every
railroad in Kansas City having its ter
minal point east, west, north and south
of Kansas City and Kansas City as a
breakfast and supper station only for
through passengers also.
That | hoped to see through lines of
railroads from Nebraska and Omaha en-
aiding Kansans to pass Kansas City on
the northwest with traffic and a through
line southeast by banana route" and
line direct to st. Louis in addition to
the the Frisco" to the. end that Kan
sans should not be forced to 60 to Kan
sas City for anything but beer and
whisky"
That as ''beer depot I supposed
Kansas City would be enabled to hold its
trade by reason of the fact that Kansas
would never repeal the liquor law. and
whilst all the other western
states might have prohibition
in time, yet had faith enough in the
''cussednesS" of a people who were
vicious without being degenerate, to
hold on to ''beer" and demonstrate their
capabilities TO act the part Of the serpent
in the garden of Eden (west of the Mis-
sissippi river to the satisfaction of the
most exacting of devils.
Also. l much desired that the bankers
of Kansas might make their clearings
through Omaha on certain classes of
business and have place in Kansas to
clear other items, and withdraw all de-
posts from Kansas City and not sell ex-
change on Kansas City at all-except
'remittances for beer.
Also that the next legislature would
enact a law that all Kansas corporations
doing business at Kansas City should
keep their deposits in Kansas and force