Wichita eagle., 1889-07-11
MISSOURI FOR MISSOURIANS AND
KANSAS FOR kANSANS.
70 the Editor OF the Eagle.
KANSAS PARALLELS.

KANSAS PARALLELS.
Which of you having field abandon
eth it to the tares and thistles, and 90
forth to labor from the morning until
the evening is come for him even that is
thy neighbor, without recompense?
! Ii. Yet verify, verify say unto you
that are sojourners in the land called
Kansas, that this thing hast thou done
for thine enemy until great, yea, an
ungodly city has grown up on thy Dor
der and threateneth thy peace, prosper
ity and independence.
All freight, including ''beer" ship
ments, to be broken at Kansas City, Mo.
"How are the mighty fallen in the
midst of the battle"
! The ''Alton railroad" a local line
'twixt the northern lakes and the clay
coored hills Of the Sni, has undertaken
to direct the railroad freight at Kansas
City, Mo-, and the Santa Fe and Rock
Island are now actually threatened with
stoppage of ''beer shi pments west"
The local ALTON" viii be more local.
Kansas City, Mo-, is getting "rabid.'
Kansans, the clouds are parting. The
western horizon can now be discerned
from Chicago. The "clay hills" no
longer obscure it.
The enemy hath been delivered into
our hands. Praise We the Lord"
How long halt We between two opin-
ions?'-1 Kings XVIII. 81.
kansans, there are two courses open to
you, one leads you to "wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice," the other to de-
pendence and a state of inferiority; one
leads to distinction, to strength and
power. the other to weakness and leth-
argy and deprives you of respect at
home and credit abroad; one places you
as the central figure not only of the west
but of the United States, the other re-
duces you to mediocrity.
Take Kansas substantial growth in
the ten years last past, and convince
yourself that the equal exertion for the
next ten will not surpass it. The indi-
vidual effort of our citizens united can
not but make us the example for the
rest of the states. That an old state or
man may retire from business may not
be out of the way, but for
youth. or state all gristle-
to be satisfied and quit active business is
humiliation if not disgrace. and vet a
study of the methods and charatt ristics
of some of our Kansas towns looks as
though they had commenced to decay
before they blOSSomed.
As a matter of dollars we cannot
afford this, as a matter of pride we
should avoid this; if for no other reason
than to be consistent we should be ever
advancing. If no reason can be given
save the pure desire to vanquish rivals,
at home and abroad, we ought to work.
still work, forever work"
As a family whose personal wishes
l.. lsr
are unity when one member "has
tiff with stranger, we should build
the home, sustain one another, and
pound the common enemy with a COM
mon state cudgel; all for the glory of
Kansas and the general prosperity of
our citizens.
"DRY RoTIsM"
The lawyer and the preacher, the doc
tor and the teacher. who gets the disease |
of dry rotism" loses his influence and
power, vacates his office, gets kicked |
out his pulpit, loses his position, degen- |
crates into traveller for a book con- |
cern." peddles fruit trees, lightning rods, !
and all because satisfied with existence; |
he becomes a piece of aimless driftwood, |
is carried by the currents, and at last is |
tossed on the shore and becomes drift |
wood forever.
This is true of every vocation and it Is |
true of towns, cities and states. The |
"black sheep In each family reflects on |
the family, and the black sheep" busi- |
ness man, town or city brings discredit |
on the entire state. We al know these |
are truths, common, every day truths.
If mob hangs a thief it is 1.-THE town |
of a hung a man" If town is cursed |
with a minority of men who have |
amassed wealth by accident and |
from knowledge IN their own |