The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-23
GALVESTON DEEP WATER JUBILEE
Wichita and Galveston Fast Freight Line
Galveston Honors Wichita

returned Yesterday from the deep water
iubilee at Galveston and reports royal re-
ception by the citizens of that city The
Galveston people are anxious to form
closer business relations with Wichita to
the end in view of making this city their
distributing point for Kansas.
1t is in contemplation TO start a fast
freight line of cars between Galveston
and Wichita for the purpose Of more
quickly delivering the fruit, coffee, sugars.
etc, of the south into Wichita, for distrlbu-
ton in Kansas, and to return to Galveston
the products of Kansas, which concentrate
at this point-and in train loads.
The Galveston people are alive to the
Importance of this question and are anx-
ious to form a business alliance with
Wichita to accomplish this and other mat
tiers of interest to both cities.
The hospitality and courtesy shown to
the Wichita guests during the two
davs' iubilee was only exceeded by the
honors conferred at the banquet
by the selection of Mayor Clement of
Wichita. to respond to the toast: Gal
weston and the Great West; Their United
Interests" The Galveston Daily News
saws Mayor Clement was loudly and fire.
qIently applauded.
In response Mr.. Clement spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of Galveston.
From the published diction. the charte
and elegant language, the grand patriotic
sentiments and inspiring music OF this
| hour | hardly know whether l am IN
! Fanuel hall, Boston, or Harmony nall,
| Galveston Am / at the foot OF Bunker
Hill monument, or am gazing In wonder
upon monuments of commercial greatness
and grandeur. erected upon this island by
the invincible force and energy of the men
now seated at this royal banquet boaruE
! probably represent the youngest CITY
/ here tonight, and that city sends Its heart-
/ lest greeting to Galveston and extends IL
the hand of cordial congratulations.
| am here to assist in forging a cnaln
! that shall bind these two cities together In
bonds of the closest commercial relation
ship-a chain whose links shall be pure as
/ gold. strong as steel and lastiCg as time
! itself To show you that this young CRY,
/ 200 miles to the north, Is worthy or your
confidence, and that this relationship may
be made of mutual benefit, beg leave 10
| call your attention to few facts ooo
Kansas last year produced 3l,O0OOUO
| bushels of wheat 81 900 600 bushels OF oats
/ and 240. 600 900 bushels of corn. Draw the
| lines little closer and see what the gar
/ den spot of the world las done. ~ ne
| eleven counties Immediately about wien
! tia contributed to the food PRODUCTS OF the
world TO- 600 900 bushels of wheat 12,OOO, 90
bushels of oats and 53,000,000 bushels OF
corn What are our facilities for gather
| ing ND and TRANSPORTING this wonderful
amount of produce? Within a radius OF
100 miles of our city the great Santa re
has 1913 miles of track, the Missouri IA
cifc 1,O24 and the Rock Island ST. The
first two of these great companies are al,
I raa Iu WnATXPS
the last is speeding on its way
as rapidly as possible and ere long her
locomotives will be screaming at your
gates. Thus you see we can rapluly
gather and centralize the food products
for distribution; there Will be last lrelghC
lines established between this Queen CITY
of the gulf and the great central grain ana
meat city of the west.
From our elevators and packing honses
we will send you the products OF our lerCile
soil to load your great ships Tor the
markets of the world, and in return we
will take the commerce you have gathered
from all the ends of the earth and scatter
it through all the west.
intercourse is the soul of progress.
The world has grown smaller since 1t took
Capt. Cook three years to clrcumnaVISate
it: till now the brains and genius OF men
has enabled a young girl without escort TO
make the trip in seventy days. Let US
uEaW lDUO line VII c4DONS lOuN''f
and let these two cities together move
grandly forward in the wonderful march
of civilization. If Galveston had 1900
population she would not have popula-
ton commensurate with the business she
is doing today. The people OF Texas
are no longer southerners. They have
the education and refinement of the
first, the energy and push of the west and |
the cordial hospitality of the south. With |
these graces, and happily combined as
they are, what is it not possible for such a |
people to accomplish.
The gentleman at my right (Walter |
Gresham) landed in your city twenty-five |
years ago with but s. to his name. Today |
he is building palace fit for king. His |
business transactions run into the hun
dred's of thousand OF dollars. l am told /
that he has plenty of companions with /
like experience. "What man has done, |
man may do,' is an established maxim.
And now, in closing. permit me TO ex-
press my appreciation of the kindly cour-
tesy and the warm hospitality | have re-
ceived at the hands of your honored mayor |
and the people of Galveston. You have |
honored the city / represent, and this tes-
timony | shall bear to my people, While
congratulating you upon the elegance and I
grandeur of this banquet, presided over
with such elegant grace and dignity by the
gentleman at the head of the table, permit /
me to say that you have made
one mistake. and only one in all
this celebration. | am told that
all the appointments of this magnificent
banquet, all the arrangements and all OF
these beautiful floral decorations were de
signed and executed by the ladies of Calves
ton. | knew the were not the work OF man.
The mistake Is, that these ladies have not
been permitted to look down, ut least,
from these galleries and see how we poor
mortals appreciate and admire the work OF
their hands.
There was a banquet given last August
in the city of Boston by the Mayors club
of Massachusetts to the president of the
United States His cabinet and the
mayors of the leading cities of the country.
The gentlemen present here tonight who
were at that banquet are Mayor Gardner
of Cleveland Ohio, and myself / call
upon these gentlemen to bear witness with
me, that the appointments OF that banquet
in no way surpassed the appointments Of
this
This magnificent table with its magnif-
cent floral decorations, exquisite III their
designs, fragrant with the OdOr of tropical
plants and flowers, far suTpasses the tables
of the Boston banquet Mr. President and
Mr.. Mayor please bear the compliments OF
a Kansas man to the ladies OF Galveston
FOOT BALL
The long looked for game Of foot ball be-