Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-02
IMMIGRATION.
The Time to Act has Come.

10 me Editor o. the Eagle.
Yesterday the papers brought to us
the confirmation of our hopes. The
railroads have granted the ''Homseekers'
excursion rates" The dispatch is as
! follows:
CHICAGO, H., Feb. 2S-The general
| passenger agents of the western roads,
after a two days session, have agreed to
run series of so-called homeseekers' eX-
curslons TO the west, beginning in April
A rate of one far was decided upon. eX-
cept to points west of the Missouri river,
or west of ST. Paul or Minneapolis. The
! rate shah be the one way rate to the river
or TO the Twin cities plus 25 per cent,
which shall be the minimum rate to that
territory. The sale of tickets will be on
April 20. May 90, September and %. and
| October IA. These excursions will run TO
points in southwestern Missouri, Kansas
Indian territory and the northwest"
This means, of course, that the one
fare for the round trip has been granted
and the dates fixed There is not an
hour TO be lost if the people Of Kansas
want to secure land buyers, manufact-
urers, capital. and people for all good
enterprises. Now is the time for a grand
forward movement all along the line.
Last fall on my return from New York
[ came home through Canada over the
Grand Trunk railroad. When our train
reached London l found we were delay
ed for short time because the immense
volume of travel had Overcrowded the
capacity of the railroad. One of the So
called harvest excursions was moving
west. The train | was on was run in
five sections of five or SIX coaches to each
section. None Of the people on those eX-
cursions came to Kansas, because no ar
Engagements had been made to bring
them here. | mention these things to
show the possibilities that are opening
out before us.
People can be brought to Kansas by
thousands. Many of them will come to
invest money and to stay. The different
localities will secure these people just
about III proportion to the efforts they
put forth in advertising and sending
agents east to do the work. Let every
section and every county understand
this. The state organization of the I'm
migration bureau will not favor one 10
cality more than another. The Bureau
works for the state as whole. Work
for each locality must be done for itself.
As [ understand it the excursion tick
cts dic " Uc SOltl W liOlLl III btlc
state, so let each county see that many
tickets are bought for the railroads CEN
tiers in that county. We all work to-
gether so that each locality can have
chance to work itself.
Printed matter and men to scatter it
must be sent east at once. The railroads
will do all IN their power to help, and
will distribute advertising matter free.
This is all right and will help very much,
yet the community that depends on sim
ply sending printed MATES without
backing it up by personal solicitations
by agents will not getits share OF capital
or immigration.
Let US take John Wesley's motto-At
it. All at it. Always at. Get your
county in line at once. Send for infor-
nation to the secretary, Hale Cowley,
Wichita. Kan.
In order to get the advantages of these
rates it will be necessary to secure the
endorsement Of the state bureau.
j. u, II.