The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-17
APPOINTED A KANSAS MAN.

Major Ross Guf1in, surveyor of the port
of Kansas City, has appointed Kansas
man, Henry A. Williams, of White CITY.
his deputy. When Major Guffin received
the appointment ofsurveyor of customs he
was allowed but three deputies. The bust
ness Of the Office has been growing 50 rap
idly that the present force was unable to
discharge the duties. Kansas has no port
of entry and all the imports of the state
must come through the port in Kansas
City. The volume of business is done in
Kansas. Major Guflin in selecting his
three deputies appointed two from Mis-
souri, and one from Kansas When he was
notified few days since that his force
might be increased a Kansas man was i'm
mediately selected.-Topeka Democrat.
The Importance, aye, the necessity of
having port of entry established in
! Kansas at some accessible and conven-
lent point has often been referred to in
these columns and pressed upon the at
tentlon of the authorities in control of
that department of the public service.
but so far nothing has been done and no
step taken in that direction. The cir
cumstance recited in the paragraph
quoted above of itself renews the pro
position and shows not only the necessity
for the establishment OF such port in
this state, but the reasonableness and
business of our claim for it. Kansas
City is not the only port of
entry for Missouri. that point do /
ing but comparatively small /
proportion of the business done through /
the custom house for that state, which /
fact is further proof that Kansas should |
be afforded such a convenience and /
facility for the transaction of her home
business within her own borders. upon
her own soil and by her own people. and .
not be forced to 90 into a foreign coun-
try and depend upon others to do the
business as it ought to be done
here. The selection of Kansas
men as assistants in the work of this sta
ton in another state is something of a
concession, it is true. but it is a stronger
in favor of our claim as already
set forth.
As to the point that should be selected
at which to establish port of entry for
Kansas there may be a difference of
opinion, at least to the extent of
three or four localities, but all that
may be said in favor of either of the
other places applies with greater force
to Wichita, while this city possesses ex-
the only really strong points of
reason. First, its commanding and uni
versally recognized superiority as a COM
mercial metropolis by reason of the vol
Ime of business done here. Second. its
mequaled railroad facilities. placing the I
,ity IN immediate connection with every |
portion OF the state. And third and l
above all Wichita's location and railroad I
ines makes it the first point reached in 5
he state from either the Gulf or the
Pacific coast that has all the facilities for |
accommodating the business required of :
port of entry i
Other points OF vantage possessed bv c
Wichita for this important commercial a
Enterprise might be given and those b
tated could be enlarged upon. but the II
oregoing is quite enough 10 bring the :
natter clearly 10 mind and the Others a,
ill naturally suggest themselves, and Il