The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-06
OPINIONS
OF Representative Business Men upon Several
Pertinent and Important Questions.

Henry SChweiter-"Cattle feeding in
| Kansas, properly conducted, is very profit
able. Last year 1 bought 800 head OF cat
tie. raised about COCO bushels OF corn
and bought the balance. l sold part OF
the cattle about month ago and the bal
| ance last week, and calculate that l cleared
| 5000, thus making 70 per cent on my in
vestment IN six months l can raise corn
at an actual expense of not over cents a
| bushel and with as much certainty of a
good crop as any country in the world and
| at less cost. When this country feeds
| more corn and ships less this country VIII
be more prosp erous."
John Kelly-'I have always observed
that cool April and May was the fore
runner of good crop year in this locality
| and am confident that 1890 viii be q pros
porous one for Kansas farmers. Such
weather as we have had for the past month
could not have been more favorable for
wheat and, if am not very much mis-
| taken, we viii have very fine quality of
wheat. While the stand IS not as heavy as
in some other years, the plump berry viii
increase the yield q good deal and offset
the light stand 10 a great extent and Will
bring the top of the'market.
George /. Rouse, president of the board
OF trade-''The most preposterous thinR
that can think of at this time is that so
much Of our corn is being shipped to and
through Illinois. 1t is like carrying Goals
to New castle and the sooner we look for
some other market the sooner viii we do
the wise thing. am crank on the ele-
vatOr question. and the more | look into
the matter the more thoroughly am | con-
WINGED that the crying need OF the hour Is
well constructed grain market and am
pie elevator capacity. Ny observation has
been that when a good live stock and grain
market is established other commercial
Interests follow, and you could not stop
them if you wanted to. We have the grain
at our door, why not handle it in a bust
ness way. We have demonstrated what
we could do in live stock, and. by the way,
what point in this country has ever made
as great a showing in so short a time as
has Wichita's stock yards and packing
houses? understand that last week we
stood number eleven as a packing point,
and predict that we viii cut that down a
good many points before the end OF this
year"
l.. D. Skinner-The board of trade of
Wichita in my opinion deserves much
more credit than the casual observer gives
it. have never seen body of men more
harmonious in their actions; men III the
same line of business striving to Guido
each other, bankers scheming to extend
their business even at the expense of their
competitors come up to the board meetings
and take hold of anything that IS to be
done, work on committees with each other
as tremendously as brothers. Several
prominent business men of eastern cities
have said to M that no one thing con
tributed so much to their faith in Wich-
TIA as the fact that she had such energetic,
enterprising people, and that they all
pulled together. | sometimes wondered
what we would have done without some
such organization as the board of trade TO
look after public enterprises, but / can
hardly realize a Wichita without her
board Of trade. | do not believe there is
such an organization It's ours in any town
in the country. The amount of detail
work done is enough to keep the secretary
and two assistants bUsy-often making fif-
teen hours a day-a regular cOrrespon-
dence is kept up with parties in all sec
tons Of the country and the secretary in
forms me that he has in some instances
correspOnded for a year with some parties
before he could get them to the point Of
deciding to come here, but anyone desir-
ious OF coming to Wichita wanting in
formation is sure to get it by correspond
ing with the secretary.
II. L. PieTce-The most surprising thing
to me is the lack OF elevator facilities that
exists in Wichita. There is no point in
the state where so many cars of loaded
grain is found standing upon the side
tracks, and | should think that in self
defense the railroads would take hold of
the matter and build elevators During
the past six months there has been a car
famine in this vicinity, growing out of the
fact largely that the railroads have had to
furnish storage IN cars that should have
been supplied by elevators. think this /
matter should be agitated until relief is /
had This condition of things shows a
natural concentration Of the grain bust /
ness, and further Wichita has always been /.
recognized as a purchasing and distribut- /
ing point, which has brought here more .
buyers than at any other point in the state. .
+. c. Rutau-Fire insurance Is a business I
that has been very much neglected not /
only in Wichita but in the state Of Kansas.
Iowa has not less than six local companies
all prospecting and making money, ali /
having started in business with a limited
capital and a number Of them now show I
.ng capital Of not less than $4,000
It seems to me that a company in Wich-
tia conducted with, good business iudg- /
ment would be q success from the start
Certainly we send more moneyout in pre-
niumS than the companies pay out in
losses and the insurance that could he
placed on farm buildings would be an i'm
nense and a safe and profitable business.
am surprised that some Of our business
men have not taken hold Of this matter
Frank Wllliams-If the people OF the
,ity viii only pursue their present course
II advertising, I feel that Wichita and
5edgwick county viii soon become thor
}ughly known throughout this country .
The board Of trade. the real estate ex-
.hanze and the SedEwick county imigra-
ion bureau have each put out within the
hree months hundreds Of thousands Of
folders and papers, and while
nay be an enthusiast On advertising /
Know we viii reap a rich harvest from II.
While on a visit east short time ago I
net a great many people who said that
hey were hearing nothing but good re-
,orts Of Wichita aud southern Kansas and
nat they proposed 10 come out and see for
themselves as soon a. they could and time.
4 hat some Of our people fal 10 under
rand Is that all other new states are sys-
ematiCally advertising and when We fa.l
o keep our advantages constantly before
he people we fail IN our simple duty
CARD OF THANKS
The members Of the class Of % Of Lewis