Wichita eagle., 1890-01-15
FOR NATIONAL PROHIBITION.
SYLVIA, Kan, Jan. II, 1890

SYLVIA, Kan, Jan. IL, 1890.
| To the Editor of the Eagle.
We are experiencing the worst biz
zard of the secson. About two inches
of snow fell last night and this morning
it is mostly flying in the air. But it is
not extremely cold, the thermometer
registering only few degrees below
freezing. The night of the 10th inst. a
very heavy rainfall was experienced that
put the ground in condition to yield a
bountiful wheat crop.
| We of Sylvia would like to be in po-
sition Cat least some of US woul0 to as
sIst in the EAGLES immigration scheme
and thereby reap some or the benefits of
it, but unfortunately for us we are only
the ''sand hills and of no account on
earth except to bond and tax for the
benefit of our county seat; but in spite
of all drawbacks and black
| eyes we have got in the
past our land has produced an
abundant crop for the last fourteen years
and has its first failure to record since
the county was settled.
Corn is coming forward rapidly and
we do not think there Is station in the
state, without wider territory, that can
Guido US in number of bushels of grain
handled in the season of 1890.
Our little city is made up of business
men of push and enterprise. Kahill &
Hawley report good trade in live stock.
Murray Bros. & Co. seem to have all the
business they can handle in their present
quarters, while l. S. Hawley and his
corps of clerks are kept busy waiting on
his customers. Our bank, under the
management of A. n. Bantz. is as solid
as any institution of its kind in the state,
being backed by unlimited capital. Our
grain market is represented by two of
the strongest firms doing business in the
state, the Fair & Shaak company
and the Kansas Grain e Live Stock
company, insuring the farmers the high
est market possible for grain.
Apropos of the resubmission question,
we are having little experience that we
have no doubt is the same throughout the
state. Within the last six months the
person known as the Tramp" has ceased
to exist, but in his place is what is
known as the bootlegger. In fact, the
old style tramp is no more. He has
found that on capital of $1.25 he can
city to city, from village to village sell
ing his viilalnous compound Chat no
truthful man would or could swear was
whisky to farmers sons and small boys
of our cities and villages, and it is next
to impossible if an effort is made to con-
vict him, for he is here today and some
where else tomorrow, and right here
is another thing that plays right
into his hand and works as protection
10 his business. Officers making the ar
rests get their fees only if the party is
convicted. We had a case of the kind
only short time since, where our con-
stable spent s. or IS getting his man
and while there was but little doubt of
his guilt it was not proven. What is the
consequence? The officer in trying to do
his duty lost his money, besides his time
and he's as good an officer as there is in
state. But he said 10 me ''they can go
to h with their warrants: | am not
going to spend my families bread that
way and have them so hungry" Who
can blame him: No, give Us some pro-
lection from the unprincipled bum and
every intelligent man in the state knows
that every professional tramp has be-
come boot-legger. and not only that put |
that but they have advertised the bust |
ness sufficiently so that buns and tramps
are Hooking to our fair state
by the hundreds, and suppose one is con-
vlcted II Is only from thirty 10 ninety
days In the county Jail at an expense OF
from $40 10 s 80 to the tax payers OF the |
county, and the end is not yet If men |
without crankiSm in their makeup don't |
rouse themselves sufficient 10 control |
this thing IN some way, Tor every candid |
man must admit that through the state |
the tramp bootlegger has trebbled and |
quadrupled IN the last year.
''Oh for the flow OF Busby or Of Fitz,
The latter's loyalty, the formers wits:
To energize the theme that | pursue,
And give 10 Murray and his d. law its |
due"
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