Wichita eagle., 1890-03-11
CATTLEMEN.
THE NEW MEXICO CATTLE OONVEN.
TION TAKE IN WICHITA.
The Santa Fe's Great Cattle Mems
Special--Names of Gentlemen En-
route, and Some Thing Of
What Was Said About
Wichita

cattle mems tram, leaving Kansas City
yesterday morning at 9:30 The special
reached the city shortly after o'clock in
the evening, giving a lay oyer of six hours
in the city. quite time enough to see
| something Of Wichita and get some idea
OF the Importance Of the city. They were
met at the. Douglas avenue depot BY a
number Of the leading citizens, and soon
| afterwards were at the Carey hotel The
party consisted of thirty OF the leading
cattle men of the territory they represent
ed 1t was quite a business looking crowd
and the citizens were quite glad TO give
them every attention possible.
Among the leading delegates were S. N.
Folsom, president of the Albuquerque ns-
/ tlonal bank, a ranch owner and cattle
! grower; Governor HaGley, of Paio B!anco;
! w. II. Hubby aud j. E. Stout, of the
! Alamo Cattle company; w. II. Slaughter,
OF the American Cattle company, who has
1.-The finest ranch in the world,'' as some of
/ his friends said; r. NJ. Barbour w. s.
/ Lyons, H. w. Hardy. Nathan Hall, H.
! Pomezo, Wiley Ward. f. Nichols, s. S.
} Jackson, Lewis Lutz, G. L. Brooks, I. r.
Jones. manager Of the Pueblo stock yards,
and Mr.. J. G. a bright, of Albuquerque,
editor of the Albuquerque morning Demo-
crat, the only paper taking full associated
press in the territory
The party represented over two and a
half millions of cattle and the "cattle on a
thousand hills" clause would by no means
express it. Soon after dinner they were
escorted to the board of trade rooms and
spent a few minutes looking over the fine
exhibit OF Kansas products and city dis
play. They were all greatly pleased at the
showing and many were heard say that
Wichita had the finest board OF trade
rooms of any city of its size they had seen.
Mr.. Geo. H. Blackwelder raped for Or
der and presented Mayor Geo. w. Clement
who gave few words of welcome to the
visitors. In part he said:
Gentlemen. 1t is always pleasure for
our people to extend our cordial greetings
TO the stranger who may come within our
gates or to any body of gentlemen, who
may honor US with a visit for the purpose
Of inspection, pleasure or business. And
it is especially gratifying to welcome to
our city delegation of gentlemen repre-
senting an interest SO vast in Importance
and SO prominent in the commercial
affairs of our.country AS the great cattle
cattle men OF New Mexico IA most cordial
greeting, and trust that your visit to our
city, though brief, may result in
pleasure and a mutual benefit to both
parties. We trust we shall be
able to show you that it
will be to our mutual benefit
to enter into compact, each to do certain
things for the other
Tho men you see here today have been
working with united and determined
effort TO build up here great city, and as
all great cities have some one prominent
industry to lead them upward. so we have
been laying the foundations of an indus
try that will determine the character of
this city in the years to come. Wichita is
now and ever will be the great meat pack |
ing center and stock market of the great |
southwest and we fear no rival, for we
have the resources to build our assurances
upon. We are in the very center of the |
great corn belt of the country. Southern
Kansas has no rival in this product. The |
four counties of which this city is the |
commercial center are known as the big |
Four" being the four most productive |
connties i'll the great state of Kansas.
Kansas has the past year produced 2.6,- |
0O0000 bushels of corn. and Sedgwick |
county has grown 100000 bushels of that |
beef producing cereal. Are we not able to
fatten your cattle? Go on with your breed |
ing and producing, and we will take your |
cattle to fatten and prepare for the |
slaughter. Within the past two years the |
people of this city have contributed more /
than 100000 in cold cash to establish |
here two of the finest beef and hog pack
ing plants in the country. We will prove
this assertion to you by the visit we Will |
soon make to those plants. We know you
have a grand country for stock raising.
and we believe the rapid development your
territory is making in that and other in
dustres. will soon bring you into the
grand sisterhood of states. We sincerely
trust the acquaintance formed this day
Will be permanent and profitable to both
parties. With the hospitality character
istic of Kansas people, we welcome you to
our city.
Governor Hadley in response said he had
heard 50 much within the last two years
Of Wichita that he had great anxiety to
visit the city. He had in his short visit
already seen much more of city than he
had ever anticipated. A city SO young to
have such fine avenues fringed with trees
and business streets with palatial blocks
,n either side was something simply won
lerful and was quite sufficient cause for
50 much to be said about Wichita outside
If the state. On behalf of the delegation
ne wished to extend his sincere thanks for
he welcome greeting. And in doing so he
wished TO call attention TO the mutual in
erests OF Kansas and New Mexico. He
;aid his country could furnish the bone
md Kansas with its corn could
)ut on the finest meat TO be found in any
market. The union of interests between
he two should be conceded and every pos
ible effort made to increase trade rela-
ions. lie had always been great ad-
nirer of Kansas and had always referred
o it as one of the very best states in the
lnion.
As to Wichita il had the proper location
or great commercial center and the sec
md and only thing else necessary WAS the
nen TO make city. The reputation OF
Wichita business men abroad was such as
O cause him to believe the business men
ere were equal TO the task. Since seeing ,
he city he was sure of it and that Wichita
yould continue TO grow rapidly, he and
is friends were willing to concede.
He promised that before long they
would be back and bring with them cattle
nd return with some of Wichita money.
Jew Mexico and Kansas could successful !
V compete with the world in the cattle
BUSINESS. After again extending thanks ,,
o Wichita he closed amid enthusiastic
heerS. }
Carriages were in waiting to take the !
elegates to the packing houses. On +,