The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
THE GIANT OF KANSAS.
1t is in the Center of the Banner Hog District

! From the Albuquerque N. NJ Live Stock Grower.
! When man comes to write about Wich-
! tia his thoughts come faster than he can
| iot them down. The pencil bears down
hard, for Wichita is truly great place.
! We were there only about four hours and
| they told us there that we could see but
little of the city in that brief time. True
enough, but in the short stay enough was
viewed to furnish material to fill half a
dozen of the pages of this paper.
The New Mexico delegates were piloted
to the Carey hotel where a splendid dinner
was handled with good working appetites.
An escort of fine looking, bright business
men then took the wild westerners to the
big board of trade rooms. Here the visit
ors gazed in wonder at the products of the
country tributary to great Wichita, as evil
denced by the massive specimens of corn,
grain of all kind, big pumpkins and in
fact agricultural productions of every de
scription. But corn, corn and corn was
the star Of all Neat showcases and piles
of packages showed off Wchita's manu-
features to advantage. Crackers, canned
goods, hams and bacon were branded
Wichita" and all looked good.
The mayor of the city made nice bust
ness talk to our stockmen and was replied
to, on behalf of New Mexico, by Hon. O.
A Hadley. BY the substance of the re-
marks of these two gentlemen it was
shown what powerful combination could
be made by the New Mexico people and
those of Wichita. They have worlds of
cheap corn and the packing houses to
handle the cattle, and we have the cheap
cattle
After pleasant visit with the board of
trade the party descended 10 the street and
entered elegant carriages in which they
were driven through the city to the stock
yards. And model stock yards they proved
TO be- Everything was neat and clean,
although the business was there and the
capacity for more was evident. Wichita
has the location and the progressive citi-
zens 1t is the center of the banner corn
district. 1t may not be today nor tOmOr-
row. but the day is not far distant when
the Wichita stock yards will be damned
to their utmost capacity. This is not talk,
but an apparent fact.
Then the party took in a Wichita hog
killing and in Whittakers and Dold's big
packeries saw the fat porkers swing down
to death and ACKNOWLEDGMENT. \ thousand
hogs in a thousand seconds, or something
like that is the way they slid to their
doom. 1t may be of some comfort to these
hogs to know that they are killed, scraped
and handled by the very latest thing in
hog machinery. Everything in the pack
cry was new and bright and the expert
butchers stabbed, slew, sliced and hacked
with the precision Of army surgeons.
Time is up and our brief stay in the
giant of Kansas IS drawing to a close Re
entering the carriages we whirl past lovely
homes and elegant residences, through
fine streets shaded with magnificent trees.
past huge business blocks and noble
churches We are at the car again shak-
ing hands, parting with regret from our
new made friends of Wichita. We are off
and the unanimous verdict IS that Wich-
tia was the best OF all