The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-03
COMING TO KANSAS.


To the Editor OF the Eagle.
As a number of us are soon to become
residents Of your state, through the
solicitation of Mr.. Hale Cowley, for the
benefit of those who have not seen Kan
sas or met the gentlemen who repre-
. sent her interests, We wish to say
/ through your paper that through the
( earnestness and intelligence with which
/ they handle their business they have
commanded our respect and won our
confidence. At first we divided every
thing they said by the figure ,. but after
looking over the state and diligently in
vestigating each item in which we. as
farmers. are interested in making a
change that will involve the welfare of
our whole future, we have solemnly con-
cluded that their representations and re-
concentrations can beentirely reliedupOn
and multiplied. instead of divided by ,
Mr.. Cowley and Neson have the facts
back Of them for all they claim and we
shall do all we can to take every friend
of ours to Kansas and assist them in ex-
tending their work and acquaintance
through Michigan. They have found
friends and hospitality wherever we
have heard of them and we think that if
Kansas had 100 more men like them at
work there would be very little land for
sale in the localities they represent in
two years. Good Kansas land would
be scarce and much higher in value in
twelve months more. They are interest
ing our best people. Your state Is all
RIO la
Your seasons the finest. Your climate
the mildest. Your crops the largest and
surest. Your fruit the sweetest Your
schools and churches the most numerous
and in fact everything that man wants
YOU have and it takes less labor TO
produce it than here.
Your markets were a surprise to US:
your packing houses and cattle, hogs
and grain also surprised Us. The city of
Wichita. with her marvellous streets and
buildings and surrounding wealth, Just
made US feel sick 10 think we had not
found a home in Kansas long before.
But we are coming. and know we can
get our share of the good things we saw
there. We wondered at first WHY. if
YOU had such good thing you did not
keep it and not come 10 Michigan TO di-
vide it with US. Bnt when we got there
and found what providence had done for
that country, we realized that YOU had
the biggest good thing we ever saw and
could spare some of it TO your less fortu-
nate neighbors in Michigan. We en-
dorse Kansas and the gentlemen that
represent her.
Mr.. Cowley and Nelson are represent ,
ing things as they are. We saw nothing
that fell short of their claims Their
contracts with US have been carried out
10 the smallest particular and they VIII
take large numbers of people from Mich 1
lgan 10 Kansas To make their future
homes. We would say 70 any one. il I
viii pay YOU TO look up Kansas and get 4
your information from those who are 4
posted and not from those who know lit 4
tie or nothing about II. Go and see il 4
aad YOU W Il not be Disguised You can /
not imagine II any more than a blind .
man can imagine the beauty Of o rose. /
We recommend the state and the gentle 4
men representing her
G. W. Rathbun, Summerville. Mich: I
hram Collins. Cassapolis, Mich: Perry 4
Breeze, Daily. Mich. and 100 more.