The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-18
POSSIBLE IAulGRATIoN.


because copy is short and are burdenso"e'
bothersome, blatant bores. the commun-
ity in which they reside, as rule, iooAs
at the heading of a contribution, lnen at
the signature, and passes II oy as uh-
worthy of FIVE minutes time 1he WIilei
| hereof was born human sensitive plant
and has wept bucketsfui over unkino. III
hammered and sarcastic filings at the crea
| ton of his brain and the lnnumerao1s
| mangled plagarisms which have appeared
| in public print over the many nomos
ulumes he has for more than twenty years
affected. Yet, notwithstand these cruel,
earning. critical criticisms, he once more
| rushes to print, demands space ana aeHes
| the general allround newspaper censor
| who lies in wait to nlangle the IDEAS ana
supposed ideas of the writer, VINO wants
the public to know that he furnishes
copy. -
ing positively correct about any Iact, oos
| believes that his statements ara as he.l
correct as 80 per cent or the stun, ND.
ter. screed, that from year to year appears
in the newspapers and magazines. 1lEe
alembic, distills and proves TO be worth
less the reasonings OF statesmen, phiioso-
pliers. thinkers, phllanthropists- AS tne
sun rises in the morning aud sets IN Tue
evening, profound things become orieu.
trash issues forth and becomes maxim
nv which !. men guide their conduct
Hence, what we call wisdom or fact may
oniv be the speculations OF worry
dreamer. clothed n sophisticai rsasonlng,
vet dramatically constructed 1has
! which we condemn as mere trash may
contain grain, if wlnnowed we bes
| hearing, and time WIZ pfofe ooA "''-
| or lack of sense.
The writer hereof, as an humble private,
neither asking expecting, or receiving
auy place position, or direct, OF iauiiees
emolument performed what he deemed
his duty in the organization OF the hansAs
Immigration Bureau, something over one
wear ago. and the scheme was launcneu
yer for some reason grounded on sand
bar. and the beneficial effects. II any, are
, meager. vet there are benefits, anu &c
| those who have studied this question anu
. kept itin mind these Dement'S are Know
; quantities
; The writer believed then, believes now,
. that enumeration is superinduced by two
: causes; viz, advertising, regardless OF cost,
broadcast in the fields to be worked, until
, ! as falling snow it penetrates nolseiessis
. | and sinks with easy art into the mind ane
, heart of the reader. Brass band advertise
, | ments strike a reader hard, benumo hl'
senses; soon 1t tires, weafles anu w,
bur simple truths-plainly put-and con
, tipued in new dress and pleasing chang'
= | of thought vet germane 20 the purpose
= ar last prove to be golden apples IN slive
> dishes. This class of advertisement IS
, costly, arm-aching brain wearing unoes
!. taking, and yet il is the only adfeFtisln.
! worthy of community, county or state
When a community can not afford 10 g
4 it's entire length on this character OF al
yertisement, then plain statement OF II
% sources and pertinent facts IN the nanos .
! individual immigration agents, VINO sna
r infest the fields we desire TO conquer Is Tn
r. next best and most practical thing TO 90.
N This system has the spur or prlvat
10 | cain and the advantage of personal az
!, 0uaintance in the section OF coqntry 10 D
worked One farmer captured-orouSn
Kansasward and located-adds strengt
to the agent, gives him letter OF creul
and brings others. The community deri7
both direct and indirect Dement'S from -
,e labor of the self-appointed lmmlgratio
% aoent. the agent If he does an homes
s9uaretoed business. gains IN purse an
Z, infiuence: if corrupt or base he loses n
III reputation and damages Kansas.
e Wichita, as commercial cspltal OIL u
z, southwest owes it to itself IN these tlua'
10 Of general stagnation and depression
,a uree men. who have personal power. hie
:. character and influence to go at TINS IL
IL noioration business in earnest and clotht
n in truth. The truth as to our resources
at sufficient: falsehood but defeats the end
he which we aim.
L. The Sedgwick county page in the INN
nj | grafton book record and other facts stat'
- | will be a good basis to work on. Inc
VI statement of truth. like glass Prise
rs turned round and round reflects ne
nd light and colors more beautiful The la
nd o2a way pleases one man,
F. other way strikes the fancy OF a
r. other. IL half dozen M
IL with some purpose in view go TO COZ
| y-h
x, change of home will be caught by one
rs. them. or by q neighbor who comes, locat
k, and returns or writes back.
f. Mr. Hale Cowley and Mr.. Nelson a
doing good work. They have sold o.
acres of land TO Michigan people, VINO
forced by Wichita men who have the
.o of telling the truth as to our condition a.
| resources in such way as to please
'P' peoDle TO whom they talk. Late INFORM
to ton is to the effect that the farmers
his Ohio are making no money because INT
lp- land is incapable OF competing WIFE
an lands as TO results, considering lts III
"a nrice. and that the Farmers Alliance
1o0 growing there by the thousands ana tn
vas Ohio farmers are more deeply IN deot
ote nroportion than Kansas farmers.
re- The Ohio farm debt Is the result OF
the cades of running behind IN farming i
,sa Kansas farm debt, or the Sedgwick cour
aes shirt of speculation, at least tins Is
'lly case with fifty farmers with wh:
lar the writer has conyersed. we
bly, Ueve we state the truth WI
her we state that in Sedgwlck couf
that the era of unexampled prosper
gave rise to an era of unrivaled credit:
which all awaited themselves, aud result
d, in financial prostration without para
'iaT ard nolitjcs that beggars description.
sic, Sedgwick county could b released fr
and the individual debts which came into
en- isfeuce during the late boom when
Re- hang around our necks as a mliisto0e,
1yolfld he az once the hApplsst, pToud'
en- most independent cluster Of people &
uaI the sun in its orbit shines Cd The c
red cal snent of truth, hiding OF our real G
hat ditiou and denial Of the cause that
ter duced our general distress Is damaging
as abroad: whereas recital OF the tFl
xts,erueDt OF the causes that pred a
GRAIN effects. will demonstrate, net
70 our own people, but 10 world I
frs. Iooks Kansasward and hesitafes, that
. at sra The pranary of the west and that u
Sed est toll. ecoBomy and fT0gaiity VIA %
ant | a large, IL not greater return TRAN
-. other agricultural spot 10 TIE m
States. and that our distress 5 peo'
lrs- raid for the violation Of rational oasii
methods and indulgence IA business n
When p man ge,s drunk and stays or
be usually has TIE heaaAciae-
Notwithstanding the want OF s.
law the iniauities CT a tsrIa. that
never thought Of darsnZ the boom,
4 o. nrobibitory law, lavish expenditure
God, money in county and city affairs, the T
4 IL roDoli-an police and the incubus o.,
the iste legislature, and the blight q
AZ shadow before 1t convened; We INSIST
De me feai - -s,r,srs rc,,r.v eIrT,r
lays 80, ii eIssst~ Participated. a5d
Deen c5ad that imitation was prosperity