The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-05
MAKE THE DISPLAY.

To the Editor OF the EAGLE.
Your article in Sundays EAGLE suggest
ing a grand display of the products o.
Sedgwick county ought to interest every
| farmer, business man and property owner
in this county No better year could bt
desired to make an exhibition of our farm
products than the present one.
As to the benefits to be derived there
from, every sane man must know that
advertisement pays in any legitimate en-
terprise, and a general display of the grain
fruits, vegetables and grasses of this
county would be the most convincing
argument in favor of Wichita and Sedg
wick county that could be made. Every
| few days some eastern paper offers the in
| forms ton to the world that Kansas crops
are failure and Wichita a myth. Why
not make a practical denial of these
erroneous statements by displaying in the
Board of Trade rooms of this city, all the
various products of every township IN
! Sedgwick county,
There is not the least doubt in the mind
| Of the writer but what within a radius of
| one hundred miles of Wichita today is to
| be seen the most remarkable scene of agri-
cultural prosperity ever witnessed in this
or any other country. No grains hor
! grasses are more perfect than ours. No
vegetables are to be found that surpass
those of this valley. No orchards are
bending, groaning and breaking with a
greater variety of fruits than ours; no.
| where have they attained to a greater
| state of perfection than here. a visit to
the orchards and gardens of such men as
| blood, Benson, Balch, Dean, Young, Shu-
man, Tucker, McCracken, and hundreds
| of others must convince any one that
truly this is a land flowing with milk
and honey"
The farmers and gardeners of this
| county will lend their aid in making dis
play of these products that will surprise
the most enthusiastic adnirer of Sedg-
wick county and the Arkansas valley
Never was there more oppOr-
tune time In our county are to be found
an abundance of products, unsurpassed
in quality, no where can better ability be
found, for planning and arranging such a
display in this city and county. Why not
commence such a display now and make
the board of trade room of this city the
very center of attraction for our own peo-
pie as we'll as magnet that will surely
draw every stranger that comes within
reasonable reach of this city. The
worlds fair will soon be here, samples of
Pets pums PeaFs apples r"p esc oa aPF
to be preserved for a permanent exhibition
in our city and be ready for 1892. The
writer has within the last ten days spoken
to twenty or thirty farmers and fruit
growers concerning this matter and every
one seemed to realize the Importance Of
such move. This would in no way
detract from our fair, but on the other
hand, if acted on Immediately, would only
assist in awakening an interest in the fair.
Hundreds of wagon loads of the choicest
apples are now being shipped from this
city. Let us celebrate the beginning
of the maturity of our orchards by
an exhibition of fruits, grasses grains and
vegetables, such as never before has been
seen between the Mississippi river and the
Rocky Mountains. What does the press
of this city say? Shall we let this oppor-
tunity pass or catch it on the wing? A
complete organization of every ward in
the city, and every township in the county,
enthused by the entire press of this city,
would soon result in ''Sedgwick County
Farmers Exhibit" that would work
wonders for the Arkansas valley.
A. II. REED.