The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-21
WHY COME TO wICHITAP

a hundred thousand Is but Iractloh
of the number of people who have seen
Wichita within the last five years ana
who, captured by all of its many super
;or attractions as a city, have resolved
+bot whenever. through its development,
the opportunity should equal the chances
and expenses of re-establishlng them
calves anew. they would so surely cast
their fortunes with this phenomenal city
and its enlightened, progressive ana I'D
oro1 naonIe. A hundred thousand people
Of other towns and cities of Kansas. IN
comparing all the magnificent puplc
buildings of Wichita with the pubic
buildings of their localities, respectively
and in multiplying all the attractions OF
yUicbita's finer homes and beautifully
shaded avenues; in drawing comparl-
sons between the bright business ana
social life of this city and the want OF 1t
of other cities of Kansas; in remember
ing that Wichita has not only more ana
finer homes and incomparably more IN
wiling surroundings, but that the enter
prise of her people has already provided
all of the modern convenienceS ana all
of the appliances for the health and
comfort of a metropolis; that here are
the grandest institutions and finest
school buildings, public, private and
denominational, to be found in the state;
with the greatest number Oh
churches and the most attractive
social life, are equally resolved
with the thousands of other states al
luded to to make Wichita their future
home, should opportunity ever make
such desirable move possible. Nine
out of ten of all those who were ever
identified with the life or fortune Of the
town, in the past, in any way, but who
bv pressing interests of various kinds
have been called to other fields, are
looking forward to the time when re-
newed life and certain expansion Will
warrant their return to Wichita. So far
as can be ascertained no one ever lived
for a single month in Wichita that does
not desire to again return to her charmed
precincts to abide permanently. There
is a something, or a combination of
many things, in the delightful location
of the city, in its satisfying life, in the
engaging way of its liberal and refined
people, in their health, happiness and
hopefulness; in the broad-out makeup of
the town itself, and its location across,
over and about its two rivers; in its pure
waters with light sunshine ever above
and cool shades beneath: in short, IN Its
great and marked differences as COM
pared to the average towns and cities of
the prairie state, that to know the place
is to desire it.
But the people must come to Wichita,
for Wichita cannot go to the people, IN
another sense, and for another reason:
There are a great number of business
men and manufacturers in the larger
towns and cities of Kansas who have
either outgrown their surroundings, or
who having made the mistake of locat-
ing at towns which failed to become
centers of trade, except in circum-
scribed local way, now find that
they must curb their ambitions
and content themselves with small
things or otherwise do business where
business is done. For such men, for the
larger banker, for the more important
retailer, for the wholesaler, jobber and
manufacturer, Wichita of all the cities
in Kansas offers the opportunities of a
center with great and expanding field.
The Kansas banker, merchant and man.
ufacturer can more successfully fill such
a field and more certainly reap the
profits afforded by the opportunities
presented by Wichita as a center OF
trade than can such other merchants
and manufacturers as are unacquainted
with the people of the state and theil
ways. The leading merchants and
manufacturers of Kansas City today
are those who went from surround
ing towns in Kansas. These
men knew their business anC
understood the ms and outs of theil
trade, but Kansas City held the op
portunities and commanded the &C
cessibilities necessary to the expansion
desired by these merchants and manu-
facturerS who in embracing found sue
cess. SO with Wichita's prestige a:
the largest and most powerful city il
south Kansas, having the greatest bank
ing capital. the most numerous freigh
facilities, being the greatest market
those who would reach her large fl elC
and extend their trade not over soutl
Kansas only but into Oklahoma and int,
the Pan Handle of Texas, must come t,
Wichita or go down before Wichita
competition in the lines and in the field
named.
Never before in the history of the cit,
were the openings so numerous, the op,
portunities so suspicious and inviting
for every character of business pertain
inc 10 q frada rapta- &c now All Of RI,
great railway systems are now, and 70
the first time, in accord with the con