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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
a TALK ABOUT wICaITA's FIGHT
FORT SCOTT. Aug. 3, 1893.

-QltOf monitor.
DEAR SIR-In your issue of this morn
| ing you took occasion to slap In the face
the windy wonder" rs you are pleased TO
| call 1t. because she is seeking her rights in
freight rates. 1t was proven beyond doubt
that she was being Disseminated against
by railroads in freight rates. And yet We
have men. and newspapers, too, living Gu
Kansas soil, supported by kausaDs, berat-
Ing her for her enterprise in demanding
her rights. Does the Monitor call this
standing up for Kansas" l am not sur
prlsed that the town at the mouth OF the
kaw should be jealous of Wichita, but
that kansans should so forget her state
pride as to ridicule one of her own best
towns, is beyond my comprehension. Yon
Will never build up your own town by per-
scouting another l have been reading
the EAGLE for years and l never read II
syllable from that paper that was disgrace
full or disrespectful of Fort Scott or her
interests. Ii Kansas towns would stand
by each other they would come to the
front. But, vice versa. On when Will the
people of Kansas cease to want to pay
tribute to Kansas City in everythlngs
People who want to down Wichita want
TO down Kansas, aud the man that sees it
will be a Very old man. Yours. &C.,
ID. c. BANTA.
We think our correspondent must be
mistaken in some way. We looked in
vain to find in the Monitor an article of
the kind he describes. We are not
aware that we have slapped the windy
wonder" In the face. Ii the OHense lies
in using the term he is respectfully In
formed that it is not considered disre-
spectful at Wichita to speak of it as the
windy wonder" They rather like the
designation. We have been writing up
Kansas and her towns for over thirty
years, and have said many good things
for Wichita, none, however that she did
not deserve. Our friend cannot admire
the ''windy wonder" and its enterprise
and pluck more than we do, and we
have already, since coming here, taken
occasion to cite 1t as an example
for towns who wanted to make
money by uniting in every effort
for home interests. If Mr.. Banta had
taken the trouble to ascertain the facts
before rushing into print" he would
have found we are ''stuck" on Wichita
the freight rates she wants. He would
have found out another thing-that the
writer never in single instance tried to
pull down a Kansas town, but has always
advocated the upbuilding of the whole
state. Wichita is in no way interfering
with Fort Scott, and we are sorry she is
not SO fortunately situated as we are.
We have coal, and stone and timber
which she has not. We do not own any
town lots in either place, but we want to
see them both prosper. To sum up, we
really think our correspondent has man
ufactured man of straw to show his
Wichita friends how expertly be can
knock it over.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
MONEY DEFIN ED.
To the Editor OF the Eagle.
In your issue Of August End your cor
respondent S. E. j. says:

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
In your issue Of August End your cor
respondent S. E. j. says:
Now as your correspondent asks,
what is fiat money! if he will define for
us what money itself is-just PLAIN,
simple money-perhaps we will be IN g
better position to get his question before
the house"
As we gave in rece Mt issue Of the
EAGLE Webster's definition of fiat
money we give also his defnition of
"money, plain money, just simple
money" as follows:
l. Money; coin; stamped metal, pieces Of
metal, usually gold, silver or copper,
stamped by public authority and used as
medium of commerce
2. Any currency usually and lawfully
employed in buying and selling, as the
equivalent of money.
g. believe that distinctive characteristic
of money lis a legal tender for debts. y
ut is that article OF value or article that
is redeemable in something of value,
legal tender for debt" A debt is that
which one person owes to another, OF
that which is due from one person to
another; hence IL requires something OF
value TO pay debts. Money which Is
made legally tender for debts must be
something that is an equivalent in value
for the debt it pays. Fiat money or IL
.redeemable paper money has no value,
hence cannot, IN justice, be made legal
tender for debt. E. z. II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

profusiOn Of gestures. AL over the
place this sort Of thing may be observed
between the people OF kindred but widely
separated races, a sort Of esprit-du-
spectacle, as we might say in Paris.
Still more remarkable to me at least, ia
the fact that even in the colony of one
people the men of different tribes or sec
tons were in many cases quite strange to
each other and on arrival here looked at
each other with open-eyed astonishment.
Among the so-caIled Egyptians. for in
stance, there are four very distinct peo-
pies, the men Of Cairo and the lower Nile,
the upper Nile people. the regular Arabs
and the black folks Even of these there
are well marked varieties. There Is one
woman az fair, sunturn aside. as Lily
Langtry. They say she is Of pure German
blood, but as she and her parents before
her, were born in Egypt she proudly calls
herself an Egyptian. The ssali-tropical
Sun does not turn such people dark, IL
makes them Tedder. And by the way, one
truth inl excessively taught b. this gather
ing is that we Americans are rot among
the faire5t people in the world by coElsid-
cradle.
We'll, who are the whjtest people On the
grounds is n question often asked Al
the ladies say il lies between those 81 east
ern Ireland and some Of sbe Swedes; bat
all the gentlemen SAP that for pL1ro beauty
Of complexion no other ladiea On the
ground VIII compare with these IN charge
Of the Irish exhibits Some Of these ladies
have faces almost pearlv white. and &c. il
t. nos al nnCAo!esSzne locking white.
Add 20 these .he fairer classes ot English
al >cc-eh. It's Swed1s. Pz1sz4z-s and
-zssiflan Spzniards ara yoz lave t.s
Glass CUE prlsiDg tEe fasTess people n 'sae
world. Next 30 these cones the class q
coed, orilnarF. ever day whites Ike oi:E
seI-cs, the French, the Italians q tns
Piedmont states ard the EsaIaISsa Cretsiss
oE al Spanish America. Add aAokael
s5ade and you have Ehe d>rk AryzE-s. rep
resented here by the Greeks, ltAasarss q
the south. Sgszs1iarsls Of AEsalnssz, assf' Il
yc1 wn1s 10 % farther IA tasS iAssss "a
must resnra 20 fss plalsa1ee-
To sav fha1 ;hs satisfaction of esafa o.
these races OF seess1Es vita tie ials = y
ig.Tsyzs nroporfi1a 20 tf.eas t1sellAgeaFe O.
s--p4zsss4gv Interest = i woG.4 DC szAs.-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

The Peoples Voice, the Pop organ at
Wellington, in its last weeks issue con-
tanned an article that it meant to palm
off on its readers as original, but which
was copied from some eastern paper, in
which the bold declaration Is made that
the Republicans of the last state legisla-
ture passed a railroad bill that was ma
liciously, wickedly partisan in its provis-
ions, but that Governor Leweling
promptly vetoed the bill and thus
thwarted the infamous scheme. If the
statement was true, what were the Pom
majority in the senate doing to permit
the passage by that body of such bad
measure? The truth is no railroad bin
reached the governor for his approval OF
Or veto. and the publisher of the Voice
knew it. The campaign of lying is still
on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

It Is expected that the new canning en-
terprise at Oklahoma City will be in run
ming order within short time and during
the height of the season employment will
be furnished $50 persons.
The territorial board of equalization, at
its recent session, did an unusual thing.
Instead of raising the county valuation as
made by the assessors, it decreased it in
the aggregate nearly a million dollars.
The Kingfisher Free Press avows that the
board has a level head.
Bushyh head, it seems, was little sharper
than congress. His picaninny got the
stone quarry worth $4,000, while the
daddy will get quarter section jutting up
against county seat. It's u good thing
to be relation OF United States senator.
Referring to this, the Democratic Guthrie
Leader remarks that of course Senator
Butler of South Carolina didn't ''set the
he ~
This modest boast is from the Ok. City
Times Journals: Oklahoma is in better
condition financially than any other state
or territory in the union Her people are
more pros porous, crops have been better.
there IS less debt upon the people, aud al
together she should congratulate herself
upon her health. wealth and prosperity.
Rev. C. E. W. Dobbs of Gainesville, Ga,
mas been called to the pastorate of the
Baptist church in Guthrie. Mr.. D0bbs is
height Dor and ministerial enemy TO Sam
Jones and Is somewhat after the Jones
order as a preacher, only be has more pol
sh and is little more discreet ia his pull
pit utterances. Guthrie may prepare for
lively shaking up if she isa't copper-bot-
toned and bomb proof.
/ The following postoffice appointments
/ have been made for the Indian Territory
recently: Alton, Cherokee nation-J. 4.
( Thompson, vice II. X. Gill, resigned.
Braggs, Cherokee natioD-W. :. Hays,
( vice T. r. Madden, resigned. Colpert,
! Chickasaw nation-E Graham, vice {. w.
/ Mesdes, resigned. Prairie City, Cherokee
ngtiou-P L. Walker,-Hice j. P. Audrain,
dead. Pryor Greek. Cherokee natioa-J.
+ L. Taylor, vice D. l. Elliott, removed.
/ Times-Journal: That bond issue IS get
! ting scandaious. Governor Reufrow holds
= s., 500 check given by ". l. Turner as a
| forfeit ia case the bonds were not taken.
Seven weeks have elapsed siuce Turner
made the purchase. yet no steps have oeea
/ taken TO secure that money. Each OF the
three boards of regents has made contracts
/ for improvements aud new buildings on
! the strength OF the bond sale. and II the
| sale is not made the check ought 10 be
collected so as 20 make good The loss the
regents will sustain because OF the dsfaIis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

America, and the masterpieces or the
greatest composers rendered by German,
Mexican and other bands. On another
day the grand organ in Pavilion hall was
first used, and this was followed by con-
cert in the hail by the worlds best per.
formers and by free open air music by
Adolph Leisegang' Chicago band, Michael
Brands Cincinnati band and others.
Down To the first OF this month there
was a great n deal of disarrangenent as tc
these set days and some very ludierous re.
suits, as when the newspaper men Of
Minnesota came on their set day and dedi
Gated their state building and Governor
Nelson arrived on the day he had set and
found no one 10 help him dedicate. For
month or so there was scarcely n building
dedicated Just at the time and Just in the
way advertised beforehand. Sometimes
the governor of state was too busy ON
the states day or something else was go
ing on in the state, and sometimes the
people of a certain class or industry were
misinformed as to their day. But now SO
the administration declares with great
positiveness, all that Is provided for and
hereafter the public may rely on seeing
each display on the day announced for II.
Among the most important are the fol.
lowing: Pythian Day. Aug. 8. Wheel
mans Day, tbs 10th. Bohemian Gymnastis
Union Day the 18th. Hayti the 18th, In
diana the ed, Illinois the 2sth, and the
eolored people the 25th. In Septembes
almost every day will have its speciality
and some of them will be made of great
historic interest California will on the
eth celebrate the day when President
Fillmore signed the act making that tho
thirty-flrst state, TINS reversing the orig
inal thirteen in the Unions number The
nth IL set as "Silver Day." but IL win not
be anything like funeral. To THE Vet
ersns'' will be given four days, the 18th 10
the 18th. Mexico promises a magnificent
display on the 18th. Nevada. Colorado
and Montana will celebrate their admis-
sion days and Ireland" including the
Irish in America and elsewhere. VIII close
the month in n blaze of patriotic exu!ta-
ton, incidentally celebrating the passage
OF Gladstone's home rule bill as they fond
II believe And for the same your sub
scrsber viii ever pray. j. III. BEADLr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
A FARMER TO FARM ERS,

To the Editor Of the Eagle:
The soil and climate conditions of
Kansas vary greatly in contrast with
those of the eastern and southern Sec
tons of our country; we are more SUBJ
ject to periodical droughts, our soil is
much more of an alluvial composition,
being light and porous the surface mois-
ture evaporates rapidly, yet it is very
retentive OF moisture few inches be-
meath the surface, and this is one of the
anomalies OF Kansas.
Without moisture vegetation could
elements in agriculture, and the secret
of retaining it as long as possible in our
cultivated lands is one of the most inn
portant factors in the success of farming.
1t is clearly evident to our most success
full farmer that deep blowing secures
and insures greater quantity of mois-
ture; that growing crops on deep-plowed
land hold out far better against
seiges of drouth and hot winds
than where the land is
plowed shallow; this is not
IA chimerical theory, from practice and
observation, | know it to be true. The
reason why there are so many fields of
ruined corn in the country is simply be-
cause they stand on shallow plowed
ground. By blowing deep, from eight
to ten inches, with thorough cultivation,
there would be immunity from damage
in ordinary drouths. Too many Kaasas
farmers ignore the deep furrow and
their reward is nubbins or nothing. Only
few days ago in passing over the coun-
try l saw several fields that were plowed
three inches deep; no man with clear
brains would expect a crop on land
abused in such a manner. Add little
more mule power to the beam and put
the pillow down; our deep, fertile soil
requires it. Remember the old adage:
Plow deep while sluggards sleep.
And you shall have corn to both sell and keep.
ID. w. BROCKwAY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
WHY ARE THY STILL UNHAPPY q?

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
The Demo-pop- prohib-fusionists, who
screamed themselves hoarse with de-
light when Grover was elected and the
redoubtable Jerry returned to congress;
why are they no longer glad:
They have goc just what they were
clamcring for. They wanted change.
Things were just as bad as they could
be. Any change must be an improve
ment The change is here Come to
stay so long as the anything beat
the Republican" policy prevails, and
the broad grin the erstwhiie calamity
howlers face me Tor a brief time has
given place to su!len gloom.
Have they, like children crying for a
dangerous plaything, only secured their
coveted good to realize they are hurt by
it:
Well, it wont help matters TO cry or
sulk over it. They cried: Down with
the hanks,n Away with the money
Ioaners r Some OF the banks are
''downed," others crippled, and the
money loaners so far away they cannot
be used. What more do they want
They wanted the Mckinley law re-
pealed, free trade, free coinage of
silver. free everything. The fear that
the FIRST of these reforms @ may be
forced upon us hiss paraiyzed our indus
tries and rllei the country with idlers,
vainIy seeking employment. Will some
of the wiseacres who used 10 discuss
these things so knowingly sugges, Z
ura ofica bl,. remedy nQws
The money question. so often settled
By CUR street politicians before we felt
the pressure OF hard times, has little 20
do with our present troubles. Even the
shortage OF crops IN Kansas would moi
/ haze hunt us much had tAe prices stald
where they were when things were 50
/ bad ans change must be for the better
( LATER IS klnc'' Labor IS the oaly
wealth producer" How often we heard
+ these assertions. Are we beginning u
see that a takes money. brains aud bust
ness confidence 10 make labor valuable:
/. The OK and The mule are more powerful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

Fort Scott Monitor: Some of the sill
yer orators at Chicago raised the old war
cry against the press in the cities that it
was subsidized against the people. This
is always the ''stock in trade" OF the
demagogue when the papers do not fall
in with his notions. 1t would be just rs
true and just as fair for the newspapers
to come back on these "reformers" with
the assertion that they own stock in
silver mines, or are some way interested
in silver. The papers will average
about as honest rs other people, and it is
really a sign of weakness of cause
when its advocates so to charging those
who differ with them with dishonest
motives,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

I-Farmer Barker of Bankers Cor
ncrs, mortgages his farm for 81 500 and
tells his neighbors that he proposes 70
stock the place with blooded cattle
II-Farrner Barker. with the 81 500
in his pocket. arrives in New York and
negotiates with an affable gentleman.
who assures him that the stock in
question was printed on plates stolen
! from the government and cannot b
distinguished from the genuine.
III-Earrner Barker II now hocing
corn for 81 day for neighbor smart
who recently purchased the barber
farm at foreclosure sale.-S. y. Her.
aid
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

The dear, good souls who made the
awful discoveries in Midway plaisance
al the world fair, impelIed thereto b7 a
sense Of duty" seem not to realize that
they made compromising spectacle OF
themselves In parading the result of
their Seif-imposed labor of investigation,
but furnished those horrifvinS enter
tainmenls the very best advertising they
could possibly have. The professors
would be no less surprised 10 see the in
crease IN attendance at the places they
would have closed. by reason of their
volunteer Office work, than thew were at
what they saw. They would have done
well 10 confer with Brother Talmase
and learn his experiences along tie Same
lines in New York and BROOKLYN. even
before engaging in the questionable for
womenl endeavor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

Work on the north jetty at Galveston
is progressing most satisfactorily now.
It is now completed to point >, 400 feet
from the shore and the constructors eX-
pect to reach the outer bar, which Is
2, 100 feet from the starting point, by
the close OF the year. The south jetty
now completed beyond the outer bar.
The engineers promise depth of IS feet,
Or a gain of some six feet, by January
lst. This begins to look like the sure
enough deep water harbor on our gulf
coast, the consumation Of which will
be millions to Kansns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

The pessimistic Lawrence World de-
clares that ION the theory that what
ever you can make the people believe
Will be a success for the treatment OF
ills, the country ought TO be growing
better. Certainly the newspapers are
doing their share OF lying about better
times On hecontrary the newspapers
that have been trying to stop the stam-
pede and restore order have simply tried
TO convince the pnblic that they were
being imposed upon, largely, by a set of
inscriptions liars for selfish purposes.
and that as far as the monetary interests
at least were concerned, the trouble was
largely more imaginary than real, and
just as soon rs this fact was realized,
reason began to assert Itself and conf.
fidence TO be restored. And lust here
we take occasion to remark that the
people who were financially responsible
for the stampede, principally, are the
ones who VIII suffer the most therefrom
IA the end.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

The Pennsylvania railroad deserves. a
resolution of universal censure for taxi
ing its three millions in bonds to Lon
don for SALE If the issue of the bonds
is all right the rate of interest, six per
cent, would have brought out the money
in this country in spite of tile prevailing
stringency. The interest account on the
bonds, $4,000, is not very large sum,
TO be sure, but it will be just that much
added TO the annual drain upon our
gold currency. The short sighted, not
10 say idiotic, policy ought to be stopped
by some means.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

it little too strong, but there certainly Is
a feeling Of that sort and very general
feeling that somebody is going to lose
money unless the next three months Guido
their present promise. 1t seems just now
as If all the adverse forces had struck the
fair at once, heat and drought in many
sections of the United States and Canada.
the worldwide financial depression and
some ether forces. But it is too soon to
conjecture on dividends. 1t is an interest
ing fact that every one of these races OF
peoples has some speciality in which it ex.
GELS all the rest of the world.
OF course the dark brown Aryans, Of
whom the Hindoos are the leading branch,
excel in many lines of delicate work, and
next to them in that line is the next dark.
er section of humanity. In this rank as te
color, however, are included such people
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

Boston Doctor - think. madam.
that your daughters brain has been
overtaxed You must take her to
some place where there Will be no
temptation 20 serious thought. stud,
or even reflection
Mrs. DE Hnbb-vcry well. your ad-
vice shall be followed. We viii 20 q
New York; Y. Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

When Lew Hanback, had introduced
ex-senator Ingalls, at the Grand Army
of the Republic meeting in Superior
Neh., Friday, the latter said: "My name
is Dennis. am left, but can KICK.
And in the estimation OF a good many
some of them his former friends and
admrers-every time he Ks he makes
an indecent exposure OF himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

Topeka Capital: "There is good deal
Of unnecessary ridicule of Gov. Level
iing's north and south railroad project
TO the gulf. A deep harbor and north
and south roads viii add 20 per cent to
the value of Kansas products. Gov.
dwellings, plan TO get Europe interest
ed in a short line To the west Is better
than all the Cheap john financial
schemes the Populists have lost Their
heads over" That is all true but 1t is
not original with Governor Leweliing.
Hundreds of men were engaged IN talk
ing Ii twenty five years ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08

Offering rewards fer murderers doesn
lessen the crime. There were 6.GcO muir
ders last year.-Topeka Journal.
How do YOU know? On the contrary
isn't it reasonable to suppose that but
for the legal efforts to prevent the COM
mission of crimes the criminal record
would be iucomparabiy greater: Instead
of abolishing the system OF rewards sup
pose we, double them and try tina
awhile. 1t would doubtless have the
effect of decreasing the number OF lynch
;ngs and other acts of the mob.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
R-tnz o. Arother Horse.

FsuEr she Lzwre1c- Word
This thing IS settled. benjamin Har-
rison xiii no. he the next Republican
presidential candidate. lie has had his
nppor' unity, done his work well and
wili either step 3s.de gracefully OF be
snoFed OF tie track. Ire Republican,
party cannot be IleveiaAdrzet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
a EAd Hr~Ak-

Gus suoberly-f hear Miss Da!sy.
Dlmple j. engaged again Is IL =
fact
Billy Goidbug-Yes. kno. !. is 90.
sDoberiy well. they say practieA
MAKES perfect She has been engages
At one tifne or another 20 almost every
blank fool ia Harlem Who Ia her laHs
victim?
.tr I'm n--Tr~nn Ssf*irra
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-08
TEXAS siftinxA
. summer IayI.

Fee you demand tia. ozIr ensaz0.
men. shall be broken. fast beeauss
you desire 20 sirt with that eolleeA
youth suppose decline?
She lear.iesslyl-Weil, you'd besssS
think abou; !. The youth Is % III
university football team, ros know
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