The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-08
WICHITA at CHICAGO WHAT
SHALL WE DO2

SHALL WE DO7
! To the Editor Of the Eagle.
! IN last Sundays EAGLE | instituted a
! comparison between the Kansas of the
! past and the Kansas of the present, sug-
costing that it is the Kansas of today
that we wish TO present to the world and
not the Kansas OF twenty-five years ago.
The chief object of the Columbian expo
siticn IS to show TO the people of this
and the eastern continent The triumphs
Of American genius. These triumphs
have been achieved not alone in the
fields of science and the realms of art,
but equally as well in changing the
forests from the habitations of wild
beasts to the homes of civilized men, in
changing the desert TO the garden, in
banishing The frontier forever from cur
borders, and binding the eastern and
western shores of our country together
with bands of steel rails, over which the
commerce of the country rolls in an I'M
broken current. ] said of our state.
kansas has all the elements and re-
sources that make a state great and pow
erful." "Her development has been the
wonder OF the age" The record of
Kansas III building cities and good towns
Is unsurpassed by any other state in the
Union. No state has ever in the same
number of years built as many cities as
has Kansas. Among ali the bright Jewels
that adOrn her crown none shines
brighter than our own city of Wichita;
and vet no American city has been SO
adversely advertised and uniustly criti-
cised as has Wichita the past four years.
Yet in the face of, and in spite of all the
ISLANDERS and viliticatlons Of her enemies
she has fiOurished and prospered
and grown stronger year by year, until
today. Wichita in her business inter
eSts, her railroad facilities, and COM
merCial enterprise and prestige, and
bright promise for the future, stands at
the head of all Kansas cities. This has
been accomplished by American genius.
through the faith her people have had
III her future. These facts must be
shown to the world. No people on earth
have carried the system of advertising
to such an extent and to such a degree
OF perfection. as have the Americans
The people of Wichita have not been
behind in the past-but private gener-
osity has been overtaXed, and cannot
always respond, even In good cause.
The burden of any enterprise that con-
fers benefits alike upon all the people,
should be borne by all the people.
The sklllful advertiser has learned
to attract the eye, before he reaches the
mind Pictures have become the prom
inent feature Of successful advertising of
today.
In our judgment, one Of the best
schemes for presenting our city to the
people at the exposition is by birds
eve view of Wichita" If done in an
artistic manner and in different colors. it
would be thing of beauty that would
arrest the attention OF the people and
convey a more complete and compre-
hensive idea of the city than could be
done in any other way. The streets
with their trees, the residences,
the business houses, the public
buildings, manufacturing establishments
parks, street cars, railroads and all other
poiuts of interest could be seen at a sin
gle glance. To add to its effectiveness,
it should be issued 'by the authority of
the city council under the direction of
the city engineer"
Five thousand copies engraved and
published by one of the best houses in
the country, can be had for $500 One
half of these can be sold and the rest
used by the city. They should be in
every room in the Kansas building and
in every other public place where they
could be allowed TO remain. VIII any
taxpayer object TO this small expense:
We think not.
To supplement this the lad les have an
excellent idea. that they are
putting in shape-that IS to
prepare large book of
Photographic views of the public
buildings, residences. streets, etc. of the
city. Place that book upon Z table in
The Kansas building, having it securely
attached, with a chain at hand, so that
person can be seated and look the book
through. The more Of such books the
better. The birds eve view" would
show the city As a whole IN a general
grouping, and the book would show the
individual buildings and ,enes in detail
The council should assist the-Iadies In
their patriotic work.
The plea cannot be made that il would
be an additional burden upon the tax
tu.f EA. OC~fuSC injury -FiALL &c lcELls
that, although taken from the general
lund, does not come from the pockets Of
the taxpayers. We noticed in the even
ing paper OF this city a somewhat de-
tailed statement of the receipts of the
police court. We note that the receipts
given for the past six months amount %
5,S49S0, and tie total for the year
viii aggregate more than S33, 0C0 This
money passes into the general fund Of
the city to be used at the discretion of
he council Can any better use he made
of II than TO appropriate a re-
spectacle sum for the purpose
Of assisting the -burdened tax
payer. BY inducing capital and
manufacturing industries to locate IN
our city, thus increasing the value OF
every mans property: There are many
other Ways Of advertising than those
named. A capital idea would 6e 70 pre-
pare map OF the state showing Wichita
a tie metropolis Of Southern Kansas,
particularly DISTINGUISHING the twenty
counties tributary u her, THAI produced
tive past season nearly one half OF the
% 05e. e00 bushels o. wheat grown ia
the STATE. Her railroad facilities could
thus ue shown al glance. and Ike