The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-15

"You have doubtless heard il re-
marked" said Fred Israel this morning
THAT great commercial cities are de5erm-
ined by natural location. That 10 a very
great extent is true. but the growth and
prosperity of all commercial centers de
ponds very largely on the class Of people
that control commercial affairs.
"You put a slow-going poky set of bust
ness men in "A location having great nat
ural advantages. and a driving, go-ahead
crowd of merchants in place having less
natural advantages, and the latter place
in spite or its disadvantages will 90 ahead.
1t is energy, pluck and loyalty to home in
situations and enterprises that makes cities
A government that does not secure the
LOYALTY of lis own subjects is of necessity
a weak government. And just the same
a city whose citizens are loyal TO its home
interests aud institutions will become 4
strong city.
There are very few of our own people
who appreciate the greatness of Kansas as
a state and the importance of Wichita as a
commercial center. If this city fails to
hold the advantages already gained aud to
eventually become the distributing center
for this great, growing southwest, II will
be the fault OF her own people. It will
own interests He is considered a model
patriot who says, my country. may she
ever be right, but my country right or
wrong Now, that is just the way stand
in regard to Wichita. | want this city
to be the most moral city. / want our
people To have the reputation of being the
most religious people and want Wichita
To be the great commercial and educational
center of the southwest, bet l am for
Wichita anyhow
II lam able TO pay for but one paper
want that to be q Wichita paper. And
when the carrier boy brings that Wichita
paper ana throws it over into my yard II
he throws il over an iron fence, | want 1t
To be fence made by Stewart Bros
want the iron work in my business house
to be made by the same firm, be-
cause it belongs to Wichita. | love
Wichita ana | admire every thing
that is labeled Wichita, and when | get
up in the morning and go out TO wash my
hands and face | want the wash basin
filled level full of clear water from the
Wichita water works and then / am happy
and feel Clean clear TO my conscience, II
can only have cake of soap made by the
Yucca Soap company or the Wichita Soap
company. You see | am intensely loyal
and | believe in Wichita.
Well now, as the preacher says:
Again" This is a continued story.
w men l. SIT uOWu 10 eau my UTchhldSl 4
want my biscuits made of Spray bakin <
powders But what like better Is nice
slice of light bread made with Farnum *
CO.'S Spray yeast. Do you know that this
Wichita yeast is having a run all
over the west, and in a very
few years the spray yeast factory will be
one of the largest manufacturing instItu-
lions in this city. \ travelling man told
me the other day that he would be willing
To bet that in two years from now the
SPRAY yeast factory will be one of the most
prominent in the country. and that il is
already advertising Wichita in every city
and hamlet IN the west. l also have Wich-
ita vinegar on my table and ground spices
from the Royal Spice mills
Now there are many other manufactur-
ing institutions in this city that L always
patronized by using their product. Then
there is L. NJ. Cox and Bryan Brothers
confectionery. / am loyal you see, and II
Wichita does not continue on the upward
path to commercial success it will not be
my fault. We once had the best cracker
factory in the west and If every
man in Wichita had been loyal
to his own interests that cracker
factory would have been here today.
What you newspaper people want to do is
10 inspire loyalty TO ourselves and our own
city. A patriotic devotion 10 your own
town makes you feel good. IL is the next
thing to religion. / feel just like singing
the iong meter doxoiOgy every time | think
of Kansas in general and Wichita in par
ticular."