The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-27

It's cenJers or Industry ana population
are speedily G rowing and new ones
are constantly being stablished. And
what a shining. asser1blage of munich
paIitles they Rre; each OF those best
known posses ses an Individuality OF its
own. There IS but one San Francisco.
or Denver, or Tacoma, or Kansas City,
or Galveston, or New Orleans, and as
the younger ores become prominent
each is also Sc en- 20 be possessed OF
some feature superior to anything to
be elsewhere found.
There are now in the states west of
the Mississippi 81 cities Of more
than 5000 popula ton each, being
located as follows: Arkansas, four;
California, nine; Colorado, four;
Iowa, tw elve; Kansas. nine: Louis
lana, three; Minnesota, six; Mis-
sorai, eight Montana, two; Ne
braska. eight: Nevada, one; South Da-
kota. one: Texas, eleven; L tab, two;
Washington. three, and Wyoming, one.
The total urban trans-Mississippian
population is 3,152. 5g3. or nearly one
twentieth of the entire population OF
the United States. and one-ffth of that
in trans Mississippi. California leads
in the number of the city residents,
although Iowa has the largest number
of cities. Missouri takes the palm for
the largest city, st. Louis. which, once
a rival OF Chicago, the imperial me-
tropOlis of the lake region, but of late
years fallen far behind in the race,
now shows signs of revival, and. so her
enthusiastic partisans assert, will give
Chicago close and interesting race
for supremacy in the years to come.
Those who attended the transmits
sissippi congress will probably be
greatly impressed by the change that
has come over st. Louis in the last few
years. Until recently the city has been
considered by the outside world as es-
sentially southern town, and has been
z roud because thereof. The aspect of
Il 5 streets was like that of other cities
in the south; ,ts business men were ac-
Gu stomed to GO about their occupations
aft er the leisurely fasiS ion OF southern
ers, and the softened accent of those
whct dwelt below Mason and Dixon's
line predominated everywhere. st.
sure, but they were fond of taking
their time about it. They long claimed
that their town was as progressive and
as rapidly increasing in size as the
bus1ing, wide-awuke neighbor on the
shore of Lake Michigan, but all the
same they failed to reach out and cap
ture the prizes of material advance
ment that were taken by the Chicago
ans, and SO, as surely as night follows
the day, st. Louis dropped behind.
Now, however, St Louis is beginning
70 put forth the forward foot. Her
business men seem at last to have
learned the lesson that if You would
win you must strive: that in order to
get your share Of trade you must do
your share of advertising and general
.'hustling," and moreover. that II you
would have your city take fore
Inost place, you must be possessed OF
lots OF public spirit Much Of this Is
III doubtedly due to the influx of north
er1. blood and capital, for now the
sha rper and more nasal accent of the
Yankee and the western man, vho IS
siu7oly another edition of the Yankee,
is TO be heard everywhere upon the
streets of the metropolis of the Missis-
sippi valley. Besides those business
men who are s.. LOUIS born seem. many
of them. to have caught the infection,
and they. too, are bestirring themselves
70 get their share of what Is going in
the way of trade and manufacture. and
the result Is cheering 20 the visitor,
and will be Of vast benefit TO the city.
Whether St Louis will ever succeed
with the cities that have been more
enterPrising in the past. IL question
/ that time only can answer.
|. ID. MARSHALL
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