Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-05

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rtka. kas.. against certain assumptions
of artaeonism Of the western toward the
eastern portion OF our country which are
found In the metropolitan press. Mr..
Glced. In writing II. announces himself
MS IAN average Western business man"
Ths West If fortunate II It's average busi-
mess man writes so clcvcriy. Mr.. Glecd
takes tho ground that those people who
assume that there is opposition Of the
one section toward the other have con-
ce'ved a dislike of sundry men. measures.
parties and publications that exist In the
West, and Generalize from this that they
are representative OF that section. Hc de-
nics that they are Just In so doing. and
makes n good argument to prove his po-
sitlcn. He Is generally modest In what he
says. which would seem to entitlc his
claim to knowing the West thoroughly
TO the moro confidence.
In the first place. Mr.. Giecd presents
tho point which occurs to almost every
body. that the Western people are bound
TO the East by the closest tics Of con-
sanruinity. They come from the East. or
their ancestors did. They have been prin-
cirally educated at the East. as far as
their professional mon are concerned. Their
systems of law and government are from
the East. Their literature comes from that
quarter. Every Western banker or imam
cicr watches the chiefs of his profession In
thu Eas, as pupils watch their teachers"
Western merchants 70 East for their goods
western people seeking recreation 20 East
for their rest. They feel that the East
stands between them and Europe. and
that thereby our country presents II ma
jestic front to the Old worih.''
In our relations with the Old World. Mr..
Gleed denies that there is any essential
difference between the two sections. lie
reminds US that In the Venezuela instance.
in which he agrees that n mistake was
made injurious to business. the chief
gents In II were an Eastern president and
an Eastern secretary OF state. and that
they were sustained by the one section as
much as the other. He repels the suE-
Ecstion that there liz ignorance as regards
foreigners and foreign relations in the
West by presenting the fact that all the
larger Western cities have great popula-
lions that have come to them from i'm
migration. The gold and silver producing
states have from % to 80 per cent of for
cisn voters. The surplus productions of
the West find their chief markets abroad.
The West is assumed by those who have
charged this antaRonism to be isolated.
but the conditions bear directly against
such an assumption. There is a class at
the West which is comparatively ignorant
Of what is transporting in the world and
Indifferent TO the progress of events there.
bu. Mr.. Gleed insists that they are 'in-
"' anu " III fNl'
They are fully offset by a similar class
in the East. He finely observes In this
connection. "The most dangerous 'isola-
ton is not so much geographical as in
te;lectual.'
OF social dislike of the East by the West
II is claimed that there Is practically not
any. so rapid are the means of
cation and so constant is the mlnglinu of
Eastern and Western people that no dis
tinct line of cleavage between the two can
be discovered The business of the two
sections must be kept In tune. one with the
other: the politicians mix and co-operatc:
the church organizations bind them to-
Eether. There is more difference between
the people OF almost any two counties in
England than between the Eastern and
Western sections OF the United States.
II the West is n debtor community, 1t is
urged that statistics show the debt of the
East is greater. ''The West knows that.
however much 1t may owe. 1t expects to
take in more than 1t pays out. and that
therefore the better the money received.
the better its net income will be- This Is
an excellent argument for all of us, though
II obviously does not meet the case made
against the West to the extent that Is de-
sirahlc. There Is an ingenious reply in
this connection to tho charge that the West
Is inimical TO great Eastern fortunes. Mr..
Gleed thinks the East is more rebellious
against them than Is the West. The West
understands how these are made. appre-
ciates and expects them more than does
the East. 1t has been the land of sudden
changes in these respects. while the East
is more prone to charge sharp practice
when one man far outstrips another in
wealth.
The cheap money idea. we are reminded.
is not a Western invention, or confined to
the West in its continuance. The founder
of the first essay at its attainment was
Peter Cooper, of New York, Among its
ahlest advocates were General Butler and
Wendell Phillips, of Massachusetts. and,
it might he added. William D.. Kelley of
Pennsylvania, Don Cameron of the same
state. and William T.. ST. John OF New
York are free silver advocates to-day.
This may not he a very strong showing Of
representative men Of the East, hut we
are disposed To come to the aid of MIR.
Glced and say IL may be well offset against
the great hulk OF the West, which is out
side the mining states.
Mr.. Gleed shows clear forbearance In
emitting to dwell upon the extent TO which
the East has failed to mingle with the
West. We do not 90 there as much as the
Importance of the section deserves at our
hands. He hufnorousiy ailudes to Mr. De-
pcw's recent discovery of California, aft
err a long life made up considerably of
countless trips to Europe, He does not
name at all the magnificent revelation
made to the nation by Chicago in Its cen
tennial exhibition of three years since. In
treating of this part of his subject he
might well have said that, II there is the
feeling of jealousy and dislike that is
charged. the East Is not without a share
of responsibility for 1t. But he denies that
such a feeling has any important exist
ence. and he makes an effective argument
to sustain his position.