The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

tories Won Were Secured by That Spirit
which Builds up Cities, and While a
Mar at Home May Not Heed the Adj
vaucement Made, Yet Such is Not the
Case with the Outside World.
A former Wichitan who is in Salt
Lake City writes to the Eagle as to
how this city is viewed as to its future
as CLEANED from the local columns or
the Eagle covering local events He
Gays that every citizen should take
courage and look up, that at nome
many events which pass unnotced are
more closely observed by one when
away from home. He reviews passed
events and from these makes MS pre-
ifctions. The letter is as follows;
ct Is delightful 10 read of the good
things that are coming to Wichita The
Eagle brings the cheerful account Of the
Lawrence property to the Masons; the
successful termination Of the elevator
scheme; the harvesting of a good wheat
crop and the promise of an old-fasnion-
ed southern Kansas corn crop; the
separation of the Frisco line from the
Santa Fee railroad, and last, but not
least, the wiping out Of determinations
In freight rates. A golden medal IS
due the Commercial club and the bright
md aggressive leaders in the great un-
hertakings
at REQUIRES labor, thought and irwin
.ible courage TO put them through under
present adverse conditions. In fact,
Il seems impossible that a spot cash
sale of a s21. 900 residence property could
be closed. or that $40, 600 in stock sub
scrfptions to q new enterprise could be
obtained in these piping times of Demo-
cratic adversely. and IT is very doubtful
whether there IS a city of it's size on
the continent that could duplicate what
Wichita mas done within the last thirty
DAYS. It may be, in part, from force or
habit We are Injured to giving and to
rushing things, and II is Ike Cd nm }
TO see every man with his shoulder to
the wheel, and TO read the Eagles COM
nnand: Now all together
1--WE have heard it in the good old
days when the foundations We're being
laid for Wichfta's wealth and greatness
Which is no less a certainty now than in
the early boom days which fired the
enthusiasm Of eyeGv loyal inhabitant
of Sedgwick county The elevator pro-
Jet VIII prove a be ne faction to tie 9oun
try as well as the city II will not only
be a convenience for the storage OF
grain, but understand it to be the
basis of a permanent contract with the
railroads for reduced rates. Were
these things not down in black and
white-signed, sealed and delivered, 1t
would seem incredible to belief. Wich-
ita emancipated, The great Arkansas
valley released from the deatin-hke grip
of that irs. tiab-t octopus: tn. Missouri
river freight combine
'sFt would read as fairy tale were
not the papers executed and the rates
backed I'D by late decision of the SUI
creme court 1t GEMS 10 fix tn. limit
of oppression and robbery that has held
us down through the best years OF
many a mans business life in Sedg-
wick county. Now we viii see how
every bushel of wheat and every pound
of pork must first be consigned to a |
Kansas City broker at local rates be |
fore 1t can he billed to the Sealboard- !
1t - certainly the beginning of better |
days. II is the opportunity for every |
farmer and stock-raiSer 10 conserve his |
own interest by marketing his product
where it naturally belongs. 1t rs the |
time for every merchant to seek the lars
er and better markets east of that tad
pole haunted excuse for a navigable
,
time for every good citizen of the Nile
valley to tighten his grip and renew
his courage-yes, the old time courage
in building up a great home market |
which as naturally belongs to south |
western Kansas as that harbors belong |
10 the sea coast
Readers of the gle need not be told i
of our resources Official reports fur
nish the record of Arkansas valley |
crops, and there is no going behind |
Thesa returns Even these figures will |
grow with the advent of better farm
ing. Brains and muscle are prime re-
quiSiteS with the farmer. When there |
are more Henry Schweiter's Clark Kin |
kead's, Bob Cooks and Ike Deam's we |
Will have create variety of crops and |
much greater yield. There is room for
more OF them, and opportunity for those
already there to profit by their example.
Rotation in crops, economy of labor
and an intelligent selection of products
bueSt suited to the soil and china re
have everything to do With the profits
of farming. 1t is simple enough when
you know how.
There is encouragement, too. in the
political outlook Whatever may be
the outcome of the gold standard or
free coinage, straight Democracy ia
doomed. | mean the Simon pure old
Bourbon Democracy of free trade-the
Golden club. Grover Cleveland. death-to
Observation-Disclosures variety The
next president and the next congress
will reform the tariff IN a way that Will
start up the mills in this country lust
as Cleveland's reform started them in |
England three years ago. This means
new life to our industries, employment
of labor, a better circulation of money.
protection to home markets and better
prices. The increase of a few cents in
the price. and the saving Of a few cents
in freights on every bushel of grain
will pay many a mortgage on Kansas
farms
Prejudice plays its part in COM
merce as well as in social relations
Those who prefer to look upon Kansas
as a desert waste viii neither invest
money nor tolerate a statement favor
able TO the state. 1t Is hazardous to
any mans verasity here to tell of a
cash sale of Wichita property though
Salt Lake real estate Is as dead as cor
ner lots ON the site of Babylon Such
prejudice works an injury 20 any state,
but like fake or 4 falsehood 1t has its
day, and, in the end. gives potency to
the truth No state has a monopoly |
on wealth or attracN&ns. New York
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