The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-25
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION

hioiis PAePC41y V"HcIa o1 iSSfuSAt WIZ
has the interests of this city az heart,
VIII 50 far forget himself and his own
Interests as to aid, or in any way in
dorse, the slow fast mail scheme by
contributing to the support OF the Kan
sas City concern that now has its en-
iSsaries in the city. Every cent that the
merchants and residents Of southeaster
Kansas towns give TO Kansas City in
the way of trade is only placing club
in the hands of the enemy, who, in turn,
viii use it TO beat their brains out
the fact that only few years since
before the Sni Hills town became such
an octopus. feeding off Kansas people,
grain and stock growers-Lawrence
Leavenwortl1 and Topeka had as large
and extensive dry goods and clothing
establishments as Kansas City; but
Kansas City. assisted by tire railroads,
is determined that there shall be no
other town of any commercial import
ance b-~yeen Kansas City and Denver,
and by local trains and cheap excur.
sions, etc, the above named towns have
been swallowed and today Winfield,
Hutchinson and Arkansas City boast OF
better and more extensive retail estab-
iishments than they. Every proposed
commercial enterprise that promises to
be of value that is started or talked of
in any Kansas town west Of Kansas
City, along the line Of any railroad
crossing the state, is reported at once by
the resident railroad agent to higher au-
tirority and they in turn report it TO the
Kansas City Commercial club, and in
ducements are at once offered by them
to come to Kansas City; and if they
fail, either by pursuasion and money, to
accomplish the desired end then the all
powerful threat of the railroad steps in,
not with a positive threat, but with an
intimation like the following-an expe-
rience that every Kansas town has had
to swall0w-"What do you want to go
to that town for? Ny advice to you Gn
an under-tone, confidential way is to
steer clear Of that place. Why don't
you go to Kansas City"
These are facts and occur every
month in the year in a number of the
larger towns in the state, and when the
broad business policy of the Pennsylva-
MIA and the Chicago and Alton-two
roads that 90 not go into the hands of
a receiver-is adopted, then viii Kansas
have her large and important CONNER
cial and political centers that will pay
her taxes, maintain her educational and
philanthropic institutions-not be sup
porting and building up Missouri
town Whatever greatness Kansas
City has achieved has come almost sole
ly from kansaS-and from which in re-
turn we do not get cent of taxes-and
with her tentacles creeping out further
and further. with only one cry: Blood;
more Kansas blood.
The laws of the postoffice department
are imperative that the mail shall be
dtSttdtCilc0 DIT Tic pOSSiUlS HlO-
ment. 1t will only be necessary for our
merchants and business men to request
the postoffice department to order the
postmaster at Kansas City to do as he
has heretofore been doing before the
slow fast mail was attempted-deliver
the mail at the union depot at Kansas
City in time for the Missouri Pacific and
Rock Island trains which will deliver
our mail lrom two and one-haf TO three
hours earlier than the abortion that is
being attempted to be forced on to the
people by the government TO further the
interests of corporation. The post
master at Kansas City may plead tim.
or lack of help, but what he has done
he can continue TO do. and the govern
ment can well afford to hire two hun
dred extra clerks-and then save money
and maintain her dignity and honor.