The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-26
9ailu Eaole
NJ. NJ MURDOCH, Editor.
THE HOG AT THE KAW'S MOUTH.

THE HOG AT THE KAW'S MOUTH.
We would have the Kansas City, Kan
sas, Daily Gazette, as well as the peo-
pie Of Kansas City, Kansas, including
those Of Armourdale, Armstrong, Ar
gentine, Rosedale and all of its other
Kansas components and suburbs, know
that the Wichita Eagle is not a bird
which befoulS its own nest. The Eagle
editorials on the consolidated steals at
the mouth of the Kaw, which We're
read before the Pop house committees
at Topeka last week, were directed
against the Missouri town. If all the
forcing and manipulation We're the
work OF Kansas men, subject to Kan
sas laws. paying their taxes to Kansas,
and their profits going 10 the develop
ment Of Kansas, it would be but case
of robbing Peter TO pay Paul, and soon
er or later might be regulated by the
law making power. But as it is, the
Dlen who dominate the greatest conf
by this state owe Kansas no allegiance
and have no use for the state, its peO-
pie or institutions, farther than they
can use and command them. The
profits Of the pro- perty which they own
or control on tn g Kansas side of the
line go to the upbuilding of Missouri
institutions and homes. The money
which the long line of exhibits and in
terests given by the Gazette, in figures,
is never seen on this side Of the line,
except as some Kansas man goes with
his check to Missouri bank and brings
the money hack. The transactions ap-
pear only in the clearing house reports
of the Missouri town. Nor is the Eagles
fight against the Missouri town as a
methods of its Missouri manipulators,
who seek continually to control not only
Kansas roads and boards, and rates,
and schedules, but who in their success
fui efforts have forced industries and
interests Of interior Kansas to move to
that city, adding d bonus or using
blackmail when necessary. Two whole
sale concerns and one manufacturing
interest were forced from Wichita to
Kansas City, Missouri, within a few
months past. The president of the
manufacturing concern informed us
that he was compelled to go because of
a guaranty on his freight, besisdeS a
bonus. Wichita is the center OF a very
extensive grain growing district and 1t
one time did large grain business,
which was taken from her by the rail
ways through Kansas City, Missouri,
influences. Later, the outward move
ment of grain again developed such eX-
tensive grain purchases at this point
that buyers and shippers cried loudly
for an elevator and storage capacity. |
A practical elevator man with the re-
qulsite capital 10 put up a million bush
el affair was found, who stipulated con-
ditions which were fully complied with.
The papers were all drawn up and the
ments to put in the necessary tracks. |
All at once, without explanation or |
notice, the elevator manager withdrew |
his agents and the whole scheme was |
dropped. The railroads declare that |
they had no hand in driving him away, |
but that, on the contrary, they were |
favorable TO the enterprise. OF course |
the people here have an idea of what |
happened. There are not only big ele-
NatOr interests in the control of Kansas
City, Missouri, men, but immense live
stock and packing interests. These
Missouri monopOlists not only tell the
Kansas railway commissioners that
Wichita must not have the same rate
rer ton per mile for shipping the cattle
end hogs Of southwest Kansas into
Wichita accorded Kansas City, but that
Wichita packing houses must not be
given the same rate per ton per mile for
car load lots consigned to terminal mar
kets. What the Eagle kicks at is that
the Kansas legislature and its bodied
committees and other officials have for
years permitted or consented to these
outrageS against the best interests of
the state, never attempting anything
farther than TO hold up the aforesaid
Missourians by the Introduction OF
some drastic measure for the blood
money that there might be in it