The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-29
Daily Ea9le
NJ. M MURDOCH. Editor.
THE INVITATION TO BUSINESS

Just at this time Populism can do
more harm to Kansas than at any pre-
sious time. POpulism arose during
period of popular depression in Kan
sas. During that depression it flourish
ed Good times are coming now and
Populism has no excuse for existence.
But if by political Vaccinations 1t con-
linues to exist and dominate Kansas,
this state will surely suffer.
Business comes where business Is
done. Ii viii not come where 1t is bad
il treated. 1t will not come where 1t Is
abused and threatened. 1t will not
tome where a majority OF the people
Join in bitter denunciatiOn Of all bust
ness. Kansas wants new people from
the east; it wants new businesses from
the east; it wants new money from the
rast. New men are not going 10 come
TO Kansas with the knowledge that a
majority Of the people Of the state Will
hold them to be tools of Wall street, be
cause of their political opinion, when
they get here. New businesses are not
going TO come here so long as the old
idea of Fopulism, that the legitimate
merchant is a thief and u Lar, which
led TO the establishment of Alliance
stores, new businesses are not going 10
come here 50 long as the men VINO up
held this opinion still control the state.
New money is not going to come to this
state SO long as a party which calls
every man with money a Shylock and
a Blood sucker, is still in the ascend
anCy.
This IS year when politics Is busi-
ness and business is politics. Kansas
can not invite immigration, new bust
ness. new money, with Populism still in
the ascendancy.
No business man who expects TO build
up big business, who expects TO use
credits, viii come 10 a state where a
larger part of every community by
their ballots declare that every banker
Is a scoundrel and a thief
And IN this connection John Brelden-
1hal last week said: Il am daily re-
ceiving letters from Kansas bankers
about paper that l have made them
charge off as bad debts being paid in
full. One bank has six quarter sections
away out in the coyote country. /
hardly considered such property an as
set, but agree that they should be set
down as worth 500 each, or 5000 in the
aggregate. Here is a letter announcing
that one quarter brought $500. The
bank has the other five quarters left to
secure the other 500. Here is another
letter from a bank that / have beer
abusing about its assets. 1t had 400
acres of coyote country land. The pres
ident says he does not propose TO sell It
at a sacrifice and will buy it himself
al twice the valuation put on 1t. Some
of the banks that have been threaten
ing to close up are in good shape now.
and are talking back TO me pretty plain
ly. A banker at st. John had mort
gage on everything an old fellow had
and / called the paper almost worthless
few months ago. The banker started
the man for one more effort. lie put in
900 acres of wheat. init it right and has
paid OFF his mortgage and much more
besides"
Was the aforementioned banker a ben
efactOr or was he a rascal? And can
Kansas expect permanent prosperity so
long as it elects tickets composed of
men who get their votes through calling
such men ''ShylOckS" and "Blood-suck-
erSY''