The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-29
TAKES HANNA'S KIND OF MONEY
Wichita Travelling Man Notes Funny
Missouri Politics.
Wichita, Aug. q, 1900.

To the Editor Of The Eagle.
A commercial traveller begs space in
the peoples popular paper to express his
say on the conditions of the country as
they exist today under a Republican ad-
ministtation. and as they existed in 1894
under Democratic administration. I'm
til recent the writer represented north
east Missouri, and it was in that state,
during Cleveland's administration, that
he traded two pairs of spectacles for a
yearling calf In June of the present
year four pairs Of the same grade of
glasses would not touch calf hide. So
much for Mckinley prosperity.
During July of the present year the
writer was calling on the grocery trade
I'm the same state and desires TO offer the
following as having taken place in his
hearing: A well TO do appearing farmer
drove up in front Of the store and made
his wants known from his wagon. The
merchant excused himself and stepped
to the door, and this is the gist of the
conversation: ''Well. Mr.. '' ad-
dressing the merchant 81 find I shall
need about three more bales of the 0oarbed
wire like you sent out a few days since.
Have you got ito" Yes" said the
merchant '1but-but the trusts have adj
vanced the price you know, SO Tu-I'H
have to charge you little more money
for 1t now" % Bout how much more?"
well. I guess IS cents on the bale will
let me OUT Every good roll it out;
I've NO, kick coming. There are worse
things than trusts. Trusts were an I'M
heard of quantity in 1894, you know,
and cattle and hogs were so cheap that
they weren't fit TO eat. Yes. roll out the
wire and. here is your money. Just sold
four sucking calves at $50 EACH so you
see I'm not kic5in' much about trusts"
It is far from the writer's intention to
champion trusts. but it is a fact that
many who howl about them are the
trusts greatest benefciaries. The farmer
who sees only the advance in barbed
wire, sugar. etc, in these prosperous days
of scent hogs and cattle and Accent
corn and hunkers himself down 10 howl
trust, is indeed a very obtuse fnancier.
As for the knights of the grip, suffice it
10 say that they are not so foolish to
trade off sure thing for pig in a
poke AS a class the commercial men
are much stronger for Mckinley than
they were in~1S96. SO also are the bust
ness. professional and lahoring men.
The writer's association with the bust
ness men teaches that they are willing 10
let well enough alone. Why, even in
rock-ribbed old Missouri the better ele-
Inent Of the business men so expressed
themselves.
While working Missouri the writer
heard great deal about the Missouri
mule. and it is his candid opinion that
@ba paonle oF that state Gould rroSnar hv
raising more Of him and fewer Bryan
donkeys.
Quite a few OF the hotel men Of Mis-
souri, still cling to Bryan and the heaven
born ratio, but it takes Hanna's kind
Of money to sit at their tables. The
writer has in mind a certain hotel man
with whom he frequently stopped. The
fellow in question was very radical
free silverite. one evening while going
through his daily paper he came across
something Mckinley had said about pros
perity. and after reading aloud few
lines he became frantic. Not knowing
the writer's politics he winked our assent
20 a wild-eyed spiel he was turning loose
10 his guests. The witer took issue with
him. whereupon he flew of In 4 tangent
declaring that no man could point him 70
a single instance Of real prosperity. The
writer Queried him as TO whether DE did
not recognize scent hogs. scent cattle.
40-cent corn and Sl-cent oats real pros
perity. "Of course" said he. ''hocs and
cattle command pretty fair prices. but
there Zoe d-m few farmers in this vicin-
ity who have hoGs and cattle. To HI
with such prosperity.' Yours truly.
W. 5. c.