The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-05

Wichita is interested in the welfare OF
your people in everything that tends to
the upbuilding Of the country which you
represent. Your interests are our inter
ests, and our interests are yours.
"A few years ago the city of Wichita
had grown to a population of . 900 to
10000 people. We thought then we were
a metropolis. We thought we were going
10 attain a population of from 900 to
100000 people, and all at once it dawned
upon us the fact that this country east
and west Of us in Kansas was not an
agricultural country; that our agricult-
ural country was limited on the south Of
us by the state line; TO the east Of US,
within fifty or sixty miles Of this point
we were met by competition Of the cities
of Kansas City and St Louis on the
north and east of US. So that here we
had a city too big for the country and
therefore something must be done. or We
had TO go back to a city of 10000 people;
and we realized that We had TO have more
territory to contribute to our growth.
So then ii began to be discussed all over
the country. and here in Wichita, as to
what snou.I be done with this fertile
country on the south-yOur Oklahoma
and Wichita became interested in it,
IT saw the necessity of that movement,
and finally it was opened to settlement.
and people brought in by hundreds and
thousands. then came the settlement of
the Shawnee and Arapahoe country; then
came the Cherokee Strip. and il was open
ed and settled, and now the Indian coun-
try, until during the past twelve or
fifteen years. down to today. and all of
it IS naturally tributary to Wichita
There has not been a line of business
conducted in this city within the last
ten years from which the city of Wichita
has derived such benefit as the implement
business At the time 7 speak of before
the settlement of the new country. there
were few implement houses doing bust
ness here. When this vast territory south
of us was converted into farms. other
dealers began TO look for locations here
as shipping point and they came one
after another, ana would go around upon
these side streets. rent our old buildings
and replace the broken glass. brush the
cobwebs from the ceiling, fire up and fill
them mp with merchandise, and began TO
do business all around this country. and
the territory TO the south They kept on
coming. one after another. moving in.
and finally all those old buildings were
filed up, and the necessity arose for
building more and new buildings TO ac-
commodate them. And now. gentlemen.
when YOU walk around our streets if YOU
go down on Water street YOU will see
the foundation there in process of con-
strucuon Of great and magnificent
building; when you inquire who the pro-
iectOr of that is. you Will ascertain il is
the Van Zandt Implement company,
whose business has grown to such an ex-
tent II has got TO have more room. Go
down on South Lawrence avenue. and
there YOU viii see in process of construc-
ton another great structure; inquire
who is projecting that and you Will find
It Is the Wallace Implement company. (
They must have more room. co down
on the Santa eF railroad track and YOU
viii sec building in process Of erection +
that looks as though it was going 70
stand for 213 years and il probably Will +
You inquire who is the protector of that. +
and YOU are told that the Mccormick .
Harvester company is Then go back of F.
that and You viii see an excavation that I
indicates that the protector of that build j
ing is going TO try and construct r +
massive building. You enquire who is
behind that enterprise and you are told .
II is Smyth x Sons company. So that /
You viii see. gentlemen, what the i'm (
plement business has done for Wichita
1t has come and occupied our vacant 4
buildings. anc is now erecting new build
Ings, which VIII be an ornament - the
city i'm the years TO come.
So the city OF Wichita is interested !
In Your country, in your prosperity. and
she wants 10 see every man engaged /
IN the implement business in this coun-
Try succeed. whether DE is in Wichita.
southern Kansas or Oklahoma or else
where So that IT is in territory tributary
10 this
Now. gentlemen. there is another thing
" chita wants that makes her feel in
crested In Your business. and thst is
hat We propose a. have in the next few
-earS something that rightfnllv belongs
20 Wichita. which il has not now. In the
asst few years we have been spending
money and time in securing packing
houses. and I'm building up great live
stock market and today We have one ~
he best Young livestock markets In an
his country. and we have a packing
house now The products OF which 50 out
,ver an the world with The brand Of
Wichita upon them. But here are an
hose fields which lie around Wichita
% the south Df RS. where. durins h1rFest
ime. we hear the sound Of the sickle
md the whiTr OF the thresher and No
intend 10 do our part I'm tho matter II
hippinE the grain proiuced in this great
rritorv. Wicliita expects 10 bee, in q
mort sine. in q position 90 handle ala
be Erain produced there iu its elevators.
@ manufacture TIRE -four that from sraia
md send * out all over the country with
Dee brand II Wlchita upon A. 5ust as We
10 The packing house products today
Il was interested last summer, when
happened 60 be- IN a u,ishorr5ug city
few DAYS ana had the Wicilita E2sie
sent over 20 ire. wanted 10 see what
he local news was. Ia came. and taking
BE my hand while friend was standing
a glanced over rhe local news and
brew il down. My friend picked gp the
aper- he did not know niue about kan
AS had never been to Wichita and
lever had read the Eagle. 6gt what