The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
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was 10 packing house 10 be built. tn
lead 20 E reduction OF the standard O
wages now prevailing II there is 81.
class more than another which VIII b
Immediately benefited - the REBUILDING
OF the. packing house. that class IS n.
la5o-lng class. But his benefit VIII b
scarcely less immediate than TIE benefit.
Z viii bring 70 other classes The money
VIII not remain long between him and Tbs
man ne rents . house from. TIE man h
buys groceries from and the man from
whom re gets his shoes. coal. clothing
dress gods and the other things needed
/ in his household for the comfort Of his
7 family On the heels Of the rebuilding
/ OF the packing house VIII come the build
! ing OF TIE Orient shops and terminals,
with It's demand for Wichita Iaboring
! men and mechanics, not reduced by the
/ necessities Of n idle winter 20 such
/ straits as TO be compelled 70 WORK below
/ q reasonable scale o. wages.
Il the voters Of Wichita act wisely With
their ballots today Wichita VIII enter the
year in her history They can insure 4
continuity OF prosperity and emerge IN
the spring with ready for a year OF IN
bounded prosperity; for with a new pack
ing house and another railroad with shops
and division terminals viii come Al in
creased population and An increased de-
mand FOR a few hundred more dwelling
houses which VIII have 70 be built
Should the bonds fail 70 carry what
would be the result?
This is a most serious thought and
should De considered with the utmost
elaboration Would the fast increase
the pronounced tendency OF the men OF
money and enterprise in the southwest
70 come 70 live IN wichita Everybody
knows that there Is not a town within a
radius Of 30 niles but what there is II IL
some man, II not several men, who is
anxious 10 make his home IN wichita,
believing that It win eventually be the
great center OF the southwest Two
hundred such men wiz add TO the taxable
wealth OF Wichita more than enough 70
pay the annual interest on the bonds that
may be voted 20 the DoIds. Are you
going 70 say 70 these men and TO the
Dold Packing company that Wichita does
not want them? Are you going 70 say 70
the ten thousand country customers that
Wichita merchants have. and al OF whom
take pride n the city and believe in Wich-
tia future that the Peerless Princess
has decided to Cult growing and spread
ing and getting there? Are you going 70
say 10 the 400 packing house employees and
10 their families-2.00 Geo persons IN au-thet
You not need them in Wichita and that
they must pull out for Kansas City. To-
peka. St Joe OF some other town. are
you going TO say 70 the farmers and cat
tlemen Of the southwest, the biggest and
by far the greatest industries conribut-
ing 10 the interests OF Wichita that they
must take their cattle ard hogs 10 Kan
sas City-that Wichita does not want
them. What kind OF an enterprise can
wichita expect 10 build Up except an in
dustry based on the natural resources and (
productions OF its own immediate terri (
tory which are cattle and hogs2 Is there
any sense IN importing iron 1.o0o miles
and coal go miles TO make pumps and I.
other manufactured articles and AT the I
same time tell the people who produce I
food animals at our ovn doors 70 take !
them on 10 St. Louis, so miles farther /
away ard TO Chicago. 100 niles away?
The people OF Wichita must stop TO 4
consider this morning. They must stop i
- consider the practical and not the /
IDEAL Il is very nice 70 have a con- I
science 50 delicate that Il cannot see the I
Justice OF giving bonuses. and Il would .
b. nice enough II all other communities .
had an equally delicate conscience. but .
The practical fact stares the people IN the (
face that II Wichita does not give some .
3ther town will give and the industries
hat would come here vii go there. ,
Wichita never gave a dollar inteHigentiv
a bonuses that it did not set in return
Tor IT, Il VIII Immediately get 8 back
Tor every dollar il may give Dold today
md in an Indirect way 1t VII get hun
ireds OF dollars.
Vote for the bonds and 4 greater
Wichita