The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-17
10 BACKWARD STEP
Wichita People Should Act
Wisely Today.
HAVE BIG OPPORTUNITY
To Give lis Remarkable Pros
perity Continuity.
FIVE DOLLARS FOR ONE
Can Be Made by Every Citi-
zen Today.

This IS an important day for wichita
Every citizen who has The privilege Of
the franchise must consider duty which
+ he has been called upon By legal procla-
nation 70 perform. Thar duty is 70 pass
upon the proposition to vote 5000 for
I the purpose Of buying ground for pub
lie park from the Jacob Dold Packing
company, me money so voted to be used
in the rebuildIig Of a packing house u
take the place OF the one recently de-
stroyed by FIRE. In considering this duty
personal advantages and disadvantage
must not Be thought OF. the action OF
the voter must ard should he determined
from the standpoint OF the general good.
There is only one main question % be
thought OF and tffat is this. Do Wichita
people think 1t VIII be worth S59.oo0 10
the entire community 70 have an insti-
tuition rebuilt ihat VIII give from 80 70
90 Of its citizens employment the year
rourde
The proposition before the people IS
plain There has been no c7nceaIment Of
any purpose in the proposition; it goes
before the people with only one fact TO he
determined and that is the value Of a
packing house 70 this ccuuunity
The Dold company vii build one here
costing probably as much as $4,000 ir
they set aid 70 the amount OF $4,000 from
the city. This So 90 would mean = per
capita if paid by she people living in the
city, and VINO would not give < TO sea
an institution Ike that in Wichita2 But
It VIII not be al PAID by the people resi-
Gent n this city; il vii be paid by the
property IL tbs city. The railroads. the
street railway, the telegraph companies.
the telephone company and other cor
porations, and non-residents who own
property in wichita for speculative pur
poses. VIII have 20 pay BY far the create
portion OF it The four railroads alone
VIII have 70 pay more than 80 900 Of the
sum asked. And why should they rot
Last year the D3id company did business
with the railroads that aggregates. ton
age 10 the amount Of nineteen million
pounds and paid thsm largely in excess
Of $4,000 in freight II is clear then that
the railroads VIII not lose any MONEY
By the rebuilding Of TIE house except
make far more money b hauling i from
Kansas City. in which event the people
o. Wichita and its commercial territory
would pay the extra cost OF hauling and
at the same time be contributing 10 the
support Of Kansas CITY And there Is
another thing 70 be considered Railroads
make rates 10 q city according 70 Tire
amount OF tonnage IL ships. Reduce the
average annual tonnage OF Wichita IS
0oq600 pounds and that would make a big
hole IL its entire shipments on the other
hand. increase il from twenty 10 twenty
five million pounds. which can be done
by the building OF the D0ld house. with
double its former capacity. and wich-
ia VIII be il q good position 20 make
demands for a further decrease in gen
erai freight rates. al az which win r.
bound 70 the advantage Of the consunn-
ers-which are the people Of Wichita and
its tributary commercial territory.
Then. again. the voting az 5000 VII
insure TIE immediate clrcuIatcn OF be-
tween $500 and $4,000 of foreign
money in the city Where viii this money
go2 To be sure the railroads wiu set
part of t. probably as much as their
share OF the bonds VII be. but the pe0-
ple-th0se VINO 1--we IL Wichlta-wiu set
more than seren tenths of e. This win
insure a merry Christmas. happy New
Year. school shoes. fuel and clothing
and house tent 10 many families. who (
otherwise. would mset the rgor Of the
coming winter with less Eope. The build
ire Of the hcgse VIII employ many Ia
aorers and mechanics at time when I
here would be little else fer then q do 4
Il VII enable che working man 70 main
tain ;ha reasonable scale q wages he
has been making al sumner. FOR Z -here {