The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-05-30

ored with a series OF good crops. for
which the people have obtained excep-
tionaI prices. and there has been un-
usual activity in every line Of business.
In less tnan i've years. the bank deposits
have more than doubled and the loans
have expanded over fifty per cent There
has oeen an individual prosperity every
where, and the men who could not pay
before have become the bankers best
patrons. II recalls q statue, now en-
tirely obIiterated. which for years stood
on the principal street OF a Grecian city.
Though destroyed. it leaves behind an
epigram, which furnishes an excellent
description Of it. The epigram is In the
form OF q conversation. in which the
traveller is made 10 say 10 the statue:
What is thy name?'
y am called opportunity
why dost thou stand on thy toes7''
TO show that stay but moment"
''Why hast thou wings On thy feet2'
'eTo show how quickly pass by"
why is the hair on thy forehead so
long,"
THAT they may seize me when they
meet ne.
why is thy head so bald behind?"
ITO show that when once pass I can
not be caught"
This has been a period OF wonderful
opportunities. The Kansas bank that had
bad assets in 1896, that held questionable
paper or had been forced 10 take real
estate, and has not. before this, relieved
itself of these undesirable assets. has Ger
tainly lost its opportunity, and the one
that since that tine has accumulated
bad paper or loaded itself up with real
estate has unquesuonably failed in its
mission. The opportunity to clear itself
Of all rubbish has. in the past five years.
been clearly presented 10 every Kansas
bank and the one that has not already
done so should not neglect the excellent
opportunities that now present them
selves. for these opportunities may not
pass this way again"
Here Mr.. Albaugh paused to give some
excellent advice about loans, deposits,
the trusts connected with the latter. etc.
and then passed to praise Kansas as fol-
lows:
kansas is a mighty commonwealth
Her industries are numerous; but In
their infancy; her resources wonderful,
but undeyeloped.
Tier people are progressive and this
oft times leads them to be venturesome.
They are given to extremes
Kansas no longer lives IN the past.
Her early struggles and her varied ex-
periences. in which the tragic and hum
orous have been so closely intermingled.
have gone into history. She viii again
have her ups and downs, but the ex-
tremes between the grasshopper year
and the high tide OF the boom OF 'S6-7
viii recur no more forever. Kansans
are looking to the future. and there IS
rainbow OF promise at every point or
the horizon. The magic touch Of develop
ment has scarce been laid on her won
derful possibilities No prophet can for
tell what another decade may accom-
plish There is wealth untold, but yet
undeveloped, IN her fertile soil The peo-
pie have only begun to discover how to
extract it. In corn. in wheat. in hogs.
in cattle, in all those products for which
there is always a market and which
bring quick returns. Kansas viii lead all
the other states in the Union In her
mines there are untold riches that await
enterprise and capital for their develop
ment. This IS a business era, in which
nations and states are vying with each
other for supremacy. Kansas viii not
be outdone. The sentimental past viii
give way to the practical present and the
accomplishments of the future.
What we want is a broader citizen
ship, less pickering and more business;
less theorizing and the exercise Of more
practical good sense; less high tragedy
and fanaticism and a more general and
well dinused enjoyment Of the opportEni-
ties that Kansas. even at this early stage
Of her development, affords. What we
need are better homes and more OF them;
more capital and richer returns TO those
who bring 1t to the states; more farms
and better farmers to cultivate them;
more churches and generous attend
ance at the services held therein;
more school houses and higher grade Of
instructors for the children who attend.
IN short, a general movement forward
all along the line, progress that win be
substantial. a development that win be
lasting. a success that VIII be a realisa-
ton Of the fondest and brightest antici-
pations Of the founders and early build
ers of the commonwealth"
T. H FAXON.
Miss Mamie Smith. Middlesboro, Ky.
writes: My little sister had the Group