The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-03
ON WICHITA'S FUTURE
Dr. {. P. Miller Says It viii
Be Phenomenal.
He IS A CAPITALIST
And Has Large Property Inter
eStS in Kansas.

DR.. E. P. Miller Of New York City. who
has large property interests in southern
Kansas. is much interested in the growth
Of this city He has been IN Wichita
number Of times ana has closely watched
the development of the city as a com
merciaI center, Mr.. Miller is capitalist
and has very conservative judgment on
western values. In regard to The future
growth Of Wichita he says:
Il notice that number of prominent
people have predicted that Wichita is
destined TO become city OF 100 900 people
in the near future. Why should it not do
50? An article IN the Kansas Farmer Of
January "A shows that Wichita is in one
Of twelve counties of Kansas that lie
contiguous TO each other: that produced
Sc, s46,679 bushels Of wheat in 1900. Sedg-
wick county; which stands fifth in her
yield Of wheat in the state, joins Sumner
on the south, which, ia 1890 produced
probably the largest crop of wheat OF any
county in the world. Barton, which
stands second to Sumner, and Rice ard
Mcpherson, third and fourth in wheat
production, are a little north and west of
Sedgwick. It viii be difficult TO find any
five counties in the world that viii sur
pass these five in their wheat crop IN 1900
Then there are Reno and Stafford, each
OF which produced over 100000 bushels,
that join Sedgwick and each other on the
west
The twelve counties that produce the
5s.9i5s7s bushels of wheat are all within
but little over 100 miles Of Wichita, and
all have direct railroad, telegraph and
telephone communications with Wichita
Added to this, there are thirteen counties
Immediately adjoining the twelve above
referred to, that in 1900 produced 2. $50 so
bushels Of wheat II viii thus BE- seen
that the twenty-six counties Immediately
around Sedgwick, produced last year over
IS, 277, 1s9 bushels Of wheat valued at fully
S33, 900. This represents the value OF
only d single crop. Then there IS corn,
oats, rye and other crops which together,
viii probably more than equal that of
wheat Aside from this. a large cattle
and other live stock interest that centers
around Wichita will soon develop into an
enormous profitable business.
THE packing houses established in
Wichita viii become a center for an i'm
IhenSe business that viii be developed
north, west and south Of Wichita As the
cattle interest Of Kansas City has already
become a rival at Chicago, 50 the inter
ests In Wichita viii rapidly gain on those
Of Kansas City.
Manufacturing industries of all kinds
Will rapidly increase as the Industries
above referred to develop. and the future
growth of Wichita will inevitably be phe-
nomenal. To secure this result, however,
protection and sound money must be
maintained. The Industries of the whole
country must be maintained.
The latest reports from our export
trade show that the increase in 1900 over
that Of 1893 amounts to the enormous sum
Of S2o2, 4sls95.
"A recent issue Of the New York Jour
nal says: The detailed tables of the ex-
ports for the calendar year 1900 have been
completed by the treasury bureau of sta
tistics. They show the exports OF the
year to be $1.47Lsl9 66s. or an increase for I
the year in exports Of almost $4,000, 600
This enormous growth in our exports
IS mainly due to the economic policy of
the present administration. We are sur
passing all of Europe in the annual pro-
duction of our manufacturing industries" I