The Atlanta constitution., 1901-10-14


l-ScmehOw We get wrong
tdezs os Kansas city down our way.
Kansas city is right side up with care"
70 Is = hustling. rustling. bustling. right
sia-ro-iate western city. second only to
81 Louis among Missouri towns. and, IL
7 am not greatly mistaken. will give St
Louis a hot rare for first place one OF
these days.
Kansas city iS aggressive. Yes. that's
the wo-d-off-hand I'm her manners. Chi
s.7rn-like in her methods. breathing hCs-
incss At every pore. with swift run and
s-anEor about her movements. and a TO
ruSt heartinsSS i'm the twists and turns Of
her cable-car ramificatiOns. which los
ties and jerks all the time. but eNhiiar-
ateE- Just the same
You land al a depot teeming with thou
sands running hither and thither. get
ting OF ami climbing On many main lines.
for there seems to b. enough railroads
interSecting there to carry almost every
t--iv pretty much everywhere
Scanning the big business blocks.
rearnfnE cut i'm all directions. YOU ncte
stores ~ All kinds. as fine shops and cafes
as tasty end brilliant as can he seen
almost anywhere in this great country.
Won ask 4 policeman:
How biC is Kansas city. anyhow
oh says he. ''lS;@a in Missouri. and
about slea over there in Kansas. or be-
voud State street.
Indeed. and what's over there 10 In
tcrcst q man.
',Iosiet-why. about seven 81 the big
.aeSt na ckinC houses on the earth and per-
feet hives ~ human beings mp to their
sves iu factories ~ all sorts This IS
killing dav Young man-ycu ought to e
over AMI TAX. in the slaughter It's the
sight ~ a lifetime. assure you"
: few minutes later I was ON my way
ovrr Tor 7 wanted - see Kansas city
play her trump card. as no place on earth
can handle a hog or \ beef more to the
uti.eu-s taste than that town
What Kansas CITY lacks in scenery she
mikes u.l in sight Of animal hutcheTy
what sh. lacks in art galleries she
makes III fu masterful and esthetic ma
inhalation ~ the fatted calf or the obese
pi- for here the bovine and the porcine
sI,ni-cns are carved for the world 20
reat 'fit for the gods. not heWed as
sarcaSsss III for hounds
So over State street crossed. and soon
.tned face to face With one of those pack
ing riaceS n WIS Just noon time ana
thr people We're pouring ont 10y the hun
lreis
what's tn. natter asked % n
nan IN blood-stained overalls-
oh nothing said he, the people are
have thirty minutes t. eat
How many reopie work in that pack
ing establishment
Something over five thousand" said
b.. -and thev are hiring more men and
l-svs every day
Are they well paid-
Pretty WE'LL hear no kick coming
The average pay u these people is
atout 8 q day. some get more. some
less III : man will work he can get IL to
sn in this towu-hut he can't pick his
inh ! believe Kansas City Is the best
place Tor e working man in this country.
I've been working right here twelve years.
and ann satisfied. and there are thousands
On tnr same boat. Eoud-day." And OF
De hustled with droves - other employees
~ sssnres ~ little restaurants lining the
adjacent streets. where plain hut excellent
food WIS served 20 the employees II the
great concern. The lunch time Is too
short Tor the people to - home in the
misl.iie = the GAY J stepped into the
Office
What dn YOU wantz- asked a mere boy
s-shsua vu- counter DO yen want
work
NO sirre-' Never KILLED "A hog or cary
~ steer in mv Hfe. I'm see-er-not q
kiiisr- : want To $50 che killing. Do YOU
kiu totey-
Yes rather abruptly
.-A har-huGeg
--No-teeves Slaughter hrEirs ~ ?
0'ciork Come round ten minutes before
and 81 % give won ticket "
7 vas nu tius-se was th. ticket There
were several other tourists on hand. and
H'E ugauf~si tn sea fhe --kiiunE" That's
FUNNY All Wsrs tb.r. mot a. lsa through
tle packing enue. rms various depart
weutS. hlt Simply 81 view the grand
Tragedy. Human mature mas 3 weak kn.ss
t"r slaughter. now hasn't it. Il de-
lights iu seeing rh- sleek animals oprr-
att7t "u tw auF--iS- ;h-. appetite uf the
rsti"ns-aui thr more up-tn-date and
artistic Gee rrs-p.es nf slaughter tre
h'rusr rh- curiosity tu see b..
"" w~n. conducted arrHsS n wide court
f-sra ara in nud o,t several narrow alley
Wtts- orr nasal urlettl~ .l~siiis-ri at every
~fsu nv usaln.iur~ ~ infinite variety and
~ueh strength Hs almost go stagEer-all
kifsi~ nf uuutter..itiv tsI smells which. bv
contrast. r,'ull nuig suggest tr the Imagi-
uath'r tHt iruumerati'' UsIe arulnas that
must hat. -aiut.i rle alf1ctorv nerves
uf nur nrst parents iu tle Garden II
Eleu ur fnst.l from thy blooming ter
r1rrs of Arlby thr B..st
Nh.u aut whrw a-liu. hut Z can tell
Eeu ere ~s-thiuE xephyrs were far from
frtiEt1f-a with tme haluv breath which
~.asthf= tHe smelling sense when the
south gtg-d blows uN-r a bed of violcts
---t.siiirE sId Swing r.lor--
1u amlf thi< ShakeSus are - stunning
sceut wee aiwust ran. each whiG growing
stronger auI more olDriferors until We
were ciad tn mount q short stairway and
-tr7fi iu front af great freight elevator
we were slowly lifted several stories
ard then emutitl into e wide hallway.
. where scores ~ n1le-faced men were SIT
{ ,1re on tiE stools polishing biadders
hts way To the killing Yelled a fat
Elsu whose white garments Were reekiug
with the rei blood II many victims. Up
narrow flight of stairs the party dartei