The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-27
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FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE IN SIGHT
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor.


tatoa in the report of Secretary Coburn touching the
shifting OF population The figures show that
sedgwck county has made the banner GAIN SURPRISING
any other county in increase. What does that mean!
It means that Wichita has the increase for which
the county gets credit the local returns show that
rural sedgwic county-that part of the county outside
wichitas limts-has increased in population There
is nothing surprising in the report for every Wichita
nan regardless of the measurement Of his disceTnch
realizes that Wichita made marvellous gain IN popu
lation within the past twelve months
Some twenty-six Kansas counties show decrease.
They are principally counties southeastern part OF
the state where the moods of variable SUCH
for instance as Cherokee county, where the demand
and value Of mine products change rendering the tenure
of occupation uncertain
The tendency Of population is to concentrate where
opportunity to earn and thrive is permanent and
hence the steady Increase Wichita for nearly twelve
years During part of that time Wichita suffered IN
common with every other American city from the ehecs
Of national industrial stagnation; but unie all other
cities Of its size and environments, always managed to
hold its own or to increase And this is more remarka
Bile when one considers the fact that the opening and
settlement and development of country drew thou
sands away from our population In holding its own and
increasing during time and under such circum
stances Wichita has manifested a recruiting and recu-
reratye power that cannot be accounted for by any
other reasoning than that location has in it the log
ica elements which mare center of population
The selection of home is as much matter for The
application of logic any other subject for human de-
cson The father who opportunity for his grow
ingup boys does pile them into wagon and lump
them out at the he to- He reasons The
matter out He inquiries what avenues of opportunity
this and that possess and he desires to give his
sons mechanical education he does not throw them
out where there single BLACKSMITH shop and nothing
else He takes them where can become an eeetrl-
can anothr stereotyper another plumber another
mouder and so on he does not end his reasoning
there He takes into consideration such facts as the
educational facilities place affords; its desirability as
place of abode the Of its everyday life and
customs with the habits and training of his children
This is one of the minor reasons why Wichita is grow
ing and expanding in a healthy citizenship The larger
and greater reason is that the logical active business
and industrial center Of a territory of unbounded
natural resources It is place that holds future and
offers an opportunity the thrifty and industrious
young and which promises pleasant autumn for those
who have passed the meridian worldly ambitions
and activities.
Greater Wichita will be made by the boys who are
now blowing the farms and sending their opulence hher
They perhaps unconsciously contributing and
HANGING the opportunities that them; for
furrow that is turned within radius OF leo miles adds
to the growth Of Wichita enarges the opportu
mites that hold happiness for another gen
Grafton.
Wichita is now and has been for year moro in a
itc non
ulaon by 10000 within sixty days but the wisdom of
its most Discerning citizens is opposed to wildcat inha
tonn favor of more seadycerain and stable growth It
possible that by process of advertising and the con-
centrated effort of our citizens 100000 Of eastern CAPT
be brought here within six weeks but the des-
tiny Of Wichita is assured without dollar Of eastern
capital Enough surplus wealth be produced annu-
ally in Wchas territory stimulate its growth along
absolutely Ines and with growth based on such
principle city viii only have the advantage Of
being built upon its own resources but will also enjoy
the earned profits Of home investments Wichita bust
ness men, with their wide experience understand the
difference between investments whose profits remain at
home and investments whose profits go away home
They inteDde to drink the milk of their IN the
future
What is the lesson Of Secretary Coburns figures?
What is their meaning and Importance? Simply this-a
gain Of S per single year-a marked
by the opening country by the failure
corn crop and the destruction by fire of the largest
labor employing institution southwest Compound
the figures and what the result? SOC45 people in
1903; S46SS people in 1901; s957 people 1905; 27
in 1906; and what in lso7-what, but that which has
ever been the prediction of wiehitans-5o1s9,
ONE OF RoosEVgLrs WAYS.