The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-04

wood stimulated manufacturing all over
the land. Where factories and steel mills
had been running intermittent laborers
found steady en- loy-IneEt at an increased
per diem. thus about doubling their earn
inS capacity over former YEARS. IN ad-
3-tton to this. every available iabcTeT
found ready employment ana became
producer. with an aggressive appetite ard
increased means for satisfying it. Then
pork went up from 81 cents to cents
per pound; beef ruled 60 per cent TO -
Fer. ceat higher ana ali the products nee
essary to feed this prosperous army OF
workers found its level Of increase and
the chain was complete.
Now who can pick tie loser IN this
record Of apparently general lcss. " hile
the figures above cited appear 10 show
a net loss in excess cost OF material and
labor Of 4 per cent. yet 4 condition of
satisfied prosperity prevails- Toe agri-
cultural implement Geale- appears TO hare
lost 10 Der cent in the increased cost of
The machinery which ne handles and yet
there has never been such general pros
perity among the agricultural implement
dea,ers Of the cCuntry IS now.
The history CT the iron and steel trade
is one OF the most notable features or
the progress Of civuiZs ton Net long ago
the world did not much concern intsesf
with the growth OF production Of iron
ard steel, and the woolen trade was the
standard of the prosperity Of the country,
Dut today Rzcsperitg Of all rat.ons IS
rated on taeab as.ss.apf iron production,
in so the % ted gates produced s.soo-
00) tons Of pig iron lat Same year
Great Britain our nearest competitor,
produced SG09,o09 tons. IN 1901 the United
States increased its production TO 5000
900 tons, while Great Britains produc-
ticn had decreased to ,S9oJ. 000 tons.
The demands for labor kept pace with
the production of iron and the demand
for farm products 10 feed the workers
made the farmers market sure and he
is receiving his fun share, if not greater
per cent than any of Us.
without a aattering prospectus. even
So successful & promoter as Mr.. Morgan
Of New York cannot UDderwritc an IN
dust~iql stock. When prices are low ana
trade is stagnant and money scarce. then
is no Incentive for anyone 70 invest n
enterprises of any kind. When money Is
plenty ard interest rates low capital
seeks investment in other than strictly
intarest-bearing channels and the pro-
l4oter finds a ready market and an e,-
( ceiient commission for his talent TO-
combination ard ability 10 construct
j. T. VAN ZANDT S ADDRESS.
Mr. j. r Van Zandt. president OF the
Peruvian Zandt Implement company or
this city. addressed the colt enton IL
part rs follows:
-Ar President and Gentlemen Of the
Convention: What should this associa-
t.ca do 20 increase its growth for the
futureZ Perhaps the real question niSht
have been stated 10 be Why should
We increase 0ug membership, or WHIT
dement's wln be derived from membership
in our association?
Let US, then. consider. first, the impor-
tancc. ana indeed we might say, the ne
f 90. rtf + This
OF large enterprises All around US we
/ hear Of gigantic deals. of great invest
is osDital which are formed 20
I accomplish great undertakings. which
have resulted from The united savings
IF q large number cf men. II woulc
be a waste Of time now for US TO discuss
lhe merits or dement's Of the gigantic
steel trust, the great railroad combines
or the immense labor organizations, but
we know they are al mighty forces Of
modern civilization. Most OF us are face
10 face with another powerful combina-
lion, which has been dcnominated the
Harvester Trust. and whether II is right
or wrong. it is an accomplished fact
condition with which We mist deal Il
we have anything TO do with the har-
vester trade.
with this state of facts conceded, it
seems hardly necessary for Us TO hesitate
longer 10 answer the question named.
We must and ourselves together, for II
we act singly we must Of necessity com
pete directly or Indirectly with other or
garizations which are fully equipped and
our business suffer 10 such an extent
as To render Il Improbable.
I'VE witness all around us today thou
sands of me-, even IN these prosperous
times. who have toiled thein long lives
for a bare living. and have pow come
down to old age with but the bare ne
or Cfno1E- handed fhrN
fought and failed.
'.-rhat trade conditions can be improved
shown by the fact that where other
7eiations have labored, although only
of the dealers have assisted. their
united Efforts have moved railroad COM
panies express companies and manufac-
turCrs TO grant more favorable rates. 70
arbitrate differences and TO settle dis
rutes often TO the satisfaction of the
retailer as well as jobber and manu-
lecturer. Since the era of implement
dealers conventions many abuses have
been done away with, many evils nave
been. corrected; animosities between com
pcting dealers have been allayed, and
permanent friendships formed
Those present n our convention last
year VIII rcmemher that the question
~ freight rates ont Of Wichita was -
s.dered the important question Since
that time. mainly through the influence
If our association, railroad companies
have reduced their rates on our lines
out of this ciJy. from 10 % per cent,
and this city is now placed Ola rs good
basis for haadiing goods ms any other
center in the land IL may not be cut OF
place to ren-ind YOU that this reduction
iu rates alone has saved sou. and VIII
save yoU-,he acaiers-2Ic your custom
ers Of southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
more monov than all the other conces-
ta rraa+tA fasH la