The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-05
SAW NO CITY TO
COMPARE TO It
Mayor Mclean Returns and
Predicts Big Winning for
Wichita.
PEOPLE OF THE WEST
Compared TO Those of the Old
Regions of The East.

Major 3. r. Mclean returned yestcr-
dag from his tEip 70 the scenes Of his
childhood He left them twenty yeaEs
ago a poor hey. The veSt gave Alsa is
reward Tor Industry. aid he went tsck
10 see his old friends He said last even
Ing 10 8 reporter fer the Eagle:
II / aad 8 million dollars, would
have II in farm lands in Kansas before
Christmas That was ny thought when
1 rolled across Kansas today EOu cant
imagine the contrast between this great
country. its vast area. the depth All rich
ness aud ENTHUSIASTICALLY Of its SAL. ard
the farming opportunities OF the com
Try I have visited ! kneE the people IN
northern Maine and oEe- II Canada and
they told NE their affairs as friend tells
a friend \ farmer hack there has his
little three OF four hundred bushels Of
oats. his little stock OF hay. The folks
1 knew we're preparing just as I left 70
go up the river for logs. They win work
In the timber the hardest sort Of labor
ana get their logs down 70 the banks Of
the stream: than in the spring thaw the
logs viii begin moving. They VIII have
and the compensation ziE not De much,
and the men who work for that viii
come back, bearded, 1e2rie6 and older.
Il never want 10 hear again that peo-
PIE in the rural part OF the east take life
easy The fact is that they DO not. They
age rapidly. Men are old at IS They Do
not have modern eoaveniences or know
what they are. They are out OF the ac-
tivities OF the world, out OF range of it's
opportunities A man above al others
l wanted 10 see n the Old town was one
who was in middle age when l left He
had been good 10 nae, kind when 1 need
ed advice and friends. always pleasant
and painstaking with me ] waited 4
dag 10 see him, for the folks told me he
would surely come in that day. He came
and when be was pointed out 10 me I
saw, al S. an Old, infirm man. Ny heart
Jumped in my throat at the sight Of him,
and I felt that the world had not been
kind 60 him.
"A visit Of this kind has it's pleasures
ard lis disappoinments and intense sur
Rrises. Woodstock. Canada. used TO look
50 big 10 me. and its hotel was. IN my
boyhood, one OF the wonders Of the Terld
architecurally, II was SO changed. The
town seemed small and the hotel al which
I had once marvelsds was positively riai-
culous. The streets were narrow and not
the great thoroushfares they had once
seemed 70 me. And the people there
are all old people 1 found that the
young people. as soon as they could, sed
for the west. the great. Big, busy west,
and I did not wonder. That part Of the
east does not requite IN fuil measure for
industry. You come back here realizing
that We OF the west co have a rather
pleasant time OF il; that We are amply
repaid for what we do; that We do have
leisure: that cur men and women are
vigorous and active after they have
passed s.. aud that we are in the world
and make the most Of life
I met many people whom I had known
IA bsyheed and spent many pleasant
hours with them But mostly they were
people who were Eiddle-aged when
mas boy The young folks had gone.
One exception VAS vienna who stopped
me on the street She asked ne Il vas
Ben Mclean. When I told her YES. she
told me her name. She had been. when
was a boy. one % my pisymates She
was accompanied BY a young woman
young woman was her daughter.
spent maav days al Woodstock. in
Canada and at Holtoz. across the border
81 Maine. The people fl the United
States are in Better condition than those
in Canada. I had an opportunity 70 see
the working OF liquor laws ia both coga-
tries. IN Woodstock ;he sale Of liquor
IS absolutely forbidden. X is sold il eel
lars just the SANE u Holton. Ne. there
is prohibition Liquor is sold II cellar
joints there. too.
y spent week T. View York city and
its environS. The city Is tremendous 20
NE; almost beyond comprehension. The
crowds on Broadway seemed as large At
s'slock IN the morning a. il fhs DAY
time and ire thoroughfsrs vas as light
>s aas. 7 spent slse some time Ia Bes-
ton
EveFa where went I met Reepis who
had been il Wichita. or xho had heard
OF the place Invariably the remark was:
That's good tDwu, that's 2 lively
coming city. 7 net none u The crit
eisn which prevailed Just after The
boom
And il all she breadth q the lard !
sew To city with the prospects % this
city. 10 piaes 81 IS sf-e with It's activity
push. energy ard hasiaess. The truth is.
none exist GENE back. IS I guess
every ras WHO has gone away FOR
white does. convinced beyez5 { Goubt
HAT II ieasts y E9lss 70 make e great
city Ne have the teFFieoFy the fesflle
resion. We are hqand "a haEs a greater
surrounding qoEglafion, and. above az.
Wichita has tie spirit lou fee II shen
you step CT the traia here see il Il The
faces q cur people. detect Z IN sheir
salt. f1d evidence q 4 II the traffic %
the streets sad In the up-to-da ten4ss 90
he stores Wichita = wfaaer ard q
big winner
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