The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-16
WICHITA THE GATEWAY
TO PRODUCTIVE EMPIRE
nifty for Manufacturer Seeking
Desirable Locations.
Special Correspondence.

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~ Special Correspondence.
. WICHITA, Kan, Oct. 10.-Wichita, |
Kan, is. open to the world, and is we'll
worth visit by any one contemplating
a new location for jobbing house or a
mandatory. Located on the lines Of
several great railroad systems, every
nook and corner of the nation can be
readily reached.
i. Wichita's natural territory, however,
lies to the South, Southwest, and West.
It includes Kansas, Oklahoma, and Indian
territory, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New
Mexico. and Mexico. Within short time
this city will have the shortest rail out
let to the Pacific ocean and the Orient OF
any interior jobbing and manufacturing
center.
+, Located in the midst of the great agri-
cultural district Of the Southwest, and
forming the gateway to SO vast and so
rich and productive an empire, the adj
vantages here offered to capital seeking
investment IS most flattering. AS such
gateway. Its growth and greatness as an
interior metropolis ID assured. Many
real estate values have. advanced from
2 to- 400 per cent within the last eight
years. Choice sites for manufacturing
and jobbing enterprises are now being
diligently sought out, whereas only few
years ago such locations were drug on
the real estate market. s. t.ls. go 81
;. That Wichita is naturally. and geo.
graphically located to thoroughly cover
| the entire Southwest by her network of
railroads Is proved by the fact that one of
! the largest wholesale hardware houses
| In the world recently seeking a location
! settled upon Wichita, and Isl now con-
STRUGGLING a 100000 building in which to
| carry on its business.
! "A fair estimate Of the business trans
acted in Wichita may be gained from her
! bank clearings. which now run to 81, ESQ.,
| 600 per week. The latest reports show
her bank deposits to be sonnet hing over
$1,000, 900. e. E 5a 75:#z5 9..ssSS
All of the vast demand for agricultural
! implements in this almost phenomenally
productive region should be manufac-
tured in Wichita and supplied from here
! at a s low cost. Of Transportation. and
| where operatives can live with their
families at half what they are required
to pay in many of the congested centers,
remote from the consumer. Thrashing
machines, harvesters both for wheat and
corn, mowers, culttvatogs, plows, trac-
tion engines, wagons, carriages, and all
other classes Of vehicles should always
be manufactured as near as possible to
the consumer, IN order to secure the best
i results. s5 q, iszg
Wichita is such a place, and invites
those engaged in the production ofsthese
articles to give this question serious cons
sideratton. The star Of empire is stead
lily moving westward, and from year to
I yeara visible change Is noted.
This great region. must be supplied
I with the necessities of life at leaS nT.ica
and the labor producing such necessities
1 will be better paid than now. The alter
!. native for the manufacturers to decrease
the cost Of transporting his goods BY
i getting next to. his consumer.
The Commercial club OF the city 81
Wichita will gladly furnish detailed In
/ formation tosany one desiring It.