The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-07
MAJOR ANDERSON REPLIES.
FIays Man Who Criticized the Com
nlercial Club.

To the Editor of the State Journal
1t is scarcely worth while to answer
Manufacturer because he belongs
to the Independent Order of Knockers,
with which this city is cursed, but for
the benefit of this particular Manufac-
turer Knocker, I want him to know
that the Commercial club has nothing
to do with the proposed midsummer
festival 1t is fathered by the enter
tainment committee entirely on their
own motion and won't cost Manufactur-
er Knocker a cent, if he stays away, as
knockers of his class always do The
entertainment committee numbers such
men as e. Fl. Crosby, J. W. Robinson,
w. W. Mills, James Chappelle, Frank
2. MacLennan, E. B. H Remley, Nor
man S. Wear, Dell Keizer, I. J. Hankfa,
Elon S. Clark. Chas. B. Hamilton, I. M
Blitz and J. c. Holland These men
along with a great many other people
believe that AL work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy" They want
some kind of amusement and while
Manufacturer KnOcker is building a
fence around himself. they go to hear
Nordica, Melba and many other prom
inent artists and organizations in our
splendid Auditorium that stands as a
monument to the Commercial club.
These entertainments carry large sums
of money out of Topeka" Thirty-eight
thousand of our people paid to see the
Mfdwinter exposition of our industries
and incidentally to witness some high
class vaudeville attract ctions at popular
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
not there either as an exhibitor or vis-
itor He was at home knocking on eV-
erything in general and Topeka in par
ticular AS Manufa cturer Knocker is
not a member of the Commercial club
he ought to have decency enough to
keep his nose out of their affairs.
Manufacturer Knocker says the Com
meTcial club had no time to assist in
securing railroad legislation of vital
importance to every business industry
in the city" What did Manufacturer
Knocker do in this direction? He is
well known to the members OF the club
who worked persistently for the house
railroad bill and none of these men saw
his 'knockerShip'' in the committee
room. Manufacturer knocker says the
Commercial club is opposed TO assist
and cheaper power In the language
of Artemus Ward, that must be
''goak" What has Manufactures
Knocker done along this line? II Man
ufacturer Knocker Will keep MS shlft
on for a few months. he will see nat
ural gas piped into the city through the
efforts of the president of the ConmeE-
cial club, and then we VIII nave cheap
er power. When that is accomplished
Manufacturer Knocker will find some
thing else to knock on; he IS punt tnaI
way. He complains that a nelgnDoIlnS
city recently offered so much better IN
ducenents that they secured one OF our
leading manufacturing concerns. What
did Manufa cturer Knocker 90 10 re-
tain the Topeka Woolen Mill in this
city? When we were about TO lose the
santa E7e sbo7,s how much of the $685.
900 advanced by our liberal progress
i've business men and property owners
did Manufacturer Knocker contribute?
Has he ever given oolldf 10 secure
an industry for Topeka? The members
Of the Commercial club who pay from
s12 to 5000 each per year to do all that
organized effort can accomplish know.
+l1e mast FIVE years and they are not
fools enough to attempt to convince
Manufacturer Knocker, who IS a cynic,
whose digestion is bad, never smlles
borinr civ fnr s,1nerior '.inducements''
to locate his knocking machine
Tie a little red ribbon on your nam
mer, Mr.. Manufacturer knockef, ana
IT ]. ANDERSON.