The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-21
WHAT WENATCHEE NEEDS.

William Allen White was inspired
to write an article entitled Whats
the Matter With Kansas" In the
very nature of things there was
nothing wrong with Kansas at that
time except that it had an unusually
large number of croakers-a num-
Der all out of proportion to the num-
Der for which there was any justifi-
cation. The effect of Whites artl-
Gle was to convert the croakers into
boosters and the result was that
Kansas rapidly forged to the fore
front, making the unique record OF
a state having the smallest percent
age of illiteracy and the largest
amount of money per capita of any
state in the Union.
At the present time there is a dis
position to croak little in Wenat-
chez. 1t is all right to croak If the
croaking isn't carried too far. This
is naturally to be expected at this
particular season of the year when
the heat saps the vitality and bust
ness acts in sympathy with the men
tai condition produced by weather
conditions. From a business point
of view, too, on account of crop
shortages in various sections of the
country there is not the usual buoy
ancy that there would have been had
crop conditions been more favorable.
Consequently there is a temporary
lull everywhere. Fortunately for
Wenatchee, this Is less so here than
elsewhere.
The uniform verdict of those who
have visited other localities and have
returned is that ''Wenatchee is all
right" The taxes may be some
what higher this year than they were
last by reason of public improve
ments, but why shouldn't they be?
Wait until the returns from the fruit
shipments come in and business llv-
ems up and the increase can be paid
more easily than the taxes of for
mer years. The disposition to kick
should be tempered with good judg-
ment. When the temptation be-
comes unusually strong, just call to
mind the slogan of William Allen
White and remember Kansas.
The thing that Wenatchee needs
most at the present time is to ap-
preciate the good things that have
come to her, to remember the excep-
tional progress that has been made
IN recent years and to keep up the
booster spirit. Cut out everything
that tends to disturb the harmony
which has made Wenatchee forge to
the forefront in past years. Cut out
the booze agitation. The cleanliness
of the city, the emptiness of the city
bastile, the infrequency of DRINKS
before the police court, the unpara-
I lelled record of orderliness in the
great CIOWuS lAC Jul III VI "A'
all point to the wisdom of cutting
it out" Cut out everything that will
tend to create political discussions
Let the voters exercise their free
choice in voting for whatever can
didates they choose. Cut out cap
lions and injudicious criticism of all
kinds. A spirit of discord can do
more harm in few weeks than a
year of harmonious effort can accom-
plish.
whats Wrong With Wenatchee?'
Nothing. What's needed in Wenat-
chez, a hopeful, optimistic view, an
appreciation of the things that have
been accomplished by public spirit
and some sacrifice. Get busy with
the construction of that Carnegie IL
brary and run a race with the new
Y. M. C. A. building IN construction
Small street talk did not make
Wenatchee, and it never made any
city. It's the men who do things
that makes a city. It's time to cut