The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-09
The Way to Build Up n City.
There are valuable hints in the follow

There are valuable hints in the following
comments of the Louisville Journal, for the
consideration of the business men of every
place that aspires to be a centre of trade and
business for any considerable district OF
country. No place can flourish without
generous public spirit on the part of its bus-
mess men. A selfish, penurious disposition,
that avoids all personal contributions for the
public benefit as an Individual loss, il rs
certain to bring it, own retribution of inju-
ries to him who practices it, as it is to i'm
pair the public prosperity. The best invest
ments made by business men are their free
contributions to all worthy public objects
and enterprises. Our taxes would be bless
ings, and the best investments that could be
made by the people, as individuals, if the
public funds were judiciously and economic
ally expended. If the money was not first
sdroitly engineered out Of the pockets of
the people, and then bunglingly engineered
into "human mechanical constructions
that fall down within twelve-mOnth after
they are erected, the tax collector might be
welcomed as q most valuable agent to invest
our surplus earnings, instead of being alb
horred as leach that is always drawing
its vitality from the community, and mock
ing il with promised fruits of gold and sill
yer that turned 70 ashes on the touch. iss e
The suggestions of the article are pecu-
lisrly timely and appropriate for our present
position An effort is now being made for
building a commodious Hotel, the want of
which deters thousands from coming 10 the
place. Instead of encouraging places of in
nocent and healthful recreations, and exhi-
billions for the amusement and instruction OF
the public, there is a disposition shown to
tar and exclude them, and bring the life OF
the city down to the rigid, monotonous hab-
its of Puritan New England village.
Our Board of Trade, that did much during
its brief existence to bring the city into no.
tice, has been permitted to fall into dissolu-
ton, and is almost forgotten. Our news
papers give no token of the business done
in the city because our merchants think
money spent in advertising is thrown away
Our city is indeed prosperous but viii
it continue so unless efforts be constantly
made to push it ahead and keepit up with thu
advances of its rivals? d Is not its present
increase Of population and capital to be at.
tributed, In a very great measure, to therep
utation it has acquired abroad, of being 1
prosperous, energetic, public spirited city
Does not every new conner tell Us that he ha
been attracted to Evansville by what he ha
heard of its growth, its excellent school!
and other public institutions and by thu
character for enterprise and liberality OF it
citizens? If we lose this good name abroar
will not the stream Of our prosperity rsool
be turned in another direction? g0nfg
There is unity of action among the bu
siness men of New York, Philadelphia, Bos
ton, Baltimore, and other Atlantic cities
which is a wonderful element of thei
municipal progression. No matter how
widely the merchants and traders differ il
political views, no matter how varient ar
the interests OF the manufacturers and tn
importing men, aud no matter how cage
they may be in the rival race to accumulat
fortune, still, when the prosperity of thei
respective cities can be advanced by an
movement or expenditure, they coalesc