The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-16

place of this village. 1t ought to be evil
dent to every body here by this time, that
it is folly to depend upon ourselves alone
for an increase OF population and wealth.
Those of our citizens who have ample
means have invested them in large and va
red enterprises and in real estate, while
nearly all those who have some ready money
lying idle, and who could, by forming
stock companies, create some industry that
would render them good dividend and at
the same time draw skilled laborers here
and increase the wealth of the city, sit
around like SO many bumps on logs, hug
ging their dollars and crying down every
formidable effort ito do something" to
Guild a city here. 1t follows, therefore,
that we must depend, in large measure if
not altogether, upon outside enterprise and
capital for our growth. All We can do is to
offer them place for their investment, that
they can not, even through the biased eyes
of prejudice, regard rs in any way insecure,
and this is all We need to do.
But the Argus will say, that though, by
establishing high grade, We may draw a
few capitalists here, who will put up q
factory or two and employ men to the num-
Der Of a hundred or two, yet these capital
lists will soon be made aware of the fact
that they can not sell their manufactures;
that the discrimination in railroad rates
against Cairo and in favor of larger cities
will induce buyers TO seek other cities; and
that ere long the factories here will prove as
others have done, unfortunate enterprises.
The news Of the failure will spread; the
implacable cause will be made known, and
high grade will be a failure in SO far as con
Germs what is now considered lite most impor-
tant advantage. Blu, IN this the Argus will be
mistaken as it generally has been in its
speculations and sophistrles concerning
high grade. We have among US to-day,
and have had sill along, startling examples of
what can be done in the way OF business
IN SPITE OF the freight rate evil. We have
among US several large business houses and
manufacturing establishments which do en-
enormous business and fad ready sale tor
all they produce. The New York Store
sells groceries, etc, to all sections of the
country in all directions, ana its business in
year runs up close to half million. The
yearly business of Woodward's Novelty
Iron Store, which also has wide range,
approx N ates that of the New York stores
our -four mills, in the milling season, pro-
duce over thousand barrels of -four every
day, and dispose of it as rapidly as they
produce it; the yearly business Of the firm
of Halliday Bros. is almost incalculable;
ETC., etc. And must we tell the Argus just
how ell this business is doDe--just how all
these goods are disposed of-just how these
business men get people in distant cities to
pstronze them in preference to sending to
St. Louis, Chicago, etc, for their suppliesi
Simply because they Try TO, good Argus,
and use ordinarily good sense while rrying
- because they don't sit down behind
their counters and wait for custom, but
advertise extensively and judiclously, and
send ont live m.n with samples of their
goods and price lists to match those of
competitors in larger cities.
Now, We claim that what has been done
and is being done, can be done. We claim
that under proper conditions we can induce
outside capitalists TO locate among Us and
make investments, and that the p ,pulstion,
wealth and commerce of the city can be
increased to such an extent, even under
present freight rates, as to make it to the
interest of the railroad companies doing
business here to change those rates in favor
Of Cairo, and thus help her to become
great commercial city. Upon this ground
We stand, and we are ready to defend it
against all attacks.