The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-27

furniture factory in this city. 1t yet in
embryo, but is being strongly urged by
gentlemen who can back their words with
something of the wherewthal to make
them good. The arguments that can be
urged in favor of such an enterprise are
many, and palpable to any who will give
the matter minutes serious thought.
What Cairo needs is manufacturing es-
adjustments of some magnitude, that will
draw here and employ permanently large
numbers of skilled workmen of all classes.
For some reason our men of means have in
years gone by permitted few among them
to show all the enterprise and confidence in
the city by investing their thousands in va
rlous industries that employed several hun
dred men, and these few have thereby been
dubbed by the professional croakers as
monopolists. Why the majority of our
men OF means have for so many years
clutched their dollars in a vice-ike grip
waiting, like SO many dummies, for foreign
capitalists to invest their thousands here
in profitable enterprises, is something that
has always puzzled us, and that we can only
explain by doubling the sincerity of their
professions Of confidence in CairO's sccuri.
ty. But now ia better time than any in
the past has ever been and just as good as
any in the future can ever be, to manifest
among ourselves that enterprise which will
start Cairo upward and onward as cities
must be started, 1t is high time now,
to try, at least, to give the
lie to those few people here who boldly
proclaim that no city can be built here, and
to make those few others, who, tactly er.
dorSing these silly utterances refuse to see
beyond the narrow limits of
present personal interests, aud
do not care to contribute one
farthng or rsise one finger for the general
and ultimate good, to make such people
heartily ashamed of themselves if such a
thing be possible. A furniture factory, if
started With ample capital and by men de.
termined to make it successful, would be
an important addition to the industrial es-
Adjustments OF the city. 1t must not be a
nigghrdly affair; we have had several enter
prises Of this kind and they "fzzIed our"
very naturally. 1t must be started by men
who have, and are willing to invest, ample
money to make it big, successful institu.
ton. These concessions may be obtained
from the owners Of ground and from the
city, and then only can the institution sue
cesslully compete with manufactures and
establish a paying trade. A toy affair does
not deserve and will not receive the con.
fdence nor yet even the serious considers-
ton Of the trade, nor will or ought it to be
offered any inducements, such as exemp-
ton from taxation, etc, etc. A big factory
would be paying institution from the first
and would be source Of commercial
growth TO the city. A gentleman, citizen
OF Cairo, who went down to Union CITY
few days ago, found that little town in
thriving state and, upon nquinng as to the
cause thereof, was tod that the three large
furniture factories recently started
We're solely responsible for the towns pros.
perity, They were built but recently, en-.
poyed several hundred men, most Of whom
were drawn there from the surrounding
county, and with their families increased
the population of the place four or five hun.
bred. The business of the factories is i'm.
mense, There is more demaed Tor furni-
ture than the factories can supply; the pro-
pretors are becoming wealthy and are in.
vesting their surplus cash in blocks Of sub
santiel buildings The gentleman who
tells US all this is large property holder
in this city and 10 willing to subscribe
81 900 toward the formation of stock com.
pany for the establishment Of large furni-
tnre factory here. If he and others who
are with him In the proposition will com.
their enthusiasm to a few of their
fellows and not stop at simply talking
about it, waiting for some else to act then
there ought to be no difficulty and little
delay in bringing about an organization
and speedy execution of the plan pro
posed.
AND TUESDAY NIGHTS.