The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-12-23
CAPTAIN ARCHER TALKS.
His Views ON the Commercial
Club and Other Sedalia In
tereSts.

OuCc VI Tue OeudIla IfOuuCe exchange
and asked Captain Archer if he haC
anything to suggest as q matter O.
news. Said he, in his usual genia
manner; There is a great deal tha
could be said that would prove of in
calculable benefit to our little city il
we could only educate ourselves to be
a little more metropolitan in our
ideas"
'1ou see, said" Mr.. Archer,
''since the organization of our pres
ent street car system by
Judge Metsker, we are re
garded by the outside world as quite
a city, vet | must say that the average
Sedalian does not seem 10 understand
the important position We occupy"
"Well, in what are our citize rs
lacking ?" asked the reporter.
Il have no complaint to make
against any individual or set of indi.
viduals except as stated before that
we are hanging behind, instead of
taking the lead of a city that is already
assuming a metropolitan shape"
do you think the reorganization
of the Commercial club will help us
any ?"
II do not think that exactly fair
question to ask me, as | do not belong
tothe club and therefore know but little
of It's past actions, but will say this !;
that my ideas of a successful business,
or social club were well ventilated
two years ago, and l have no COM
ments 20 PISS upon the outgoing Off
GERS and no comments for the new
administration, except that, from
what L have read and heard incident
ally, the new organization will in the
future endeavor to conduct the club
on plan more metropolitan, or broad
guaged than in the past, and if this be
true, it may yet be the means of
greatly advancing the interests of
Sedalia.
We certainly stand in need of some
business headquarters that will be en-
tirely free from politics and religious
creeds. to entertain our visiting
friends, and IN due time everything
In this line will regulate itself. I'm
derstand me, we are known as the
city of churches, of which we are
very proud indeed. Politically, we
are so equally divided that each one
of us commands that degree ofrespect
he 10 entitled to commercially; | am
sorry to say We do not work together
in that deg. ee that we should to
bring about tie best results for our
city. Now, you will pardon me for
not saying more at this time, for / am
very busy this afternoon"
''But one more question, Mr. Ar
cher, before / Co." suggested the re-
porter : ''To what extent would our
people be benefited by locating the
home for the ex-confederates in Pettis
county,"
"That is very hard to figure out
on short notice." replied Mr.. Ar
cher, "but believe the location of the |
home in any county in the Stale
should be looked upon as any other |
new enterprise and should receive the |
proper encouragement from its citi.
1ens. While it is true, the home will |
be started on a small scale, say, fifty |
or one hundred thousand dollars, it |
will grow within the next ten
years to be million dollar
institution, which will be no small
thing for any community to claim.
Yes. there will be meeting of all
the vice presidents to day in St. Louis
to determine upon location for the
nome, but our local executive COM
nittee in session last night instructed
Dur representatives to this meeting to
,sk a postponsment for the purpose
,fgiving the various competing points
IN opportunity to be heard from"
"Now Captain, one more question
before l go: How has the financial
effected your business of
ate ?"
swell, while my business has been
but brisk the past few months
do not feel that IL
70 much worse off than many others
ngaged in ether branches, and do
ot know that the state of of Mis-
ouri is much better Of than many
ther sections-I mean financially;
nth the right kind of collateral
here is no trouble in getting all the
,oney needed for legitimate business