The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-03
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
WHAT CAN IT DO

S. n. WILSON, Secretary.
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
WHAT CAN IT %
From the Board of Trade Journal.
For the increase of traffic, the sue
cess of the merchant, the mechanic,
the professional man, for the improve
ment and advancement of Lexington,
the Board of Trade can be a very
potent, valuable, and powerful bene-
factor. Energy, will-power, and real
downright earnestness, backed by the
unanimous voice, mental, physical and
financial aid of every merchant, large
or small, banker and property-owner
of Lexington, we may, can and will
enjoy a lasting reign of prosperity.
The crisis has been, and is now, upon
us,-shall it continued Shall we live
or dep Is it possible that the very
men who have become and are consid-
cred wealthy, possessed of abundance,
in Lexington, either by Inheritance,
self-gain, or otherwise, will now simply
rest in gathering IN or enjoying the
income of their fortunes, become
dumb and blind and deaf to the
necessities of their fellowmen, their
town, the times, and the multiplied
enhancement of the very means, soil
and surroundings which have been to
them so fructifying, so gracious and
so bountiful. Money! Money! 1t
takes money. capital, means, TO secure
the desired end. The Lexington Board
of Trade, without the substantial,
reasonable, solid financial support of
the monied men of the city, can do
nothing, absolutely nothing. Without
a sufficient monied assurance of not
more than 800, OOO. 90, the Missouri
river will never be bridged at Lexing-
ton. The temporary terminus (pre-
paratory of a southern outlet) of the
c., b. & Q. Il. r., is now at Carroll
ton, twenty miles across the river.
| Will we permit some rival town TO
receive this commercial bird in the
handP Awake, sound alarms, drown
the cries of selfish opposition with the
drums and flies of warllke enterprise.
| Come forth, we men of Lexington, ye
| 200 to 500 financial strong, and do
your might for the good of yourselves
and your people. To say that you
cannot, is false, untrue, disrespectful,
an anomaly in the makeup of man, Il
thing and \ being with a dull-edged
sword, a brain discretion Of suicidal
melancholia, a mockery and a ridicule
of an enlightened commercial age.
The aboard of Trade"-the name
itself bespeaks volumes without the
necessity of a detinition-should receive
the unhesitating, active, re-doubled
cooperation of every man in Lexing-
ton, of low or high degree, Of any and
all wealth, voice, energy and willing
ness.
The county court, honorable, eau
tious and administrative as they are,
should at the earliest possible date be
mportuned, asked and insisted upon
that Lexington is the county seat of
Lafayette county, in fact, in law, now
and for all time to come; that as soon
as the spring time opens the county
prisoners who are serving out their
(misdemeanor) penalties by boarding
in idleness and three good meals a day
at the county Jail, should be put to
work upon the county roads leading
into Lexington, the county seat; that
the Wellington road, especially, should
receive its much needed, thorough at
tention. Put these things into opera
ton, but these, and with harmonious,
unselfsh desires, a spirit of prudence
and enterprise, and again and again
the assistance of our monied men, one
step will be but the setting of another.
With a bridge across the river (se-
cured by the subscription of a sufficient
bonus, payable IN any length OF
maturity and time we may ask for)
industrial and commercial encourage
ment will become a reality, and not .
seeming cry of empty purse strings
over the Golfers of wealth and ease.
The Lexington Board of Trade have
ample, wide and plenteous grounds to
pillow, to sew, to reap. The field is
before you. s'Your opportunity is al
hand; will you seize the days.
Strike! strike! by all the Powers
Above! Act well. Gather AROUND
your standard the monied men of thu
city. Think not of yourselves, but O
your neighbor, your town, and TIT
future"