The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
A. LITTLE ENERGY
Is What is Needed
To Make Cape Gtrardeau Big,
Growing, Prosperous and Lively
CIV.

CITY.
That Cape Girardeau has the loca-
ton for big city is conceded fact.
Strangers as we'll as home people rec
ognize this, aud strangers are as
tonished that Cape Girardeau is not,
situated as VIC are, the great trade
center for the great Southeast. They
cannot understand why it is that We
have no factories established by home
Or foreign capital. They are alta loss
to know how we can get along without
few wholesale houses. They see a
good, selidly built little city They
see fine country surrounding it and
those who have been over the South
east are frank in sayining we have the
best section of country in the State.
if net the best in the west They see
our many advantages over other
towns where the factory wheels are
huuming from year to year and where
hundreds of men are given imploy-
ment. They say they cannot under
stand-they cannot see they cannot
imagine why Cape Girardeau is
over looked by the anxious capitalist
who is seeking new fields, new indus
tries, new enterprises, in which to
place his wealth Cape Girardeau.
located on the great Mississippi Rver,
has the advantage Of the cheapest,
safest and surest outlet in the world.
Right at the door of the finest tim
Ibered country on earth and we have
no factory to convert eur timber into
the thousands of different kinds of
machinery that's used the world over
-'There must be something wrong;
can be heard by strangers who visit
our city. There must be ssme OBJ
sstacle in the way that is holding your
city back, Says stranger here look
ing for new location in which to-
settle.
To the puzzled inquiring stranger
We can say: There are no natural
obstacles in the wsy of the progress
of Cape Girardeau II there is any
thing in the way-aRd there surely is
it is unnatural 1t is a lzck of bus
mess push on the part of our own
people-the citizens of orr own city
and surrounding country. Our sec
tion of the State has never been prop
erly advertised People who are seek
ing new homes in the hopeof bettering
temselves have never been informed
of the wounderful resources of South
east Missouri. The cities and thriv-
ing villages are almost unknown out
outside of the State except to the
Post-Office Department 2nd to d Few
mail agents. We might say we are
strangers. living in a strange land.
All this is the.faalt of our own peo-
ple-nOt because our people do not
want our section to improve, but DE
cause of their lack of energy because
they do not seem to understand chow
TO make a beginning in an effort to
bring our section to the notice of peo
pie abroad. They want the country
TO improve, they want to see the cities
and towns grow, but they don't know
what to do to start the wheel of prog
ress. 1t is not an unwillingness on
their part-it is we don't know what
10 do.
Later on the DEMOCRAT will
establish bureau of information and !
in that we will endeavor to show our
people the way out of their trouble.
We will lay before them the manner
to be pursued to get this section of
country prominently before the world.
We will begin this undertaking soon |
after the election ;.nd in this we will |
expect our friends and the friends of |
this section of country TO help Us out.