Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-13
WHAT IS PROPOSED TO e. DONE

For the past ten or twelve years
Pine Bluff has had Commercial
league but most OF the directors ae-
knowledge that it has been CONNER
eial league in name only and has ac-
complished very little for the good OF
the city. The cause for this is ap-
parent and no blame can be attached to
anv one of the directors or business
men interested in the development II
the city. Mr.. E. d. Russell, of the
Russel-Graves Commission company,
has volunteered his services as sec
tary of the league without remunera-
tion and could not give all his time
to the promotion of schemes which
would benefit the city. The business
men and even the directors and execu-
tive committee cf the league have fall
en- into a state of carelessness and
there has been no meeting OF the dnec-
tors in months. By this unfortunate
state of affairs Pine Bluff has suffered
by failing to take advantage of many
opportunities for the financial and
commercial growth of the city. The
recent change in the time card on the
Iron Mountain road. the failure to take
hold of the plan for the building OF
the Cummins, Warner and Is.stern
road, the location of a new union de-
pot and many other smaller plans
lost opportunities Several weeks ago
the Graphic mentioned a plan for the
building of cotton mill, which would
be of more advantage to the city than
all the other plans combined This
mill could be secured with the assist
ance of live working committee FROM
the Commercial league and would be
means of bringing Pine Bluff into
note as having the anly cotton mill in
the state. The offer of the gentleman
who proposes to invest $4,000 is still
open, but it may not stand for many
months
1t has been argued that any good
citizen could take hold of the plan
and raise the necessary subscribed
stock among the business men. but
this movement lies directly within the
province Of the Commercial league or
board of trade and no where else. Not
long ago party of northern capitalists
made an excursion into Little ltocr
upon the invitation OF the beard Of
trade Of that city and frem tire eau
ltal city went to Texarkaea These
men had money to inye; aaH these
TWO es9lass.sstfe already reabed the .,e.l-
eAt CT some of it. They did net visit
Pine Bluff for tire simple reason that
lheE were not invited to do so. and if
they lad come there would have been
no one whose duty it was to show them
the advantages offered by the city frcn
d commercial standpoint. Such oppor-
tunlties- these are being missed
every day and if this city is going to
take Its place as the second city of
Arkansas, every such opportunity must
be met and grasped.
Mr.. Isaac Dreyfus, the president of
me Commercial league, has become
in it's reorganization and
Win this idea in view has called q
meeting of the executive committee
composed of the following: I. Dreyfus.
r. L. Dilley, W. H. Langford r u
leosseii' Fred Fox, w H. Westbrook.
w. L. Dewoody, Simon Bloom A w
Nills' Charles We'll, J. F. Rutherford
F. G. Bridges.
me committee will meet next Wed.
Aesoay night, November IS. in the n.
nee OF E, D. Russell, and the plan for
reorganization will be presented for
mere mas been no complaint against
consideration.
'ene management by he present of
neefs' but the general opinion is that
'he affairs of the organization sbon,d