Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-30

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 Mayor Caldwell's address was one mamomth encouragement to the busi- ness men of Pine Bluff. The Board of Trade, he said, should be the hub of the city" When he assumed the duties of secretary, Mayor Caldwell found no statistics whatever compiled with which the advantages of the city might be advertised to the outside world. There was nothing to show what Pine Bluff was or what she had" he said. Five thousand copies of the Assets of Pine Bluff" and thousands of other pamphlets, in which Pine Bluff was shown in it's true light have since been mailed throughout the country Good re- suits have been obtained from them, too
 When we found Little Rock busi- ness men parading our streets with a brass band and coming into our own city for business we decided that we ought to get a hustle on us and we did hustle. We got up that excursion, and it was so successful and every fellow that went on the trip has asked that he be included next year when the list is prepared. I don't know whether it was the front car or the back car of that train that makes them want to go again, but I am in- clined to believe that they enjoyed that duck gravy" Uaughter.)
 Real Estate Men.
 Mayor Caldwell spoke at length on the market gardeners that were need ed between this city and Little Rock Certain parties promised to get op- tions on 10000 acres of land there, he said, for immigration purposes, but they never succeeded. They would not fix the price of the land and we told them to keep it. The Board of Trade of Pine Bluff will never allow any real estate people or anyone else to use it for their own personal gain," he said. The real estate men of Pine Bluff do not work with the Board as they should, said the speak CT. They let their personal interests get the best of local patriotism. Whenever a prospector is in the city with a view to making real estate purchases, the real estate men invar- iably say, 'ssend him around and we will see what We can do for him. without even presenting their propo- sitions in behalf of the Board of Trade.
 Drainage and Waterways.
 Mayor Caldwell also urged that some action be taken to secure need- ed drainage in Arkansas. He told of his being present at meeting in Kansas City and how he had urged, as a member of one of the important committees, the insertion of a clause recommending that the government appropriate money for the purpose of retaining the swamp lands of Ar kansas;' how the government was placing water on lands in California, the productive qualities of which nothing was known, while the money could be spent in retaining Arkan- sas lands which are known to be the most productive lands ir the world.
 The speaker reviewed at length the efforts of local people in behalf of an open river, what could be realized for Pine Bluff with a navigable all-the- year-round stream and how the geo. graphical location of Pine Bluff gave it river tonnage equal to all the rest of the Arkansas. Mayor Caldwell compared the freight rates of New York to this city and Shreveport, and added that, from river point of view, Pine Bluff could demand rates which Little Rock could not justly demand. z
 J. D. Milner made brief but con servative talk in which he advo- cated gatherings like the one of last night, saying that much good always resulted from them. He said there were some members and non-mem- bers who did not understand the workings of the board and that meetings serve to enlighten them, as we'll as prove of benefit.
 J. B. Simon made good sugges- tion when he stated that a plan should be put on foot to bring coun- ty buyers to Pine Bluff by giving them their railroad fare to and from this city, if they purchased a cer- tain amount of goods from local merchants.
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