Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-03-22
Come Into town on Airships

Come Into town on AirshipS
 Editor Graphic:-A few days ago I wrote an article in reply to an article of Dr. J. l.. Caldwell on An pexation". This article was taken to town by an interested party TOT the purpose of getting some paper to publish it. The first newspaper man he met on the street was the editor of the Commercial, who agreed to publish it. But when It appeared in Mondays issue ol 'he Commercial it was so mutllatea anu disfi sured that it did not convey the real meaning of the original. Ihefe were words left out and disconnec'- ed in a way to destroy the real meaning of what l reall! Salo' Therefore, l send a copy of the ofls- inal, which I ask you to publish to- gether with the above.
 Dr. Caldwell, of the board ol trade. has written an article la'ol inp tbe annexation of territory lylh2 round Pine Bluff. It is well known to the promoters in the movement that citizens who reside Ill 'hls much coveted territory are pltlells onposed to annexation. Why shooie citizens who reside in the clty lroi choice wish to force others Tn Whc prefer to stay out Can It be reason ably expected that men who are 1ol' ed into a city over their protest Will make pleasant neighbors. what IS the real moive? Is it to add to the prosperity and happiness of those who are sought to be annexed CT l it to add to the list of taxable suo- iects. Why not wait until We ask for annexation. Then We mlsht make pleasant neighbors. Then we could be expected to have the inter- est of the city at heart The board of t"ade secretary gives some move reasons why we should be annexed He says those who reside on the terr tor.r which is sought to be an mex d are being benefited hy req son of residing near the city; that we are getting our living out of the city: the use of the paved and llghtsd d streets: the use of the schools and churches, etc. He thinks for this reason he should be annexed and taxed to help pay the expense ot keeping up the city The gentle man seems to be deficient i'll perc9p tive power. He fails to see that were it not for the citizenship of the country outside of the corporate limits Of the city there would b nothing but d wide place in the road where now stands the thriving city of Pine Bluff. He fails to SC" that Pine Bluff gets much more profit out of the surrounding Uoun- try than the surrounding countr. gets out of Pine Bluff. He fails [ see that the country resident who can come to Pine Bluff as a custo mer and get more out of Pine Bluff than Pine Bluff gets out of him woul be a good all the gait ex- pert manager. If we are to be an neXed upon the theory that We arc benefited by reason of residing Il ar the city and using the streets, where will be illogical reasoning end eted territory will establish the line further out Then here would be another set of citizens who would begin to receive the maginary ben efits by using the streets and woul7 have to be annaxtd and taxed. Tn same lame excuse could be urgef until Pine Bluff would cover the -. ritory now known as the state C Arkansas. People in the country in order to avoid city ffe, had bet ter stay away from Pine Bluff come in on airsh'ps. If they IL the streets the board of trade is lia- ble aA set up the plea that they should le annexed and taxed.
 G. w. GALLOWAY.