The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-29

lars Some time, energy, or conces'
sions. to railroads that want to enter
our city.
Each one opens up new field and
we must make up our minds to let all
come that appear willing, whether 1t
be an interurban or a regular freight
and passenger railroad. If they should
want the best entrance to our city and
we cannot get them without it, then
II say give them all they ask for
If Cairo was not blessed with sever
al railroads as it now is we would not
be recognized as profitable distribu-
ting and manufacturing center.
Nothing will benefit us more than
the Cairo & Thebes, because 1t opens
a vast territory within $50 miles of
| Cairo which we have not been able to
reach heretofore, yet its officers who
we're public spirited enough TO give
luD much of their time and attention
to the building of this road, have been
| fought from the time the plans were
made public and are being fought to-
day by interests that are in shape 10
turn the business we would get from
this new field to one or our large cit
les.
With all the railroads we have, | can
name several points within 80 miles Of
our market that we cannot reach pro
fitably because of the slow service
we get on shipments going from Cairo
to these points.
/ Second-Cairo's greatest asset is the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers, yet VIC
have a lock and key on these advant-
ages in the way of high taxed wharf
age privilege.
Many boats using these waters
would stop here for supplies were II
not for the high landing rates they
have to pay. Any OF our merchants
figuring on inboundrates will tell you
that they pay one-fourth as much fc1
the privilege of landing freight at our
wharf as they do for the freight on a
great many items. This same thing
lapplies to all freights going out from
Cairo by way of steamboat, and for
this rtason | believe that one of the
largest packet lines In the western
waters is giving advantages in rates
to two large nearby markets, for 1t is
a known fact that they will take bust
ness from either or these markets,
haul it by Cairo to nearby points at
the same rate they will take it from
Cairo.
We should have, like Paducah, ST.
Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis
and most all other river cities, free
wharf, owned and controlled by the
city government. and the merchants of
Cairo would be better off If they sub
scribed funds to buy this wharf privil-
eye and donated it to our city
Third-This city, both from the
bankers and merchants standpoint,
feels the need OF a public bonded
warehouse. Besides the many advant-
ages gained by the banker and the
merchant, a warehouse company can
secure an unlimited amount of storage
| from outside concerns. Many manu-
lecturers selling goods in small guam
Titles to the smaller towns within a
radius of $50 miles of our city would
| like TO have nearby distributing car
| load center This not only enables
them to supply their trade through
| busy seasons on short notice, but
saves them a great deal in freight be
cause OF the fact that they can ship to
Cairo in car load lots and reship in
local lots, saving them the difference
of local freight rates from their points
through to destination.
The writer would advocate stock
company lin which all lines were
stockholders) sufficiently large to-
build public warehouse and in cor
nection, business houses for the job
bling interest, all located in one block
and on the railroad tracks.
Stop Panic Talk
There is no question in my mind
but that the business of Cairo will
grow, and the volume increase this
year the same as il has been doing for
several years past Some are pessi.
mistic enough in their views to tell us
that we are all going broke because
Of the November panic but this is
all talk and we are all talking too
much about the evil effects of the so
called November panic, and not study
ing and telling about the good we
have derived from it,
For several months, yes two or |
three years. the business of the coun |
try was going along at a break neck |
speed-yalues had reached a higher |
point than was ever known, and the |
commercial interests of the United |
States were excited as whole and |
got to the point where they felt as
if there was no end to high prices and /
boom business" and as most of us
should look at it today il might be !,
compared to a person that had been |
sick for long time and finally secured |
a physician that gave him an awful |
man. dirty dose of medicine, and while
it was a bitter dose 1t was just what /
the commercial and business interest
needed, and brought about the desired I