The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-29
ENDORSED AT ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING OF CAIRO CONNER
CIAL CLUB LAST NIGHT.
CAIRO'S URGENT NEEDS
Set Forth BY Geo. 3. Wearen-Wants
lnterurban, Free Wharfage and
Public Warehouses;. h.
Harmed On Good Cheer.

dred of Cairos business men. 1t was
as representative gathering as has
ever been held in Cairo. 1t was held
in response TO postal cards sent out
by Secretary Chas. r. Stuart, notify
ing members that business of import
ance was to be given attention. The
meeting was presided over by Vice
President w. B Huette upon q sug
gestion by President T. A. Smith,
that Mr.. Huette preside at all open
meetings while Mr. Smith would pre-
side at directory meetings in order
to divide the work equitably,
One important feature of the even
ing was presented by Prof Brown,
founder of Browns chain OF business
colleges who said his purpose was to
interest the people of Cairo in the
branch school which was to be estab-
lished here. His proposition was that
citizens of Cairo subscribe for 100
scholarships at $40 each to aid the
establishment of the school. these to
be paid for in four installments in
the course of the first year. He said
he had already obtained subscriptions
| to number and felt encouraged The
school is to be started in the coming
| fall in X. NJ. K. c. hall and Is to have
its permanent home in third story
which is to be added to the building.
E. u. Carey was called upon by
THE chairman to address the meeting
| Mr.. Carey is graduate Of Browns
College at Jacksonville. H. and gave
the institution very strong recon-
mendation, saying Cairo would be
! fortunate in having branch estab-
| llshed here, as the colleges every
where were recognized as the best OF
their kind in the country, giving
their pupils commercial training
that was in every way up-to-date and
complete.
Mayor Parsons suggested that any
subscriptions to scholarships be paid
| to the Commercial club to be held
until the Cairo branch was estab
lished. which was acceptable to Prof.
Brown.
On motion of DR.. Dunn the club
voted to endorse the proposition and
to recommend to citizens of Cairo
that they subscribe for the scholar
ships.
Under the regular order of business
five new members We're elected: J.
NJ. Stewart DR.. ~ O. Greer Herman
bowling, Edgar Stephens, j. B. Shea
The chair then sprung surpr Sc
on the members which proved highly
interesting 1t appears that twoI
members of the club had been re.
quested to prepare papers to be read
at the meeting upon some subject of
the day. Mr. G.. B. Wearen, of the
Scudder- Gale-Wearen Co. was first
called upon and responded as fol
lows:
appreciate very much indeed, in |
fact, feel highly honored that your |
officers have seen fit to call on me for |
a paper on so important, and so wide
subject as THE Opportunities For
Growth of Cairo's Commercial Enter
prise"
/ feel that other business men, older |
and more experienced, could nearer |
do justice to the subject and give |
you some dearing matter more inter
esting and at the same time more !
instructive, but believing it the duty OF |
every predetermined citizen to help out |
in such matters of this kind. | have at
tempted in my limited way to give you
such ideas as have appealed to me.
Should the matter bore YOU, | will
ask that you lay the blame upon your
officers for having selected poor ma
terial.
Csiro's Commercial.
Cairo with its natural advantages
Tor handling and distributing merchan
disc. together with its railroad facil
ties. is securing and handling satisfac
torily as large If not larger volume of
business in the jobbing grocery line
with which | am familiarl than any
town of its size within my asquaint
ance. Yet ! think you will see its
volume of grocery business steadily
II
As a market it il more and more
being recognized az competitive /
point with other cities much larger in
size. N
We have four representative, wide
awake houses. besides several handling II
kindred lines. all of which are financial
y able to spread out and take care of Il
he natural increase. but with all our
advantages of inbound rates and rail
road facilities, we cannot help but no ID
ice some things which the market
needs. and as these will benefit al II
lines or business alike. see no rea-
son why they should not be mentioned
at this time
What Cairo Needs. Il
First-We as citizens. looking for Ii
ward to Greater Cairo must ap- ,
preciate the fact that what helps the
general business condition helps the
city and everyone located therein.
The easier and the quicker we can
reach points nearby that should draw /
heir supplies from our market. the
more We are looked up to by the out d
side world. and recognized as a dis {