The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-29
Strong Representations by Ship.
pers at Meeting Last Night
Committee to Report
Northern Manufacturers Must Come South--Sys.
tematic Supervision of Rates Necessary to
Make Cairo's Natural Advantages
Effective

There was an interesting and in.
fstructive meeting Of the Cairo Board
OF Trade last night. 1t was called as
IA special meeting and was the first
since the summer adjournment. A
score of members responded to the
lcall and an informal discussion was
had on various matters lasting on
hour or two
President John s. Aisthorpe stated
| that the meeting was not called for
any special purpose, beyond talking
over the program for the fall AMI
winter season. He said the city was
| growing rapidly in every way and
there was work to do by its CONNER
cial organizations to help it along. He
believed that the Board should hold
monthly meetings in order to keep in
close touch with affairs and have an
interchange of views relating to any
matters that might be deemed proper
by members. He believed that Just
now the subject calling for attention
was the Cairo representation at the
river conventions soon to be held, par.
tlcularly the meeting of the Ohio
River Improvement association at
Cincinnati, Oct. IA and Is. 1t had
been agreed at a joint meeting in the
Commercial Club rooms recently that
Cairo contribute $500 toward the
maintenance of this association. 800
each by that club, the Board of
Trade and the city of Cairo The
meeting of the National Rivers and
Harbors association at New Orleans
would come after that, and there too.
Cairo ought to be represented, To I
the latter meeting delegates would he
named by the mayor under the rules
OF the association. Mr.. Aisthorpe
asked that the proposition to con-
tribute 800 to the Ohio river meeting
be given attention.
In reply to questions from D. S. !
Lansden, Secretary Phil C. Barclay
reported that there was about 81 200 /
in the treasury of the board.
On motion of Chas. FeucfIer il was
voted to donate 800 toward the pur-
pose stated.
The secretary reported two applica
lions for membership w. d. Bannis-
Ter and Clifford Humphrey On mo-
ton they were elected.
Freinht Traffic Bureau,
A general discussion was then in
iulged in as to wat the Board {
should take up for the coming sea
ION. The matter OF seeking to bring Y
Industries here that would employ t
skilled labor was brought up. The y
iced of such establishments was adj. /
nitted but it was decided that such |
Efforts come more properly within the f
cope of the Commercial Club. J. b. IS
iagee said he had Always understood a
hat the chief purpose of the Board p
II Trade, here as elsewhere. was not i
romotion but to seek the develop | C
lent and promote the interests of p
ommerce, by looking after trans. Y
facilities and rates. This, t
0 his mind, was at present the most T.
important subject with which Cairo's r
hipping interests were or ought to d
e concerned. E.
Chas S. Carey agreed with MIR. Ma a
ee. He said he did not know of any o
hing that would do Cairo more cool
nat careful watching Of freight b
ates and shipping facilities. Cairo's il
atural advantages were admitted by a
II; and the important thing was that 81
nese advantages should not be rem. So
cred valueless b. system of tt
chedules which would give other b.
tiles not so favored. an artificial adj a
antage. 1t was a recognition of W
'airos advantages as q distributing a.
ONT which hal brought the Modern e
louise Building plant here, and which 5;
ad moved the Sears. Roebuck Co, of "
'hicago to locate plant here. 1t f.
ias matter of common knowledge fl
mong large shippers that during CT
erlods of car shortage Cairo suffered g.
'ss than most other points. es OF
ecially points south of here where tf
lmher interests suffered considerably
" want Of cars, This was due to =,
nc fact that grain was shipped into h,
AFRO in great quantities, the cars n
nloaded and sent back north empty 9,
nder orders from transportation de
aftments that the cars must not go IL