The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-17


association known as the Citizen S
League. composed of fifty of the most
prominent, influential and Thoroughly
representative citizens of Cairo, Sc
lected so as to represent all lines OF
business and all classes of society, TO
advise and support the Mayor and
City Council in all conservative and
reasonable efforts to give Cairo bet
ter moral conditions than have here
tofore existed. The Citizens League
of fifty has very recently submitted
through its executive committee, to
your Honorable Body, it's several
recommendations with which you are
all familiar.
These recommendations, coming
from so strong and representative a
body as the Citizens League. made
up of twenty-five members selected
from the Commercial Club and TWEEN
ty-five from the Board of Trade, are
certainly entitled to our careful and
respectful attention. Much has al
ready been accomplished along the
ines suggested by the Citizens Lea
que. but more Is possible. Personal
ly. / am gratificd at this action of the
business interests, end | wish to OK
PRESS upon this occasion as | have
heretofore publicly announced, that
am in sympathy with the various
recommendations submitted by thu
'itizen's League; wherein the mat
tors touched upon are under the con-
trol of the Mayor, shall 10 what
can to carry out its recommendations,
and wherein action shall be necessary
on the part of the Council to carry out
such recommendations, | now recon-
mend that such action be taken as
soon as possible.
Visit Of President Taft.
One Of the hapniest and most i'm
portant events of the last year was the
visit to our city of the President of
the United States, William H. Taft,
accompanied by members Of his Cabi-
net, GUNblHOIS VI tHiltyTlWO ctaeNp
and a large number of the Senators
and Representatives in Congress, in
Guiding Illinois favorite son, the Hon
orable Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of
the Lower House of Congress. The
occasion OF the visit was river trip
from ST. Louis to New Orleans under
the auspices OF the Lakes-to-the-Gulf
Deep Waterway Association. for the
purpose of arousing interest in the
project for Deep Waterway from
Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico
The City Council. the Commercial
Club, the Foard Of Trade, as well as
all of the newspapers, business men
and citizens generally, united in a
harmonious and earnest effort to
make the welcome to our guests one
IN every way BETTING their distin-
guishd rank, creditable to the City OF
Cairo, AMI beneficial to the cause of
river Improvement in general and the
I.akesto-the-Gulf Deep Waterway in
particular
The united efforts of our people In
this undertaking proved eminently
successful, it having been the general
ly expressed opinion of our visitors
that ct no place on the river from st,
Louis to New Oorleans was there q
more dignified and successful demon
stration accorded to president Taft
and his party. Governor Deneen, on
behalf OF the State of Illinois, cheer
fully co-operated with the Mayor and
executive committee, by placing at
their disposal company Of artillery
and detachment of the state Nation
al Guard IS an escort OF honor to the
President and his party. The Illinois
Central Railroad also gave very ma
toTial assistance to the reception OF
he President and his party, by bring
ing the troops to the city at its owr
expense, This was the second time
during my term of office as Mayol
that the City Of Cairo has been signal
ly honored by the visit of the Presi
dent Of the United States the reception
rendered President Theodore Roose
welt in 1907, having been equally ste
ces$ful, and both having reflected
well earned credit and reDutaton fol
public spirit and hospitality of Cairo
and its people.
Insurance.
For some years the City Authorities
together with the business men of the
city have sought to obtain a reduct
ion Of the very high premiums charg.
ed by the Fire Insurance companies
on all lines of risks. The answer to
this proposition has always been that
better protection against fires must
be provided to secure lower rates OF
insurance. The Underwriters Of the
state have made 2 careful eXamlna-
ton Of our situation and outlined in
detail what improvements are neces.
sary to secure 2 reduction of SO per
cent from the rates now in operation,
and also what improvements can be
made that will give greater reduction
than % ncr cent in fire insurance
rates in the city, a greater part OF
the eXucnsc necessary to secure these