The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-17


work Especially are we interested
in securing a Nine-Foot Channel in
the Ohio from Pittsburgh to Cairo.
and Deem Waterway from Chicago
to the Gulf. The City of Cairo, the
Commercial Club and the Board of
Trade have repeatedly sent large and
very creditable delegations TO attend
the conventions &C the Lakes-to-the-
Cuff Deep Waterway Association, the
Ohio River Improvement Association
and the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, which meets annually at
Washington. d. C The delegates
have been public snrlted citizens,
who have freely given of their time
and means for the promotion of the
cause. Cairo is becoming known as a
live wire in the natter of river inn
proyement and | trrst we will con-
tinue in the campaign until both
great waterways are secured, In an
ticipation of the proposed improve
ment of the rivers. and more particu-
larly the Mississippi, the MISSISSIPPI
Valley Transportation Company has
been organized and will begin to re
bald the traffic on the rivers in their
present condition by placing boats in
0laeration for PASSENGER service and
freight service. Each of these de
uartmcnts VIII be oncrated independ-
ontfv of ti,c ottor, just as the railroads
are operated.
Illinois Mayors Association.
The state Association OF Mayors or
the cites Of Illinois will meet in Cairo
in Nay Of this yeas. it will bring as
guests to our city a large number OF
the most intelligent and progressive
business men and men of affairs
Of Illinois. 1t will be the duty
al am sure it, will be the
pleasure, OF all officials business or
ganiz2ations and citizens to extend to
these representatives of our sister
cities. a warm and hospitable well
come. and to present our city in the
most attractive garb possible.
For The Betterment of Moral Con-
ditions.
In city like Cairo, made w OF
many and wholly divers elements of
population, representing widely con-
flicting opinions and interests, the
question of the attitude of the city au-
thoritieg with reference to moral CON
ditiors is always a subject of more
or less bitter debate, arousing person
al antagonism and i'll feeling to such
an extent that the consideration of
methods for the real Improvement
of such conditions is almost lost sight
Of, resulting in the entire inability Of
tho officers to secure enforcement of
the law guarding the public morals
as would make for the best interests
of the City. both morally and mater
tally.
1t has been demonstrated times
without number in the experiences OF
the past, in this and other cities, that
a city administration can go but lit
tie further in the enforcement of
these laws than the average of public
sentiment Of citizens and taxpayers
will Justify and support. Revolution
airy methods have invariably been fol
lowed with reactionary results If not
actual failure, making worse, rather
than bcttering, the existing order OF
things. To become permanent, all re-
fern measures must be carefully con
sidered and of such character as to
receive the substantial support of a
majority of the people affected there
by. 1t has been the constant effort
and concern Of the present admins
tration to consider such questions in
the light of the general public senti-
ment, desiring to give special consid-
Grafton to the requests and opinions
Of our leading and most prominent
citizens these who by cdCcation, char
acter, position and property constitute
the representative body Of our citizen
ship. 1t has been q source Of deep re-
greet IN the past that citizens of this
class have held themselves aloof from
the consideration of matters of this
kind, obstructing the cause of reform
more by haSty and often unjust crti-
cism than aiding it by intelligent adj
vice. earnest support and uuselfish CO.
operation.
Police Department.
The constant concern of the City
Government has been to administer
the Law in such a way as to furnish
adequate police protection, and as far
as possible. rid the city of Migrants,
thieves aud criminals of all kinds.
Tho large number of arrests made.
convictions secured, and penalties inn
posed for the violations of ordinances
.AurinE tho last four years, bear I'M
.mi$takatfc evidence Of tho activity,
energy and efficiency Of our present
police force
During the first four years of this
administration, 1,400 arrests have
been made there have been collected
and turned into the city trasury
$14,222.77 as against s9.734.o9 during
the previous four years; to0ST days