The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-29

Il There was an unusually interestin
meeting last n ght a: the Cairo Com
niercial Clpb rooms, II being a Joint
meeting oftthe Cairo and Mound city
Commercial Clubs, Twenty-one mem
bers Of the latter organization wee
present. and the, Cairo cont ngent
flied what space tie visitors lett in
the room. 1t was the flst coming tor
Eether of the two bodies, composed
Of representative business nlef'9 OF
the two cities, and was an occasion
for ar exchange Of views VIII eh, IT,
is expected, will lead to future meet
ings Of this character and to more
intricate relation in matters per
tanning to the welfare Of all con
cerned
President Huette called the meet
short talk in which he expressed
satisfaction at the presence Of the
Mound City gentlemen in such large
numbers He regretted that Mounds
V"o iapS iNnNntNu. pul HoSC
OF the meeting was to bring the citi-
gens OF the three places together in
oidar to cooperate eectively for the
common good. Each city needs the
other all should he as one family,
what was good for one was goCd fer
all; and neither could suffer severely
without injuring the other4 Ha called
Oh MT, Roy Aaains for some remarks
In behalf OF the Mound City delega-
ton.
Mr.. Adams exprescaG regret shat
Judge Wall and Mayor Browner were
prevented by Illness from being pres
ent, They would have been pleased
TO Join the others in coming to
Cairo He regretted also that Mounds
was not represented Cairo and
Mound City were growing together,
said Mr.. Adams, asa they IshouId
work together. If tney did this ear.
neetly aud persjstently he believed
they could in due time make South
ern Illinois the big end of the state
instead of Cook county.
8H. What Cairo Gets.
Judge Martin Of the law firm of
Wall & Martin, presented a state
ment of business done by Mound
Cityites with Cairoites in the year
1909 which was startling to his Cairo
hearers. He said by way of preface
that Cairoites had shown that they
knew how to do things; Mound CITY
also had some claims in that direc-
tion and If the two communities got
together both would be benefited be-
cause their interests we're Identical
and Their aims the same, CONNER
cially industrlally and socially. Judge
Martin then proceeded to show how
much value Mound City was to Cairo
as expressed in dollars and cents, the
figures being obtained from reliable
sources for the year 1909, to-wit:
Group Allowing and river
transportation interests $4,000
Group B--Machine shops,
sheet iron works, plumb
ing etc ..M....,.....,... $4,000
Group C-Wholesale grocers,
commission houses, meat
hay and grain, dry goods,
drugs, creamery, confec-
tonery and wholesale H. u.
quor interests ,........A 100000
Group D-Professonal men,
such as lawyers, doctors.
newspaper arsl printing
Co.'s insurance and bank
ing. telephone and inter
urban So. .......i.. $4,000
Groppe E-Retal lines, am
usements, hotels. etc. esti.
mated at 10 per cent Of
wages paid ..,........... $4,000
iolaI ...... ... ..... ,$325,000
To this nay be added indirect ben
efits derived BY Cairo from travel to
and through Cairo to Mound City.
Judge Martin said the figures we're
considered reasonable, and seemed to
indicate that Cairo was largely inter
ested In Mound City and her prosper.
ity Whatever would tend to Mound
Citys growth would be shared in by
Cairo, hence Cairo could we'll afford
to cooperate with Mound City In the,
latter'g developn ent.
President Huette laughingly re-
marked that he was glad Judge Mar.
tin had stopped at Group e. for III
he had gone all down to n" ne might
have shown that Cairo wouldn't be,
here at all If 1t were not for Mound
City AT some future time Cairo
might present a list Of benefits that
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