The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-23
CAIRO'S WELFARE DISCUSSED
AT BOARD OF TRADE NEE TING

cerned he couldn't shoot anyway
Citizens called on in Time for adyis
DRY purpC 3es might be OF much ser
vice. 1t was the duty Of the mayor
police and county authorities ITO sup.
pre- disorder in tlme-to nip it in
the bud The law gave them ample
power declaring that when two or
three citizens were together plotting
ldiscrdsr they could De arrested and
i jailed There had been mobs in
Cairo before, but never n lynching
till that of last November and never
any bloodshed. They had been gen,
orally dispersed by the authorities by
prompt action before they- got that
far, Cairo had been al in former
years. perhaps worse -lan now; but
that was when ii ives more of river
town than now. and the rough ele-
ment wss more numerous. 1t was
no excrse for being bad now; the
| city had deve!oned; public feeling
had changed higher tandard Of
morality prevailed. RE felt there
hal been Improvement in the citys
neral condition during tne winter
Just past.
BY w. A.. Hurt.
Mr.. w, NJ. Hurt, manager OF
Rhodes llrford, was called on next.
He expressed his appreciation of the
honor as q new member, but was
somewhat al q 10 to know what to
: talk about, since no subject had been
assigned to him He fe't a i.t.le like
the preacher. who on being called to
a new charge, was visited by & com,
lmittee OF the members who admon-
/ ished him that he mist not preach.
against cards, nor dancing nor drink
ling. nor hor e-racing, nor a number
[, OF other subjects which they men
toned When he -ed the commit
tee what he might preach against
with safety the committee replied,
You might talk against the Jews,
because there are none here" He
compimented the Board of Trade.
upon its activity in the interest of
civic righteousness which he re
garded of paramount Importance to
the community. The security Of in
lvestments ana Of commercial and in
Idustrial interests generally lay in he
ing surrounded BY conditions that
would insure peace and good order
and that tended to make a commun-
ity better. He was plea ed that the
Citizens League was moving on
conservative lines. He favored
moral reform. but was opposed to
crusades. which i'm tie end left a.
community worse than before. tt
was a time in Cairo when strong gien
should stand for the right, and he
would uphold the men in authority
who stood for law and order, refer
ring particularly to the shcriff in
this connection, although, he said, lei
did not approve of all that official
did-yet he should be sustained le-
cause he upheld the law even at a.
risk to himself.
Mr.. Hurt spoke also OF the police
OF the city, aging ;leY ought to lei
encouraged to do their duty, treatad
as men and not criticised unjustly
We did not invite them to attea1 so
cial functions, but expected them to-
stand at our doors to guard us from
harm and when the pop of gun was
heard in an alley 10 risk their lives
in an effort to arrest the offender.
He said he had been criticised be.
cause ne world not sign petition
to have saloons e1oseI on Sunday.
His reason was that il would not be
fair. There were less than 70 sa-
looms in Cairo open on Sunday and
there were 900 other places of bus.
mess open on Sunday The butcher
argued that he mus serve the pub
lie with meat, the grocer said h.
must feed the public; the clothier
said he must clothe the naked and
the shoe man said he must keep PEG
pie from going barefooted. The truth
was all were open to ell their wares
ana 10 MAKE pront-and the saloon
man was open for the same reason.
He believed there would be no trou-
BILE abort closing the saloons ii the
other classes Of business were made
to close. He would apply the Golden
Rule in this case.
BY 3. II. Wing.
Mr.. b. H. Wing of the Cairo
Creamery, brought up a new sub.
iect. He said the Board OF Trade
rad talked about hay and grain and
umber and other things. but IL had
paid little or no attention to sub.
ect uppernost in tle minds OF many
lust now: Conservation, Hc would
speak particularly about the conser
alton Of land, preserving Its pro-
! Iuctiyeaess, and from a point Of
view with which he was most fa
miliar-dairying. He regarded the
/ COW a very important factor in
preserving land, restoring to it what
had heen Withdrawn by raising the
cereals, etc. There was az fine land