The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-29
Corporation of Three communi-
ties Urged to Promote Indus
trial Development
Judge Martin Says Mound Olyitcs Spend
S325,Oo0 Annually in Cairo---Mr. Kuny
Wants Cairo Switching Rates for
Mound City-.Cair0 Boosters Talk

& Mound City derived from Cairo. He
would mention one incident that was
brought to his notice few days agt
wnen returning from Mound City. on
! the interurban. He saw great man,
laboring men on THE c2r and when
| he remarked about IT was tod THAI
the interurban brought down GO men
| every day to work IN Cairo factor es
and TOOK them Rack home In the
evening. This, ne believed, showed
! that some Cairo money was going tt
itMotnd City. However, he admitted
ithat Jndge Martins statement was
an eye-opener and worthy of respect
fful consideration by the people OF
Cairo.
What Mound City Wants.
| F. ), Kuny, of Williamson & Kuny,
Mound City, responded to rqeust
for talk as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:
After all the oratory displayed.
fairly despair OF being able to make
much of an impression, so | shall
simply read what l have to say,
is nice indeed, to be the presi-
dent of Commercial club, there is
very little work, and good pay. How.
ever BY the law of averages. which
Is said TO hold the balance fairly
itrue---distress for pleasure, etc. |
see how an going to receive my
desserts tonight. Therefore | shah
not call 1t a speech, but simply a
plain business talk.
You have been told many pleasant
things Of what Mound City is doing
for Cairo, you remember the figures
ESQ to speak, the per cent which
Cairo gets out of every dollar going
into Mound City mans pocket, and
naturally the question arises, where
has Cairo reciprocated? This ques-
tion, gentlemen of Cairo, leave for
you to answer, to yourselves.
The better question perhaps, and
the one to receive joint answer 10.
night is---What can Cairo do to help
increase Mound Citys purchasing Of
which you have seen SO large a share
to go to you.
Also what can we jointly do, to
make this peninsula, as may be pe-
mitted to call it, for brief, which in
cludes Cairo, Mound City and Mounds
in the years to come, one of the most
prosperous and lively spots in the
United States, in commercial and
Industrial way.
The interurban has shortened the
distance between us, we are now
quasi as one city, living closer to-
gether than are some of the people
Of many an American city, and our
public spirit should cover this entire
belt, as much so, as st. Louis stands
as a unit for all the people Of st.
Louis, or any other American city,
ten miles by three miles square, and
larger or smaller. | believe this Is
about the territory here. of which I
am speaking.
The TACT that we have met to-
gether shows our feeling, that there
exists a ground for mutual work, an
this feeling tonight should crystalize
into plan of close cooperation in
our efforts to advance the material
n Of Ant. .nntizp
We have both Leen making en-
deavors in this dirtction, separately.
by cooperation, the good results
should be greatly increased
TO Illustrate what cooperation
might mean, let me give you what
we have In mind, by few concrete.
examples;
You often have application for in.
dustrial sites--last winter believe
the Cairo papers mentioned nun.
Der of prospects-some OF them no
,loubt looked up Cairo--but as far
as we know, none have located. Ap.
parently these people went else
where. II they went to Jackson.
Memphis, Little Rock, Vicksburg,
Helena, or any other town outside Of
Mound City or Mounds, the benefits
OF such industrial plants are lost to
Cairo. In fact they help to buila
up other towns, which instead of
being customers Of Cairo, become
competitors.
Why not list the Mound City fac
tory sites with your own? You prac-
tically Nhave no locations on the
river--Mound City has.
We feel that factory located 10
Mound City viii directly and indi.
rectly benefit Cairo nearly as much,
II not as much, as II located In the