The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-19
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THE MERCHANTS PICNIC.

The Retail Merchants Association
OF Cairo has had another healthfui
outing. such as the members of the
association need II was a successfui
affair in every respect; in point OF at
tendance, in its management and IN
the pleasures Afforded They took
ten car loads Of Cairo people 70
Tamms, and there were hundreds
from the vicinity of that thriving
community In the upper part Of the
county. That all enjoyed themselves
is attested by their comments on
their return home last evening.
The members of the Retail Mer-
chants Association are a hard-worked
lot of fellows, as rule. They are
the faithful servants of the people
along lines where service calls for
personal honor and high degree OF
efficiency, if 1t is to be properly per
formed, and to result mutually bene-
fetal; and they are on duty every
day in the year They earn their
days outing and 1t Is not only their
privilege but their duty to take 1t.
Too many men and women bury
themselves so completely in their
work, keep their noses so closely to
the grind stone, that they can not
get the proper perspective of their
situations. They work hard, but they
work to disadvantage because they
dos not see their business In its en-
tirety. They do not mix with the
people enough and frequently can not
\ do the right thing because they do
not get a broad view of their affairs.
They do wen therefore to get away
even If but for day, from their sur
loundings for they can then take a
fresh start with renewed yigor with
a better heart and mind for their
work
But The Bulletin would commend
the Retail Merchants Association es.
pecially upon one thing in this con.
nection, viz: Their going away from
home to have their picnics. One OF
the severest, because one of the most
truthful, criticisms ever made against
the merchants of Cairo was that ut
tered by Hon. Reed Green severa
years ago when he declared that
while there was rich field for bust
ness right at Cairo's doors, withou
crossing the river, no effort at all hat
been made to get it. Few il any 0
the business men of Cairo had eve
been into the county; few If any o
them ever tried to get acquainte
with the people Of this county or /
cultivate the friendship OF the farm
ing communities. The business me
of Cairo were content to sit or stan
In their stores, often complaining tina
the farmers went to the stores In tn
upper part OF the county, and di
nothing to bring them to Caro-o
fered little or no inducements I
make them come.
The Bulletin believes the Reta
Merchants Association rs doing
great thing for Cairo IN going ava
from home to have their amusement
and incidentally to cultivate the a
quaintance and good will Of the pc
pie in the country tributary to tn
city; II would have them go eve
year to various points in the viclnit
once orstwice, pot only in this coun
but In Pulaski county. Jackson cou
ty, Union county; and then into MI
souri, and Kentucky
Some are inclined to criticise Il
association for going away from hor
instead Of having their picnics
Cairo and spending their money
home This Is the utterance Of a nj