The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-12

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MIR. Feuchter said his mind had
been occupied with some very serious
matters for some months past and he
mad not given much thought to affairs
pertaining to the city He would say,
however, that he believed the people
OF Cairo were too tight In years
past it had been easy enough to raise
money TO bring people to the city in
various ways; there was no reason
why 1t could not be done now. The
$4,000 proposed to be raised now
would be money well spent The
thing to do was to wake up. and open
up; go down into our pockets and
produce the money. In western towns
through some of which he had re-
Gently passed-towns no bigger than
Cairo--it was considered aothing at
all to raise 100000 to secure n
factory People of Cairo should get
together.
Samuel White favored the PROPOSE.
ton and said he wo,ld do his part
toward raising the fund. Industries
that would employ skilled labor was
Cairo's great need. There was no
good in standing still and doing moth
/ ing.
J. b. Magee expressed the belief
that one of the urgent needs of the
city was the consolidation of the sew
eral commercial bodies which would
| give the city one organization of sen
oral hundred memtyGs, who, at ST
each per month wopyl produce an eff
fective working I'D At present
with the membership divided as it
, was. many paid more than this, be-
longing to all the organizations; but
| the money was scattered and wasted
This would in his opinion be one of
the most effective movements toward
getting together
Fl. .. Antrim as president Of the
Board Of Trade, felt sure the Board
would do It's part toward boosting
Cairo along the lines suggested. He
was heartily in favor of the move
ment The business interests of the
city needed TO wake up; the city had
been falling behind; a man should be
employed to so after manufacturers
who contemplated moving their
plants or establishing new ones, and
present Cairo's advantages. 1t should
not be difficult to raise five or even
ten thousand dollars for that pur-
pose,
c. 5. Carey secretary OF the Com
mercial CLUB, said as a rule people
did not get anything if they did not
ask for it. Cairo did a big business;
its monthly tonnage was enormous,
greater than that of any city of its
size in the country, which was proof
Of it's favorable location as a shipping
point We all knew Cairo's adyant,
ages but we had failed in efforts to
make the other fellow know them
and we failed even to make the best
Of those advantages ourselves.
Speaking of advertising the city he
said there were many different ways
Of doing this Some years ago the
Cairo Trust Property Co. had large
sign erected near Cairo Junction stat
ing that 1000 acres of good land was
for sale In the Cairo Drainage Dis
trict. The sign was seen by thous-
ands of people VINO lame ami went on
the trains and had doubtless had it's
effect in attracting the many indus
trial plants there. A sign 200 feet
long set up there now. bearing infor
nation regarding Cairo would be of
much value. The street car company
complained OF lack of business. |
Why did 1t not establish an amuse-
ment paEz that would draw people
during the Summer months, as street |
railway companies did elsewhere? |
Now people had only the picture |
shows TO 90 to for amusement and !
these were crowded every night The |
steamer Stacker Lee came into port |
The other day with 100 excursionists |
aboard News that they were coming |
had been received in advance. When |
they came they left the boat, came up !
the levee to Ohio street; but there /
was no one TO meet them and tell |
them where to 90, and after wander |
ing about a little while in the I'M |
paved part of the city, they went I
back to the boat with an unfayorable |
impression of the city There was no |
sign telling them that in a blocks |
walk they would find a street car that !
would give them a five mile ride for
five cents; no one to hand them any /
literature telling them of Cairo and
its attractive features. If the people |
Of some Of the western towns OF
which we had heard, had been told |
that roo strangers were 10 be in their |
oily there would have been 4 delega
ton Of citizens to meet them and to |
show them about The city; and they |
would have been loaded down with !
leaflets and cards showing what the /
city was and had to offer. Even in |
Chicago and ST. Louis visitors were
given attention by the business mon. |
One could not be In these cities two |
hours TIL some evidence Of the busi
ness energy and enterprise Of the