The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-24
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TAKES NEW START.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM
SECRETARY CAREY REGARD
ING INDUSTRIES.
BIG Factory IN SIGHT
suttoa Factories Urged BY Mr.. kiser
Officers Elected Vita J. r.
Galligan President --Lun,
chcoa and Sr,o&er.

The annual meeting of Cairo Con-
mercial Club was held last night at
the club rooms and was largely attend
Sd. President W. Is, Huctte presided
ana Secretary Carey was at his post.
I WIS a gathering OF Hany of the
,itys representative men who ey.nced
leep interest in the proceedings
Secretary Carey read number of
letters making inquiry as 70 what
Cairo could fer in the way Of n
lucemeuts for industrial establish
ments, Among these were two i-oa
working estab ishments, : rtrcat tac-
tory, and Woodworking establishment
Mr. Carey also stated that the mayor
and Attorney David S. Lansden. were
now in the east looking AFTER an es-
Enlistment that would employ sou
skilled workmen, and that citizens
hal given assurance that all the re-
lurements would se met If the pro.
position was what was claimed t9r Il.
Mr.. Carey read from a r'agazine
showing that Illinois was the third
state in the union in the value CT its
manufacturers, and yet Cairo which
offered greater advantages in this a.
-ection than any other city in the
anion, contributed very little 10 the
total of the state He accounted for
this In the fart that citizens of Cairo
had not exerted themselves sufficient
ly in the right way and urged ac
ion
Mr, Kfser, who is one of the recen"
arrivals in the city. having bought
the Cannon Box Co. plan;, spoke
hopefully of Cairo as an industrial
center, and expressed the belief that
Iif al effort were ma e to procure a
hutton factory it would be successful.
He guaranteed that If one button fac
tory were secured, twenty-five would
| be here in a very few months, because
the manufacture OF Buttons could be
carried on here much cheaper than
It the points where tae .lc;ories
now were located. The mussel shells
could be picked up out of the river
2etwean here and Paiucah and there
would be a great savi2g in transpor-
.ation, 81 ton
: resident Carnes Of lie Retail Ner.
GIANTS Association, spoke CT the pro
posed Fourth OF July celebration
which that association had on hand.
and asked the aid Of the Commercial
Club members in that Important en-.
terprise.
P. T. Langan said he had been in
Missouri during the last day or two
and found the merchants there leav-
ing Cairo on account of unfair freight
rates, and going to Poplar Bluff, al
though they expressed strong pre-.
ference for Cairo declaring that they
got better and quicker service from
mere
II. S. Antrim, the said the matter
would be taken up by the rate com
nittee recently appointed.
President Huette then announced
that election OF officers was IN order,
taking occasion to thank the club ror
| giving him this honor a year ago and
for the interest shown by members
in the club AMI citys affairs The
election OF officers was qrickly done.
II. S. Antrim nominated Jas II,
ialligan for president; G'has Feuca-
ter nominated Dr ~. F. Grinstead for
vice president, and G. S. Carey for
secretary; AMI P. T. Langan nomi.
mated E. G. Kerth for treasurer The
nominees were all unanimously
elected.
Chas. Feuchter w. J. Johnston and
/ C. c. Terrell were named commit,
tee to present Is names from whom
10 directors were to be chosen. The
vote on these resulted in the election
of the following:
p. T. Langan, Samuel White, w. j.
Johnston, Geo Parsons, A. Kaufman,
s. H. Carter, w. A. Mcknight, II. r..
Aisthorpe, Geo. J. Becker, c. c.
| Terrell
The members then partOok % a Inn.