Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-10
SURE TO GET THE
 PACKING PLANT
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He told of the workings of the great plants and said that buttons are made from the bones and combs from the horns of cattle. The people of Fort Worth were skeptical at first of it's success, but they went at it and reap ed harvest in d business way. Mr. Fry, a former Swift manager, told MT. Alexander that if they shut down the packing plants the next day, it would put crepe on every door in Fort Worth The packing houses didn't boom Fort Worth at once. It took fourteen years to build uq) it's wonderful industries and make city out of a small town. After inspecting the Fort Worth progress MT AleXan- der expressed himself as being confi- dent of Pine Bluffs ability to dupli- cate Fort Worth's great stride.
 Mir. Bloom Enthusiastic Too.
 Simon Bloom, nominee for mayor, who was in the Pine Bluff party at Fort Worth, reviewed the great pro- gress of Fort Worth and spoke en- couragingly of the bright prospects for packing plant here. He said that Fort Worth had increased 173
 
 packing houses were responsible for it. The property valuation increase in Fort Worth during that period was 1000 per cent North Fort Worth, he said, where the packing houses are located, now has a population of 20,- 0O0 The Armour plant alone en- ploys 2,600 peole Mr. Bloom after speaking most enthusiastically of the promising future of Pine Bluff and the need of 8 packing house, extended an invitation. on behalf of the packing house managers of Fort Worth, to the Chamber of Commerce and the people of this city to attend the Fat Stock Show. which will be held there the week of March 8. "They told me that if they don't convince you that packing house is the best thing you ever saw and show you the best time of your life, they will refund your expenses" he concluded
 Some facts and figures, showing the present status of the packing house situation, were presented by Judge James Gould, the fiscal agent Practically every town and city in the state was represented on the suEscrip- IlOII ISl. AUOuI pJU,UUU udS U00U subscribed and $75,OOO of the sub scriptions came from outside of the city. MT. Cargill, w. J. Doyle and w. T. Woodbridge also spoke.
 MT. Doyle said this road was being censured from some quarters for it's activity in behalf of the Pine Bluff packing plant, but that it wanted it here because it was the logical point for packing plant He said more than enough live stock had been ship ped from Arkansas into East St. Louis in recent months to supply the Pine Bluff plant every day and then leave over at the pre- sent time 15, ,O0O head of cattle and 5000 hogs, Shreveport wants a packing house and is now urging the Cotton Belt to help that city get one. He said Arkansas was capable of producing $50 pounds of pork to the acre.
 MT. Woodbridge termed the packing house project one of the greatest prop ositions and opportunities ever offer @ dthis city. The people of this city, he said. could not at this time afford to pass it up. If they do it will not recover from such failure soon. There are more evidences of pros- perity in this immediate section at this time, said MT. Woodbridge, than he had ever seen.