The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-09

n rHl con the COHlIucIClal Ciuu Uc
Ilieve that Paducah would stand an
excellent chance to get a pair Or SC
Of those damaged factories Clip
ping from the Paducah News-Demo.
crat.
Yes, Paducah might stand a
-tchance ii it would first tar and fcath-
Ter such of its residents as the man
lwho offers the above suggestion. and
lshen throw them all into the river,
bound hand and foot. Until Paducah
Erids itself of such carrion, 1t VIII
never stand chance in the world.
Ii IL hard to believe that even
| Paducah, our ancient enemy, would
dive 50 deep into the miro. as tha
4 News Democrats hody-snatchor sus-
| gests. even 10 get couple or SO Of
Those damaged factories. II is hard
to believe there is large enough
number of men of such mental cali
| brc to start q movement OF that
kind,
| The News-D Democrat is laboring
)under a delusion as TO the amount
LOT the damage done to Cairo by the
high waters. The dust still is dying
| in Cairo, despite the elements, and
not an industry has been shat
down because of physical disability
All of cairo has been working TO
/ protect the drainage distdict, which
| is not a part of Cairo, but commun-
lity beyond our city limits. Cairo
I fought hard and ii lost the battle.
| but the drainage district viii mos
lose all of its factories
Cairo is Just as dry today as it was
| before the water started to rise. ex-
cepting for slight amount OF seep-
age, and an investigation doubtless
would develop Fiat Paducah has
more of its business houses in water
than has this city. Following is
1.-The editorial published In the News
IDemncrat. under the caption, How
About Paducah?"
"A wall of water seventeen feet
high Is knocking resistlessly at the
/ back door OF Cairo. Hickman Is
| from two to fifteen feet under water,
Columbus is merely an imaginary
point determined by precise compu-
tatien Metropolis is suffering and
| Brookport is hemmed in, with its
business sadly crippled. Memphis
1 has on her hands flooded gas plant
and over a hundred blocks of resi-
denee and business houses sur
rounded by water. Nashville Is
taIarmed. St. Louis and East st.
Louis people are seeking safety.
only Paducah is high and dry,
and mere laziness on our own par.
has allowed back water to creep
onto the streets in the lowest parts
OF the city. A hundred dollars prop
lerly expended would have saved
the greater part of this inconven-
fence. A few more dollars to control
Bradshaw creek and we would look
complacently on the whole world,
secure in our knowledge that no
food could interfere with business
| except IN rare and isolated instances,
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! Surely Paducah has cause for
self-congratulation because of her
fortunate strategic position.
1.-The people of Padueah are ce-
ceiving food refugees with open
arms Every mans heart goes out TO
every other man forced away from
home by desire TO escape suffering
land priyation Paducah has become
known far and near as the safest
place in the valley to be when a
flood comes.
i There may, however, be several
factory owners or general managers
lin Cairo or Hickman or other small
er towns nearby that are not aware
of this fact, If so, they should be
informed at once.
"In Paducah not factory is
bothered by the unusually high
food stage. Even the lowest bust
ness house in town is doing business
at the same old stand, undismayed
by reports of still further rises COM
ing down the four rivers.
eve ponder deeply on whether
there is chance to interest the fac
tory owners who suffered from the
broken levee at Cairo, or Hickman.
We are bit presumptuous, proba-
bly, but doesn't the Commercial
! Club believe that Paducah should
istand an excellent chance to get a
pair or so of these damaged plants?
Can't some kind of bargain coun-
ter attraction be put UP before their
eyes--can't free plot Of ground IA
free tax franchise for five years--a
guarantee against food, a six-trunk-
line system of railways, through
freight trains In the immediate flu
lture clear to the Panama Canal, be