Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-04-11

An incident of State fair last
September when the Secaetsry c
arbitrarily and wrongfullv and !:
without reason, deprived our
RoCkcastle corn club BOY from !,
attending the lair as delegate,
is another grievance of our people |
that went down. The Louisville
Commercial Club promist us last
fall that the case would be in
vestigated, yet no report or any
satisfaction has been given us
This paper has been for past sixty
days shooting arrows of protest at
The Falls city aggregation in
language pointed and strong
enough to arouse even Rip Van
Wrinkle in his first wears doze,
but they are asleep "at the switch"
though the epidernis of the
people around the falls is of
+ elefautin thickness and is arrow
and bomb proof as only one
! professional and two business men
| of the City have given the matt, r
: attention in the way of letters |
R. w. Brown, of the Times; John
D. Otter, of Otter & Co, and
James Clark Jr., of the James
Clark, Jr.. Electric Co., who
stated that they thought we had
8 do e Louisville an injustice
q Referring again to the above letter
O respecting the "stand together
ness" of Indiana pc ople and the
&c city of indianapolis. 1t is simple
:, enough, they simply stand by
20 each other for the reason neither
% side expects it "all for one aud
* nothing for the other. They
ID are acquainted with the word
!, reciprocity and practice it and
are back scratchers" from buck
n wheat land There's your ex
n. PLANTATION. Louisville could have
" and could yet accomplish the
ID same desired end as Indianapolis
has by working along the lines.
q AS to our people patronizing Gin
is cinnati in preference to Louisville
Id we wish to say that considerable
he trade from this portion of the State
&c has within the last two months
70 turned to Cincinnati. Lexington
IS, and Knoxville owing to Louisville S
he cold deal on our cherished Boone
VS. Way proposition. We agree with
no Mr.. Meyer that our preference
an, should be for Louisville over
de cities of other states, and things
ice being equal should and would be
EN- with our state metropolis. Our
10 people have made every effort tC
m point out to Louisville the futility
oh of her misguided course in hel
nv late action or rather non faction in
no reference to this part of the moral
Ike vineyard. 1t behooves that city
lat TO discontinue glittering gen
nh eralities. with US, and get into
asst action if it expects to regain a
nd portion OF its lost trade or retain
tie the remnant now fast slipping
in from its grasp. Cincinnati
he chamber of Commerce didnl
,p- hesitate an instant when appealed
av to for assistance in the campaign.
alb 1t Immediately got in communica
nd tion with her Congressman and
We advised him that a bill would
later be introduced for the con
re- struction of Boone Way" and
". askt his. endorsement and also hi:
Ct: influence with Ohio delegation tc
no work for the success of said bill
vie They do things in the Queen City
ed That counts for her increasing
mt trade relations. 1t is yet possible
nm for Louisville to throw off tina
nd lethargy, disavOw a lot of tn,
bic stuff sent out by its zone man
ON policy and opined newspapers
nod remembering its past handicaps
nv overcome business difficulties nov
md facing it on account of pas
;tb mistakes. We are hearty, wei
Ter wishes for Louisville's success:
.bo and no locality in the common
at wealth will welcome it more
ers heartily than this, tho she viii
nal have to repent in sackcloth ant
m. ashes and change her course o.
N. procedure Numerically opposite
nd to that now pursued as regarding
ice South Eastern Kentucky. We
| repeat it, this part of the State