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


ending our strength and help to
points. If We expect
o make out of Kentucky one OF
he strong states of the Union
we need to pull together rather
than apart and absorb some of |
the spirit that has made for the
upbuilding of other states.
There is, of course some of the
elements OF sel6shness but it is
not entirely selfish because the
writer is one of many Louisville
people who are trying to grasp
the new order of things ami work
tor the upbuilding of our home
institutions.
Our travellers will visit your
city from time to time and we
hope that the coming year will
show a detection of some central
Kentucky business to the Ken
lucky, instead of the Ohio me-
tropolis.
With kindest personal regards,
Very truly yours,
ii. J. MEYER.
Cause OF causes? Well there
are a number of them. Some
years ago rotten city politics along
with a combination which con
trolled State conventions, Offices
and patronage held full sway in
the city by the falls. That clique
simply "hogged" everything
right or wrong. Other portions
of our great commonwealth had
to beg of them if they got any
of the crums in way of Offices q
assignments Soreness and disap
pointnent over this and other uu
fair treatment est:anged many
good business men who transferred
Their patronage to other cite
some OF whom have remained
away from their state metropolis
to this day. While no one shoult
blame that city for wanting tn
State Fair located there. it wa
claimed that unfair means wer
used in the legislature as agains
Lexington a more central and tn
proper location. We have Away
welcomed Louisville travelling
men down this wav and give ther
J the biggest portion of our trad
' but things have changed sine
Betsy died.. We have bee
: scratching Louisville's back, ]
, these many years but were con
| PEELED in the meantime to Scratc
, our own on scaly bark hickor
trees, sand rocks or scratchin
posts erected for buck-wheat cak
t eaters. This becoming somewha
5 monotonous our Commercial Gu
| conceived the idea along las
January, of asking Louisville ant
- its newspapers to do a litJl
scratching for us by joining il
with us in a little request to tn
National Government for an ar
= preparation to build a highwa
from Cumberland Gap to era
Orchard over Boone's Trail an
S the old Wilderness Road. w
: askt for bread and gave us
. stone''. In substance their re
, ply, through the city papers (e1
"ept HERALD was to this effec
We are not in the back scratchin
business, discarded that old styl
S proceeds before we secure
State fair location. Ifyou war
your back scratched and have ru
! out of scaly bark hickory dig an
= mine some OF your inexhaustabl
Y hailgrit and sand stone. 1t 20
want roads dig EN-, make goo
one; make more money thereb
D and come to Louisville and spen
: it,. This kind of answer wit
the unasked for advice kinde
stund our Club and people VIII
on regaining sufficient breath {;
Y once addrest $50 circular letter
to the business and profession,
men of Louisville and its Con
! mercial Club asking if they el
2 dorsed the said editorials an
S requesting their aid, inf uenc
| and small contributions toward
postage fund to be used in tn
S ccmpaign i'll pushing the NOV,
! ment for the proposed road. T
| this appeal not a business ma
D or Booster replied. Tire
professional men did US tn
: curtesy in writing and expressin