The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-03
dawn Of GREAT
ERA FOR CAIRO
UNDER new ERA
Big Taxpayer Wide Awake to Pos.
sibilit.es for Cairo Under the
Commission Form.
MAKES VITAL COMPARISONS
Two Cities Thrive and One Bankrupt
Cairo Can Become Gateway of
Two Valleys to the Canal.

A
Inauguration Day for Cairo
cones on March Fourth, says the
citizen whom you interviewed, and
who gave several valid reasons Sun
day morning why Cairo should i'm
mediately adopt the Commission
Form of Municipal Government, .
said IS. e. A." Sunday afternoon in
discussing the matter.
"IIe is not an idle dreamer--ho
sees the possibility of great future
for Cairo and every word he uttered
acquisce in only he didn't go as
far as would have liked him.
Yes, Cairo has all the natural ad-
vantages and this fact has often been
commented upon by intelligent Wis
itors. who have as often wondered
what =, there was restraining Cairo
from assuming the position it is
Justly entitled to by virtue Of its
natural advantages.
Now, every one In Cairo down
deep in their hearts can answer the
question aud there exists no neces-
sity for me to answer the query.
However, assert that the remedy
and opportunity are at hand and the
voters OF Cairo can assert their.
manhood and independence on March
Fourth. by voting In the affirmative
on The question Of the Municipal
Form, thus placing the city on a
proud pinnacle as MISTRESS of the
MISSISSIPPI and OHIO VALLEYS.
the key to the Gateway through
both valleys TO the Panama Canal.
Gateway of Two valleys-what a
bright and Aladdin-like future
spreads itself before one's gaze. but
there is no chance for all this pros
perity under the present form of n
selfish and inadequate government.
We have too often in the past been
promised great things with the re-
suit that as often have the people
been sorely disappointed
Give Cairo this Commission Form
of Municipal Government and in two
years, coincident with the formal
opening of the Panama Canal, too,
can see such an era of prosperity for
Cairo as no one hardly dared hope
H. their widest dreams
81 can see th Getty densely popu-
lated. scores Of manufactures,
wholesale establishments and proper
ty values soundly inflated, multi
tude of skilled and unskilled labor
ers constantly employed and myriads
of happy homes, and all the result
of the people of Cairo grasping the
opportunity now offered to place the
city ON sound business basis in
stead of always dragging along with
little old men of the sea clinging to
its neck--hanging on merely for
selfish motives, and nothing else.
Il can see into the future as well
as the next close observer that un-
der the circumstances with Cairo as
the Gateway to the Panama Canal
there will be such a demand for
property for residence and industrial
purposes that naturally the city lin
its will be unable to accommodate
them with the result that a. reclama.
ton scheme, now in its infancy, will
be greatly enlarged in its scope and
west and south of the Mississippi!
levee all that ground TO the point
will arise until 1T reaches the levee
top and upon this new ground will
be located these homes and great
plants.
"AM ], TOO, DREAMING?
"But never can this be accom-
piished under the present system OF
government. We have. tried 1t fairly
and squarely ever since 1872 and
what has been the result?
Improvements? Yes, we've got
'em. but count the awful cost. The
cost would have been no more II
property was worth ten or one hun
dred times as much as it is at pres
ent.
"The Commission Form Of Govern
ment Is becoming popular all oves
the country. Even Indiana towns
were Saturday granted by the legis-
laturc the right of the adoption ol
this modern business application tc
the government of cities.