Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-27
Ceremonies at acking Plant Brought Out Immense and
 Enthusiastic Crowd.
LIVELY SPEECHES
Train of Twelve Coaches Was Crowd. ed and Hundreds Went t0
 Site in Autos and Rigs.

More than three thousand residents of Pine Bluff, Jefferson county and neighboring counties. attended the cornerstone laying at the plant of the Arkansas Packing Company. east of Pine Bluff, yesterday afternoon. The ceremonies were held under the a,l- spices of the Young Mems Progress sive Business League and speeches by prominent men showed the greatest interest in the live stock movement in this section.
 The business houses closed at 3:30 o'clock and the Cotton Belt shops were also shut down during the hours. A special train of twelve coaches carried the spectators to the scene from Un- ion Station and among them were several hundred members of the Pro- gressive League, who marched in a body to the station. wearing badges and carrying banners. A negro. lead ing a SOW with fifteen pigs, headed the parade. Hundreds went to the site of the packing plant in autos and other vehicles.
 Attorney N. J. Can't Jr., acted as master of ceremonies and the Pine Bluff Band furnished music between speeches. The speakers all predicted great things for Arkansas in the way of developing the live stock industry and praised the enterprise of the people of this city and section in es- tablishing a packing plant of such magnitude and with so many modern equipments.
 Among those who spoke during the afternoon were MT. Can't, City Attor- ney w. B. Alexander, Judge James Gould, secretary and fiscal agent for the packing company; John H. Page, state commissioner of mines, manu- factures and agriculture; c. C. Rock enback, assistant industrial commis- sioner for the Cotton Belt Railway; R. M. McWilliams, assistant general freight agent for the Iron Mountain at Little Rock; Judge w. D. Jones, and Colonel William Cargill, recently of Fort Worth, Texas, general manager of the plant.
 Little Mildred Gould, daughter of Judge and Mrs. James Gould, christ ened the packing plant, when she broke bottle of Coke" Pine Bluff manufactured beverage, over the cor nerstone. She was presented with a handsome basket of flowers.
 MT. Can't declared that the day would go down in history as one of the greatest achievements in Arkan- sas' progress. The packing plant, he said, was not founded upon the en- thusiasm of promoters, but was built after careful consideration on the part of successful business men who have aided in building this city, this coun- ty and this state. The plant repre- resents progress, he said. He then in- troduced City Attorney w. B. Alex ander, who spoke on behalf of the Young Mems Progressive Business League.
 MT. Alexander's Speech.
 "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
 men:
 "I am here today as the representa- tive of the Young Mems Progressive Business League of Pine Bluff. AS the chairman has told you the exer- cises of this afternoon have been ar ranged under their auspices. On their behalf I want to thank you for con- ing down here and to congratulate you upon the interest you are showing in the christening of Pine Bluffs greatest new industry. We are glad it is coming into actual existence during the same year that marks our official birth. As far as the future develop ment of Pine Bluff is concerned we think that we are well qualified to be twins.
 There are many of you here today who do not know what the Young Mems Progressive League really is, and what it actually stands for. We are not a rival of the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce. neither are we it's auxiliary. We are a distinct orr