The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-09-18

meetings were: The farm adviser and I
county highway engineers usefulness;
peter farming on a more extensive T.
scale; better market conditions and
some sort of an automobile service to
bring in farm products and to take out
into the country the goods from the
merchants in the various towns. This
is a matter that should have the i'm
mediate and serious attention of our
business men. There APPEARS to be
wide field to work upon. 1t seems that
if the farmers will raise the products
that the towns need, and then the
will assure of a steady
and some sort of a rapid
transit can be established that Cape
county will soon be filled with pros
porous truck farmers, our towns will
be fully supplied with the products
from the farms, eliminating the neces-
sity for the merchants Shipping in from
other points, thereby paying out
money that should find its way into
the pockets of our home farmers. 1t
is suggested that our Commercial club
appoint a special committee on home
relations to study this plan and ascer-
tain if it can not be worked out to
the profit of the farmer and the mer-
chant.
1t is also suggested that a commit
tee be appointed to begin an imme-
date and energetic activity looking to
the establishment of market in Cape
Girardeau for the handling of all
country produce. This matter has
been up before the Commercial club
numerous times in the past two years,
but has never been carried out. One
of the aims, and the most important
one, of the recent tours through the
county by our business men was the
creating of better understanding be-
tween the men of the towns and the
men of the farms. The matter of a
more extensive farming came up, and
also the question of better market
Some of our farmer friends suggested
a better market and better means OF
transportation into that market. This
has brought squarely before us the
question of doing something definite
We must show spirit of cooperation
in providing a steady market with 9
means of reaching it quickly and con
veniently. 1t will not do for the mer
of the city to say it is the business OF
the farmers to provide their owl
means of reaching market. This is oul
business, too, if we hope to get the
best results. If we provide the mar
ket It will keep the money in Cape
county that is being now sent ava!
for products that can be raised a
home, and if we provide a rapid tran
sit into our market we will be SURE
of getting a large portion Of tn,
money paid out for country produce
returned to us in payment for mer
chandise sold.
The details must be worked out b!
a special committee selected for u
business acumcn and for its prorc
view as to existing conditions. Al
sclfshnoes mus: be eliminated and tn
good of tho entire community kept /,
mind.
We are now beginning the fall cam
raign for bette" business, so it is tim
we began our fall activities. We ar
all aware of a stringcncy in mono,
matters. but We all have hOp"S fnr
revival of business. It then is or d1t,
to got ready for that rctrrn to bet
ter times. It is not wise to wait unit
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We should hasten those bcttcr time
hv cooperation and concerned actor
We. who have grown careless AVID IN
different in our Commercial C'"N ri
tendance should take mp our a2t;vitjo
once moro and get into the gave @
hclnirg Cape Girardoau grow
The secretary has under consider"
ton two communications looking {
The establishment Of industries hcr,
Ono IS from st. Louis parties, who n
thinking of establishing large t'ou
ing mill at this point, and want
know. what the Commercial ''"h VT
Offer as inducements.
Your secretary has written the pa
t. making the inquiries that IN" ciu
offers a free site on rail and river
5 all industries whose pay rolls are sui
e Gent to Justify this action, but thu
e the club, as an organization was NJ
e. IN position to offer cash bonus or
subscribe for stock. No further le
ters have been received from the pa
ties.
Another communication has bee
2 received from q concrete tile az
\ building block concern, now don
! business in Indiana, wanting to kno
, what inducements we can offer for
plant here. This concern intimate
5 that it will take $4,000 or $4,000
= start the plant, but does not say
a this amount of stock is to be sold
if a bonus is required. Your secretal
t has replied along the same lines use
: in dealing with these propositions
+ to cash bonus or stock selling.
!, It is we'll to mention that anoth
! Wholesale grocery house is confer
. plating a location in this city, but
nothing definite has been done,
a particulars can be given.
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