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month, nor a yenr; but ono national
administration should allow tltno
enough to tnako of Washington a
standard of cltlclcncy among cities;
a giant laboratory for municipal re
Hunrch; a finished product of the dls
'llllrd municipal wludotn gathered
hen1, thero, and the other place, by
lesser cities, working Independently
to llnd HolulloiiH to civic probluniH."
So nnys John Purroy Mltchul, presi
dent of I ho board of nldermon of New York, who,
with Henry llrucre, director of tho bureau of
municipal research, has Just Hiibmltted to Prosl
dout Wilson n plan whereby the national capital
enn be URod as guide, philosopher, and friend to
all other American cities.
"Thero nro certain fundamental processes which
all cities must adopt, Irrespective of their noveral
forms of government," he continues, "and It Is the
best of these, each after its kind, that we would
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llko to bco discovered, standardized, and codllled
In Washington.
"There is ono, and only ono 'best way' for
cleaning streets; ono 'heBt way' for arranging
school curricula; ono 'best way' for conserving
tho public health. Theso 'best ways onco they
re discovered and (Irmly established, are just uh
fflcaciouB In ono form of city govorumnet as they
re In another.
"Thero Is not, at tho presont time, ono city In
tbla country which 1b systematically tlndtug and
using the 'best ways' for conducting Its various
municipal departments. "
"We bollovo that the only reason for this scat
tered nd disorganized stato of things lies In tho
Inability of our many cities to find a common
meeting ground on which to thrash out tho good
they have discovered from tho bad they havo not
known how to avoid.
"Ab thlngB aro ut present, wo offer tho distress
ing and unnecessary spcctaclo of a whole peoplu
struggling with a universal problem in sporadic
patches, incoherent and unrelated; and of a na
tion which lias failed to make common cause,
among its separata parts, of a question which Is,
tnoro than almost nny othor, a national ono.
"We neod cooperation. Wo need concentration.
Wo have foiled to establish a central icborvolr for
tho knowledge, Independently come by, of thu
many cIIIcb solving their dllllciillles In their own 4
way; we have failed to provide a central aouico
to which theso cities, besot "by problems they are
not ablo to solvo, can comu for help,
"Tho arrangement Involves a foolish waslo.
Hero aro countless Titles nil ovor tho country,
prlvatoly sotting to work to mako thumsolves a
credit to their day and generation, which follow
an uncharted way to excellence In sumo ono or
two particular branches of government.
"Ono city learns, we'll say, how to runtii tiro
department with tho minimum of waste and tho
muxlmum of otllclency. Another turns up a good
working solution of checking tho spread of dis
ease. Still another learns how to lay pavements,
and another how to conduct Its schools.
"Each of these eltlus has discovered for ItHelf
a fact of primary Importance to nil cities; yet
they cannot glvo it even to their neighbors, be
causa they havo no ofllclal place of exchange!
"The situation Is as absurd as that which ob
tained In tho dawn of economic Interrelations,
whon every man caught and cooked his own food,
prepared tho aklns for his own clothing, and wns,
In every phaso of his activities, sulllcleut unto
hlmsolf,
"Now what we want to do Is precisely analogous
to the secondary economic porlod, when two men
divided tholr labors, und ono caught and cooked
for nourishment for two, and tho othor per
formed a llko service In clothing tho pair. Each
halved his effort, and doubled his rosult,
"It Is, In fact, remarkablo to mo that this much-
needed co operation umong cities all striving to
ward the sumo entl has not been undertaken long
ago. Perhaps it Is becnuso heretofore tho runic
und file have not realized how much power for
good does Ho In city government, and how pos-
stblo It Is,. by a sane and rational use of this
power, to nid tho world of countless hurdons,
"Wo hnvo ovolved, it seems to me, a very prac
ticable and sensiblo plan. You will find, in tho
report which wo havo sent to President Wilson,
that wo nslc first for n survoy of tho city looking
to a precise knowledge of Just what it needs, and,
second, for tho president's influence to bo put
upon tho three commissioners of thu District of
Columbia to havo put into practice there ull thu
valuable things discovered in all tho Amorlcau
cities.
"Hy this mcniyi, wo hopo to produco a schomo
of government for Washington which will not only
meet its own needs, but will, by Its adoption cIbo
whero, work a similar benefit.
"Tho Importance of tho preliminary survey
must not bo overlooked. We do not want to go
down to Washington and coustiuct tin 'Ideal city'
out of some man's head. Wo want to llnd, hy
tho most scrupulous and exhaustive search, what
It is that Washington stands most in need of;
nnd wo propose to fcupply her lucks by means of
thu Information wo have collected In other cities.
"That Is to say, wo do not want to do it our
selves. Mr. Hruoio nnd myself havo no ambition
to gut tho Job, nor even the supervision of It.
Wo want muruly that President Wilson will llnd
us luasuimbli) enough and promising enough to
set out along tho lines wo have suggested; and
that when tho need arises for expeit sorvlco In
tho execution of tho plan, he will bo able to got
tho best brains of the country to assist htm.
"Will tho project wo have outlined affect tho
physical aspect of cities? That Is rather a dim-
MUM.
A niollUBk ramo to our first parent to be
named.
"I2r oyster!" announced Adam, after consid
ering u moment.
Now, dlvors other creatures, having got theirs,
woro loitering about to pick up what of con
solation they might, and a number of theso
burst out laughing hereupon.
"Just think how mum you'll havo to bo!" they
Jeered. Puck,
QUITE REMARKABLE,
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"IUg production, that musical comody."
"Yeu; nnd a romarknblo thing Is that the cast
of characters is even larger than tho list of
authors."
cult question, at the present stage of our work;
but I should uuy that It will.
"Wo aro deeply Interested in tho laying out of
cities. Much moro depends on it than beauty,
valuable us that Is. Yes, I think that If our plun
matures thero will bo no need for ugllnesB In
our cities at least, not that ugliness which comes
from Ignorance."
"Wo neod ideals of public service In municipal
governments, add wo need Idenls of plain business
clllclency. When wo get them wo shall begin to
havo some Idea of how much u city's government
controls Its wholov social and political destiny,"
said Mr. liruerc.
"Ab a matter of fact, 1 supposo I do not need
to dwell at nny length on the vnluu of good mu
nicipal administration. I am not apt to find any
body who would dlsputo tho fact with me. 'Hut
I think I can allow myself to insist upon one fac
tor in its valuo which I do not Hud to be very
widely known.
"If you say to the average man that the affairs
of the city should bo conducted with as much
business sagacity and economy as tho offulrs of
private Industries, ho will
naturally say 'yes, of
courBe;' but If you go fur
ther and BUggest to him
that a bound municipal
regime can savo him more
limn money and time; that
it can lift tho whole level
of his social community and
that It can help to conserve
everything ubout him, from,
his bublnesB interests to his
health and his peace of
mind, ho Is apt to think
either that you are trilling
with him, or thut you lean
toward 'paternullsm' and
should be subdued.
"City government should
and ran be made to mean
much moro than clean
streets or a capable fire de
partment. It means tho es
tablishment und preserva
tion of healthy relationships
In every phaso of tho city's
existence.
"It has In Us handB the
health, tho Intelligence, and
economic capacity of every
citizen. It can be so organ
ized that it will tako leader
ship In filling every ascer
tained community want. Some of theso wants
will best bo supplied with tho cooperation of pri
vate cntei prise. Satisfaction of others necessarily
will bo deferred until methods to meet them can
bo evolved or additional sources obtained. Hut
It should become tho city's business to have them
supplied either by public effort or prlvuto effort,
under terms and conditions that will adequately
protoct thu public Intercut.
"Granting theso thlngB, then aud they have
been pretty well established as fact by the work
of tho bureau It would seem that even if city
government along constructive linos were difficult
to get It would be worth making a fight for. Uut
wo in this country aro in tho position of standing
starving in tho midst of plonty for lack of tho
enterprise to reach out and take what wo need.
Countless cities all over tho country, even ham
pored us they are by want of codified and ncceB
slblo tradlttonB and precedents, havo contributed
out of their dearly-bought experience improved
and tested methods of conducting a city. Theso
methods aro In practice now In theso several
cities. Many moio' would como In their turn If
BUtnolent Interest were nroused, but even without
waiting wo hnvo an embarrassment of riches
lit to our hand.
"And yet, In all tho United States, thero Is not
one governmental bureau of information, not ono
available tourco of finding out theso things under
either state or federal government. When a man
goes Into olllco nnd Is Idealistic enough and en-
thuslnstlc enough to want to fill his olllco well,
aud with benefit to him nnd It, ho must wrlto to
tho bureau of municipal research here, a prlvato
agency, and ask what hu mny do. Wo nro heio
for that purpose, It Is true, and we nro working
with might and main to prepare ourselves for his
qucMlotiH; hut the fact remains that ho should
bo Instructed under the authority of tho govern
ment of which ho Is a part, and not by an inde
pendent and unofficial bureau,
"Now you will begin to seo why wo nro bo anx
ious that President Wilson will agree to our sug
gestions nhout Washington.
"Thero, In a city already under federal control,
where local politics do not exist, nnd where na
tional politics aro not subject to yonrly or hi
yearly upheavals thero Is tho finest kind of nn
oppoitunlty for putting theory to tho test of
practice.
"Thero Is tho wholo machinery of federal gov
ernment to conduct a research for which wo
would have to pay millions of dollars, and for
which thoy would not hao to pay a cent, nnd to
conduct It under mon trained to observo aud to
co-ordlnato significant nnd important facts."
8o They Aro Friends.
"Those two girls toll each othor everything."
"Everything but what they really think or each
othor."
SOUTHERNER HAD NO STATE
Officer Was Born In Territory, Father
In District of Columbia and Grand
father at Sea.
Just beforo the Civil war, when the
muttcrlngB of secession were heard
throughout tho south, a number of
West Point officers cntno together at n
military station, among them one
of whom we will call Captain II ,
and who afterward served with dis
tinction in thu Union urmy. The
southern officers, one by one, declared
their intention of "going out," as It
was then familiarly culled; that Is,
of resigning their federal commissions
to throw In their lot with their several
BtateB. II , in relating tho Inci
dent that follows, said that great pres
sure was brought to bear upon him
to Join. them.
"Why, don't you go with ub, Cap
tain II 7" eald one 'of his acquaint
ances. "Why should I go with you?" said
II , who had a certain southern
Bwarthlness of feature and softness
of speech.
"Aren't you going to go with your
state?"
"Why, I haven't any state," he re
plied; "I was born in a territory."
"Oh. thunder!" said another. "Why
don't you go with your father's state,
then?"
"Can't," protested II ; "he hadn't
nny state; he wus born in tho District
of Columbia."
"Oh, hang it!" broke In a third; "if
that's tho case, why don't you go with
your grandfuther'B state?"
"Just as difficult," Bald H ; "my
grandfather hadn't any Btate; he was
born at sea." And then he added: "Oh,
no, boys, It's easy enough for you fel
lows to go with your statjes, or" fix
ing his eyes significantly on ono of
the party "with your wife's state; but
as for me, I intend to stand by the old
flag." From tho Century.
:
HEAD PIERCED BY A BULLET
Though Thought to Be Mortally
Wounded James Buggle of Chicago
, Lives to Tell of War.
James IJuggle, who Is the assistant
custodian at Chicago headquarters of
tho Grand Army, stopped three Con
federate bullets beforo he had reached
tho age of sixteen. The last ono
nearly brought about tho close of his
young career.
"I enlisted in November, 18C2," ho
Bald, "and I was not fifteen years un
til December 22. I was under fire
Icbb than a month nfter I had been
mustered Into tho service. My regi
ment, the Sixty-fourth Illinois, waB
at Decatur, Aln., In March nnd April,
nnd then went into the Atlanta cam
paign. I wnB wounded first at
Iteseca, ngnln at Kcnesnw mountain
and again at Atlanta. A ball struck
mo in the forehead, went through my
head, blinding ono cyo and Injuring
tho other, and came out behind tho
right car. It broko both Jawbones,
too.,
"Tho battlo of Kencsnw mountain
was tho hardest 1 was in. Our com
pany went into it with thirty-six men
and camo out with five, and thoy wero
nil wounded. Wo had to climb n
steep slopo. In that battlo General
McPherson Vvas Bhot by ome men In
ambush. We caught them and took
from tho knapsack of one of them tho
field glasses and private papers ho had
taken from the general's body."
The Limit.
An Irishman at a magazine explo
sion wob picked up unconscious. Tho
doctor decided ho had no bones brok
en and had only been knocked sense
less As ho camo to his senses tho
doctor was holding a glass of water
to his lips.
. "Phat happened?" ho asked.
"Tho magazine exploded, and you
had a very narrow escape, and I'm
giving you this water to rovlvo you,"
replied tho doctor.
"Glvln mo wnther after boln' blow
cd up?" Bnld Pat In disgust. "In
IIIvIn'B fiamo what would have to hap
pon ter git er drink of wlmsky?"
"Mustered In" With Real Mustard.
The boys of the 117th N. Y. tell of
n real "mustering" In of n dnrky at
tached to that regiment, who became
fearful ho would bo deprived of his
pay unless ho Joined tho service. A
huge mustard plastor was applied to
hlfl back, and under tho bollef that nil
Boldlers wora thus "mustered" In Jio
.woro it until It began to got pretty
fhot. Thon thoy took It off and ho
was formnlly declared "mustered In,"
nccordlng to tho law. If that darky
didn't get his wngos It was not be
causo ho was not "mustered" In good
and plenty.
Grim Humor.
Even on tho field of battle the sol
died is humorous, sometimes grimly
bo. A soldier was seen In tho trenchcB
hotdlng his hands abovo tho earth
works. Ills captain asked:
"What aro you doing that for?"
Ho replied with a grim, as ha
worked his fingers: "I'm feollng for
a furlough (Just then a rifle ball
struck him In the wrist, and a queer
commingling of pain and humor
passed over his face), an' I got a discharge."
GOOD TIMES IN CANADA
BUSINESS PROSPERING, TRADE
INCREASING AND FINANCES
IN GOOD SHAPE.
The present tightening up of money
must not be looked upon as being Id
any Bense brought about by financial
stringency. It Is really more a period
of stock-taking resorted to by the
banks to ascertain the true condition
of the finances and trade of the coun
try. Legitimate business enterprises
are not affected. Throughout the
States thero are those who if allowed
to continue borrowing, would Inev
itably bo a means towards precipi
tating something a good deal worst
than they feel now. In Canada, the
conditions are excellent, and it la
safe to say business was never bet
ter. Tho pulse of trade Is carefully
watched by tho Finance Department
of tho Dominion government, and It
is illuminative to read portions of the
address of Hon. W. T. White, the
Finance Minister, delivered a few days
ago before the House of Commons.
Mr. White's remarks are In part aa
follows:
"It falls agreeably to my lot to ex
tend my most hearty congratulations
to the House and tho country upon
the prosperous conditions which It
continues to bo our good fortune to
enjoy. I am happy to announce that
the outcome of the last fiscal year,
which ended on March 31, will prove
evon more satisfactory as reflecting
by far tho highest pitch to which our
national prosperity has yet attained. I
hare every expectation that when the
books are closed, it will be found that
the total revenue will have reached
the splendid total of $1GS,250,000, or
an increase over the year 1911-12 of
over (32,000,000. Some Indication of
tho magnltlcent growth of the Domin
ion may be gleaned from the fact that
this increase In revenue during the pe
riod of one year almost equals the en
tire revenue of the country seventy
years ago.
"The augmentation of revenue to
which I have referred has not been
irregular, spasmodic or intermittent
in its nature, but has steadily, charac
terized each month of the entire fiscal
year. It was of course mainly derived
from Customs receipts, but the other
Bources of revenue excise, post office
and railways also gave us very sub
stantial increases."
"That in a period of great finan
cial stringency not only have we not
been obliged to resort to the con
gested markets of the world, but have
been able to reduce so substantially
(123,000,000) the debt of the Domin
ion, must be a matter of gratification,
both to the House and to tho people
of Canada.
"I believe that during this period
of exceptional money stringency the
credit of the Dominion as reflected In
the quotations of its securities has
maintained itself among the highest
In the world."
Owing to tho favorable stato of its
finances Canada was in a position t4
pay off a heavy loan in cash without
recourse to the issue of bills or se
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"By the way, Cleverly," asked tho
publisher, "where did you get theso
photographs of strong-minded, deter
mined looking women with which you
illustrate your article on 'Why Men
Don't Marry.'
"Oh," replied the author, "they're
wives of tho men I know."
Old-Fashioned Birds.
"I llko to wander in tho park."
The birds do sing sweetly."
"Yes; and thjey never sing ragtime."
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