Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-19

IuiafQiuC Now hoTh NHts
Evidently tho only way that New York
lien M with Chicago Is to widen
81 t.r boundaries and take in all such
ss,,g poin,s rs Brooklyn. Long Island
o. c',, ma staten Island. A municipal
~ ,liistion inquiry commission" was
.,,o,u,od some timo ago to look into the
si.sbility Of taking in as much Of the
-s,,ns territory as would include
',ms turnip fields and cabbage gardens
,-,,hin the corporate limits Of the me
,,,,olia Then the proper balance Of
- between the rural population aud
r., Of tho city would be established.
Tho commission met not long since
.,a reported progress. The main par,
o1,he pfogrcss that had been made was
- rrruaration Of an ossay by Mr.. An.
An II Green. president Of the commits.
w., A., gentleman who has long been On.
.Nuaa,tlcally given over to annexation.
"a rre.ented new theory Of population
!. ,hs -rowth Of the United States
heretofore the mainstay Of the land
IA. been lis rural population. Lcgi'la-
M, has been made with view to the
,c.s. Of the country at large. This was
e..,u.e tho rural population outnum.
lsred greatly the jewellers in the cities
ma. now tina, has changed In the dec
"a between 1910 and 1850 trcmen.
Az, current set In toward the cities In
Nv, a little more than per cent. Of the
ropleof,he country dweltin cities. Now
~, f,f from ono quarter Ut our whole
,opulation are In tho cities. and MIR
cr,su believes there are those now liv-
,ny who will see moro than half Of all
~. psoplo of the United States residents
Of the cities.
The potent magician who has wrought,
,he change may DO named IN one word
machinery. Invention started factories.
And the ready pay in them tempted
Young men and women from the farm
70 tho town. This movement has been
prosrcsslng steadily since 1850 and will
.sntnue to progress. More and moro
hand labor will DO replaced by the all
dyouring machine until even the farmer
will and that iron and s,cel-perhaps at
No remote day aluminium. too--will do
hiswork Tor him. one reaper and binder
steps In and does the labor Of ten men
The ten men must leave tho farm and
fnd work In the town and city Thus
the farms are deserted. and tho towns
grow at their expense.
Consequently It IL tho great city that
wall WELD and shape tho destinies Of the
nation hereafter To this end Mr.. Green
advocates making the cities as large as
possible. and taking into them as much
Of the rural districts adjacent rs is pos
ablo Hc also advocates tearing down
the barriers Of petty municipal govern.
menia that separate neighboring cities
from each other aud putting thcm un.
der ono consolidated administration.
Thus they Will wor' together for tho
greatness Of all Tho thousand and one
title conflicting interests and rivalries
that now hold them down viii be do
slroyed, and they will have only to 20
forward to glorious destiny. It Is the
Age Of colossal combinations. I
To this end SIR. Green would unite
into one vast city brooklyn. Long
Island City. New York and Staten
Island. He would take In Jersey City
too, only. unfortunately. that Is in aa.
other state. and tho ancient common.
wealth OF Jersey would not willingly
Lose 100000 Of her people and i6o, Ooo..
900 Of her mosquitoes In that fashion.
But the finger Of destiny seems to
point to the consolidation Of all tho rest
into one mighty New York with u popu.
lAiion Of 3,OOO,0Oo, The fact that Brook.
lyn and Now York are separated by
East river signifies nothing Tho ma
ioIiiy Of the great cities Of the world
are thus divided into two parts.