The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-10
cities of the Next Century.

Cities 81 the Next Century.
II rom our N"8 YORK Cores ondentl
/ '"ionci Albert d. Shaw. ybo whom
! I"li-d states consul TO Manchester. e. lined
/ ."e r's'ute, Speaking If the development
Vi en- Les III the next century, said:
"h" OF the grCateSt cities in the United
/ states VIII he found TO occupy the area b.-
/ tween Buffalo and Niagara falls. | think
{ that early in the century there will be a
/ CITY OF LODGED inhabitants there. IL will
/ be one Of the greatest manufacturing cities
/ III the world. 1t will include practically the
| CITY OF Buillo as well the towns upon
/ the borders of the Niagara river,
This great city il to he develOped throuph
| the capturing of the power Of Niagara falls.
| which even today is practically consurn-
| mated, and which from the time of the dis
covery Of this country has gone to waste
| his water power is to be mainly utilized
III the development of electricity, and both
| The Canadian and the American falls are
| to be made to serve this purpose
\ power VIII be developed there suff1-
Gent not only To- run all the engines neces
sary to turn the wheels in us many factories
u can bc located III this area but also suf-
| hcient to furnish the city of Buffalo with
| light and with electricity for domestic uses
and, | am inclined to think may even pro
vide power and light for cities as far away
as New York and Philadelphia Oh the east
| and Cleveland and Cincinnati and Toledo
on the west The capacity is practically
limit less.
Even with the great plants now estab
ilShed on the American side and with those
contemplated on the Canadian side only a
comparatively small portion of this enor
=
tage OF being net only cheap, but permanent
No drought will ever affect the Niagara
| falls, and the cost of furnishing power will
not be dependent upon the operations of
| capitalists who control the coal fields.
Already there are indications of the
growth Of this city. Manufacturers from
all parts Of the United States are securing
rights there, and even before the close of
this century we shall see a considerable
city established there. Early in the next
century look TO see a continuous manu-
featuring city extending from the Niagara
river to what are now the outskirts of the
city Of Buffalo.
Nature has done everything to favor this
locality, and at last science and capital are
taking advantage of these natural tempta,
tons, My own opinion is that during the
next century this will become the greatest
manufacturing center in the world and
men now III the prime Of life will see
enough, think, to Justify me in this pre-
dictiOn and before many years have pissed
Junius Henri Brownies Prediction
| am and have always been Il great be-
lever in America and everything American.
The form of government is ideal, and will
no doubt meet the requirements of it's citi-
in,, / fpr +5,
The social and political condition of the
country in 1898 will be, in my opinion, a
marked improvement on what 1t is now.
1t will tend more and more to humanity,
reason, freedom and independence of the
individual. Socialism, which is in the air,
Will steadily grow here in a modified and
rationaliZed form. There will be more
equality III education, position and fortune.
The republic will be more than ever
demOcratized. The government will be
simpler. The railroads and telegraphs
will in all probability be owned by the
state and managed eXcellently-better than
they have been at any previous time.
Legislation on the subject of temperance
will be more enlightened. There will be no
attempt to enforce total abstinence, but
there will be less drinking and far fewer
rum"hops Those that are permitted will
~
be thoroughly regulated by law
Criminals will be less severely punished
and their number will have materially
diminished. General education will have
greatly lcsSened crime.
The divorce laws will be the same in all
the states. Divorce will be freer generally
than at present, but allowed for only few
moral causes-among them nonsupport
dlsloyaity, crime, intemperance and tenn
peramental incompatibility.
Wealth will be more widely and equally
distributed, and great corporations and bust
ness interests will be conducted harmoni-
ously-on the principle of the employees
and workers sharing in the profits. The
conflict between labor and capital will be
largely settled in this way, aided by CO
operation. As necessary result the la
boring classes will be much less dependent.
Food will be provided in the next cen
fury at low cost and without difficulty
for our entire population. Schemes to ad
vance the prices of the necessities of life
will have become SO discouraged by public
opinion as to be no longer practicable.
Law will be simplified Lawyers will
have diminished, and their fees will have
been vastly curtailed. The principles of
medicine will be more generally and intel
lSeIllN uIIltEStOOt 1HcTG VIII Oe IlttCH
more dependence on nature than on drugs
or physicians, who will have decreased
Theology, as such, will be little taught
and will have almost no influence. Author
ity will have no weight, and faith. as re-
spects dogma, will be without esteem. The
doctrine, then, will be deed, not creed.
The churches, outside of the Roman Catho-
lie, will coalesce-will be as one. They will
preach morality only and inculcate charity.
American literature will stand at the
head of English literature. The drama will
be its best and most accepted form.
The social and political status of women
will be on par with that of men. They
will enjoy the elective franchise.
The servant problem will have adjusted
itself to the needs of the community, and
will have ceased to DE an injustice and TOR.
ment to hOuseholders.
The race will be handsomer, healthier
and more contented-through increased ed
uc;ltion knowledge of science and human
sympathy.
JUNIUS HENRI BROWNE
For some time there has been