The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-11
WHAT 4 PREACHER WOULD DO

: cinnati?' II was u remarkable discourse,
II says the Enquirer. a large congregation
/ OF important listeners gave him close at
I, tention. In part the speater said:
II For preacher to be caar of Il CITY
i is not such an unheard .of thing. John
Calvin, John Kuox and .1yanarola we're
dictators OF cities. These &c :sslastic1l ,ui-
ers have not been found gully of sci. ag-
grandlzemenL Knox was con peieh 10 row
III the galleys. Calvin found the path CT
a ruler u thorny one, and Sayanarola Paid
the penalty of his power with his blood.
They were rewarded with no suburban
homes. These gentlemen Of the rioth,
Whenever they have had temporal Jow,i,
nave been guilty OF one error. however
| Ihey have made the mistake of trying 10
legislate people into the Kingdom oil heaven.
we ought TO learn from their experience,
ana AL alike experience, that repressi.c
legislation Is doubtful expadiency.
| Government ought TO seek to improve
| the morals of the governed, bur this should
! be done indirectly. Government ought TO
| remove these obstacles to Il moral life
! make the condition of lie wholesome and
happy-ln Il word, provide the soil on
! which morality may thrive. Play sroo nGt,
bath-houses, gymnasiums, reading roo,ns,
| art galleries, swimming puol b these, AZ
! open on Sunday when the PEOPLE have
leisure, would do more good than repressive
measures against saloons, beer gardeus and
| Sabbath dissertation. would like to nake
| 1t easy for them to be good
| How may the city contribute to the
| happiness and Wholesoneness of the citi-
zens? This question suggests what is
one OF the most significant signs of the
times. mean municipal socialism We
may Just as well put away our preJu-
diees against this word. Socialism has
come to stay. II Americans don't know
tNe lad tt,..l
! times. For the model city we must go
| 10 Europe. And the surprising things |
about the capitals of Eutone is the fact |
that the dreams of Carl Marx and Ed |
ward Bellamy are actually being real !
| ized, and socialism. To an amazing ex- |
tent is growing right under our eyes; |
and this, too, in the so-caled undemo-
cratic cities of the Old World. Glas-
gov" Scotland. is perhaps, the best |
governed city in the world. 1t will pay |
US 10 study the socialistic enterprises OF
that one city. Glasgow owns its street rail-
roads and operates them as municipal |
department.
In connection with this street car
service, the city manufactures street cars.
and has It's own repair shops. and manu-
iactures almost everything used on the line.
II paws the operatives satisfactory wages
for on-hooir day labor and furnishes
transit for l penny a mile. and has
halt-penny rates for working men GER
'''" i"uls u uaY, GESRoW owns Its own
gas plant, sells gas for so cents per 1000;
also manufactures electricity and has
gone very extensively into the gas stove
business. The result of these enter
prises has been not only to cheaper the
cost of illumination hut also to greatly
Ine WORKING people. In this respect
1ilaseow cxcels every city in the world.
me Americans turn our sewerage into
our rivers and then drink it. In Glas-
gov the sewerage. is turned into huge
tanks, treated chemically; the fertillz-
Ing material is separated and shipped
10 me municipal farms, where fodder is
raised for the city stock After this
soild matter is extracted the water is
run through filters and turned back into
fertilizing material is taken from the street
sweepings, shipped In municipal cars to fiji
teen different counties. and nets the city
$3.50 000 n year
elasgow is landlord on large scale,
collecting 100000 in rent annually. Tho
city owns large number of model lodging I;
houses, where homeless men can secure a
Ded, separate room. lockers, and use of 1
range on which to cook their own food TO, {
u sum varying from Z to cents Tie {
city also mas constructed a Family Home
,he only one In the world. In this home Z
designed for widows and widowers with
famiiies. apartments of seYegal roomA each I
are rented at low rates; backgrounds are
provided for the children aa1 a kindercl,- !
ten or ereche, whore the chilirol Are cared /
ior during the day while the parent is out
working Dining rooms, KITCHENS, sitting L
rooms ana play rooms adjota. Foul s.d c
MY Thousand bathers annually use the D.
cent bath houses. these houses being kept ]
NJ even temperature the year round, and g
are under the charge OF cxuc.t swimming y
masters. 10 g
The public wash houses arc also c,.. q
hiittant feature. These are equipped with Y
modern laundry machinery hot and COLI. {
Water ana hot air drying apparatus and 4
steam irons, ana any woman can have the h
use OF these laundries for / cent an hour o
ihis means very much 10 people who 1--we
III one room and have no back yard.
Inc city also owns all the markets aud u
siauShter houses %nd seven large farms &
ulassow has entered INTO competition with i
pllfate lauhdrles ana takes in washing, V
besides renting the use 81 wash houses d
me inodcl system OF food ana tenement II
mouse inspection ana elaborate hospitals of II
me city can not be spoken of here. 7
NOW, why can't Cincldnaii 10 these Il
.h 'lssE People tell US mat analogies NE a
Vicious mat conditions are different What II
~ that adherence in condlii9ls which makes o
these measures impractcuhle here, The II
QUESTION may be answered in one wurl--the II
People The people are different. When Il
We mink, when We give our attention to n
these things when the great majority Of q
cur citizens find out wat they want I'M, o.
battle WIN be all @nn. rhe greatest need NJ
or CINCINNATI is thoughtful and patriot. Il
e,uHens, II J had II in my power to 30
one thing for this city woull hot BASS u
one new Law or make a sil,ac change n ol
me city administration. | would set he 81
people TO thinking How can this 10 T
doney The ideal thing would be TO have 81
an endowed municipal newspaper. never d
aiutu with party, ALWAYS speaking the
truth and absolutely devoiad TO tn, work or
oil disseminating knowledge Of municipal de
W
ANOTHER idea would be municipal b. al
sprs'tS me government has a West Point 81
and Annapolis Why not haze civil ,er- 81
wee reform in connection with this ms,,ir-
lpai university. OPEN TO all the peop,e. NJ
whsre boys and girls can study seienfi,,cal- Tt
y These manifold municipal problems. ana nc
sraanate from this uniseisiy into the Il
municipal service. But all this Ia in he 70