The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-15
WE DO MOVE.

also some outsiders who are pound to make us move in spite Of ourselves.
 Whit are the visible reasons for this
 assertion?
 1st-Our payements have undergone radical changes for the better, thereby insuring less filth to-day and blow into windows along our sidewalks-be-
 sides making it possible to cross the streets in wet weather without the aid of stilts or rubber boots.
 2d-Our electric service has improv-
 ed greatly and to those who have lived | in the city ten years or more ana pos-
 sess a fair memory and observation 1t
 is tremendous revelation, for at that | time one could walk anywhere and | reach destinations before being over | taken by a horse car. Our steam roads
 have also done their share towards
 making New Haven an up-to-date 1 town.
 l 3d-Our municipal departments of | fire, police, sewer, lights and public
 works are reasonably well organized
 and managed, and show great improve
 ment in decade. While perfection is not yet and may never be attained
 we are now speaking of growth which
 is a sign of and shows desire for bet | ter things
 4th-Our harbor is greatly improved
 and is to be still better for commerce.
 We have our public dock to point to
 with pride and immense possibilities are | lying dormant to greatly add to our
 wealth and prestige among cities of equal population.
 | Why is it then that in spite of all the
 progress made there are over 4,0O0 va
 cant tenements in our midst?
 That factory after factory has a sign
 '.For Rent" or "For Sale" in full view
 month in and month out?
 l That new industries, who fully ap-
 preciate the advantages New Haven possesses over almost any other city in | New England come here and look us over, size us up, and go elsewhere and locate
 That we have the name of being a hard community to asslmilate in is | known to the outside world, and is to l a certain extent too true.
 | Let us analyze conditions and we find large number of property own CTS who are jealous of each other, who do not pull together or realize that oth- I CT CJIl6S DTOIllOIC llltllI lilduoliicS py liberal subscriptions to their stock and furnishing suitable building sites at nominal prices.
 We also find a perfect abortion of tax conditions that frighten any level- headed man into believing We are de- sirous of keeping everybody else away, that we may tax ourselves to death, thereby committing suicide by the most sure method. We probe little further and motive the social condition of such character that persons hailing from no mean cities dislike to run the risk of ostracism at the hands of clannlsh people who seem to think only native stock has pedigree or is possessed ot ordinary intelligence. Take our Cham Der of Commerce, an organization em- inently fitted to allay many of the ills of a suffering people, and one which has done a great deal to improve our har- bor and streets, but who seem to lack cohesion and force sufficient to bring about the exact conditions that promote growth along the lines that are essen- tial to harnionize factions sure to exist in a small city. The hide bound condi- tions of this mutual admiration society can study with profit a picture recently noticed in Quality" whene an ingen- ous spider had formed an intricate web between the noses of two chess players, thinking about the next move.
 Again let us study the physical con- 1ition of our people. This is of far more importance than generally sup posed as a factor in progress or retro gression. Most of us are comfort able" fairly well" "able to be about" enjoying poor health for some unknown cause or causes Is our climate ener- vatine. malarial or producing stagna- tion in the blood caused by poor, slug gish sewage at our very doors? Or are we naturally lazy, satisfied with the everyday conditions? We give this impression to the outside world, We pass as self-sa atisfed, q little better than most folks not stuck up or ever aristocratis, but peculiar You hail from New Haven? I thought so. Elk plain it if you can.
 The Remedies.
 Only kickers and grumblers with poor digestion talk like this of our beautiful city. Surely not native God be thanked). But these are the condi tions, and you do not call doctor dys- peptic who is able to diagnose disease correctly and prescribe effectual rem edies.
 First of all we need more industries in our midst to occupy vacant works left idle when the carriage business moved away from us They can only be secured by adopting competitive methods such as other cities use who desire the same thing. New Haven has | natural advantages far ahead of her | neighbors. but like mines of wealth are not properly exploited. Study this | problem, oh ya C. of c.
 Then again we need a good demolish ing of old rookeries, and sign boards ! along our principal streets, but as long | as taxes are slavery as at present upon property owners this condition of tum | ble down buildings must last. The | signs are evidence of farmer slack in ! some public department. We have | never outgrown the country idea of | bitching posts and curb signs worthy | of Bethany.
 Pull Together
 Should be our motto, instead of glar ing at each other with yellowed eyes l and stagnant circulation. Let us hold | public meetings for some purpose. Let | us have social clubs where business men can meet business men and not l feel obiged to drink and gamble, but | talk business: where the doors are al- | ways open and the fee small, even if |