The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
GOVERNMENT
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Movement III Boston to Pitt ali
End f. y The : R'tilc 81 tile
Graftcrs.
THE END \. D OF INCOMPETENCE
Accounts Opened With Candi-I
dates and N1'hcir#Merit Closely.
Weighed intl1e Balance.
THE END Of inc COMPETENCY
Weighed in the Balance.

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4 by w. S. NrcNoill. PHI. y. Of the Fla,
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College. M as nj "a
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There is welyhty historical ovdenc
tending TO prove that city building y
regularly later deyeiopmcnt IN tht
pol,tlcal and economic no Of AZ race
"nu peoples. l5y narrowing the &detlnltD
& 81 city SO as 70 &1nclude mere 'huna1
a nehps.' NOT Uncommon IN the orient nht
TO some extenta1n Western Africa one i
ape 70 say that ely. ne NC mas Won great
o.. Importance only Tor peoples or West
l i.ll'hoo clvllizatioii. And whilc no
II overlooking inc sisnlilcance of 1nunicl
ii PA influence N antlqultS hnu u ID II
Nlluduiisc Ases,5lt IS only IN tne most moo
err tines emery during me past cen
81 tury, mat cues nave hchlcSed such enor
p nous importanco III the leading nations
Oh me world. a3l
IN tne year lsuo there were cues VIII
more nun SoU il,hapitants ~ me unltee
S,a'e ilese cltles contained slo.ola loeo'
A Pc o. =, per cent OF the Whole popuAln
= tlon ct that time. One century later, In
WV ne ,dWeIlt h census SHOWS 5t4o cues
win s4,99s, Ivy people, or % per cent. o.
Il inc Wfole. me e norlnl1y or tnesc figures
IS tnot particularly ,iessened py inc lac,
thnt nc Wholc population mas grown t Ton
I'VE 70 seVenty-llve imllilons, not th =,
the terrltory mas neen sHasl!S eH ..n =.
For those same figures snow an ~ lo ~
increase TOT c't,es, hlld o1lty - 4 ~" IVY ~
tug eul LaiG p op.l'tltio 'a. !. ii,
& City Growth in the South.
The South Is reputed to be pastoral in
/ Character. and is seldom thought Of as
having taken active part in tho marvel
lous growth Of cities. which the world
has seen in late years. Tho facts seem
to bear out that idea down to 1850 at
least: the 18th. census will show how
far true 1t Is now. 4, N Il
In making tho following computations,
| the effort has been to confine the dis
cussion to the real South. and not to
encrOach; upon border territory so as to
initiate the facts In one way or the other.
Thus q line Is run from Baltimore along
the southern boundary line Of Pennsyl-
vanin to tho Ohio river, thence TO the
Mississippi. and from there on an air line
ia California. This admits Washington
city on the one hand; but 81. LOUIS
southern Missouri. Kansas and even New ', ~.
anu =. az, ~ citv non,i
1a,',,,,. -, 40 so,,th Ivi1l ia more vivid
~. - th e statas haca,,so the
ahsnl,,ta tarrltory Or Ina former is here
l,n,jn,sbod ~ ther than incren sed d 81
W. isso +isra ,vcrn' in Tho South. as
,,,a,.n : ,,ad On 'citos with e69. aG4 In
tuG : ss,l ,,er cant az fine To-
-, ,.,.ni;iia tion rrhr ma iorltv Of the
sto ta ~ MAJ from orc 70 three cities OF
Q cn, - vi,,,,t il Ia, Win six, cm
hrnc,nr * 1oa reonle-b,,t five states fall
=, ! ! 10 ~ = sinrIc municipalIty which
=" ~ "a ~, 500 e. oif,. Eortv wars
I iotan 4, ION Tho south had o91 cities
ILL.,, 'na,I q osc no, naonIa AZ M Az tner
49, - ~. D'art,,., ,oI,,I,tion 81 tbc
scnt. @ ne tleite - p1t 1s'oi'
southern states
would seem mat ancn Iac ..:o n,s ~.
give occasion 70 moment ,reiisct!o ~,
II the :asriculturh!% SCUM mas 'i i,..,t
Practically one-thlr OF ner People s !, i
under municipal sl..u. - ~
signs OF patcmeht IN TINS lel .!,.I.,.
growth are discernole tor t'.n o.; wi ui,t,
slgEl II would PC Wnnaer : ~; Sou ~,
were not alfeaay lmce 20 la.e W., wy
onlf'e pc ucb Is p1mtted t ought to
follow that tic time for consideration
has arrived.
Causes Of Civ Expansion.
80 Vs.
e CITY CROWN IN me SCUM Stems n.y.
to have any distinctly pcculiar deveiop-
ment; rather the social, lhu a! ut'u
educational forces Of the times snow
the snme tendency there rs elsewhere.
Improved facllltles LOT TRANSPORTATION ~
tensiecation Of the methods and ma
chinery Of modern INDUSTRY, torH'l1.on
and unlfication OF power ana centrai-
lied States, unhindered business Inter-
course within the borders OF these terri
tories, expansion Of foreign commerce,
and the attractive force of city life In
reference to moro varied opportunities
for employment. for social and political
leadership, for greater comfort and high
" II
sites everywhere. From this it follows
that, allowing for local conditions,
Southern cities will face in essence SINH
lar problcms to those found in communal
ties Of older city growth. Therefore those
interested in the South as an important !
mteGral part o. NIFTY n,lp,e I tbor.
U wnri ,o o ndminis tration in older mu-
,,t,,r,, ,o,,uah o11c tlI5l 24aei lJ&ftSlW.