Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-10

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and to stay ln effect unless and until
the court Of review rovoraoa C.
steamship companies engaged ln
lntorHtnte commerce and protected in
our coaatwiso trade. should be held
POP strict Observance OF the inter.
state commerce act
city Of Washington.
in pursuing thc SEQ plan to make
tho city of Washington nn example to
other American municipalities sctDr
nl p1iu should bee kent Zoo mind hy
The lerig HforH Zoo thC first place. thp
people of thiH country should clear
ly understand hat mo- amount of iu.
duatrlal pros crIiy. and above an mo-
leadership In international Industrial
competition. can ln any way atone
for the eapning of the vitality Of
those who are usually spoken of as
the working classes. Tho farmers.
The skilled and unskillod latOrcrg.
the small shop keepers. make up tho
bulk ~ The population of any coun.
tryi and uuon their wollhclug zen.
rrnt'on. the wou.hoinr of the coun.
try and the race depends Rapid ic-
velopmcnt in wealth ana industrial
leadership. is n good thing. hut only
N Do goes hand Iu hand With Improve
mCnt. and nor deterioration u'ysl
cal ana moral Tho ovorCrowdiur OF
cities and draining OF country il9.
tricts are unhealthy and even dan.
gproug symptoms iu our modern NE
we ahouid not permit oyprcrowdinv
ln cities. On certain European cities
M is provided hy law that the nonu.
tmff.- s.f faa.u. .huu u.f D.. uIf.u.
Ga to exceed very limited density
For "a given area. 900 that The increase
'n density must Do continually pushed
back into n broad zone around mo
center of the town. this zone having
great avenues OF parks within ~. Tho
doath.ratc statistics show a terrible
increase iu mortality. aud especially
IN infant mortality IN ovcrcrOwdod
tonomenta. The poorest families m
tenement houses live IN one room
and % appears that IN these ono.room
toncmcnts the average death rate
Tor number OF given cities nt home
ard abroad is about twice what Or in
r. twnrOOm tenement four times
what t is ln % throoroom tenement.
and eight times what lt ls Co q tone
mont consisting of four rooms or
over Those figures vary somewhat
for different cities. but they approx
mate In onch city those g.von above
and in am cases fho increase of NOR
tnlitv. and especially OF infant NOR.
taiity with The decrease On the mum
her uf rooms used by the family and
with the consequent Ovcrcrnwding
b. startling. The slum cxacts g.
heavy total ~ death from those who
dwell therein. and this is the case
not merely boz the great crowded
slums of high buildings in Chicago
aud New York but In the alley slums
of Washington. ln Washington peO'
Pie can not AFFORD 90 ignore the harm
that this causes. No Christian and
civilized community can afford 90
show n happy go-lucky lack OF con.
Germ FOR the youth OF today; for ~
so. the community VIII have 20 pay
IA terrible penalty OF financial bur
den and social degradation in the TO-
morrow. There should be severe child
labor and facturyiuspccti0n laws. u
Ig very desirable that married wO-
mon should not work ln factories.
The prime duty uf man is 20 work.
20 he the hroadwlnnor the prime
duty uf the woman is 90 Doe the moth.
or. Tho housewife An questions of
tariff and finance sink Into utter
iuaIrnincnuco when con pared with
the tremendous. the vital Importance
OF trying 90 shape conditions go that
these two duties OF the man aud oi
the woman can be- fulfilled under
reasonably favorable circumstances
lU race does not have plenty of
children. or f the children 40 not
grow no. or u thCy grow up they are
unhealthy In body and atunicd or VI.
clous in mind. thcn that race o. 10.
cadent. and no heaplng up ~ wealth
no aploudor Of mnmcntory material
prosperity. can avail In any degree
nn OFFSETS
The congress has the same power
OF legislation for the District Of Col.
umhla which tho state legislatures
have FOR the various states. The
| problems incident 20 our highly com
pick modern industrial civilization
with its manifold and nerplexlng ten.
donclos both for good and for evil,
are far less sharply accumulated IN
the city ~ Washington than IN most
other cities For this reason 10 ID
easier 20 deal with the various phas.
ea ~ these problems IN Washington,
and tho District ~ Columbia govern
ment should be- n model FOR the other
municipal governments ~ the nation
ia an such matters a. supervision
Of tho housing ~ the door tho rren.
lion ~ small parks IN tho districts
, inhabited nv the Door. IN laws nneci.
Ing labor IN laws providing for the
taking caro- of children. On truant
laws. and I'm providing schools
IN the vital matter ~ taking caro-
Of children much advantage could BE-
gained hy a careful study NJ what has
hoon accomplished in such states me-
Illinois and Colorado hv the Juvenile
courts. The work OF tho Juvenile
court is really q work ~ character
huildiua II Ga now generally rccog
nlfod that Young boys and younN
Girls who ro wrong should not be-
treated as criminals not even nCcog
earllv ns needing reformation hat
rather aE needing t0 have their char
acters formed and for this end IA
have them tested and developed hy
n system N probation Much admir-
able work has hcon done ln many OF
our commonwealth by earnest men
and women who have made a special
study Of the needs ol those claBseH
uf children which furnish the great
cat number uf adult Offenders, and
by their aid, and by prOuting by the
experiences 0f the different states
aud cities In these matters, 70 would
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