The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10

i FAINT mortality with tIIa denreezs IN N n,lm
! Der ner OF rooma used by the family. and with
slum exaets heavy total Of death from
| those who; dwell therein; and this is the
case not merely in the great crowded sIuTns
Of high buildings IN New York ana Chicago.
put In the alley sluIns of Washinrton IN
washington people cannot afford to ignore
i tne narm that this causes No Christian and
siylIzed community can afford to show a
i happyr lucky lack az concern for the youth
1 q toaay; for II So the community WiiI have
4 g pay terrible penalty OF financial burden
! There should be severe child- labor and fac
4 tory-inspection laws, It is very desirable
4 that married women should not work in fac-
4 toflss. The. prime duty of the man fs to
/ work, to be the breadwlnner; the prime duty
\ Of the woman Is TO be the mother, the house
\ wire. All questions of tariE and finance sink
| tnto utter lasiEntticanee when compared with
4 ttne tremsndouss the Vital Importance Of try-
| ihR 70 shape conditions 80 that these two
duties OF the man ard OF the woman can
ne fnlnlied under reasonably favorable cir
! cumslanees. II a Faee does not have plenty
i oL chnufen. or IL the children do not grow
4 up, or u when they grow up they are un-
/ heaitny IN body and stunted vicious In
| niihu, tnen that race Is decadent. and no
| heapin8 up Of wealth. no splendor of mos
| mehtary material prosperity, can avail In
| @ny Csgfee as oHsets. nj ~ $50 - .tlt5aa.
4 Inc congress has the same power Of iegis-
~. sstion TOT the District Of Columbia which
! tne state Legislatures have for-Ahe yarioua
states. The problems Incident to our highly
ttconpAe1 modern Industrial civilization, with
| lts manifold and perplexing tendencies both
tor Booo ana Tor evil. are far less sharply
| sccentuated IN the City OF Washington than
IN most other cities. For this very reason
| ". IS easier to deal with the various phases
| OF these problems in washington and the
Dlstrlct OF columbia government should be
i modet Ior the other municipal governments
VI tHe NATION. IN all such matters SUI
perViSlon or the housing of the poor. the
| creauon OF small parks in the districts in
| haplteo ny the poor, In laws affecting la
oor IN laws providing for the taking care
| OF tne children, In truant laws. and in pro-
Violng schools. 70 |.
In the vital matter OF taking care of chill
dren. mucn advantage could be gained by a
careful study or what has been accomplishe ed
IN such states as Illinois and Colorado by
the Juvenile courts. The work of the iuven-
ne court Is really work OF character build
tns II Is now generally recognized that
young boys ana young girls who go wrong
| snouln not De treated as criminals, not even
necessarily as, needing reformation, but
ratner as, needing to have their characters
| formed and for this end to have them
tian snG oeveiopeo ny a system OF proba-
Il Iloh. Much admirable work has been done In
many OF our commemorative by earnest men
and women who have made special study
OF the needs OF those classes Of children
Wnlch turnish the greatest number of juven-
lie oHenders. and therefore the greatest
NUMBER OF adult Offenders; and by their aid
ana by Fronting by the experiences Of the
direrent states and cities in these matters
1t would be easy to provide a good code fol
the District of Columbia.
Several considerations suggest the need
for systematic investigation into and i'm
proVement OF housing conditions in Washing
ton. The hidden residential alleys are breed
ing grounds of vice and disease, and should
be opened into minor streets. For mum
Der or years influential citizens have Joined
with the District Commissioners in the vair
endeaVor to secure laws permitting the con.
demnaton OF insanitary dwellings. The loca
death rates, especially from preveutable dis.
8 hai
the exceptional wholesomeness of Washing
tons better sections is offset by bad con.
oitions IN her poorer neighborhoods A spe
clal commission on Housing and Health
conditions in the National Capital would
not only bring about reformation of existing
evils, but would also formulate approprf
ate building code to protect the city from
mammoth brick tenemeuts and other evils
which threaten to develop here they have
IN other cities. That the Nations capita
should be made model for other munich
paities is an ideal which appeals to al
patriotic citizens everywhere. and such
special commission might map out and or
ganize the city's future development in liner
or civic social service. Just Major L En-
rant and the recent Park Commission planned
the arrangement of her streets and parks
1t Is notifying to remember that Wash
tngton has no compulsory school attendance
law and that careful inquiries indicate thu
habitual absence from school of some p
per cent or all children between the ages o.
and IA. 1t must be evident to all WHIT
consider the problems of neglected chile
life or the benefits of compulsory education
in other cities that one Of the most urgen
needs Of the National capital Is law re-
curing the school attendance Of all chill
dren, this law to be enforced by attendance
agents directed by the Board OF Education
Public Fairgrounds are necessary means fol
the development Of wholesome citizenship IL
modern cities. 1t is important that the worl
; inaugurated here through voluntary effort
should be taken up and extended through
Congressional appropriation OF funds sui
fcfent to equip and maintain numerous con
: ventent small Fairgrounds upon land which
, can be secured without purchase rental
|, 1t is also desirable that small vacant place.
be purchased and reserved as small-pa
|, Fairgrounds In densely settled sections o
/, the city which now have no public opel
, spaces and are destined soon to be built III
/ soNdly. All these needs should be met i'm
mediately. To meet them would entn ex
penses; but corresponding saving cou1t
be made by stopping the building of street,
and levellfng of ground for purposes Target!
speculative in outlying parts of the city.
There are certain Offenders. whose Grimm
ality takes the shape of brutality and cruelt!
, towards the weak, who need special type o
, punishment. The wffe-beater, for example
. Is inadequately punished by imprisonment
for Imprisonment may often mean nothing
to him, while it may cause hunger and wan
, to the wife and children who have been TIN
victims of hts brutality. Probably some form
. of corporal punishment would be the mos
adequate way of meeting this kind of crime
, The Department of Agriculture has grow