The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-12-10
CITY or WASHINGTON.
should De = Moosl for ether Munis.
ipal Governments.

$500 W SNHNF MafHN-
ipaI Governments.
In pursuing tbs set plan 10 make tbs
city o. Washington an example 70 othmr
American municipalities several points
should b. kept Ia mind By the IsEiaiatoru
In the nrst place. ths people Of this eoun-
Try should clearly understand thar 10
amount Of Industrial prosperity and
above all no leadership IN International
Industrial competition. can 10 Any way
atone for the aapplnE OF the vitality OF
thosa who are usually spoken Of a. fha
working classes The farmers. the me-
ehanics. the skilled and unakillsd labor-
Srs. the small shopksspers. make up the
bulk Of the population of any country
and upon their SslIssing. genera alton
after generation. thu wsllbslnE Of the
country and the race depends. Rapid de-
vei0pmeut Ia wealth and Industrial lead.
srAhlp Ia a good thing. but only II Il
soea hand In hand with Improvement
and not deterioration. physical and moral
The oyercrowding Of cities and the
draining OF couutFy districts are
unhealthy and even dangerous Sym
toms In our modern life. We
should net permit ovsFerowdlnR in
cities In certain European cities
II IL provided by law that the popu.
lati0n Of towns shall not be allowed 10
exceed a very limited density for a given
must be- continually pushed back into a
broad gone around the center Of thu
town. this zone having great avenues or
parks within IT, The death rate statistics
show a terrible increasa In mortality. ana
especially In infant mortality. In over.
crowded tsnsmsnts. The poorest FAINT
lies IN tenement houses live In one room.
and II appears that Ia these one room
tenements the average death rate for
number Of given cities at home ana
abroad Il about twice what Il Il in a
tive room tenement, four timas what A
u In three room tenement and eight
times what II Ia In q tenement consisting
Of four rooms or over. These figures
vary somewhat for different cities. but
they Approximate In each city those
given above. and In all cases tho Increase
Of mortality. and especially Of infant
mortality, with the decrease In the num-
Der Of rooms used by the family and
with the consequent ovsrcrowdinE Ii
startling.
The stun sEacts a heavy total Of
death from those who dwell therein:
and this IL the case not merely IN ths
great crowded slumH OF high buildings
In New York and Chicago. but In the
alley slums Of Washington. In Washing.
ton people can not AFFORD to ignore the
harm that this causes. No Christian and
civilized community can afford to show
a happy go lucky lack OF concern for
the youth Of today; for. II so, the com
munity viii have to pay a terrible pen
atty Of financial burden and social daRra-
dalton In the tomorrow. There should
be severe child labor and factory inapse-
ton laws.
It Ia very desirable that married
women should not work In factories.
The prime duty Of the man IL TO work,
10 De the bread winner: the prime duty
Of the woman IN TO be the mother, the
housewife. All questions Of taFln and
finance sink into utter insiRniHeancS
when compared with the tremendous, the
vital Importance Of trying to shape con-
dltions 20 that these two duties Of the
man and Of the woman can be fulfilled
under reasonably favOrabls cfrcum.
stances. II = race does not have plenty
Of children. or n the children do not
grow up, OF II when they grow up thoy