Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14
ANOTHER EXPERT
ON STREET CARS
CRAWFORD OF GLASGOW WILL
VISIT CHICAGO
TO TALK ON CITY OWNERSHIP
Declares He ls an Ardent Believer
In That Phase Of Socialism
Known ss Municipal
Izatlon
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, Aug. 18.-"scotch NUM-
cipal ownership expert No. 2" is COM
ing to offer his services to Mayor
Dunne-and incidentally to talk to the
country at large on Municipal Social
ism and Its Practical Workings in Glas-
gow." Mr.. Dalrymple's successor as
municipal ownership evangelist is to be
Robert Crawford, former town coun-
cilor OF Glasgow.
Mr.. Crawford was to have been a
teammate of Mr.. Dalrymple when the
latter made his recent visit to Chi
cago to investigate street railway SER
vice and to report on municipal owner
ship. When the time came for the ex-
perts to leave Scotland he was Ill. Now
he proposes to come alone-at his own
expense-and to give his services not
only to Chicago, but to other cities Of
the country that may need instruction.
Mr.. Crawford explained his inten-
tions in letter In which he says:
Il prefer dealing with broad princi-
ples-apart, If possible, from the hurIy-
burly of the fight over concrete In
stances-that are concerned in the
question of municipal ownership OF
municipal services and utilities. 1n
"I am of the opinion that a big war
is impending In your country over the
vast question of principles. and as al
ways have seen clearly and felt In
tensely on this subject would like to
strike America at the rising Of the
wave and do my best to send 1t tri-
umphantly forward. I have the most
absolute confidence in the power Of the
American people to realize themselves
and to rise to great effort as soon as
they see that the thing ought to be
taken in hand
"I am an ardent believer in that
phase of socialism called municipaliza-
ton, and always have been intensely
interested in the growth and develop
ment of the capacity and desire Of
people of one community to combine
and organize themselves for communal
ends. 1 see no limit to the possible
good to be done in this way, provided
that good capable men are found with
civic patriotism enough to serve their
fellows without fee or reward in carry
ing on these public services as part
of their duty to the community In
which they live.
$50 long as the aim of civic govern
ment is clean, the tone high, the ideal
lofty, and the object is to foster and
craata hattar conditions Of life from
every citizen, high or low, rich or poor
apart from all sectional or political
interests-then hold that the control
and extension of municipal enterprises
of all kinds is blessing and always
will be successful Towards this end
civic reformers in the States must
work"
AS may be seen from the letter, Mr..
Crawford is an idealistic municipal
ownership expert, where Mr.. Dalrymplc
was a practical one. For many years
he was a wholesale dry goods mer-
chant in Glasgow. He has filled sew
eral public offices, but always without
pay.
However, like Mr.. Dalrymple. Mr..
Crawford insists that the possibilities
of good in municipal ownership lie in
the character of the men who control
the city government 1t is admitted
that his description of a public-spirited
citizen does not fit the average Chicago
politician.
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