New-York tribune., 1908-03-10

fails accomplish all that We had hoped yet there
should he Impossible in any civilized community.
aud ii the lars doesn't stop IL now il ought TO De
And with our development there is bound to be
SO he-ouite as bad they imagined. and many
statistical prophet has lived 10 see that his
There Is Ioand 10 be more or Jess distribution.
il weuld De forced naturally TO considerable de-
gree by the very conditions We are talking about
Ana what We have TO do TO go learning the
exact facts and presenting them. and Wherever
chance, 10 do a practical thing
NC are proud OF The city of New York. proud
of its progress and Of its commerce and of Its
wealth and al that makes II fhe greatest rnetroPo
lis We are no7 quite proud after We come out
sr.n that exhibit. but have the force TO do all
.isst can be Gc1e.
Governor Hughes reached the city soon after
& O'Clock and went Immediately to the Neigh
borhood Settlement in the Little Italy" sec
zion. where he had dinner and talked about the
work Of the settlement with forty or more men
and women. among whom were Mr.. and Mrs
Jacob 4. Riis and Mrs. John H Finley he
viii 20 direct to Boston from here
The meeting at the Museum opened by
Mrs. Vladimir 6. Simkhovitch. chairman OF the
COMMITTEES on congestion of population, who
described the inception OF the movement which
LED up to the exhibit Mrs Simkhoritch intro
duced DR. John II. Finley, president Of City
College, the chairman of the conference
AN ITALIAN VIEW.
Dr Finley IN introducing Count MassiglIa
announced that Baron des Planches had ex-
pressed great regret at being unable to he pres
ems and intended to visit the exhibit tomorrow
morning Count Massislia said the Italian gov
i.rnr,ser: was not indifferent the situation in
which so many thousands of Italians found
themselves on reaching some of the American
cities His government had furnished TO the
committee investigating the subject he said all
sSaiiable data He continued
The Tinted States have before them expansions
tremendous those which have taken D pace a III
20 show its majesty. What is now most REQUIRED
@ o oiS be % supSraee BY other pToduciions;
sys5e viii rafsci in due proportion all activi
lies of the nation Then viii the problem of city
scngestion be more than half solved -
.iosi @ SUGGESTION which vii relieve the existing
s sv q sP to Sound fs' Warning n when the
human tide rises again toward these shores nave
,ps eTise no matter what is done at present
ten years hence New York will be more congested
sharl 1t is now.
The city government was represented by DR..
Baker. of the Health Department, who spoke
sn the absence of Dr. Darlington. and Robert
w Hebberd the Commissioner Of Public Chari-
ties Commissioner Hebberd said he presumed
ale was asked to speak because he represented
siat branch Of the city government Which mas
the care Of the largest number of the victims
spF the congestion of population in this city
The lack of home life, he thought, caused by
This congestion was responsible more than
anything else for large number of the GRIM
tnais of the state
3 In introducing Jacob A Riis- the last speaker
tf the evening DR.. Finley announced that the
exhibit would be open for two weeks. Mr. hlls
kroke On the children OF the slums, describing
eorne of his OWN experiences with them, and the
si,nited opportunities many Of them had ever 10
s.now what real life was like.