The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-30

BY w. Q. SHEPHERD.
BOSTON. Mass, June 20 You
can BE- long Ia Boston these days
without thinking of Seattle.
Boston has found out what IA the
matter with itself Seattle has
probably done the same thing. more
OF less But Boston has gone
step further It is making one vast,
tremendous pull together effort 10
ret itself right
II believes II can succeed. Can ~
Well. iiOston-whieh means ali Of
It's leaders in every walk Of life
II 80 sure Of Its success that IL In
going 10 make an exhibition OF IT,
self ia 1918
Seattle has grown. az all other
American cities gnow. like Topsy,
In a topsy.turyy fashion.
Boston has grown the same way,
but It's tired Of H.
Cities the world over" says Ed
ward A fflsne. head Of the Boston
movement have in the past grown
uns1ided but a change hss come
In The world Cities are being
planned now"
Who Can Be Architect
And the thing In Boston that
thrills you is this planning. Who
can be the architect Of city, Who
could be the architect. for Instance.
Of Seattle.
Not business men alone. not ex.
neris. not milllonalres, not park
makers. but the people.
Aud the wonderful thing In Bos-
ton is that they have found the way
in which all the people can work to
geiher They are going to work
desperately for the next six years,
and in 1915 they are going 10 In
vite the people Of the country to
Boston They are going to exhibit
their city. their city government,
their mayor. their factories, their
uharyes. their parks, their homes
for laboring men. their city indebt-
edness. their business houses. their
schools their whole city in It's
every aspect
Tollers the Backbone.
The first thing that Boston dis
covered In preparing for the com
ing exhibition Of itself Ia that the
backbone Of the city Ia not its
business Interests. but It's tollers.
The first thing to do In Boston
they all admit II. bankers, heads
Of public service corporations,
manufacturers. all Of the men
who are commonly called "the
Kid glove Clements to give the
toiler plenty Of wages. 90 that he
will be happy and hopeful and
heve chance to save and TO keep
his family happy and healthy and
give his children a sensible eduea-
tion.
On the committee Of IS men, who
are known as directors Of BOSTON.
1915, you will find Henry Ahra-
hams. secretary OF the Boston Labor
union. and Arthur NJ. Huddell. vice
president Of the international Union
Of Steam Engineers. and Richard c.
Cabot. NJ D.. a blue blood. who is in
social service here. and Louis D.
Hrandeis. who is an arbitrator be
tween labor and capital. and Robt.
" Woods, who is head OF the
South-end house Thus one third OF
the committee represents the ele-
ment Of the toiler.
Make Toilsr Happy.
They have gone pretty deeply
Into the business Of trying 10 make
the tuiler happy. They're working
with the toiler Of the future-the
boy who Is In school And, by the
way isn't It another sign Of Bos-
toms sagaolly that one Of Its first
efforts should be directed towards
its schools which are the basis OF
our clvilizatlonl
The Hoston-iei5 committee Ia
helping to establish system
whereby every sehoolboy shall be
studied for the purpose Of discoV.
ering what he is best fitted to do
in lie.
Boston. TO give the toiler and his
family square deal. wants to rout
out the tcnemcnts and give every
lahoring man his own home. In
connection With this you will find
brilliant example OF how much
hope there is for city when every
body works together
Tear Down Tenements.
You can't ask a man TO tear down
his tenemeuts and turn out the oc,
cnpants You've got TO show him
how he won't lose any money by do
ing this Here In BOSTON, through
the wonderful committee. they are
going to give prizes for the best
plan for model homes for working
men, They are going to select out
lying districts where many Of these
homes can be built; they are going
TO get the street railway company
10 Furnish excellent transportation
TO these districts; they are going to
set the gas company and the cleo
trio company TO supply these dis,
tflcts Thus they are going to show
the man who tears down his tene.
meut where he can build nice clean
homes that will bring him IN more
money than his foul touemonts And
incidentally the city will be saving,
for more pleasant purposes the