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CONGRESS
Of The Municipalities Of
North America
To Open In City OF Chicago
On Monday
Organization Is Planned Upon
A Large Scale
Meeting viii Be Exceedingly
Instructive Event
Dealing With Many Questions
nj Great Importance

Chicago Sept. 16-Official represen-
tatives of municipalities in all parts
of the United States and Canada and a
few representing large cities in sever
al foreign countries are gathering here
to attend the International Municipal
Congress and Exposition which will
open at the Coliseum next Monday.
The congress, as it's name implies, of
an international character, is planned
upon large scale and promises to be
the largest and most instructive event
of this kind ever held in this country.
Experts of worldwide fame and known
ability in matters pertaining to muni-
cipal government will be in attendance
at the congress and will deliyer ad-
dresses on many subjects of vital in
terest to municipalities generally. This
congress is considered the most COM
prehensive attempt ever made to bring
together the most intelligent and ca
pable educators in all lines of muni-
cipal endeavor.
AS TO the exposition of municipal
methods and systems, which will be
held at the Coliseum during the two
weeks Of the congress, it is believed
that by making possible comparisons
between various communities with ref
erence to their system of government,
their notable accomplishments in the
past and their plans for the future, it
will create spirit of rivalry and civic
pride mat will do much for the ad.
vancement of municipal reform and
betterment.
Many of the large cities of the
United States have made efforts and
will be represented by special exhibit
tions, giving a complete and highly
instructive presentation of the organi.
zation of each municipality, its system
of administration, the scope and ar.
rangement Of its working plan, the
methods to insure the greatest eficien-
cy at the smallest cost and with the
minimum of friction; the number of
keeping books and records, of collect
ing taxes and statistics and scores of
other matters of interest to every
large or small municipality, be 1t in
the United States, in the Dominion of
Canada or in some country across the
sea-
frbn al Ap ,,I
of the eXpositions will be held next
Monday noon at the Congress Hall
of the Coliseum There will be ad-
dresses by John M. Even, chairman
of the congress and of the exposition
John McVicar, commissioner general
of the congress-; Harry A. Wheeler,
president of the Chicago Association
OF Commerce; Mayor Carter II Harri-
son of Chicago; Hon. Darius A. Brown,
president of The League of American
Municipalities and Mayor of Kansas
| City, Mo; Hon. William j. Gaynor of
New York City; Hon John T.. Hepburn
Mayor of Philadelphia and Hon James
Fitzgerald, Mayor of Boston.
During the session of the congress
there will be general meetings every
afternoon while every evening there
will be displays of moving pictures to
illustrate talks on various American
and European cities. The forenoons
will be devoted to special department
sessions which will be held in the
First Regiment Armory
In accordance with the program ar.
gress one or more distinct subjects
| will come up for consideration and
discussion at each of the meetings and
and eXperts and authorities on these
subjects will present their views, as
based upon their observations and eX-
periencos, Among the subjects thus
to be considered will be City Charters
Municipal Accounting and Efficiency;
The Business End of the City Govern
ment; City Planning; Paving; Public
Utilities; Taxation; The City for the
People; Control OF the Milk Supply;
Advertising Value of Healthy City;
Protection of Water and Disposal Sew
age; Police and Fire Service; Reduc-
ton Of Fire Waste; Parks and Play
grounds; Buildings Codes; Public
Schools; Public Libraries Control of
Sanitation and School Inspection;