The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-01-07
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The milwaukee, Experiments

Probably no city In the world adorb
az interesting study Of civil sover,-
ment a. Milwaukee, the city that msie
various brands of beer more or hss
famous, aud which last year electd a
socialist for mayor. Other cities iave
done the same thing, but none OF .hcm
we're Of the same stripe as thh man
Berger who has the courage ad the
brains to attempt TO carry OF his
theories. The results have been series
Of sweeping reforms such as history
does not parallel, and " the rople Of
the beery town will stand forthe end.
less turning over aud over. ncre will
doubtless be many more. Municipal
butcher shops, theatres aud musemeni
parks have already been insiiled, graft
practically cradicated an' so many
things taken up that il is hpossible to
cover more than the most ,gniacant In
short paragraph Of cnment' \
scheme soon to be put 1.-THE building
OF large number Of hons for working
raen to be either sold ttbe occupants
ON easy installments orrentcd at the
lowest possible price. Nurally this has
stirred the benevolent basts of the real
estate men the wrong w, but Berger Is
going right along jusshe same. Still
another plan j. to buyoo acres Of land
Tor cemetery, the cf 70 benutify and
maintain IL and sell q for burial pur.
poses at a very lowrice, thus putting
the 6xings on one the most sinister
trusts that have bl the people, aud II
the plan is extend' to include a mum.
sipal place ae cred ion Tor the dead il
will be among thmos; blessed OF all
the changes this iarSiau has mapped
ont. Operated picipally the crena.
tory would rene a terrible burden
from the shoulds Of the common pco.
pie, and traced iht down 10 the base,
the burning Of ! dead should be com.
puIsory under tFaw, and no other way
allowed. exeept,rhaps under the most
rigid regulatio, The present plan Of
disposal OF thiead is wrong. Even
though il has dured through the cen.
turics, Il IL nc the less a reminder Of
haFbaric time II Is time the world
was getting ay from IL, and disposiug
~ its dead Ia rational and sensible
way. This ED be made entirely posi-.
bile by the pnteuanee Of n municipal
mausoleum, al the provision of con
diii0ns 70 ~ the humblest might hold
proper funel services. aud dispose of
their dead a small cost compared "a
wha, il no paid 20 the many different
industries hat custom now enables "a
flourish athe expense of those who nre
already trdened.
II IL good thing that Berger crop.
ped outit this day and age, for his
thcoricsSill be given a respectful az.
tention hat would have been denied
them nj so very many years ago
Nsnrak he has stirred up bitter op,
position in his town, but is in shap,
where &c can tell them al 20 go 20
Proyi,id a revulsion by those people
who h not care to be reformed does
not sSeep him Into this discard. bis
work may be watched with deep In
tercs in the year to come. The ma
tiou over. as we'll n, in Milwaukee
fairminded people are insisting tha'
he be given fair show, outside of hi
peculiar political beliefs. This insist
snec il not a matter Of ,'olities at all
for IL is Joined in by vast number wh'
'Ave no earthly use for socialism as
principle.