Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-11-10
The National Municipal League
By Frederic ]. Hdskin

that has not been well considered. and
no provision which has not been con-
spicuous success in some community.
Other committees dealing specifically
with the administrative and fiscal side
of municipal government are; City
finance and budgets, Of which George
Burnham, Jr., president of the Phila-
delphia City club and treasurer of the
National Municipal league, Is chairman;
Municipal Franchises, with Robert Treat
Paine OF Boston, chairman; Municipal
Reference Libraries. DR.. Horace e
Pack. of the Baltimore library, chair
man; Taxation of Benefits Caused by
the Growth of Cities and Excess Con-
demnation, Lawson Purdy, president of
the New York board OF. assessments,
chairman; Municipal Health and SAM
tation, of which DR.. NJ. N. Baker, of
the Montclair, n. j.. board of health, IS
chairman; Police, Prof Frank j. Good
now, of Columbia university, chairman:
Municipal Efficiency, DR.. w. f. Will
loughby, of President Taft's committee
on economy and efficiency, as chair
man.
extension. with DIR. Edward ]. wadr.
of the University of Wisconsin. as
chairman. Another committee deals
with civic education, and one Of the
most important reports to the Rich
mona meeting will be that of it's chair
man. arthur w. Dunn. author OF THE
Citizen and the Community" A COM
mittee on electoral reforms, which had
accomplished much in behalf of honest
elections, has Horace E. Deming, an
eminent New York lawyer, formerly
chairman of the leagues executive COM
mittee. as its chairman.
Taking cognizance of the relation OF
the liquor traffic to the municipal prob
lem. the National Municipal league has
made systematic inquiry, and one of the
reports to be considered In the conven-
ton will be that of Camillus G. Kidde-,
chairman of the committee on liquor
question. Mr.. Kidder formerly was
chairman of the excise board of Orange.
n. J.
BY way Of stimulating interest
among college students, the league con-
ducts yearly contest, offering a prize
for the best essay written on some se-
lected subjsct This is known as the
Baldwin prize. A prize is also offered
for the best essay submitted by high
school student. This is known as the
Richardson prize and was first Offered
in 1910. Both of these contests at
tract earnest young men and women.
To maintain the interest Of magazine
and newspaper editors in progressive
policies, a series of clipping sheets is
issued during the year containing the
latest information on a variety of top
les. Pamphlets and leaflets relating
particularly to some question of irnme-
date interest, discussed either technI-
eally or In a general way, are circu-
lated among the organizations to which
they appeal, including commercial as
sociatons, civic leagues and clubs ac-
tive in a branch of the municipal her,
terment movement
Outside of it's own membership. the
its yearly convention. which draws pub
licists and experts from all over the
country, and which deals with questions
at issue that pertain to the welfare
and progress of the great majority of
communities Usually. animated dts
cussion follows the presentation of a
subject, and IL has been the history or
the conventions that all it's sessions at
II AT NiC PAbAC VI the City III WHICH
the gathering is held.
William Dudley Foulke. an editor OF
Richmond, Ind, formerly a civil service
commissioner, is president of the Ma
tional Municipal league. He was elect
ed last year to succeed Ex-Attorney
General Charles ]. Bonaparte who, hav-
ing served seven years, declined re-
election. Clinton Rogers Woodruff. one
of the ablest civic workers Of the coun-
try, prominent as a writer and lectur-
er, and president of the personal regis
tration board of Philadelphia, is the
secretary. George Burnham, Jr., for
merly of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works of Philadelphia, is the treasurer.
DR.. Albert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard
university. is chairman of the execu-
tive committee.
The league derives its income from.
membership fees. So being the yearly
fee. 1t thus receives about $4,000 u
year. which is Inadequate for the con-
stantly increasing work of the organi-
cation E.f