Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-09-18

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ness organization stockholders pay in
their money once and expect nothing
more than a fair percentage of profit
annually. In the city corporation the
shareholder pays annually and ex-
poets constant and permanent mate
| rial benefits.
AS in the business organization, the
results which are financial profit de-
pend upon good system and good man.
agement, so in the city organization
! the results, which are benefits of va
rious kinds, depend upon the same
good system and good management.
Therefore to accomplish results in
both business and city corporations
there are two essentials. One is good
system and the other is good manage
ment. Stockholders in each organiza.
ton are responsible for these two es-
sentials and it is up to them and no
one else to bring the combination
about.
! To accomplish financial profit on
the one hand and material benefits on
the other, each organization must
| perform work, create and produce,
and to do this must employ labor,
both mental and physical. This neces-
states organization, and organization
means qualified expert officials at the
! head In the business organization
| these officials are general manager,
who is an expert in the line of bust
ness; treasurer, a secretary and
superintendent and others according
to the nature of the business, all ex-
perts in their departments. In the
city of Bryan's organization there
should be general manager, secre-
tary and treasurer, and department
of public works, department of public
safety, department of health. depart
ment of education, department of
recreation, and department of char
tiles. In defining these departments
the Encyclopedia Britannica says:
Municipal government is made up of
four departments-first, function;
second organization; third, finance;
fourth, public policy
First means transportation and COM
munication, lights and water, which
embraces making and maintaining of
streets and operating or supervising
street cars, telephones. waterworks
and lighting plants.
Second-Protection of life, health
and property, which provides for sew
erage and surface drainage of all
kinds. and collection of and disposal
of garbage, ashes, street cleaning,
dead animals and regulations of
crematories.
Third-Protection of life, health
and property, which provides for po-
lice department and police court, fire
department, board of health, building
inspection, public baths and public
comfort stations.
Fourth-Charities and corrections,
which provide for poor relief and
asylums.
h-Education, which provides
for common schools, manual training
schools, technical education, night
schools, vacation schools, Libraries
and museums.
Sixth-Recreation which provides
for parks, Fairgrounds, gymnasiums,
public concerts and lectures.
Notice the similarity of business
and city organizations. The business
organization has, like the city, first,
function to perform second, organi-
cation, which, similar to the city, en-
ables the business corporation to per-
| form these functions under charter
granted by the state. 1t has a depart
ment of finance similar to the city.
Even the matter of policy is not con-
fined to the city, but is a most i'm
portant function of the business or
ganiaztion. In examining these de-
partments we find that the functions
of city are exclusively of business
nature, and to obtain the greatest de-
gree of success business principles
must be followed.
The second department, organiza-
ton, deals with my subject, Commits
sion Form of Municipal Government"
We know the system that is adopted