El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27
Success Talks To Men and BOYS
The City and the Citizen

NEW York founded IN 1914. took
115 years TO gain $4,000 During
the next so years Il gained $780,
O00-during the next so years $4,000.
during the next p years. closing IN
1890. IL gained $4,000, and from 1890
to 1910 IL gained 2,946.O00.
One hundred and ten years ago we
had only six cities OF 5000 and over. now
we have ia with %, 600 to 100, 900 or
more and $40 cities OF 1000 Inhabitants
or more One hundred years ago 4 per
cent Of our population lived in the
cities, now about As percent.
This movement Of population from
the country TO the city is worldwide.
London Is 1000 years old, yet 1Our11Ltns
OF its growth has been added in 100
years Paris is five times as large as
II was 100 years ago Rome Is three
times IS large today as 1t was so years
ago Berlin almost matched New York
in its growth during the past so years.
st. Petersburg has grown threefold in
80 years while Calcutta has increased
40 percent in 10 years.
Due TO Mechanical Devices.
This redistri butiOn Of the population
is due, first to the application Of ma
chinery to agriculture-fOur men now
dc what formerly required il men In
proved methods OF agriculture viii in
crease the supply. this VIII mean an
ever increasing rural population With
scientific methods One-half of the farm
ers could produce the present crops
and compel the other half to abandon
sixty years ago % percent OF our
population were engaged in agricul-
ture. II percent in 1910. 4 ID percent
were engaged in manufacture in 1880.
today 10 percent The factories in the
city create demand for the labOrer. and
attract the labOrer TO the city. IL seems
impossible to retard the movement
city-ward- The decisive causes are eco
nOmic, necessities determine location
Our foreign market Tor agriculture
ing employment to 100000 farm Ia
borers, viii go from Us unless We
cheaper produce. We have been able
TO gain and retain European markets
methods, because Of our virgin SOL ana
the free lands given away by the gov
No More Free Farms.
But Uncle sam has no more farms to
give away. When we lose our foreign
markets. as we certainly viii because
OF the increasing interest and progress
IN European agriculture stiu more
people viii be driven from the country
TO the city.
The American city IS becoming the
storm center OF our civilization, ana
the challenge to the patriotic citizen
Sixty wears ago nearly two-thirds OF
the wealth was in the country, and
while rural wealth has increased four
fold, city wealth has multiplied tWen-
tyfold- But the richer the cities get
to be the poorer the people become In
the leading American cities 20 per
cent Of the population. some time dur
ing the year are dependent upon char
ity for their daily bread. The larger
the city, the worse the living condt-
ti0ns- The average number Of deaths
in the rural districts throughout the
United States is aOut Is 10 1000, the
cities average about "a TO the 1000.
Rulers OF the Cities.
TIE cities are as rule governed by
fellows OF the baser sort, who them
selves most need 70 be controlled City
governments demand expert xnoWIedge
combined with character OF the highest
order. but the kind Of men we elect to
office. II incOrrupuble are apt to be in
competent and our city governments
are with few exceptions proof positive
that the citizens have failed to make
a success Of popular government and
our lack Of civil Intelligence is matched
only by the lack Of civic morality In
those who rule.
Democracy cannot be said to be
failure In the United States. because it
has never been fairly tried. If YOU cues
ton the failure i point YOU to the
monstrous breakdown OF our criminal {
-aw, and the spirit OF lawlessness so I
l l4lsIllinsiy on the Increase in the
Y nited states. The daily cost Of crime
IN the country is S3.5OO.0 900 a yearly I
total OF Sl,375. 00O-nearly twice the (
sosJ 70 run the government Of the {
Ten Thousand Violent Deaths
len thousand are done to death by /
violence every year. Last year On New I
/ OK $50 murders were reported By the I
-otoners-the grand jury considered z
~. - were convicted one In lfOur. J.
light were executed. Chicago had 2O2 I
nuluers last year. one hanged, 10 were 4
tent to prison. 1S6 went scot free nine 4
lut or 10 Do you imagine that the I
Women should the duties Of citizenship !
ieVolve upon them would make a worse
ness or selfgovernment ana the admin
stration of law
Require Moral StrenEthenfnE.
Growing cities require ever strength
ming moral life. but the two great
moral forces. the home and the church I
re steadily growing weaker I'm our }
arge American cities generally speak
ne, we have only half as many Pro
esant churches as we had so years
go Taking the tenure OF 50 leading
lIes We find home distribution as
ouoWS; Owned free 347. 005. owned but
-ut rugged oOb,5Q5, rented 2.259 30i In Z
,eW OK city 81 percent are renters.
y, eesLS3nnaltan and Bronx, % percent:
'ulAdlu, 30 percent. Boston Fall River Z
ersey City and Memphis IS Dercent.
SIe becoming a homeless people
. Hatlon or tenants, and tenancy means
-uoE TOR privilege. subOrdination FOR
,eelom- People viii neither live nor
le for country IN which they have
The problem in European cities Is
III dl11erent from Ours-their pOpuIa-
on Is mainly native. London has less [
ian : percent Of its population foreign /
9Fn- In New York and Chicago. over
orn. and IN many Of our large ciffes
e nave from 80 to 90 different coun-
'les represented and to Interpret to
4oae newcomers the zone supreme Eift