The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-01-07
Short Talks On The City
(H. 5. Petersen. J

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The city has always deep both to the
practical and the student of and all questions
have concerning from Where did Cain get people
populate his city," Auguns of God Holy City
New Jerusalem to the corrupt City oday According
Biblical Cain agent start towns
for be was literally "a builder of cities"
There however, for these questions there
line from Cowper the effect that Good made the country
made the town. And however the latter may be-
made the city that it has his chief
The city with all its complex problems of politics, industry,
caon social questions and morals challenges the serious thought
only of its inhabitants but also of those
tribute its life either by furnishing food and consuming
its products furnishing with considerable
Drawn
If should stop of the general history of
the City think might get perspective OF the problems
W about consider.
The city being human institution like creations
in its beginning perfectly natural affair growing the
for the convnence OF the community In early days people banded
together and lived their community life protect them
selves from foes either wild beasts from
onaughts of other tribes who had farm,
slave would out to his work in the morning and
walled enclosure for the night.
Now the population awav to
another city, others would start colony of their
remained the old city who either inclined
the agricultural M moreover grew up the city that
must supply and began the development industry
There barng between the producer and agr
cultural and industrial products there arrived
middle man. with whom without whom
should have difficult time get along without
less of the huge profit he popularity supposed
eggs After while city heard in neghbo
ing city, which itself did produce began the uterubap
traffic.
1t long, despite the whoesomeness Of country life
until the city became dominant and rightly there
the guilds of the various tradsmen cohers grocers
butchers the shoemaker and artisans wood
iron and The city became the CENTER only of indus
but of Art aso and had the panters scupors workers
in metals artistic designs Along with these MANY of the
poets and philosophers.
Now the city complex many diverse trades
businesses and professions that questions and their
life began rrtae the inhabitants tasks must
expenditure of undshence taxation Here and
found of influence and they became the the city or
stronger than Others dictator
what should, should not be done.
Thus began another demanded or ac
cordn ortutuous circumstances the city, different quite
simple compared with the cities with which familiar in
America and which bessngwhch cause
much watch their progress struggle with
such serious problems the immigrant Of whom Adrch says
Wide and unguarded stand our gates,
And through them presses wild motley throng
Men from the Valva and the Tartar seppes,
Featureess figures of the Hoang Ho,
Malayan Scythran, Tenton, Kelt and Sav,
Flying the old worlds poverty and Scorn;
These bringing with them unknown gods and rites
Those tiger passions here to stretch their claws.
In street and alley what strange sounds are loud,
Accents of menace alien air.
Voices that once the Tower of Babel knew,
The cities of those ancient days mostly dead Strange
paradoxes they in the MODERN live American
city, that reaches out in direction industries and men
heard this the other day of town in Oklahoma:
Smith had moved before and returning ON
visit met Burns and asked him about the town
oh it's awful replied the unfortunate neghbor "Deades
place you saw say knew Burns didn't you? Well he
dropped Sunday in front of the posoce and thew didn't
find the bodystin Thursday