The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-11-20
MUNICIPAL

49,
only has not stopped munici-
pal activity, progress ana bet
tcrmcnt In the United states. but thnt
i may prove of positive benefit and
un announcement To- Improvement.
since IL probably viii improve tho
market Tor American municipal We
cnrities. is The conclusion OF clinton
Rogers Woodruff, secretary OF the
National Municipal league. set fotth
in his annual address To- the conven-
ton ST that organization which has
been In session in Baltimore during
thIs week.
with Inquiry among many OF the
representative cities OF the country.
Mr. Woodruff learned thar munich
polties were going ahead without the
slightest -abrldsemcnt in their plans
for such improvements as had al
leady been authorized. AND although
some cities were experiencing dIfn-
Guilty in placing loans through the
usual channels. municipal credit aid
not seem 90 be i~eopardiztd.
Indeed he SAID, THE opinion pro
walls among financial authorities that
the European situation will in % short
time make munic pal securities the
most desiraoi' 90 Ameclcs.
He reported no recession OF Inter-
est IN the commission or commission
manager forms OF city government.
What is optly called the vanish
ms system the blcnmcr.aI form OF
cts government he said. s Co Zoe
found now m oul, uine 81 the Iarg-
esq hfty cisios- Philadelphia. Belti-
more. Kansas city. Providence. Louis
vile, Atlanta. Worcester. Richmond.
Va, and Cambridge, Mass.
In the light OF The events of the
past five years. he continued st
would not De hazardous Co predict
that tive years hence not one of the
larger cities viii be riskiug lts busi-
ness and It's fGturc to tho evils Of q
form which affords such abundant
opportunities for mefhciency and
mismauagemcnt
Hand in hand with this advance he
notes the progress of municipal home
rule which n the course of the com
ing generation is destined TO become
the settled policy WITH regard 90 the
relations Of the states 10 the cities
Nine Iowa cities operating under
the commission form of government
had, he noted, lived within their Inc
come for IN" FIRST time In 1913. A.
federal census also showed that out
Of go COMMISSION cities ca were
found to be- unniug at less per capita
than the average head expense of the
1876 metropolitan centers ~ an class
es considered.
There was a notable Improvement
In municipal Housekeeping accounts.
De found The happy 20 lucky way
being superseded generally hy
scientific budgets which made both
ends meet. Both the demand for mu-
nicipal ownership and that Tor ef-
ieciye control OF privately operated
municipal utilities continued unabat-
ed Wyoming and Utah, hc said.
we're the only states In the Union
which had no form Of control Go reg
ulate ia some way or another the
public utilities. There was sun much
discussion throughout ne country az
20 whether such control should bo by
state or local commissions. with the
Development Of the past year seem
ingly more n favor Of state action
10 these matters.
He concluded with o reference to
social problems. The fear That inter
est in work along these lines would
De aboted on account Of the great war
ne believed 70 be- uuwarrauted. rThe
very greatness of the European cata-
clSsm VIA emphasize the need for
greater social and civic effort. ho
said. An increased emigration from
Europe 20 America was 10 he expect
ed as a result of the war anu this
''seif would require no little auon-
ton.