South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-03
CHAMBER OF PROGRESS
HEARS JOHN VI. KITCH
FavorS Commission Form of
Government in Talk Before
MiShaWaka Organization =
Many Attend Meeting.

Atty. John W. Kitch OF South Bend
spoke 10 large gathering Of members
Of the Misnawal1a Chamber OF Pro-
gress monday evening in the Whey
hall on the north side. Mr. Kitch took
for his subject, The Coming City.
lie said that the present from of gov
eminent was not the system under
" nich mankind was To subsist. that
the natural growth and development
OF animal and vegetable life grew on
but the development of the human
race increased too slowly.
lie said that the present form Of
government was what made the fu-
ture city and III we 60 along electng
men 20 transact the business of our
cities regardless of their efficiency
but just because they are good fellows
or because We do not like the other
man running against them we would
find our cities slowly going down the
grade of failure. He told OF how the
political game would some day die "a
natural death how the people would
20 out in the interests OF building up
an enterprising and energetic city and
select board OF managers 10 run the
affairs of their city. He compared the
coming day system with the large cor
pOratiOns that select their boards OF
directors and their superintendent to
stitutiOns with experience and econ
omy. lie stated that unless the future
city adopted this form of handling
the peoples interest, the laboring man
would never benefit himself
lie told how the cities were spring
Ing up right in our midst and that the
day would come that our cities would
no longer have any city limits but
that the farms would he inhabited by
the town farmer and that the man
that formerly had taken up the gov
ernEtent land would no longer be able
u fnG tillable soil, but instead find
a city flourishing where one day lay a
barren plain.
Mr.. Kitch said that there was just
two questions that would have 70 be
dealt with. i'm making the future city
a city for the people.
First was the different form of
city government and secondly the
more equitable distribution OF the
products Of labor
Mr.. Kitch stated that he believed
the state of Indiana needed new con-
stitutiCn, that the times had so
changed that tine laws laid down on
the books of our state when the con-
stitutiOn was first framed are far too
remote To work iu consistency with the
present day facilities. He says that
ia order 20 create laws for the JuSu-
cation OF mankind we must bar the
corporation lawyers who lobby about
the door of the state house telling the
legislators that they are not allowed
10 vote for certain bills He said that
we have been labOTiug under the
wrong Industrial plans for so long a
time that IL seems almost impossible
10 break away from them.
Mr.. kitch dwelt ON the taxation
problem. IIe said that the present
system OF taxation is wrong. that the
money man would convert his proper
Is into stocks and bonds and green
hacks Just when DO was about time for
The assessor TO come around and thus
be eliminated from paying his right
ful tax. whilst the working man who
was striving 20 clear the mortgage and
gain a clear title To his home was the
one that was soaked. I'm conclusion
he urged the members of the aSsOcia-
ton TO enter into this movement not
with a personal intent i'm mind but TO
help boost the city Of Mishawaka.
Prior 20 Mr.. kitch's talk, the regu-
lar order OF business was transacted.
\ communication from Paul r. Her
sock. who is desirous of locating here
with a five and ten cents store in
auired into the advantages which
could be afforded him.
During the evening the Orpheus
uuartet rendered number OF seiec-
tons