El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-05

ries in Minneapolis. not one is cared /
for on so small an appropriation as
you eNpend to care for your library
system during the entire year IN
derstand the amount is $1,000 l am
also informed that the city IS due the
library $4,000 year which It is with
holding; and that when a recent order
for $269 for books was placed during
one month il was subjected TO severe
criticism by the city auditor
Suppose your boys were striving 10
get on IN certain IleIds yet tne NEE e s,7
no alcoves for engineering none lot
chemistry. none for physics, or any re-
search work in your library; you nave
not even current periodical files
The life of FL PasO is well rounded
and there is not the lopsidedness that is
TO be observed in other Texas cities
Your average to a family OF 40 and
40 to a dwelling is normal
Factories Reduce skill.
In developing his theme Of the fac
tory system. the speaker admitted that
factory life tended toward reducing the
skill of the workman and that the day
when all jewelers. were Cellenls had
been supplanted by the day when man
could work daily for IL years turning
the third thread on No. nut He re-
minded his listeners that with the en-
larged use of machinery there was
new fleXibility in the source Of labor
supply; that sort Of diVinatiOn existed
among the working elements which i'm
PEELED them TO drift from one locality
dustrial centers. This, he said, caused
instability of communities
This factory system is a very new
thing in the worlds history and has
not been with us for longer time than
1920. 1t denotes to the average mind
the power Of the machine, with the help
of artificial power to reproduce a pat
tern over and over millions Of times.
OF all other agencies this has been
more powerful than all of the rest
EIIipses of Cities
a unique theory presented by the lee
turer was that cities grow only in re-
latiOnship to their ellipses-which is to
say that the city is usually placed to
the extreme east of its elLpse and
reaches into the west for its trade nu-
triment and sustenance. Upon this pos
tulate Mr.. Albert stated that while New
Orleans would grow. no town between
Houston and New Orleans would ever
become a great city; that san Antonio
would grow but there would be no great
cities between san Antonio and FL
Paso; that FL Paso would grow, and
that her ellipse might reach as far west
as Los Angeles Because of this pos
tulated law, he saw the eclipse Of Fort
Worth by Dallas, the diminishment OF
Galveston by Houston; the eventual re-
duction of the power of san Francisco
for Oakland. which lies across the bay.
Some Examples
Kansas City has an ellipse which
reaches out to FL Paso. vet within two
hours ride to the east is the town of
Sedalia, Mo- which is cared for by St
Louis New York has the greatest ell
liDse of all How do we explain this
phenomenal By very simple formula
that of nights journey No city can
spring up between two already devel-
Oped cities that are separated by less
than nights journey. This law held
good in olden times when travel was by
postchase and alone explains many
small thriving towns between New
York and Philadelphia. Philadelphia
and Baltimore and Baltimore and
Washington With the development of
the larger cities there has been an
erasure of the intervening places. II is
the law of growth
Philosophy of City Binding.
4 first became interested in the
philosophy Of city building when a
friend discussed the why of cities with
me. We investigated and began with
St Paul There we analysed Minneapolis.
Later we tried London and then BuenOs
Ayres- Nor was the problem so large
a one as il first seemed There are only
215 cities Of 100000 population and
more in the whole world
All of these $50 cities. strange as It
may seem. began as cities Of refuge.
Some were forts, some were stockades. /
some were walled cities. some were
missions and monasteries, but all were
places where people could retreat for
refuge 1t was so of Troy, Rome. Ven
ice. 1t was so OF san Antonio. Ell Paso
anu LUIS AA-=EAE5 N the EEtGL EQuLza-
west"
Why People Flock 20 Cities.
Above the influence Of the factory
system in the building OF cities, Mr. Al
bert placed. the subtler influence which
makes for the richness of living: the
desire of people TO be entertained and
to have something to do. I might de-
fine it as the lure of the city he said.
or in social sense-offers Of a more
varied life"
Au7onrr rFa 4b5e t.
fluence and charm he stated that many
men and women who had come TO the
cities from the country places gave
their reason for change in abode as be
ing better schools for the children:
church congregations where the mem
bers were more liberal and generous;
the presence Of parks and lakes and
outdoor pastimes; in some cases the
tertainments; and not least. a larger op-
portunity to work
Country Causes Insanity
"Of 100 rural women examined for
insanity in Wisconsin. il was found that
the monotOny of their lives and the
telligence. All were from the country.
What was the cure2 We cured them by
giving them something to do. the max
ing Of something into which was in
trOduced the elements of beauty"
As Illustrative of the development Of
pathways and trails and later cities, Mr..
Albert spoke of the LeWis-Clarke expe-
dition and how the route they chose
later became the natural route of com
merce Of the growth Of cities. He spoke
of the same influences at work in the
planning of FL Paso and refused to
credit the actually Of the city to the
presence OF railroads alone.
FaTOrs Woman Suffrage.
Mr.. Albert spoke in favor of the bal
lot for women before the members Of
the FL Paso Equal Franchise league
Thursday afternoon in the chamber Of
commerce.
If the vote on the extension Of suf-
frage to women was asked Of the Ro-
tary clubs Of this country 1 am sure
that il would be almost unanimously
IN favor Of granting equal suffrage
to women said Mr.. Albert
Mr. Albert said his first interest in {
giving suffrage to women came when 8
he was newspaper reporter in Wash (
lngton as young man and was as
signed to cover a suffrage meeting in Z
which Miss Susan 3. Anthony and other
women who have become famous. We're {
the leaders After hearing all their 1
evidence in favor of women's enfran- Z
chisement I decided to hunt up some 1
arguments against it." said Mr.. Albert. !
and he dacnrfhaT HE frfrffTaes aFFo-#e