Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-10-22
CITIES MUST PLAN
FOR FUTURE DAYS
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needs or the operation of economic
laws have grouped themselves to-
gether in that community?
And that is the very thing that has
been overlooked and sadly neglected
in our city growth and our fight for
commercial supremacy.
II a financier were to come into our
state and announce that he was going
to build factory or establish large
industry of some kind, the cities Of the
state would Immediately begin vieing
with each other and bidding for the
attention of this man, Offering him
every inducement to come into their
particular community and spend his
money there, never once giving thot
to the living conditions he was planp-
ing for his workmen, placing very
little restriction on him in any way
"a town or city that subordinates the
physical well being and happiness of
it's working population to its COM
mercial and industrial wants must
fail in the ultimate realization of the
highest commercial and industrial
efficiency"
We have long observed the growing
unrest among our working population
and have suggested and tried many
things in an effort to stabilize these
people, such as increased wages, short
err hours, ETC., but it remained for the
development of the Garden cities OF
England, the work of Henry Ford and
other industrial leaders in this
country to prove to us that it is the
living and social conditions provided
for the working man that make 9
happy and contented people.
Town or city planning cannot be
forced upon the people. 1t is a mat
ter Of education. Serious trouble ant
dissatisfaction would likely be the re-
suit if city or town council woult
engage an expert to work out a plar
for their city and say to the people
eve have a plan for this city. The
carrying out of this plan might in
terfere with some of the citizens, but
we believe it is for the best good o.
all concerned and we are going to put
it over"
No, that is contrary to the spirit o.
the work. Let the move come from
the people. Have the Home Econom
les, the Ladies' Literary or any of the
Ladies' clubs take the initiative In
terest the mems organizations in tn,
move. Start committees to work, one
on sanitation, one on the improvement
of streets and sidewalks, on on parks
and Fairgrounds, one on social activj
ties, etc. It will not take long for the
people working on these various com.
mittees to discover that on every hand
there is not only room, but absolute
necessity for improvement, many OF
which improvements can be made with
little or no expense.
With the campaign that will be
waged by the committees it will b,
but a short time until the entire com
munity is interested in civic improve
ment and the working out of a plar
for those improvements and the flu
ture growth of your city is the natura
result.
1t is time the Utah towns wer,
dressing up ready to go into good so
ciety. The advertising that Utah il
getting will bring thousands of tn,
best people of the world here to visi
our scenic wonders and the impress
sions these people receive as the.
travel through the state will be car
ried back with them to their homes
1t is on reports of these people tha
our reputation will depend. What II
the reputation to be?
1t is up to us.