The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-08-18


telligent planning. Buffalo Is half
choked for lack Of passenger and
freight terminals Intelligent plan
ming could have protected the manu-
facturer, wholesaler, and retailer from
that business obstacle; and such
planning Isl general city function,
and cannot be wrought by business
executives alone or without their help.
Every city needs now to safeguard
arterial highways in advance of the
day when trucks by the thousands
will seek to use them. This, likewise,
lis cause the executive cannot serve
alone and which must be served for
the profit Of his company.
Street railway extensions are usual
ly the product of agitation and ordin-
arily the agitation has a realty sub
cellar Only intelligent planning, sup
ported by city government, organized
business interests, and an understand
ing community, can prevent this con-
striction.
Again, city service is factor. In
surance rates are directly affected by
the protection provided by the city
against fire, the question OF litter in
streets and alleys, the amount and
condition of water service. The ex-
ecutive that does not act upon this
relationship pays every quarter for
his fnyopia.
Disease is primary factor in irreg-
ularity Of employment. 1t is prevent
able, 1000, by proper community or
ganization. The difference between
Old Dayton and New Dayton would
keep the executives of Dayton bust
ness behind the commission-manager
form Of city government as bust
ness proposition exclusively.
So much for some of the general
benefits to business men. Now let
us consider some of the more import
ant directions Of activity, among the
foremost being adquate facilities, and
good schools.
i A kind of wireless has come into
existence among subordinates of every
grade. 1t is not limited to organized
labor with it's distinctive publications.
1t reaches to sales managers and adj
vertsing managers and credit man.
ayers.
At a convention Of credit managers
which | attended, one credit manager
was asking a friend as to certain
prefer of employment.
"You might take it." was the
friends comment, shut ! wouldn't.
The stores all right. It's the town
that's on the bum. | wouldn't go to a
place where my children had to live
in house in a row. Get west of the
Alleghanies if you want to move,
where you can have place to your
SELF
Why Some Investment Capital Failed
to Enter One Town.
Two billboard owners at another
convention were discussing an invest
ment in a district not yet covered"
Said one:
"Its inviting territory. There's
money there. Exceptin' for one thing.
It's tramp town. You couldn't keep
men there. And if you could see it
once you'd know why. There isn't
any reason why a decent family should
stay''-with heavy accent on the
SHOULD"
The housing problem is universal in
the United States and Canada. AS
far as steady travel and study are a
guide, there is not single city north
of the Rio Grande that is not fairly
gasping for houses. No wonder, with
normal building practically suspend
ed for three years! Business firms
everywhere that need men are
brought up abruptly, these days,
against the whole, difficult, expensive
question of housing.
By housing is not meant shelter.
The Pressed Steel Car Company at
McKee's Rocks had shelter aplenty
and yet had one of the most costly
strikes of recent years primarily be-
cause of poor housing conditions.
( Rock Island, Moline, and Davenport
gave some kind of shelter even at the
outset to the new men required for
the Government arsenal when this
country entered the war. In one
month the shops lost a full third of
their men, Here was disastrous
labor turnover. 1t was difficulty the
Government could not meet until, un-
der the fine leadership of men in
Moline, the three cities gave to the
workmen fairly broad provision of
better living conditions.
For the workman that employers