The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-13
Tells Large Crowd of Kenoshans That Faith is
All That is Needed to Make City Much
Greater in Ten Years.
CITY'S CRITICS FLAYED BY MAYOR
Most Notable Gathering of Year Held at ST. Matthew's
Guild Hall When Industrial Leaders Tell of
Great Industrial Development Here.

II believe that we should deport
from Kenosha these people who are
ready to declare that 'Kenosha is the
rottenest place this side of hell The
people who do not love our city should
be invited to leave it and 90 to one
they like better. Their criticism is
ructive and they offer nothing
uetter," declared Mayor John G.
Joachim as he fayed certain critics of
the present administration at the
meeting of the Mems Club of St.
Matthew's Church on Tuesday evening.
"Kenosha is a manufacturing city,"
continued the mayor, at is not Zion
City, but city that pulsates with life.
It has the blood Of fifty breeds Of
people in it and every one of them
brings problems which must be solved.
We want it to he good city but men
who criticize it must take into con-
slderation its complex population and
know that with this population it is
dlihcult to make Of it the kind of
model they would outline. say again,
# these people cannot love our city.
let them get out Of il and sfsy out"
GiFss Account of ste ardship.
II mayor gaea TO the 2seiy fbfee
hundred people at the meeting SOM
account OF his stewardship as head
executive of the city. Ne declared
that he had no apology to make for the
35-mill tax levy after he had heard the
reports of manufacturers of the city
OF advancing costs of labor and ma
terial "The city has had to face finan-
cial hardships just like these manu-
facturers," he declared "The ad-
vancing costs of the city are not all
the fault Of the mayor and the COM
mon council There are boards and
commissions demanding money for
their work and the council is doing
its best to give all of them a share"
Hits Railroad Commission.
The mayor declared that one Of the
biggest handicaps Of the city in hand
ling big utility questions was the pow
ers granted to the railroad commits
sion. "The city council may pass orr
dinances granting franchises to these
companies, but the railroad commits
sion turns round and kills the ordinan-
ces and makes its own agreement with
the companies. expect to go blind
watching to see the commission make
the proper changes in rates in Keno
sha."
The mayor spoke of the vast sums
of money which had been spent for
Improvements in Kenosha in the past
year, declaring that it reached the
high total of $350,0OO and that much
of this was paid from the city treas
ury. He declared that these improve
ments had been made because the peo-
pie demanded them. He showed that
the city had a bonded Indebtedness Of
S1,O74 900 which brought an annual
expenditure Of 5000. He declared
that but $50 Of the total cost of the
new breakwaters had been assessed to
private property owners and that the
total paid by these people was but
$4,000 out Of q total Of more than
S250,OOO
Heavy Cost of Schools.
He declared that the council had cut
the recreation fund of the schools but
asserted that it was his opinion that
people seeking food should be cared
for by the city before plans we're made
to give the children play. he showed
that the total appropriation for the
schools for the coming year was $685.
$4,000 or twelve of the IS mills
levied in the taxes. He showed that
the fire department in the year had
responded to $50 calls and although
property valued at 100000 had been
in danger, the total loss had been less
than $4,000 and that nearly all Of
this. was covered by insurance. He
warmly defended the police depart
ment of the city and declared that the
"carping critics" of the police had not
given the men credit for excellent
work done.
The mayor was very vigorous and
his treatment Of civic problems got a
lot of applause from the people pres
ent at the gathering.