The broad ax., 1922-01-14
Commodore Ferdinand w. Peck, the First Citizen
of Chicago, FavOrs the German MOnOral System
for Chicago.
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be out the labor. The iron will be
lust as valuable and good when you
scrap it as it was when you put it in
there
Now, 1 am going to say just one
word in a general way. l move a
great deal among what you call the
more intelligent class of people in
this city Of Chicago. belong to
eight clubs. l have founded nearly
all of them myself, including the
Union League Club, the Chicago
Club, the Chicago Athletic, the Press
Club and others. Well, talk with
thinking men in those clubs every
day, men whom we all respect. The
concensus of opinion is that we have
today in the city of Chicago a Com
mon Council we ought to be proud
of, and it is the greatest Common
Council we have ever had in my ex-
perience. The members are men OF
integrity and men of ability, and ]
take off my hat to the Common Coun-
Gil, as well as / do to the Mayor OF
the city of Chicago. Gentlemen. you
ought to be proud to be in that body.
We have to look to you for relief. We
have to look to you for realization OF
all our desires and needs in this great
city.
Now. / have coined an expression
term "Civic Harmony" | never
heard anybody else use it. Civic
harmony means cooperation and har-
mony between the three elements, the
people, the press and the Mayor. That
IS what "Civic Harmony" means. If
you want the greatest advancement
and prosperity in this great city Of
ours, let these three elements of this :
great city pool together and pull to- I
yether. There is too much lack of
here in Chicago and too
much unjust criticism thrown at our
Mayor constantly and also at the
by newspapers and too much
of a lack of harmony between the !
council and the Mayor. Gentlemen, i
pull together. You have a great G
Mayor You can well afford to take u
oT your hats to him. He has never o
,een accused of lack of integrity. 4
Gentlemen, he sat on that knee of
nine when he was two months old,
nd nobody knows him as we'll as | c
10. His wife does not, or anybody b
lse. / might tell his wife a good d
many things about him that she does |;
lot know. CUproarous laughter.) A
Gentlemen of the committee, he is
he most constructive Mayor we have a
yer had. There are more tangible II
esults to show from his administra- Il
ion, his one and one-half administra- I,
ions, than we have had in the ad- "
of any Mayor we have c
yer had, and / have been intimately B
cquainted and associated with every II
ne, from DR.. Boone, our Mayor who vi
'as present when my mother brought
le forth into this world, down to the
resent Mayor, and know whereof :,
speak / am mighty proud of our :,
iayor. Now, gentlemen. am mighty :,
roud OF him, not only because he is :.
layor but because he is worthy of :.
eing Mayor.
Now, | hope, gentlemen, you will =,
Ike that suggestion / make to heart, =
nd pull with your Mayor, as you can f.
ot get results without harmony, and y,
e must have it. 1t is unfortunate :,
{ have to move along here and pull "a
'art from our splendid Mayor. Can :.
ou not pull together? There have .,
Ten editorials printed in The Tribune
I'd in the News and in the Post about ,,,r
Ir Mayor that are disgracefuL of
Now, gentlemen, wish to express N
y appreciation for the time you have =,
ven me, and / do ask you to build =
is test line of the monorail, as, when N,
~ do that, you will have solved this ~,
oblem, and / ask you to start in at m,
ice, for If you undertake this dark II,
ID impenetrable subway. we will "Ay -
ills we know not Of" and we will n.
pair the financial condition of Chi -,
go if you build the subway, but -,
u will never regret IT If you test No
E monorail. and you will never cease -,
regret it if you build a subway = :,
thout such test. If you try the .
onorail and find it, for some un- -
own reason, impractical. then you =.
n build your subway afterwards. a..
I you will not build it, as the mono =.
j will be a triumph.
Gentlemen. thank you very much. :@ @
The Chairman: There being nothing -
e before the committee, we will
md adjourned. s'
the subcommittee ad H-
irned. ",