Modern cities : progress of the awakening for their betterment here and in Europe / by Horatio M. Pollock and William S. Morgan.

  • Horatio Milo Pollock
Date:
1913
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Credit: Modern cities : progress of the awakening for their betterment here and in Europe / by Horatio M. Pollock and William S. Morgan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and the officers find their highest reward in skilfully serving the public. The cleanliness and order of the city streets, the healthfulness and thrift of the people, and the absence of crime and disorder, tell the story of the success of the Germans. As the secret of the achievements of the Ger- man city is becoming known, other cities are imitating the German plan of management. In America, until recently, we have not been able to separate the management of the city from national politics. In the confusion that has resulted from our efforts to combine the two, the city has suffered most. With the adoption and successful working of the commission plan of government by many cities, the outlook for the management of the future is exceedingly bright. Cooperation.—The keynote of the life of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was compe- tition. Business firms competed strenuously with one another for trade and laboring men competed with one another for jobs. Markets were established on a competitive basis and prices were regulated by demand and supply. During the past thirty years great changes have taken place in the industrial and com- mercial world. The keynote of the twentieth century is cooperation. Industry has become concentrated as never before. Men engaged in [11]