New geographies . tedfor cities The building in which these representativesmeet, and in which the mayor has his office, iscalled the city hall. While the city is governedin some matters by its own laws and officers,the same as any small town, it also forms partof the state and elects representatives to thestate legislature. In our country there are forty-sixstates, and there are some questions thatno one state can decide -, I ., ,, Questions that alone, because the others are concern theequally interested in them, people of theFor instance, it would be agreat hindrance to trade and travel ifea
New geographies . tedfor cities The building in which these representativesmeet, and in which the mayor has his office, iscalled the city hall. While the city is governedin some matters by its own laws and officers,the same as any small town, it also forms partof the state and elects representatives to thestate legislature. In our country there are forty-sixstates, and there are some questions thatno one state can decide -, I ., ,, Questions that alone, because the others are concern theequally interested in them, people of theFor instance, it would be agreat hindrance to trade and travel ifeach state made its own money, foreach state might then have differentcoins. In that case, every time atraveler passed from one state to an-other, he might be obliged to take thetime and trouble to exchange his moneyfor a new kind. Again, in case of war, the countrywould be weak if each state acted alone. INDUSTMT, COMMERCE, AND GOVERNMENT 79 Perhaps you can give some of the rea-sons why. Mail is another matter that. Fig. 96. — President Taft. concerns all the states, and there areothers besides. Can you mention some ? So it is clear that we need a UnitedStates Government as wellas state, city, and town gov-ernments. The reason forcalling it the United StatesGovernment is also plain,for the states have reallyunited, in order to have onecentral government for manyimportant matters. If the people in a singleHow laws are state cannotmade and offi- jjrieet in a body cers chosen for ^ , , the United *» make Jaws,states certainly the people of the entire United States cannot do so. Therefore, repre-sentatives are elected, and sent to oneplace, from all the states of the they consider questions of interestto the whole nation. The place where they meet is Wash-ington, and this city is, on that account,the capital of the United States, or thenational capital. At Washington thereis a magnificent capitol building () in which the meetings are held; andthere are many other
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