. The redemption of the city, by Charles Hatch Sears . Gain In PopuiatidFifty Ciriti / fOO — /f/0 Of ThLOf / 0/» Oren Gain In Population lifOO— l?0 Of Tne lev C1T1C3 Of — registering a gain of per cent in the lastdecade; and what of Birmingham, Ala., with a creditof per cent; and Los Angeles, with a gain per cent! It Costs toGrow 6 Tlic Redemption of the City Problem of Bigness The cities dilemma is that of the poor mother,whose young stripling is all out at once—theproblem of mere bigness. There are new streetsto be laid out; new water-works to be f

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. The redemption of the city, by Charles Hatch Sears . Gain In PopuiatidFifty Ciriti / fOO — /f/0 Of ThLOf / 0/» Oren Gain In Population lifOO— l?0 Of Tne lev C1T1C3 Of — registering a gain of per cent in the lastdecade; and what of Birmingham, Ala., with a creditof per cent; and Los Angeles, with a gain per cent! It Costs toGrow 6 Tlic Redemption of the City Problem of Bigness The cities dilemma is that of the poor mother,whose young stripling is all out at once—theproblem of mere bigness. There are new streetsto be laid out; new water-works to be financed; new. i ^.tiS National Deer(LeaiCAiHlnTircASUftY) t9io fi/ TorAL/ZerOcsr OrC/r/esOrs/f 3aooo //v 7V/r Oft ire a STArti /foa 1908 «802 public buildings demanded; an ever-increasing num-ber of children to be taught; new social needs press-ing upon the conscience of the city. Moreover, a scientific spirit demandsthat every given prob-lem shall be treated inaccordance with modernscientific methods, how-ever costly. Suchgrowth has overtaxedthe financial resources ofour cities. The cityfathers have taxed thepeople as heavily asthey have dared, have borrowed and bonded, andyet there has not been money enough to train the

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