. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . PORT DEARBORN AS SEEN PROM THE NORTH, 1816.[Original Owned by tlie Cliicag-o Historical Society.] that is, over the conduct of public prop-erty in behalf of the peoples enlarged power has increased the op-portunity for happiness and enjoyment oflife for all of us, but at the same time it hasalso constantly increased the responsibil-ity of each of us. It has made it the dutyof every child, of every young man andyoung woman, to prepare to see to it thatpublic affairs are conducted in the bestpossible way. While this incre
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . PORT DEARBORN AS SEEN PROM THE NORTH, 1816.[Original Owned by tlie Cliicag-o Historical Society.] that is, over the conduct of public prop-erty in behalf of the peoples enlarged power has increased the op-portunity for happiness and enjoyment oflife for all of us, but at the same time it hasalso constantly increased the responsibil-ity of each of us. It has made it the dutyof every child, of every young man andyoung woman, to prepare to see to it thatpublic affairs are conducted in the bestpossible way. While this increased power has been 12 WACKERS MANUAL OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO given to all the people, in the country aswell as in the cities, the responsibility andduty in government falls more upon thecity dweller than upon the CHICAGO IN 1832—Population About 100.[Original Owned by the Chicag-d Historical Society.] This is because there are more and greaterproblems to solve in the safe conduct ofcities than in the government of sparselysettled territory. The larger the city, too,the greater the re-sponsibility of eachof us living there, forin the large cities theproblems affect morepeople and moreimportant matters,and thus bee 0 m emore intricate andharder to rightlysolve. Thus we of Chi- .cago, the fourth cityin the world in popu-lation, have each agreater responsibility and a graver duty incitizenship than have the people of almostany other city. Besides this mere matterof size, there are other conditions in con-nection with the growth of our city which add to our personal responsibilities. Itis not too much to say, probably, that,under the laws and the conditions of lifein Chicago today, each of us owes a greater duty of devo-t i o n to hissplendid citythan does thecitizen of anyother city inthe world.
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