. Water & sewage works . SAND piles for the little tots in the public playgrounds and parks of various citiesare as important as the ball grounds and athletic fields for the older illustration shows a sand pile in one of the parks of Minneapolis. August, WJ^ ^g3^^i^gp^r##^Miiiiteiai^^iiMi^^ EDITORIAL. WE GET WHAT WE DESERVE The investigator of city governments and their results ultimately ar-rives at two conclusions which may seem to be contradictory, but they areboth logical results of observed facts and simply state two phases of thegeneral principle that the city enjoys the kin
. Water & sewage works . SAND piles for the little tots in the public playgrounds and parks of various citiesare as important as the ball grounds and athletic fields for the older illustration shows a sand pile in one of the parks of Minneapolis. August, WJ^ ^g3^^i^gp^r##^Miiiiteiai^^iiMi^^ EDITORIAL. WE GET WHAT WE DESERVE The investigator of city governments and their results ultimately ar-rives at two conclusions which may seem to be contradictory, but they areboth logical results of observed facts and simply state two phases of thegeneral principle that the city enjoys the kind of government which its cit-izens desire. On the one side it may be shown by a number of examples that the re-sults of city government are independent of its form. Thus one city seemsto have no central authority beyond that of the city council over appropri-ations and some appointments, but the results of its government are excel-lent from almost every point of view. Its construction department is ob-taining the best of results in paving, sewerage and sewage disposal, bridgesand viaducts. Its water department, while handicapped b} insufficient ap-propriations, is kept in the best possible condition. Its police departmentis doing wonders in cleaning up vicious conditions, even against the oppo-sition, tho
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