The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . n; for we have no scales ofvalue by which we could compute, letus say, how low must be the death rateof town A to offset a superiority en-joyed by town B in the matter offire protection. An attempt to providea statistical basis for comparison onsome of the principal points to be con-sidered in such a connection is made ina study of American cities by studentsof Reed College, in Oregon, under thedirection of Professor William F. Og-burn, the results of which are presentedin unconventional spelling as SocialServis Series Bulletin No. 3 of saidcollege. Civic r
The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . n; for we have no scales ofvalue by which we could compute, letus say, how low must be the death rateof town A to offset a superiority en-joyed by town B in the matter offire protection. An attempt to providea statistical basis for comparison onsome of the principal points to be con-sidered in such a connection is made ina study of American cities by studentsof Reed College, in Oregon, under thedirection of Professor William F. Og-burn, the results of which are presentedin unconventional spelling as SocialServis Series Bulletin No. 3 of saidcollege. Civic reformers have given an effi-ciency rating to almost everythingwithin the sphere of municipal govern-ment that can be made susceptible to theprocess. They have hitherto shrunkfrom applying the test to city govern-ment as a whole, from ranking citiesaccording to a mathematical College thinks it can be done, hasdone it and presents a table giving therank of cities—but we are left guessing THE SURVEY FOR MARCH 2, 1918 599. ILLITERACY Percentage of population ten years old and over un-uble to write, in 1SH#. 1 Seattle ? 2 Portland, Ore. ? 3 Salt Lake City Mi ?! 4 Los Angeles am 5 St. Paul 2 1 ??San Francisco ??Denver ?? P. Knnsas City, Mn. ?!? 0 Minneapolis H 10 Omaha ??!! I! Indianapolis BBB 12 Cincinnati 8,1 ???? 13 Milwaukee ???•! 14 St. Louis •»•»??Buffalo ???? lt> Poston Baltimorelv t liicngn Ifi Philadelphia Cleveland 21 Springfield, 111 22 Washington, D. C 23 Detroit 24 Louisville 25 Newark20 Pittsburg 27 New York City 28 New Orleans 29 New Haven 30 ProvidenceCI Jacksonville 32 Memphis 33 Atlanta3! Scranton33 Birminghamc6 Charleston, S. C. how the credit numbers for each itemhave been arrived at. Thus, Seattle and Salt Lake Cityshare the honor of first place in thesummary table with a total of 215points, while Birmingham comes lastwith 523. It is doubtful, however,whether employers from every
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