OCR Text |
Show CITIES ARE ENTITLED TO WHAT IS DUE &y THEM; SO IS TIE COUNTRY. HB Plant a more or less largo city in a stato and kB forever after there is more or less wrangling K throughout tho rest of tho stato and with tho ,-JB city authorities themselves as to the rights, ' B standing, advantages, menaces nnd worthless . ''SBm ness of said city. Invariably tho citizens nnd HB citizencsses of the city think the stato couldn't , H get along without their town, whilo the nntlycs ffB of the rest of tho sUto firmly bclievo that they B could very well prosper without having the H metropolis within their state borufirfl. jB -iv ." depends on tho po'nt of view, of course; H, but fteogmplticnl limitations seem to determine Bv tho viewpoint to n nlcoty. What to tho metro- B politanlto Is i womlorful achievement to other citizens of tho statu npPArft JiloflyuVio nnd-mlcro- B scoplc. What to thO rural or small burg dweller BBV makes a nolso llko fine crops is beneath notice to bybybV tho hi tr town norson. BV Tho Pftn, distrust applies to government. BBb Scarcely a largo city in tho country that is not BBV situated in n stato that is profoundly jealous re-HH re-HH gnrding its influcnco with the legislature, and 4 JB scarcely a largo city that docs not believe its just t 1 powers in tho legislature nro curtailed by counts coun-ts K try representation. B Perhaps the truth lies in the prcmiso that un-. un-. BBbI dor no circumstances'should n largo city be por-0 por-0 ,'Bfl mittcd to "run" the stato in which it is situated, BB an(i by n slmllnr token no stato should attempt BBV t "run" its largo city or cities. As part of the B state, the city of course, is amenable to its laws. BB Hut that doesn't mean that tho stato should pass . PBB Iaws fr tno Prnn0 purpose of "getting at" the 3 B city, except when the end desired is n reasonable BmB BS In a way, the Inrgo cities in a stato bear tho BBV same resomblanco to tho commonwealth ns tho ' !BBBBBbT hitter bears to tho federal government. And all c should work in harmony, for in this there is flB strength. |