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Show I Now York is tho capital of tho United Stntes. NCW" York 11 ,ins '"s sinco BUCCCC1C(1 Philadelphia nnd Boston ns the pre-eminent city of the OHO. country. As grcnt ns is tho commercial nnd finan-C1 finan-C1 cinl importnncc of New York, it is not thoso ProfoldllS fnctors nlono thnt make tho city n capital. It is tho representation of n pnrtieulnr qunl- ity in its populntion thnt iB tho real cnuso By Dr. NICHOLAS M. BUTLEB, of its pre-eminence. rmldnlC.ImbUUol,.f.lir. T,0 rcgult of th mngnetic power Qf Ncw I hbJZZZZZJ Yrk to draw the best from everywhere to itself litis given to it a largo group of scien-ists, scien-ists, men of letters, nrtists nnd commercinl nnd finnncinl lenders, thnt will strengthen each yenr tho right of tho city to bo recognized ns the cnpitnl. In no ono field of work is this moro true thnn in tho publishing business, for instnnce. Thousnnds of books, mngnzines nnd nowspapors are sent broadcast from here each yenr over tho world, bearing tho impress of New York's judgment and point of view. Capitnl cities nro most severe critics of themselves. Their men and their press point out evils nnd ugliness thnt to nn outsider would never bo observed. The situation, moreover, in n capitnl city is never so bnd ns tho peoplo who live in it think. Less important places nnturally boast more. Capital cities nlways benr n disproportionate share of national respond sibilitics and duties. Their populntion is heterogeneous and their problems prob-lems are correspondingly severe New York, with tho most heterogeneous populntion of nny city in tho world, hns the most difficult problems of all. If tho populntion of Ncw York goes on increasing nt tho present rato it will bo, before tho end of nnother generation, n city of 10,000,000 peoplo. peo-plo. Certainly tho territory immedintcly surrounding tho water front of New York Bny will within that timo see so enormous a muss of peoplo gathered together. With a city of so vnst n size oven now in sight tho pressure of tho problems of government, educntion nnd even mero living, becomes moro nnd moro severe. Now is the time for broad-minded men to plan for tho future. Now is tho timo to plnn rnilwny ter- ss. minnls, dock systems, grent public buildings, nnd thnt which nbovo nil elso will require tho best fl$-iftt thought thnt enn bo given to it, tho establishing wf&ylp of a strong but clnstio form of government thnt ratOl will hnrmonizo nnd unify the many elements of tho S city. |
