Show clean community pays dividends to citizens city cleaning Is given the aspect of a national enterprise by file lie civic development department of the chamber chamb C r of commerce of the united states which reports that 1925 will see new records established in this field of civic activity chambers of commerce all over the country as taking tailing the illative in community housecleaning housed house cleaning for their guidance and the guidance of cities embarking upon antl anti litter campaigns the department has issued lu in response to many requests tor for suggestions gest ions a resume of the methods successfully cess fully followed in many of the larger cities where annual cleaning has become come an established community practice millions are being expended annually for the beautification of american cities it says in a foreword and then with careless and thoughtless abandon people scatter litter where they will and streets and parks bear mute testimony to their negligence cleaning up a city and keeping it clean the department holds Is not merely an esthetic unac undertaking rt akIng but sound business ample dividends are paid in the form of stable property values improved health conditions and decreased fire losses |