Show I Their I ot Time The growing ro Importance of honest homiest an and efficient municipal government go Is I shown by hy the time nt of time the census bureau that thieve there are ure now 1 2 Inthe In It the time United States State with more than Inhabitants Fort Forty of or those communities communities ties ha have hae e more than a hundred ed thousand thousand thou thou- Fan sand residents each Fifteen l of ot them theta ha have e more than In Iii 1303 1905 the year cOlle red covered l lJ by this inquiry the In Income Income income in- in come of ot all aU time the municipalities thus thul listed list list- ed od amounted lo to 01 or or more than titan lie tho of cc the limb national revenues re 8 gum gov government If tr the department Is excluded There Is no ito doubt that marked gains havo been scored In urban population In the time la last t two LiVO years ear while It is s a fl matter matter matter mat mat- ter of or common observation that tho general tide tillo of municipal disbursement l is IN steadily ll rising What hat more moro conclusive con con- cJu elusive l e proof could coul be given I cn as to u the time truth of tho timo belief that tint clean Intelligent Intelli gent ont civic a administration Ira has bus become a problem which deman demands s the earnest attention of tho the best minds of or the countr country coun coun- tr try Nor Is It to be b. supposed that lint the time vcr very big cities have o a monopoly of or difficulties los Communities tics of ot moderate size izo ofton orton face tace on a smaller scale the vital problems of pelting getting clean and amid well paved streets adequate accommodations ac nc- an effective police force decent metho methods of oC passenger transportation transportation trans trans- and amid Integrity In the expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- iture i- i ture of oC their public funds |