Show benefits in it community co ff foresight are outlined outline a it ps a city just jlii as 83 it pays an la a to look ahead and plan its future most of the larger cities of america have hare accepted the lie idea some have been applying it with good results others have been inclined to lag in the latter class kansas city must be included A few lays days ago a promising move for regional planning in this metropolitan area was start started td in the city proper planning Is a familiar topic yet kansas city remains without a comprehensive program for development through a period of years with definite projects listed for attention in the order of their urgency as nearly nearis as ca can a be determined dei la in advance says the kansas city times that it Is practicable to frame such a plan has been shown chown by other cities notably chicago and more recently detroit in the latter a ten year program has been devised with listed and their approximate i cost and the necessary Dec essary tux tax rate e determined another example of a somewhat different type Is furnished by it Is announced that ernst construction ruction there much of it private will involve an expenditure of in the next ove five years through operative cooperative co effort the aint aim will be so to distribute the work through th the e years that employment and other conditions d it lons affected may be reasonably st stabilized a blitzen blitzed blit zed tile the program Is only in the stage of serious consideration but it invites attention through gli Us its obvious possibility and benefits it Is sold said that unemployment in the city Is only about t 5 3 per cent thus to ide work tor for all who might desire it would be neither difficult nor burdensome on the contrary it would be sound business procedure it suggests the feasibility of the hoover proposal for stabilizing employment by orderly plannIng planning y years e a r s ahead alfend with a reserve of cons construction ru C t lo 10 n pro projects jets and funds in its public and private undertakings the country will have to come around to this better way of doing business the cities especially ally are in position to exercise foresight and lay their plans for orderly businesslike development |