CHAPTER IX 



THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY ORGAN- 

 IZATIONS OF NEW YORK 



Government increasingly touches the individual 

 as the development of the State progresses. While 

 in some respects it places restrictions on his actions 

 and movements, at the same time it gives him a 

 larger measure of freedom and a higher degree of 

 efficiency. The true function of the State, using 

 this term in a broad way to represent all govern- 

 mental organizations, is sometimes lost sight of, and 

 it is conceived to be a sort of impersonal overlord to 

 be exploited by some and evaded by others, according 

 to their individual situation. The one breeds the 

 mere political heeler and the privileged interests. 

 The other develops the poacher, the short weighers, 

 the profiteers, and the intriguers of all sorts. 



Government is a combination of institutions to 

 do for individuals singly and collectively what they 

 alone can not accomplish so well. This is the real 

 governmental function to be kept steadily in mind 

 as the ideal and is the principle that should guide in 

 testing each new idea in legislation. 



Strictly speaking, there is no sharp distinction of 



interests between city and country. They are only 



a little different in qualitv, and the best interest of 



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