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them a fundamental form of expres- 
sion. There is failure, likewise, of 
the people to express themselves and 
their ideas. As our interest in hu- 
man life is in the distinctly personal, 
so is it in towns and cities. We 
need a local concept, a love and pride 
in local traditions and local ideas. 
Civic art furnishes the most available 
means to express these local customs 
and local aspirations, and only in 
expression do we truly possess them. 
One of the main obstacles to 
greater achievements in American 
cities is the cost. My final point, 
therefore, is to earnestly advocate a 
stopping of waste. Stopping waste, 
to my mind, however, does not mean 
primarily reduction of public expendi- 
ture, although there is a close rela- 
tion between moral reform and mate- 
rial progress. A more honest, eco- 
nomical and wiser expenditure is in- 
deed sorely needed and ultimately the 
change of policy proposed would lead 
here, as it has elsewhere, to a decided 
reduction in taxes. Germany has not 
only better housing, more parks, and 
greater provision for education, but 
also lower taxes. Yet at first we must 
effect our saving mainly' by prevent- 
ive measures and by a bold but well- 
considered and conservative invest- 
ment of capital. The main sources of 
this new wealth, the extent of which 
is beyond all estimate, is in the wiser 
husbanding of our aesthetic and hu- 
man as well as our natural resources 
in the promotion of health, in legis- 
lation that meets more successfully 
the needs of twentieth century city 
life, in doing things at the right time, 
especially as this applies to the pur- 
chase of land, and in doing things in 
the right way, using to our advantage 
science, art, skill and experience. By 
saving waste in these ways and by 
the timely investing (not spending) 
of public money in great enterprises, 
we shall be able to get without in- 
creased taxation many of the im- 
provements which we all now desire, 
but which we think we cannot afford. 
Fall Planting 
September — October — November 
PAnniAC Double Chinensis; order now. 
**'"_*''* 2 to 5 eye divisions. Splendid 
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small grounds. Our list of 90 varieties for 
Fall Planting, now ready. Ask for it. All 
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Phlnvpc Field-grown Hardy Phlox in 
I uiUAca ijegi; varieties, fine assort- 
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I-!ope German, 8 best varieties. Japan, 
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varieties. 
3 year clumps. Price list free. 
Address 
The Frank H. Wild Floral Co., Sarcozie, Mo 
Erected at Davenport, Iowa, in Central Park 
At the back of the ornamental houses are two bedding 
plant houses connected to the work room. 
The combining of the ornamental and practical this 
way is the tendency nowadays, and this group of 
houses is a fine example of how our Sectional Iron 
Frame Construction fills the bill. We do business by 
correspondence or personal representation, and will be 
glad to do it whichever way you want. We have a 
beautifully illustrated catalog. 
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