NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The Building Operations along the North Shore 
are in their beginnings. Remarkable changes have 
taken place in the last fifty years and the next fifty 
years will see changes equally important. The North 
Shore must prosper. The development of the shore 
line, however, is but a small part of the possibilities 
of the section. The foot-hills along the shore have 
been claimed and transformed by the best skill of gar- 
deners and landscape artists; but the open land beyond 
the foot-hills along the shore line are still open. In the 
next half century these wooded heights will be trans- 
formed, from Montserrat to Ipswich, and from Essex 
to East Gloucester, into a great holiday playground 
for the vacation seekers from all over America. The 
recent transfer of land at Beverly Farms and the one 
in Manchester are re-transfers of land already claimed 
for summer residences, but a new movement in the 
woodlands beyond the foothills along the shore is in- 
evitable. Such growth will not be rapid and conse- 
quently will be a wholesome development. Speculation 
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wait. The men of the world will come knocking at 
our doors laden with the fruitage of countless indus- 
tries to develop the shore line of the North Shore. 
The Good Will with which Manchester’s proposi- 
tion to the Horticultural Society was received and act- 
ed upon by that society augurs well for the future. 
The proposed method effectually removes the problem 
of town forestation from politics. The appointments 
have been made by the society and there is every rea- 
son to feel that the work of the new commission will 
be taken up immediately, intelligently and effectively. 
Representatives from the North Shore districts 
may be counted upon to vote right when the roll is 
called on the Bar and Bottle bill. The measure has 
been the most effective social reform bill passed by the 
legislature in recent years. It ought to remain on the 
statutes. 
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The C. W. Morse Collection of Ants has been 
and real estate promoting, so-called, and the best in- 
Nothing will 
terests of the shore are not consonant. 
land development in a shore terri- 
than ‘‘sechemes’’ for land develop- 
The North Shore has the chance, it has the land 
and it has the natural beauties and it can afford to 
destroy wholesome 
tory more quickly 
ment. 
sects. 
be re-learned. 
CONFERENCE ON TOWN 
AND CITY PROGRESS. 
Will be held Saturday at Boston on 
Invitation of Gov. Walsh. 
The following letter has been sent 
out by Governor Walsh, to town and 
city officials and men and women of 
influence in the hope of awakening 
an interest in the important prob- 
lems of city and town progress: 
‘<<here have been held in various 
cities conferences dealing with the 
development of argricultural and 
rural life. Why should we not have 
a conference to consider the impor- 
tant problems of city and town pro- 
gress,—a discussion of the ways and 
means of making the cities and 
towns of Massachusetts better places 
in which to live and work, and grow- 
ing and prosperous communities of 
greater opportunity for every indi- 
vidual who lives in them? This 
question has been much in my mind 
and I have decided to ask you to at- 
tend such a conference, the first of 
its kind ever held by any state in 
this country. 
‘By calling this conference, to be 
held beginning at 9:30 A. M. in 
Ford Hall, Boston, Saturday, April 
4th, I hope to express the purpose 
of the Commonwealth to contribute 
more actively to the progress and 
prosperity of her communities. It 
will be conducted by men widely 
experienced in planning and secur- 
ing the progress and development 
of cities and towns. Suggestions of 
practical benefit should emanate, 
and the results, I hope, will be far- 
reaching. 
‘Men frequently speak of city 
and town development with a feel- 
ing of awe, as if there were a mys- 
tery about it. As a matter of fact, 
it requires just the same ordered 
fore-thought and systematic applica- 
tion of every-day common sense and 
energy that is necessary to the up- 
building of a _ private enterprise. 
Cities in this and other countries 
that have appreciated the problems 
of what makes for industrial and 
commercial prosperity are making 
progress quite as spectacular as are 
some of the larger business corpora- 
tions. Therefore this conference 
will discuss the future of manufac- 
turing and agriculture in Massachu- 
setts. 
“The great tidal wave sets to- 
ward our larger towns and cities. 
Massachusetts has more than 105 
such communities, all with a popula- 
tion-of over 5,000. It is time that 
we began more seriously to plan and 
build them for the greatest future 
that can be theirs. A multitude of 
problems enter into the best city 
planning and city building. This 
conference is called for the purpose 
of getting information and practical 
suggestion that will assist in mak- 
our cities and towns greater in the 
entire field of civic achievement and 
industrial progress. It will discuss 
methods of securing these benefits 
without burdensome and unneces- 
sary increase in taxation. 
‘Ours is one of the. greatest in- 
dustrial States of the Union, Let 
barred from the country by the Department of Agri- 
culture at Washington because they are injurious in- 
It is evident that the gypsy moth experience 
has taught this country a lesson that does not need to 
us keep her in the forefront as such. 
Our factories and their products are 
known in every corner of the civil- 
ized world. Let us extend their in- 
fluence and add to their reputation. 
Will you help? 
‘We shall have capable assist- 
ance. Benjamin M. Rastall, direc- 
tor of the Municipal Service Bureau 
of New York City and a man of 
national reputation in development 
work, has accepted my invitation to 
lead the conference. John H. Fahey 
of Boston, the newly elected Presi- 
dent of the Chamber of Commerce 
of the United States of America, 
vill act as chairman. A committee 
on arrangements has been appoint- 
ed from among the secretaries of 
the various business and commer- 
cial organizations of Massachusetts. 
‘“‘T propose, with your assistance, 
that Massachusetts shall lead the 
states in a great movement for city 
and town development, in all that 
makes for the beauty of order, 
health, edueation, happiness of life 
and sane industrial progress. 1 
shall very much appreciate your ex- 
tending this invitation to those in 
your community who may be inter- 
ested in this undertaking; and I 
shall appreciate an early reply, that 
I may know the extent of the at- 
tendance and co-operation that may 
be expected. 
“David I. Walsh, Governor.”’ 
Sincerity strengthens every nerve 
and fiber of your being—it gives you 
a wholesome, manly courage that 
brings results—that wus, 
