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THE SHAME OF THE CITIES
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introduction; and Some Conclusions | 3 |
| Tweed Days in St. Louis | 29 |
| The Shame of Minneapolis | 63 |
| The Shamelessness of St. Louis | 101 |
| Pittsburg: A City Ashamed | 147 |
| Philadelphia: Corrupt and Contented | 193 |
| Chicago: Half Free and Fighting On | 233 |
| New York: Good Government to the Test | 279 |
INTRODUCTION; AND SOME CONCLUSIONS
This is not a book. It is a collection of articlesreprinted from McClure’s Magazine. Done asjournalism, they are journalism still, and nofurther pretensions are set up for them in theirnew dress. This classification may seem pretentiousenough; certainly it would if I should confesswhat claims I make for my profession. Butno matter about that; I insist upon the journalism.And there is my justification for separatingfrom the bound volumes of the magazineand republishing, practically without re-editing,my accounts as a reporter of the shame of Americancities. They were written with a purpose,they were published serially with a purpose, andthey are reprinted now together to further thatsame purpose, which was and is—to sound for thecivic pride of an apparently shameless citizenship.
There must be such a thing, we reasoned. Allour big boasting could not be empty vanity, norour pious pretensions