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Download or read book The Modern Commonwealth, Vol. 5 written by Ernest Ludlow Bogart and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Modern Commonwealth, Vol. 5: 1893-1918 To write the history of recent events is at no time an easy task. But when this history concerns the development of a growing, dynamic body like the people of Illinois, the attempt to portray their manifold activities and constant readjustments becomes doubly difficult. This volume seeks to trace the main lines of economic, political, and social development during the past quarter century, and to indicate the measure of progress which the people of this state have achieved in these departments of human endeavor. After all is said it is a record of which any state might well be proud. Progress has been particularly marked in all lines of economic activity. The growth of population and of wealth, the steadily augmenting output of farm and factory and mine, the expansion of railway and other transportation facilities, and the improvements in agriculture, manufactures, banking, and commerce, all bear witness to the energy and successful achievements of the people. But the story is by no means confined to material improvement. With the growth in wealth has come an increasing application of that wealth and the interests of the people to the advancement of culture, of art, and of learning. And with the growth in leisure has come better understanding of political problems and a determination to solve them. During the last quarter of a century political development in the direction of better and more efficient government has been slow but steady. This growth has been especially noticeable in connection with the introduction of the merit system of appointment to the civil service and the reorganization of the principal administrative services on a more integrated and systematic basis. The increasing power of the governor over both legislation and administration is also noteworthy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.