Abstract

Chicago: Two Exhibits

To give a comprehensive idea of the political and economic forces which have brought about the chaos of contradictions which is Chicago, Illinois would require more space than it can take. It is common knowledge, of course, that a political administration riddled with petty larceny and a financial oligarchy dedicated to the grander varieties have combined to produce in Chicago one of the worst city governments in the world's history. Beyond the Loop stretch the dismal reaches of a great American city, manufacturing centers alternating with endless blocks of dirty gray houses where human beings must live. In empty rooms, empty houses, empty buildings, dead plate glass windows reflect the dreary scene. Only the hum of activity could give these horrible buildings any reason for existing.