"PRESENT DAY PROBLEMS"

Hon. John F. Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, spoke on "Present Day Problems" before the St. Paul's Catholic Club last evening. In discussing the problems which Boston faces today, Mayor Fitzgerald laid great emphasis on the dock situation. Boston has facilities and advantages which if properly developed would make the city one of the important ports of the world, and it is only the lack of Massachusetts capital that now hinders such a development.

Mayor Fitzgerald spoke also of the deplorable absence of the financial leaders of the city from the field of government. Speaking of the recent attacks on the efficiency of Boston government as compared with that of most German cities, the speaker pointed out that for American government only a very small proportion of the accumulated wealth of the country is available, while in Europe the income tax brings to the municipal treasuries enormous sums. Boston has the power and the opportunity to become the close rival of New York City in the commercial world, but things will remain at a standstill until the financial leaders of the city realize the civic obligations before them.