Chicago, in the early 1900's, was still a pioneer town. It was assimilating every level of society that was filtering westward. Corruption, if not accepted with grace, was accepted with resignation. Respectable businessmen often wondered if they could survive the circumstances surrounding them.
A campaign for civic improvement, however, was quietly under way, and this presaged a fierce battle for righteousness in which businessmen were to shed their cloaks of complacency and dig into the fight to give their city a right sense of direction. It is conceivable that Rotary might have been born under sunnier skies in…
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