But in communities where there is poverty and ignorance, the conditions are ripe for the growth of a boss.

Moreover, wherever big business interests are liable either to be improperly favored or improperly discriminated against and blackmailed by public officials--and the result is just as vicious in one case as in the other--the boss is almost certain to develop.

The best way of getting at this type of boss is by keeping the public conscience aroused and alert, so that it will tolerate neither improper attack upon, nor improper favoritism towards, these corporations, and will quickly punish any public servant guilty of either.
There is often much good in the type of boss, especially common in big cities, who fulfills towards the people of his district in rough and ready fashion the position of friend and protector.

He uses his influence to get jobs for young men who need them.

He goes into court for a wild young fellow who has gotten into trouble.