The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-09
written for the posr.
Letter From the Capitol.

llEIOu Wy, lnt lluAl'll y NuIll'l' uiiN
in one sense the peoples home
Extravagant land values and what
seem cxtortionate rents, make il
more expensive to stay here than II
should be. In the world i'll the gen
cral scramble. every one seems dis
posed to get his share, and on this
score the land owners and real es
tate agents i'll this city seem deter
mined not to be left behind Rep
rcscntatiyc Atkinson, in II conycrsa
tiun with us expressed the opinion
that the Washington people know
ing that the government paid vel
for the service rendered it, guagcd
their prices in accordance. In this
particular we think this is true but
the markets are low here, and the
competition in trade * such as
make prices low for wares of various
kinds. If those who control prop
crty here observed the golden rule,
Washington would not be an cXpcn.
-iyc place 10 live in, speaking com.
parativcly.
~ to its attractions it would re
quirc many columns TO properly set
them forth If there is another city
like Washington, in the United
States, or in the Old World, where
is it? The city of magnificent dis
tanccs' the city where the govern
mCnt affords free entertainment to
interest people for an indefinite
period, the city of noi~clcs- and clean
streets, its system of paving and
strcct-clcaning being Il model 4
city of wide avenues, neat and clc-
giant homes, statues, and mouu-
mcnts, and parks, make il place
that differs from all others. Here
city and country life are beautifully
blended. \ few minutes walk takes
Il person from one to the other.
In this letter il would be useless
W commence VII t'SCl lpllOllN vi
even partial ones, of the many places
of interest. Here people gather
from all parts of our country, and
Struggling ones from all parts of the
world This makes it decidedly cos
mopoltan. The student in most any
line finds here full opportunity.
The original intention in laying
out Washington. was to have the
Capitol represent the hub of Il
wheel, and the White House to rep
resent another center of the same
kind. The lcttcrcd streets run east
and west, and the numbered ones
north and south. 1t was thought
originally that the principal part of
the city would be east of the Capt.
tol, but the cNtrayaguut demands of
the land owners in that section Iii
vertod this intention, and instead
the city grew. and has continued to
grow towards the setting sun. Some
of the homes here are so costly that
they amount to fully onc-half of the
assessed valuation of property in
towns of over one thousand popula-
tion.
Can the present administration
speak for better things for the peo-
pie of this country For We think il
is apparent, that IN christian tone.
good intention, high purpose, in
tesrity, and on the average ability,
this country has never been better
represented in its Executive, and in
looking over the two representative
bodies we find many from whom we
have reason to expect good results
The House and Senate have many
men i'll them of worth and ability
and the country which has reason to
look for much will anxiously await
the result, Questions of greaterand
less magnitude are before us as
people, and We do not expect that
those who have been sent here to
weigh and act on these questions
will shirk their responsibility. The
country has three great questions
before it first the negro problem
then the liquor question then, that
of trust and monopoly. As to the
first probably none living are so
wise rs to solve it, yet like Blanchos
Ghost il continues and will continue
to rise before us. The others while
hard of solution seem more within
reach in the matter of trusts we
think the President has struck the
key note. We have the money ques-
tion, the tariff, Civil Service. Civil
Service is probably thought over
and discussed more in this city than
in other places, for here it directly
concerns not only our representa-
lives, but thousands in the employ
of the government. The rule is that
there are two sides to every ques-
ton, and this is certainly no excep-
tion. We mention some points pro