Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-11


can demonstrate the highest progress in archi-
lecture. in art. in science, in agencies for the
development of the resources of the whole
country and in all that can add to its magnifi-
cence and beauty. Here grateful people have
erected n monument to the memory of the
father Of his country taller than the pyramids.
Here are statues and monuments to testify the
gratitude of the American people to heroes and
statesmen and scientists and men illustrlous as
benefactors Of our race. These occasion
may require. should be multiplied among the
flowers that bloom IN the parks and circles that
adorn this beautiful CITY,
More than half the real estate wealth of this
city is directly the property of the nation. All
the money appropriated by Congress to erect
buildings for convenience in the administra-
ton of the government, all expended to adorn
the capital, adds to the value of a common heri-
tage for this and the generations to come.
When citizens or subj ects of foreign nations
visit the United States, they, to a large extent,
come to the capital. and they Judge the char
acter of our people, the utility of our form of
government and the effect of institutions
bv what they here see. A magnificent capital
city inspires respect at home and abroad, it in
vites to our shores enterprise and wealth from
other countries, and by demonstrating our own
love Of country and exhibiting our resources
and capacity 1t contributes to preserve the
peace of the world
wAsHINaToNs FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
institutions of this city, because they. too.
demonstrate at home and abroad the skill and
integrity of the eminent citizens who have Or
ganized and who manage them, and the multi
piled and the multiplying financial resources
of the American people. Among these institu-
tons We may withoutany invidious distinctions,
name as one in which every citizen may take
Just pride that which has reared this magnifi-
cent structure where assembled
The Washington Loan and Trust Company.
This and other eminently useful financial inst-
tutions Of the city do honor alike to the capital
city and to the nation.
1t may be said to the credit of the great re-
public that it is unsurpassed among nations for
tine reputation of its statesmen and its finan-
ciers. Financial resources, skill to manage
them, integrity and good faith are among the
solid pillars on which national power and per-
petuity must rest. The American people always
have held up. and they always will hold up the
hands of any administration in power and aid
it in maintaining the public credit national
honor and integrity. American financial in
tegrity, good faith and honor have never been
broken nor sullied and they never will be, no
matter who may fill the presidential Office And
the American people will never consent that
American dollars, American credit, or
American financial integrity shall be less val
liable than those of the greatest nations of the
world. Deprecated currency and deprecated
dollars rob labor, defraud creditors debauch
the public conscience. drive good money out
of circulation and thus paralyZe commerce and
industry.
And, as the American name and character
and power are known and honored through
out the nations of the earth" 80 should the
American financial skill and American money