Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02

years, sO,s47. Per cent, 800 Washington.
population, 27S,7 1S. Increase last ten
years, 1926 Per cent, 21O. Newark,
population, 246070. Increase last ten years,
Is, $40. Per cent 1873.
Outside of the government establishments
the amount of capital invested in Washing
ton is about twenty-four million dollars,
against seventy-two millions or 300 per
cent more in Detroit; one hundred and ten
millions, or $50 per cent more in Milwau-
kee; one hundred and three millions, or
42o per cent more In Newark.
The factory product of Washington out
side the government establishments is
small The census report says Washington
Is not a manufacturing city in the general
significance of the term, having only neigh
borhood industries for local consumption
Very little is manufactured for use outside
of Washington. The number of establish
ments is pretty large, but they are mostly
small shops. The factory products in such
constant demand not made here are shown
in the following list (taken from the CEN
sus): Automobiles, boots and shoes,
clothing, carpets and rugs, carriages and
wagons, cars (street and steam), chemicals,
clocks, cordage and Irvine, cotton goods.
cutlery, electrical apparatus, enameled
goods, furniture, glass. gloves and mittens,
hardware, hosiery and knit goods hats and
caps, iron and Steel iron work, jewelry,
leather, leather goods, lumber and timber
products, musical instruments pianos etc,
paper and wood pulp, paper hangfngs ships
CNooden), ships Qron and steeD, shirts
sewing machines. silk and silk goods, sill
verware, stamped ware. heating apparatus
sugar refining, tobacco and cigarettes,
typewriters, varnish, watch cases, window
shades. wooden goods. worsted goods.
The building trades show the largest ag-
gregate of products, s1l,5O0,0o0; the next
printing and publishing. 81 .o00, 900, and the
next, malt liquors, 81 100000. The number
of persons employed in the so-called hand
trades, carpentering, masonry, painting of
every description, dressmaking, custom tai
loring, etc, SO necessary a part of the
building and repairing of Washington, are
about the same per cent to the population
as in other cities. The census reports 319
establishments with product of less than
$500. OF government establishments there
are So, with product of about $4,000, 900,
about the same as the cost Of two battle
ships.
Great Opportunities.
This list indicates what unusual opportu-
mites there are for manufacturers to en-
gage in business here to supply the con-
stantly increasing demand for government
supplies of every description, for city con-
sumption and shipment elsewhere. The
fear that the presence of manufacturing
plants would lessen the desirability of
Washington as a place OIL residence should
not disturb anybody who would take time
to consider the matter. The construction
and management of all establishments
District Commissioners who. through the
building and sanitary inspectors, exercise
a supervision. as in Berlin which in many
cases there hampertng and annoying to
manufacturers protects the rights and
comforts of the public and reduces the dirt
and noise of manufacturing processes to a
minimum. Practically all the large ma
chine shops, foundries and other establish
ments which make a large use of coal as
fuel would be located in the outlying SUBJ
urbs, equipped with chimneys and fur
naces SO skillfully constructed that very
little smoke would be left unconsumed. A
large and constantly increasing percentage
would be driven by motors which use cleo
tricity, OIL gasoline or alcohol as fuel and
produce no smoke.
The utilization of the power of lie Great
Falls of the Potomac by its new owners
will soon be undertaken for the production
of electricity to run street cars and other
industries This natural water power is
said to be sufficient to supply the entire
c,,y of Washington with light, heat and
motive power without the consumption of
any coal.
AS the European capitals are the largest
cities of their countries, the thought arises
will not the American capital in time be-
come the largest in the United States If all
Its natural and other advantages are
awaited of to their full extent? Confidence
Is said to be a plant of slow growth.
Americans generally have not shown much
confidence in Washington. But this is
changing now in a marked degree, and the
position of Washington. the capital, as a
government and social center and for bust
ness is becoming better known and appre-
ciated. There were in the first century of
its history many reasons why its growth
was delayed. 1t had a tremendous setback
by the burning of the Capitol In 1914. The
country a nation was very small when
Washington and l. Enfant laid the city out
but by the foresight of its founder it was
planned on a magnificent scale with great
wisdom and engineering skill to accomme-
date million more people. 1t had to
grow slowly at first. as the government in
and 1t had very few resources of its own
1t was forty years in reaching $1,000 in
population. This was before the days of
railroads. For years the frequent talk of
removal, as IL mere county seat instead
of permanent seat of government, deferred
its growth. The impending crisis before
the election of Lincoln delayed develop
ment During the war the city was too
close to the struggle to .e benefited as the
cities further north Before this the ex-
istence of slavery in the District of Column
bia and in the surrounding states of itself
held it back. Then. for about fifteen years
nificence of it's plan, having to wait for the
great genius of Shepherd to make the I'M
couth city as beautiful as designed by
Washington and L'Enfant, as Paris had
to be transformed by the splendid opera
tons of Haussman. Since 1880 the mag
nificence of its plan has every year made
more friends, till now 1t is the admiration
of all visitors.
Still Backward.
Now, while a goodly number of cities