Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19

ton on their passage to market and Is re-
cefving back an ever-increasing volume of
merchandise and manufactured products to
supply its necessities Bringing the point
of distribution one step further south-to
the capftal-will have q stimulating effect
upon Its financial Institutions. large
volume Of money will be required to carry
on such operations. The means to finance
the distribution of goods must be furnished
here. Southern merchants will. many of
them, have deposits in Washington, while
the banks of the south will avail them
selves of exchange arrangements with the
banks and trust companies in Washington.
Banking will take on new features and the
capital will be called upon to afford special
facilities for handling drafts and CONNER
cial paper. 1t is thus distinct advantage
that the banks of Washington have already
laid the foundations for such operations
The money is here seeking investment and
the local banks have developed a strength
and confidence in the commercial world
which will be one of the controlling factors
in the transfer of the Jobbing trade to this
point. as it will be in the development of
industry as the time for it arrives.
In this review of the natural advantages
within the grasp Of the business men of
Washington little has been said of what is
required to start the expansion of trade
and Its accompanying industry upon sue
cessful lines. In the first place 1t is impor-
tant that the movement should command
the confidence and enthusiasm Of the bust
ness community and of that larger circle
to which the term public is applied. This
seems to have been measuYably accomplish
ed. From its inception the movement to or
ganize the shippers of the city and to find
means to increase jobbing trade has ad-
vanced until 1t has acquired strong mo-
mentum. The press has taken a public
spirited attitude on the subject and all
classes of the community have had good
things to say of the project. While the
question of better shipping facilities has
gone to the front prominently other things
have been discussed and the movement ha
now attained proportions which promise
we'll The organization now being COM
pleted will find much labor upon its hands
and will be called upon to overcome many
difficulties, the adjustment of rates and
shipping facilities being one. Even in this
incidental matter much has been accom-
plished in making public some of the weak
points OF the situation and In the concen-
tration of effort to remedy the defects of
the shipping system. That the problem will
yield to the application of business princi-
Piles and In the intelligent discussion of the
subject between the shippers and the trans
portation companies cannot be doubted.
Need Local Patriotism :.
Of equal Importance to the matter OF
shipping facilities is the hearty co-opera-
tion between the wholesalers and the re-
tailers of the city. If wholesale trade Is
to have a natural and healthy growth in
Washington 1t must command 8 large
best results both sides should be actu-
ated by local pride and an amiable spirit.
V holesalers should be willing to make
safe concessions in the way of prices, and
retailers should be willing to go to the
limit of good prices to help Washington
along. The consumers of Washington are
l.overbfally generous buyers. The retail
stores command as good or better prices
for their wares than merchants in other
cities. Trade. therefore, is on satisfac-
tory basis. and success in the upbuilding
OF the city is assured by all working to-
Eether for the common end. Unexcelled
advantages In the way of location, trans
portatfon and climate. backed by the pub
lie spirit OF the people of the capital. viii
carry the project 20 frRition.
The coming of tho Fffth-Sterling steel
plant to the District has practically shat
tered the century-old tradition that the
capital should be left free from the rattle
OF machinery and the sordidness of trade.
in the Greater Washington" to which
t6e city is now turning its attention that
tradition should be consigned to Oblivion.
NJ one expects that wholesale trade or
sputtering furnaces will invade the fed
srai District to the marring of its beauty
or the disturbance of Its serenity as the
abode OF the national government and all
that pertains thereto. Warehouses will
seek positions apart from the public
bsfldings and factories will center along
tho river banks. many Of them probably
aatsfde OF the District on land not now
tst upied Ter other purposeA It u fn-