The Washington times., 1906-12-30
KRIS Of WAH1INGTONC FUTURE,

central pavilion recalls the Arch OF Con-
stantine. Il VIII ofTer a greeting of inn
posing beauty to the visitor and leave
memory worthy Of our great Republic.
In addition TO these, a multitude of
private buildings are springing up on all
sides for club, business. and residential
purposes, the latter. particularly rival
ing any mansions heretofore erected
City's Beauty Unharmed.
So much for the new architectural de-
VelOpment-au OF which has the same
splendid setting Of the old in the miles
OF parks and driveways. sweeping vistas
Of embOwered thOroughfaTes and impos-
ing avenues. bright with flowers. foun-
tains and statues. which are such ad-
mlrable features OF this queen OF capl-
tails
These. and much more, portray the
beauty TO which the visiting thrOngs
have bowed. and the fear OF maTring this
perfection. o. possibly inJeTrupting fur
IheT development along such lines has
stayed The invasion of industry and COM
nerce.
That there are undeveloped and re-
maTkable possibilities for a colossal
commercial growth Is readily conceded.
That il is unfair 10 those fiaIJering pros
peCIs and the people so largely depen-
dent upon this development 10 hold aloof
from encouraging them is becoming ap-
larent, even 10 the esthetic worshipers
II is further. and with significant pro-
TTiety. asked, rs there. as Il matter of
fact. anything in the genius of demo-
cratic institutions that makes il in
compatible for the Capital of the United
State to have. win other cities OF its
class. a decent and respectable CONNER
Cial representation" A nation whose
fame has gone around the world, and
from pole to pole. on the wings OF COM
merce. could not disdain its nesting
within her Enclosures
Wall of TTadesmen.
We hear much of the bitterness OF
tradesmen in London and other Euro
Iean capitals when the court. by reason
OF Official mourning or any formal ne
cessity, abbreviates ITS seasons. A sum-
lar spirit gives expression here in Wash
InEton when the hustle and Whiri OF the
Congressional season is over or of brief
duration, as it will be this year.
Furthermore, il seems scarcely just
that while the scholar. the scientist. the
statesman. and the mulu-miLionaire are
each and all attracted to Washington as
place Of residence, its own youth have
little or no resources for livelihood ex-
cept in the departments most unde-
sirable lie for young and ambitious
manhood or wOmanhOod
Thus il becomes almost an obIiga-
tiOn that this utilitarian side OF the
city's interests should be developed
Broadsides Of eloquence and argument
are pouring through the press. and or
ganizatiOa of committee and club work
Is beginning 20 tell-Greater Washington
Is about 70 enter our gates,
The geographical situation OF ~. city
is favorable for shipping, and tai. with
the water power available is brought
forward as a most desirable and essen
tial feature for facilitating the great
work Of expansion.
Invite Invasion of Industry.
SO We behold the Washingtonian
whose home is here and who stays-not
Hitting back and forth as an oInciaI or
aPpendage of Congressional life-actualIy
soliciting, inVItins-all but impOrtuning
the invasion of industrial capital The
enthusiasm seems TO have reached
point where real campaign work is soon
10 be inaugurated
These cnterprising citizens smile
bro aQly at the incongruity OF a con
spicu0uslv commercial nation obiectinE
70 such development in it's capital.
They suggest that, having so long been
designated by the dollar sign, Amer
leans seem determined 10 keep its taint.
so far as trade IS concerned. from their
Capital
Some there are who, while favoring
commerce and trade, strenuousIy oppose
local factories. Others go further and
even approve the latter, provided they
use electric power, thus avoiding all
smoke nuisance In this. wise sentiment
is gradually melting before the warm
and ardent advance of municipal ex-
pansion with industrial enterprise in the
foreground.
After all. factories are here now
and have been all the time. Simply
because they do not becIoud the atmos-
phere with smoke and offend sensitive
ana critical taste no notice has been
taken of them,
Washington, Railway Terminus.
Washington, situated at the head wa
ters of the Potomac, is accessible to /
all seapOrts of the world 1t is, fur
theremore, the terminus of Southern |
railways systems, which empty their /
freight upon the Pennsylvania system |
Tor the North and South. Thus. with /
The great matter OF transportation /
made easy. all of the rest follows
In this way is enthusiasm wedcins |
its way into opposing prejudice tin it /
IS only a matter of time when all OF /
Washington will be permeated with an /
interest, if not zeal, eviuced by those /
of a commercial spirit.
So will the dainty. ladylike Capital |
have added another attribute To her /
many distinctions. Having been 4 /
scholarly, social, scientific, and legis- /
lative center she will also become a i
hive OF happy industry and a mart of [
far-reaching commerce. To be sure, /
three may be some sacridce-there al |
WAYS is-but none that is scarcely COM |
parable with the gain. If only her |
youth is lifted from the peonage of de-
partmental servitude into the oppor- /
tune, the wholesome field of genuine |
usefulness and effort. it will prove /
blessing better and brighter beyond any
beam % It's civic aiory.
Why Tourists Come Here.
The upbulding Of the commercial and |
Washington Will in no way
detract from. hinder. or reta,d the up 1