Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-26
Anxious to Aid.

anu water are AS perfect and prompt ~
any city In the country enjoy.
Anxious to Aid.
We are ready and anxious TO aid in the
commercial development which your ASSOC
cation has undertaken. only asking re-
einroeal effort on your part by aiding us
IN making Alexandria the great workshop
"hich VIII AFFORD employment for capital
a ss,.. .aoor o. Washington. from which great
CITY the business may be distributed
II the tender Of cooperation is received
an ,he spirit In which II Is made only mu-
seai Dement'S can result I inelose a map
Mr.. T. H, Finley sent to Mr.. Howe today
a pamphlet issued by a hotel in Alexan-
a,a, N which boom for Greater
. Alexandria Is launched. Mr. Howe sug-
gests that Washington hotels should also
send out boom booklets
Washington Among the First.
IN connection with the proposition 10
make this city publishing center. the fol-
lowing notes from Mr.. Alex. ID. Anderso,
VIII be of interest. He says that OF the
ioa principal cities OF the United States
oniy I'VE. New York. Chicago Philadelphia
boston and Cincinnati. are ahead of Wash
ington In value of the annual product ~
e ss'e ana loo printing. Washington is, In
ms respect, Mr.. Anderson states. ahead Of
st Louis. Brooklyn, Detroit Pittsh,,rv "a
many other big cities ''N
=. heterring TO. census reports. he states.
ACCORDING TO the census OF 1890 the total
value OF the ctty's product of book and tob
printing was $S.sii547. Adding TO this III,
value Of printing and publishing news
papers ana periodicals. which was sil7s-
5eI, we have total OF printing and nub-
fishing of all kinds of s5,oss ia in value
But this was the product seven years ago
a. ..e 'inle OF the census II has since in
creased very rapidly, and the annual total
Is today doubtless about 81, 600 600 In vaIt,e
s me iact that the republican. democratic.
ea n,,,, Popunst and other political parties
established their campaign headuuarters
here during the recent presidential cam
paign and prepared and published most OF
sneir literature here has called attention
anew TO the great advantages of washing
ton as a publishing center"
Advantages to Authors.
Mr.. Anderson continues: washington
Is the paradise of authors nv virtna of A..
libraries. archives and scientific institu-
tons Here historical, political. statistical.
scientific and other information can be Sc
cured which would be impossible elsewhere
Here they can live In congeniaI social
atmosphere. surrounded by a literary read
ing ana appreciative public. Probably in
no other city are books and periodicals read
as much as in Washington. For these and
various other reasons the publishing bust
ness here is rapidly assuming very large
proportions.
The fact that over one hundred of the
ieading newspapers OF the United States
nave permanent offices here In charge Of
their ablest writers gives unusual facilities
Tor the promotion of national and interna-
tlonal movements the development OF which
contains news items OF interest TO the gem
erai public. In other words, the promoters
here of great and newsy projects such. for
instance. as ship canal, worlds exposi-
ton, international naval review. Pan
american congress. reciprocity interna-
ional arbitration. etc, can keep I'm close
touch with the public more easily and sat
iSiactoriiy than In any other city. Here
also they can keep In touch with the Of
fetal representatives OF all leading nations
so clearly apparent are these advantages
that Washington is rapidly becoming the
business headquarters of those In charge OF
the promotion of great and important pub-
lie movements"
Best Facilities for Labor.
Then as to the advantages to labor. Mr..
Anderson says:
The class of manufactures that WILL be
located at Washington will naturally be of
the higher grades. requiring a nigh order
of intelligence and skill on the part of the
operatives. Here the mechanic and inventor
can study the models Of inventions in the
United States patent office, have the benefit
of the many scientific and other public
libraries and be in close touch with the va
rious scientific branches of the government
Here they will find the best of schools for
their children. surrounding places OF his
toric interest to visit on their HOLIDAYS
abundant and cheap food supplies as was
shown on previous pages, and various other
advantages which cannot be found else
where"
Mr.. Anderson also says 1t is fair TO desig-
nate the states within a radius OF zoo miles
Of Washington. and easily accessible either
by river, rail- or canal, as tributary coun-
try. The circle thus formed, he points out,
includes nearly all of Virginia, West Vir-
GINA, Maryland, Pennsylvania. New Jer-
sey and Delaware. Probably no other cap
ital city In the world. he states. mas tribu-
r.aalf rtaY.t a,aL sfa4N~ Of
as a natural foundation for the de-
velopment of great industries.
OF the six tributary states just mention
ed he adds the four most intimately asso-
ciated with Washington in a business way
the two Virginias. Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania-ere. to a greater or less extent min
ing states. To obtain a clear and compre-
hensive idea of the extent OF their mineral
resources he invites a contrast of their an
nual products with those of the states COM
monty known as the great mining states or
the west. contending that the section near
the capital city Will by no means suffer by
the comparison.
Statistics Quoted.
The Manufacturers Record gives the fol-
lowing figures as to the manufacturing in
terests In the District of Columbia: Capital
invested, In 1900, $4,000, 48s: in 1905 s20.-
1919, 1913; value of products. in 1900. SIG. 49,
4Os In 1905. SIS, $50. 159
It is also stated that factories in the
south are now producing goods to the value
of about 5000. 100000 annually. Between
1900 and 1905 the capital invested In them
from 1861, 701. S65 to $780,. J13.21T.
or by $500. 81 ,352 an average OF $f260o0.00
year. and the value Of their products In
creased from 81. 2S7 .5s9.667 to sl,7sI 7T6. 794.
or by $50 1877 127 an average of $11ooo0.O00
a year. Their capital increased 65 per cent
and the value of their products 44.4 per
cent while for the country al large the in
creases are estimated at a little more than
40 per cent In capital and just about 30 per