The Washington times., 1907-05-19

washington is as certain to grow as
the United States itself" said Charles
r. Wallraff. treasurer of the Moore 4
Hill Company. in talking with repre-
sentative of The Times on the subject
OF realty in the National Capital as an
investment.
THE reasons for this growth are very
numerous. more so than appertain 70
any other city in the country Entire
~ apart from the main reason that il
IL the capital of nation that is forg-
ing ahead at a tremendous rate in the
matter of population, wealth. and world
influence, is the fact that all cities after
having reached a certain size, say lO.-
900. or anyway 10000. grow naturally
This is true. not alone in America, but
elsewhere as we'll Washington. already
third OF a ElilliOn, would consequently
have her proportionate natural increase
This feature. however. is the least 10 DC
considered in Washington's particular
case.
Capital Most Powerful City.
1.-THE fact that Washington is the
capital and the capital Of such coun-
try. is. of course. the biggest asset IN
her favor. II is the history of the world
that the capital of a country has beer
SITS most powerful city. This. with few
exceptions. has been the rule. Today
Washington alone stands among the
world powers as the only capital that
IS not the metropolis as we'll 1t might
he concluded that some of these others
are more fortunately situated. as relat-
ing 10 harbor facilities, for instance, but
~ Thames
London. the Seine at Paris. the Spree at
Berlin. the Neva at St. Petersburg, and
the Tiber at Rome, none of them com
pare in size and draft with the Potomac
at Washington The climate here Is
eduable. There is neither the cold o.
Russia's capital, nor the fog OF Lon
don It is convenient by rail 10 all the
great centers of every section and is th'
natural gateway between the financial
heart of the country, the East. and IN
coming empire of the Southwest. More
over. as with all countries. there is tha1
tendency to centralize at the capital
This was the case even before th'
advent Of railroads or the use Of steam
Political and social life have Away
been intimately connected, and tn
capital city has always been the foca
point. The spoils of conquest have al
ways gone there, just as today go tn
fruits of trade. washington is realiz
ing this in rapidly increasing ratio
With more nnillionaires in this countr,
than all the other countries Of tn
world combined. the Unions Capital viii
become more and more dwelling plac
OF the rich.
Social Life Attracts.
.'The social life here, with its ope
sesame to social life elsewhere, both i
this country and abroad, is an elemer
10 attract. To be near to and NOR
closely in touch with those who fran
the laws which may affect favorably G
adversely their own interests is anothe
potent influence with the men Of wealth
That Washington, with her beautifJ
streets, parks. and buildings, and he
mild winter climate. affords an ides
place for costly homes admits of n
arguments.
ct is natural that it should becom
the very center Of what is best in ar
science. music. literature. and educa
ton The last winter saw the holdin
here in washington of the first Amer
can Salon of Art. The governments
museums. including the Smithsonia
and National. ranking high among tn
worlds treasures. are growing rapidly
with new 100000 building on the wa
to make room for the augmented CO.
lections With three great universitie
Gall growing) and buildings erected "a
the use of the fourth, and innumerab l
colleges. seminaries and schools. Wash
ington is recognized as the coming edU
cationaI center The great Library q
Congress is an educational force alOn
that is not as fully recognized by thos
OF us here as by others from a distanc,
The growth Of the business of tn
General Government is not the leas
element Of growth that means enhance
ment. To keep pace with the growth
population and the manifold interests G
this country, the governmental ma
chinery will during the present genera
ton come to require the services Of a
army Of people nearly twice as larg
as the number at present employed.
Another feature to attract to Wasf
inEton and'onc greatly TO be considere
by the investor is the low tax rate her,