Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17


things. 1 am sure the people of the
country at large would approve our TAX
ing it over and would be glad to admit
another obligation to the Id Dominion
II don't know that Washington is the
best governed city in the United States
certainly 1t Is among those that may be
said to be well governed. But there are
a good many steps that might be taken
to better 1t.
I'VE are all learning a good deal about
health and the means Of preserving 1t. !
think there Is grand opportunity for re-
form in the matter OF the suppression of
dust and also in the matter of the sup
preston Of flies and mosquitoes.
Those of us who have TO live here dur
Ing the summer, and whose fortune d.
reefs their view down to the beautiful
Potomac. must always carry in mind
beautiful as that vista is-that it is up
that avenue that the mosquitoes and the
flies come.
Steps Toward Development
we have although not formally.
hope. actually taken the one step that
was essential to the proper develop
ment of Washington. The Senate has
approved, and I think the House tacitly
is acQuiescing In the plan for the
development of Washington that fol-
lowed out the original plan of LEnfart
and were approved by the commission
appointed by the Senate computes.
with Senator Mcmillan at it's head
We haven't adopted into law as yet
the obligation of everybody who builds
to respect that plan: but / think ii has
been sufficiently instilled in the executive
officers of the government to retain its
main features as We progress. ! think
we may now, generally, count on the
fact that whatever buildings are added
IN 10 hoo Of "a 4, i,,rrf -tot
roads are constructed, whatever parks
are made, whatever bridges-and i'm that
l include that great memorial bridge
that 1 hope may some time span the
ence to the plan already adopted
And when that plan is carried out.
when those who are fortunate enough 10
have competence and to come to Wash
ington to add to the beauty of the city
by building handsome private residences
and thereby spread out the city In all di-
rections, We may say properly then as We
say hopefully now. that We have as the
capital of this country. properly express
ing its standing before the world, the
handsomest city in the world.
The departure of the President and his
party came shortly after the close OF his
address.
Nagel on Trade Expansion.
Secretary Nagel. the next speaker ad-
dressed himself to the topic of Trade
Expansion" contending for the organiza-
ton Of banking and other mercantile as
sociations along national lines. the adop-
ton of world system of banking, closer
touch between the commercial bodies and
the national government and the ed.ca-
ton of American mercantile interests
along those lines.
He declared that il time proved that
American exports did not I'm time keep
pace with and surpass foreign Imeo-tS
he was in favor Of action that u'd
make them do So He strongly Urged
the development Ct the American me-
chant marine and declared that the
greatest prosperity would not come II
this country until her exports LEFT Amer
lean soil in vessels floating the American
flag.
Bailey Hopes for Democratic Rule.
Senator Bailey, the third speaker. with
splendid tribute to the sincerity and
patriotism Of President Taft, said he
must nevertheless differ with him as TO
that missing corner of the District OF
Columbia which Virginia held so warmly
In it's grasp.
''Voicing your own sentiment he said.
II, too. believe the President will have
seven more years in Washington. unless
another man has four OF them, and that
man a democrat
he sald the american people were
getting closer and closer to the right.
and pretty soon they will be all right
and replace even our estimable Presi-
dent and his cabinet and many of the
democrats" The senator said he, too.
was strongly In favor of making Wash
ington the most beautiful city In the
world; but, he believed in making the
most Of what we have before we went
out reaching for more.
And if you do that" he continued.
although my constituents are not Yet
acuainted with asphalt pavements,
the erection of marble palaces here
that Washington. representing the
growth and dignity and intelligence
of the nation at large. may be the most
beautiful city in the world.
Senator Bailey closed his address with
an admonition TO all men of wealth, incl
dentally paying high tribute to the bank
ers OF the nation. who, he said. were bet
ter able to manage banking affairs than
the politicians. to so make their money
that they might leave 1t to their children
without being ashamed to declare in their
wills how il had been made
MacVeagh Suggests Reform.
Secretary Macveagh of the Treasury
made a brief address, in which he con-
tended that as a world power the United
States must reform its affairs on
world basis. He reminded his hearers
that while the political world was dis
cussing federal control OF corporations.
the bankers themselves, representing the
highest integrity and intelligence OF the
nation, were SO hedged in that they
could not do a thing without federal
consent and yet they represented the
most prosperous element in the mercan-
tile world.
E. b. Vreeland. the last speaker said
he, too thought the bankers OF the coun-
to- tod rrrtt1 nc
conduct of banking affairs than the pol
iticians He declared himself in favor Of
Capitalization. of a great central bank.
not such q one as was founded In Jack
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