Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-26
OF WASHINGTON
 BY Ex-PREsIDENT TAFT,
Different Than All Other Cities of the Country-City of Large Expense.
Special to The Bulletin.)

Washington, D. C.. April 25.-In a
 paper recently prepared for the Ma
 President Taft gives new view of the
 nations capital, it's present situation and the hopes for it's future. Accom- panied by the quadri- color drawings of the Fine Arts Commission this rep | resents what is universally conceded here to be the most remarkable DOT l trayal of nations capital ever pre- pared In the course of his paper the eX- president says:
 T have been deeply interested in the development of Washington ever since as solicitor general I looked out | the supreme court, at the Capitol, and stood awestruck by the beauty of that sweep from the Capitol down to the l monument, thence to the shining bosom of the Potomac beyond, and across to the Arlington hills. That is | now quarter of century ago, and my love for Washington and my inter | est in securing from congress the need ed legislation and appropriations to l bring out its incomparable beauties have never abated.'
 After commenting upon the great
 natural beauty of the site selected by George Washington for a, building of 1 the nations home Of government, MT. Taft speaks earnestly of the responsi-
 bilities of the present generation to their first city:
 | "If General Washington. at a time
 when his country was a little hemmed- | in nation, boasting but a single sea-
 board, with a population of only five
 million, and with a credit so bad that
 lot sales, lotteries, and borrowing upon personal credit had to be resorted to l in order to finance the new capital, | could look to the future and under stand that it was his duty to build | for the centuries to come and for a great nation. how much more should we do now?
 l Tn those days there were men a-plenty in congress and out who bit ] terly opposed provisions for the future of the Capital City, To them the old doctrine of letting each generation pro vide for it's own needs outweighed every other consideration: but a grate- full nation rejoices today that the
 wisdom of the Father of his Country
 prevailed, and that the National Cap | ital was built for us as well as for the
 people of his generation.
 "If we are grateful that Washington made provision for the century ahead of him, how much the more should we be careful to provide for the century ahead of usi"
 If the growth of this country con- tinues for another hundred years at maintained in the generation just past, the America of 2015 must have a capital suited to the needs of 260
 million people. Thanks to the fore sight of the founders of the city all | of the elements of a great and magnifi- cent National Capital have been pro- vided for in the original ground plan i; and, according to MT. Taft. the great est danger that Washington faces is that men may come at some time into control of the city's destiny who are not fitted to appreciate or understand all that it's capital must mean to the | nation, that little Americans" may
 work irreparable damage in mistaken economies, and in mistaken concep- l tions of the city's nature.
 The National Capital. by virtue of
 being the capital, is different from all the other cities of the country, MT. Taft points out. Thus, it is not an | industrial city, not a commercial city,
 not city existing for or belonging to | its citizens, but one serving every cit izen of the United States and belong ing alike to each. While the United States government pays half of the expense of the Capital City, Mr. Taft continues, it must be kept in mind that the city is in no sense supported for | the benefit of the people dwelling with | In it's confines and in spite of the | half burden assumed by the general government, the remainir- half is greater than most cities of Washing toms class impose upon their people. There are two reasons for this. The