The Washington herald., 1917-07-28
PREDICTS CITY
rise AS Magic
Andrews Says Capital Pop
ulation viii Increase
to 100000.


Predictions that 5000 more civilian
employees will be added TO the gov
eminent services, in the city, within
the next Ave months and that Wash
inston will reach q population total
Of 10000 by 1920 were made in a talk
BY, r. P. Andrews. president Of the
Retail Merchants Association, before
the Washington Rotary Club BIZ
monthly luncheon. yesterday after.
noon.
The present wartime prosperity In
the city will be permanent, according
to Mr.. Andrews. After other wars,
such As the Spanish-American war,
supposed mushroom growth OF busi-
ness In Washington did not fall OF
but remained stable. The speaker
confidently asserted that the boom
time that has struck the Nations Cap
ital has come to stay. Washington,
with it's absence Of factories but it's
large proportion OF once workers IL
a land OF opportunity for the business
man. "Only Q series Of overt acts
could overthrow a business we'll estab-
llshed in Washington" said Mr.. An.
drews.
In part, the speaker said:
City Of Opportunity.
There is no city in the world
where opportunity knocks as free
Quently as Il does here IN the Ma
+tlonal Capital, for live. thinking men
and women, too. for the gentle sex
is fast climbing into new posts Of
responsibility and right emolument
such As the men and women OF
twenty-five years ago never dreamed.
Let US look at the Washington
Of a third OF century ago and
contemplate the business OF that per-
iod. It was Of pigmy proportions.
The department store was an I'M
known quantity. A store front a
hundred feet wide was q colossus.
lts incipiency. Service had not come
was on the threshold Of a new era
the country was growing by the pro-
verbal leaps and bounds.
There Is no city on the face Of
the globe so secure in the enjoyment
Of the fruits Of the earth as our
own dear Washington. for here a
great country has established its seat
and naught can intervene to check
Capital 10 but & reflex OF the coun-
try itself. and certainly we are on
the wave Of progress and achieve
ment in international as well a. ma
tlonal affairs"
Its Advance II Permanent.
This opulent nation" he said has
been lavish In the endowment Of
structures that are the embodiment
Of psrmanency and which house arts
and work-a-day utilities that are more
and more becoming daily require
ment OF every American citizen"
Statistics" said Mr.. Andrews tell
Us that about q year ago there were
%, 600 people on the government pay
roll In Washington. but in the last
four months about 1900 civilian en-
ployes have been added to that total,
and the next s months will doubtless
see 10000 more civilian employees add
ed to this list.
rs not this food for serious refiee-
ton for the business and professional
men Of Washington. looking for OPP
portunlties to extend their businesses
Does 1t not further interest you to
learn that in one inconspicuous depart
ment Of the government. here In Wash
kib phylOlA lOE Wv 49,
of the war will Approximate six and
one-half million dollars. not TO speak
Of enormous disbursements for
supplies and labor incident to the pre-
paration of the same.
Il am not at liberty to give the
| items or sources Of this Information.
As a matter OF fact there are no con-
crete totals to be had. figures are
III aAHal and the and nf
such computation Is far from being al
hand. How IL this for Opportunity
my Fellow RotArians."
Inux Of Population.
In concluding Mr.. Andrews said:
Look about you, my friends. and
you will readily find food to ponder
on. II Ii not only dlflcult to secure
a room in a hotel, but transportation
facilities are being heavily pushed al
! rush periods, another barometer OF
heavy infiux. Real estate men have
greater demands made on them thar
| ever before. The credit bureau OIL
the Retail Merchants Association hal
more queries on out-of-town namei
than Il has ever known before. and
the most experienced OF the credit mer
in the organization tell the same story
Help OF every character il hard
to get. The telephone company. de-
partment and other stores have ex'
pended great energy and lots Of ad'
vertising space in quest Of help AND
have had 10 go out of town to meet
their needs.
| Artisans are like the proverbia
hens teeth. and labor Of every char
acter Is at a premium. The develop
ment all along the line is marvellous
And 1t will continue.
"Those who ought TO know say the
war will last for several years. and
with II all Washington will &c the
great pulsating city, the keystone o.
the great drive for liberty. II vii
grow and thrive with the country. Il
Is the standard-bearer OF the country.
noblest sentiments and truest ideals
and will prosper and grow at seven
league pace"