The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-08
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, Brownlow. there are hundreds OF
/ outlying points in the District. and
! in. the edge OF Maryland and Virginia
splendidly adapted to heavy manu-
I featuring. These locations are ideal
what we need here is the insti-
/ tuition OF a number OF new Industrial
! activities which will furnish employ
ment TO those who may lose their
| places when the Governments war
activities decrease. Then there would
be no need for an exodus Another
| thing in this connection Is that when
the war activities are over, and Gov
eminent employees who have come
here feel assured OF the permanency
OF their positions, they will begin to
make Homes and bring their families
here. There will be need for occupa-
tions for members OF these families"
To Ask Zone Law.
Commissioner BrOwnloW pointed
out that the Commissioners. through
General Kutz. will be prepared to
submit to. the next Congress, recon-
mendations for a zone law, which
will take industrial development into
consideration. This law. which prob
ably will meet with little opposition
in Congress, will relieve the minds OF
people in residential districts who
( fear smoky factories may be set up
under the caves Of their homes.
That concern sells more OF its
products in Toxic. Japan, than il does
in Washington. 1t Is a wonderfully
successful institution. competing with
the largest companies of the world.
There is paper straw company here
which makes so per. cent of the paper
straws used, in the United States.
Think of that.
zone criticism is that Washington
people do not encourage their own
enterprises as much as they should.
These industries effer competitive
prices with those of concerns else
where"
Mr.. Andrews is going right to the
core OF the manufacturing outlook
by taking a census of the industrial
/ plants now here, and this census
should be taken at frequent intervals
afterward.
There is much manufacturing in
Washington already" said Ross An
drews to The Times, ''and this idea
about manufacturing making a dirty
| town is quite erroneous. Hundreds
Of thousands. Of Industrial plants all
over this country never use an ounce
Of coal. They are run by electricity.
"Our program now is to let pro-
/
/ what we have here now, and What
| their chances will be II they come
here. There viii be surprise when we
complete our census Of Washington
industries and lay the facts before
men now looking around for lOca-
/ tions.
ave have, for instance, a paper
plant in Georgetown, on the banks
of the canal. which has a capital OF
over $1,OOO,OO
Credit 10 The Tines.
Several weeks ago a consulting en-
gineer in New York who keeps in
| touch with industrial promoters
wrote to Washington for facts con-
corning this city's advantages and
opportunities. The letter came to The
Times. I began looking around for
data. In none Of the trade bodies Of
Washington was there anything up
to-date in pamphlets or publications.
The latest document OF the kind had
been gotten out by the Chamber Of
Commerce in 1913.
Because there is a great oppor-
tuntty for heavy manufacturing Just
| over in Virginia, after crossing the
District, I~caIleds up Secretary Pres
ton, OF the Alexandria chamber OF
commerce. to inquire what literature
he had on manufactures and oppor-
tunities in that city. especially as to
| ground between here and elsewhere.
] Well, that chap boosted Alexandria to
/ the skies. III send you something in
| a few days" he said. The truth is
| that we are pulling new industries down
\ here so fast We cannot keep up with
them in printed documents. We must
/ revise all the literature we printed a
few months ago to make it up-to-date."
| Somewhat Of a contrast. Nothing new
/ in Washington facts for more than five
years. Alexandra hustling so fast she
can hardly keep up with what is going
| on in her own borders.
| That's. why the Merchants and Manu-
/ facturers' Association is getting busy
and why it has put at the head Of the
J movement a man who long ago pre-
/ dicted that the population Of Washing
ton will soon be 100000. He wants
/ to aid in making that prediction good