Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-13
Senator Glass Delivers
:: !, Address Before Cham
Der of Commerce
REP. MOORE SPEAKS
Congressman Predicts Bright Future
!. For Observation-Disclosures BY Sec
: .retary a. ID. Seymour of D. c.

Senator Carter Glass of Virginia ad
dressing the members of the Cham
Der of Commerce at their annua
meeting last right urged thrift ant
economy in order to help reduce thu
high cost of l:rings 1t cal never bt
reduced by legislation +" sa;3. Thi
speaker tod his hearers That DURING
the war we ate, brown brad % whil
Inc Kaiser and We s:l!! have % eat
j; neIs: to whip tn F ,f;':,s:. Mr.. 8 $.
said that as lcrg as the people "a.
willing to pay cxtravagent prices fol
the things they buy they will fin.
neopfe @ more cheerful disposition
willing to sell th,sm.
Touching -Sn :e:al"s:men. S:Hath,
Glass declares OIL. prob ems arr
mach simpler and less pathetic than
ti,ose Of the peo?e acros sthc Sc
bat we will no.. sol@c thcn unless VI
.cs@."a 1T: srra. .f1rnr.:.
Speaking on the present bankio"
system Senator Glass declared that
when the nation was corfrontod BY
the greatest war. Of all tires thcr2
followed not a single. tremor Of ap-
prehension regarding the financ:a'
situation. The bankers of the country
loaned s5OO,0O0,0O0 to the warr:ng
nations of Europe and the govern
nent loaned ten billion dollars ani By
tho neM. banking system borrowed
twcnty-six- billion dollars withou. ii;
EAerrsinss aessr financial system arl .ha'
stlurins the past seven mohths the fe,'
eral govern ~,ent paid off over on
billion dollars without creating . dis
tllsbanre.
Five years ago he said he predicted
while in. Alexandria we would. neve'
have: another financial panic ana We
never have had one.
Senator Glass, however, added the,
had one III Wall street few month
ago among the gamblers which was
not known outside Of Wal! street
The trouble is Senator !. Glass sa:'
that since the signing Of the arm:s
tice the people of this country hav,
entered into perfect riot Of expense
>, Senator Glass said that h:
votea for the return Of the railroad.
to private ownership and was sad :
do so, having missed an engagement
to be prese:.S to vote his convictions
4. Representative r. Walton Moor:
predicted that AFTER while the coun
try would again be on a eornsal l;as;S
AleSandria's first board. Of tradc W:
.in:1s6s and George Wo-: :iin;:t"" Wa
president he said. Mr.. Moore. tod O
the city's industrial growth !Aclud
ing the big plant Of the 'lsgin:;
Shipbuilding Corporation and ia
Alexandria Naval TotPsao Station to
rethir; with the other &nduStr!es, th%
aarc located in Alex 'rd.ia in reccn
y.a,s. He predi.'.! bright futm,
"a. Ills city -, : ',N',.t h:n
ban.: nd fine IL. :: - lilies. Com
i< %|tn betwrs't A'exs3,Is:a ~
Washington he s., we st,antesou,
;. hn.h, The sra'te. ed thu: eyer
s,...s, there "! ',.a c.,''::lt,I c:>
from here to Washington.
:. When elected to Congress ne ST..
he made one promise and that was !:
nsrcF jirset Alexandria an; he a.
.aed t.at he had not. He tot! ei Il.
fine highway built betweea here II
Washington under the leadership o
former Congressman Charles c. Cav
lin. He predicted that Alexandr;,
would get larger postoffEri:z:. ate
the Presidential election and sai.i tha
he had obtained the custom house g.
Alexandra, Va, which Up 70 las
month was under Maryland iu.isd:c
ton.
This city Mr.. Moore Said should b
q great manufacturing city and h
prophesized that Congress would sr
!, propriate money for tho deveio,
ment Of the water power Of the :nEre
J Potomac and at Quart:co. THIS IN. sa;
would be an invitation to !eEato!
this sector of Virginia. :..:.>3;;
The fact of restrictions agsin
smoke In the District ts .s;lun,b
will cause manufacturing industri