The Washington times., 1922-05-10
INDUSTRY
DECLARED
CITY HELP
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Urges Expansion With
out Marring city's Beauty.

Washington's industrial growth
will aid local business and will not
detract from the beauty of the city
II manufacturing and industrial
plants are located along the rail-
roads leading into Washington and
on the river banks in adjacent Mary
land and Virginia counties.
This move was strongly advocated
before the Chamber of Commerce
last night in the report of the retail
trade committee of the chamber,
Isaac Cans, chairman.
Would Not Mar Beauty.
your committee well realizes
that Washington should be made
and kept a beautiful city in every
sense of the word" the report
read. "In fact, as the capital of the
greatest nation of the world, II
should be the most beautiful city
in the world. But your committee
II not in sympathy with the atti-
tude that, In order to make Wash.
ington beautiful, manufacturing
and industrial business must be
kept away"
The report pointed out that
city's commercial strength is
measured by its density of popu.
lation, its financial strength and
It's distributing facilities combined.
The population of Washington, it
was stated. has reached a point
large enough for an industrial
foundation.
The report, which was in the
nature OF general survey of
Washington business conditions,
held up the Government employees
pay envelope as 1.-The dominant in.
fluence throughout Washington in
the fixing of salaries and wages"
The tax provision, it was contend
ed Is new legislation, and an appeal
will be made to have the provision
stricken out or that ground. 1T is
not right, nor just" states the COM
mittee report on law and legislation,
ito make the people pay taxes for
the expenses of the succeeding year.
Another objection to the confer.
ence report, the chamber contended.
is that the people who pay taxes in
the District have had no opportunity
for a hearing. The proposed legis.
lation, IL was stated. would discour.
age home building and would add TO
the burden of wage earners and per
sons with small incomes.
The need Tor an Appropriation lot
conducting a fire prevention cam
paign was laid before the chamber
by Chairman Charles w. Darr. The
Commissioners were urged to grant
policemen one day off in fourteen in
stead of one day off every sixty days.
as at the present time.
II. II. Classic, on the school com
mittee, outlined in a lengthy report
the need of better school facilities In
the District, recommending passage
OF the Capper bill increasing teach
er's salaries, which has already been
favorably reported out of the House
District Committee, and opposes any
curtailment of any of the existing
facilities for education. The latter
provision Is directed against the pro-
posal that night school courses be
limited.
An appropriation Of S3,O00,OO0 an.
nually for the development Of the
water power OF the Great Falls OF
the Potomac un;u the project Is
completed is urged in the report
of the committee on the development
of Great Falls, submitted by J. NJ.
Maupin The report also asks for
q survey of the banks OF the river
with a view Of possible extension OF
the park system Of the District.
A motion to have the chamber in.
dorse Senator Walsh's bill leGalizlnS
boxing in the District was defeated.
the motion being tabled.