Evening star., 1923-05-16
TR1NK[.E ASkSD. c.
/. TO AID TRADE BOOM
Virginia Governor Says State
and City Can Attract
Northern Capital.

tUSlNld DTOuSul HiCSSoS0 VI
good fellowship and cooperation to
the District of Columbia through Gov.
Lee Trinkle, at the monthly meeting
Of the local Chamber of Commerce
At the Willard Hotel last night
voteless Washington, replying
through r. n. Harper, past president
of the chamber. did not neglect the
opportunity to impress upon the gov
ernor that--like lunatics. Indians and
riminals-Washingt ct tonians were nom
enfranchised residents of nation
which was founded on the precept that
the power of a government is based
upon the consent of those governed.
Gov. Trinkle sounded a keynote
when he declared that reorganization
and corporation" were the watch
words Of the present era, not only in
money making commercial life. but
in civic projects
HOPES to Win Capital.
Speaking on this topic he declared
that there was an opportunity ior
Washington and Virginia to stop the
form the north to the south. where
the raw product could be found:
MEN of capital Of the north, he
said. 'are fast realizing that they
must go south where raw products
are. We ought to stop the movement
of canital before it goes into the far
south, because if we do not 1t Will
PASS us h. and we will have to await
the day when it builds back to the
north. If in Virginia we can sue
cessfully organize and promote IN
dustry it will mean much to wash
Gov. TrinkIe gave a list of Vir-
ginia's resources. He declared that
in that state there were coal ana
fron-two of the fundamentals OF
success One coal mine in that state.
he declared. has ninety-slX miles OF
railroad under ground and there are
large iron deposits in several
counties.
Cites Virxinia's Climate.
In listing vireinia's assets he
named the climate, extending from
2.3oO miles Of inland waterways >
awaiting development. the harbor OF
Hampton roads and the deep James
river, 20 per cent rural apportlon. .
ment Of a 100000 population, and
the largest manufacturers in the
world of cigars, cigarettes. blotting
and stereotype paper. extracts and
trunks. He pointed out that Rich
mond was the third cits-in the conn.
six cities of the Old Dominion had
anual budgets totaling s20,00e.oo0.
The resources cf the state amount
rnfe f. Ee ssd eions and Gf the d1ars Haius of It's
products has increased annually from
S21O, 100000 in 1910 to $630o00.ooo at the
present time, while capital invested has
grown from s2l5.000,o0 600 to s465, 100000
during that time.
Big Highway Project.
AS for roads. Gov. Trinkle declared
that since 1919. when the highway
nj q
provisions for 4.200 miles of roads.
100 miles had been completed. He
mentioned the fact that a gasoline tax
of cents per gallon would go INTO
effect in Virginia on July l, and urged
that similar action be taken in wash
ington.
In conclusion he declared:
II want to urge you to do your
utmost to make the lille land within
a stones throw of the National Capt.
tai n center of industry. This is
something that we're both interested
in and something we can put over
hut the Gods truth is that we've both
been asleep and we may as well be
frank about it and admit it.
In his response Mr.. Harper cited
line the situation of Washingtonians.
Districts War Record.
Il like to remind you, governor.
that we have only $4,000 people in
Washington he said. But when
history is written you will find that
this little hamlet with $4,000 popu-
lation furnished more men than ff-
teen states during the world war and
that it pays more taxes than any one
of twenty-one states. which have at
least twenty-one Representatives and
forty-two senators in the aggregate.
This city led the lists in subscrip-
tions to the first liberty loan. and
when the fourth liberty loan was
offered the local quota was oversub-
scribed in less than the time allotted.
This has been done by a class of
people who had no voice in the decla-
ration of war and no voice in levylng
the taxes to carry on that war. And
we believe that. IS Jefferson told us.
a. government shall derive it's power
from the consent of those governed"
a model of the Washington audi
torium, which is to be completed by
November l next, according to pres
ent plans, was on display at the
meeting.
Urges Auditorium Aid.
Mr. Harper urged those members of
the organization who had not yet
sent in their subscriptions to act i'm
mediately, since $500 Of the $780,
600 total cost had already been in
vested. He made a point of the fact
that this money was not being given
cent in first mortgage bonds and the
remainder in common stock. There
have been no commissions to pay, he
pointed out, and not a single person
had been listed on the pay roll of the
promoters. He predicted that it will
not cost in the aggregate more than