The Washington times., 1925-10-30
BY Richard HGtfon-

COPYRIGHT HARRIS q EWING
HOWARD MORAN
People who have lived in Wash
ington for the past twenty-five
years know that this city has en-
joyed splendid growth and with
a return to normal conditions since
the war mas made re,adjustment
complete" declared Vice President
Security and Trust Company, today.
Mr.. Moran, who is first vice
president of tie District OF Column
bia Bankers Association and espe
cially active in all constructive
movements having for their aim the
improvement of Washington, is
thoroughly competent to speak of
the present end, the future OF the
city with broad knowledge. of the
subject gained in an active BUSINESS
career.
Continuing. Mr.. Moran, said:
To-day Washington is ! rapidly
reaching the class Of cities which
are spoken of as over a half mill
lion, and because Of its beauty,
which is yearly increasing, it stands
as the representative city OF our
country.
Because Of its political and Fed
eral importar1e, no capital of a
nation can ever fail TO grow be-
cause the eye. Of. the world are
constantly upoD7it and visitors pour
IN yearly.
much to do with our increase in
mo NJ n
it's beauty after their visit and talk
throughout the country of It's de-
STABILITY as residential city.
Washington can no longer De
classified as a small town. as shown
by the increasing numbers OF people
who are now daily seen on the
streets not alone in the day time
but at night.
"The business of Washington has
shown a constant growth, and. while
concentrated in small territory as
compared with many other cities.
it has ability to expand to easily
meet the needs of increased popu-
Iation.
''It is natural that as any city
grows more attention is paid to Civ
ing to that city the best in construc.
ion work and the types Of building..
both from an architecture and work
manship point of view. increase in
beauty and size.
"This has been especially notice
able within the last ten years. and
the apparent desire on the part Of
private builders and contractors to
take into consideration the Federal
Governments desire to continue the
Identification Of our city by erecting
splendid structures has been an in.
centive to increasing our business
Snd population.
Nothing is more pleasing to a
city proper than to realize that bust
ness steadily increases and to show
that 1t does not have to meet even
spasmodic conditions of depression.
"Trace the growth Of Washington
and one will find that the financial
6epressions in this country have
never greatly affected this city and
we have easily weathered every
storm.
I'VE are fortunate in not having
the great unemployment question
to contend with. which is not infre-
quently a great problem in various
parts Of the country.
Every resident should have moth
ing but pride in the city in which
he lives and cause this feeling to
influence others to come here and
continue the building of this Ma
tional Capital.
I'm this era Of increased business
all should remember that because
money becomes easy the speculative
tendencies which arise should be
curbed.
This problem must be squarcly
met and people should not be
guided by the promotion schemes
which 'offer themselves almost over
night to lure the saver who has
spent his life in an effort to get
ahead through honest toll.
"As our city continues to grow"
Mr.. Moran concluded, "aIl of US will
have to realize that the problems Of
large cities are far greaterV than
when we are just a small town.
There is no doubt that the pro-
fessional business and financial in
terests are prepared to met the
problems and our residents OF TWEEN
ty-flVe years hence. when our1
population will be over a million,
might say that really Washington
was only a small city of 500, 900 in
1925. -
But we know better now and feel
that we have reached our fuller
growth of knowledge and have II
population which ranks greater than
q number of orr States