The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-29
HARPER ? | AN
INTERESTS
BY RICHARD HATTON

manifested in local financial and
business circles over the recently
announced suggestion OF President
Robert N. Harper, of the District
National Bank, that q permanent
exhibit OF natural resources. as well
as the manufacturing, agricultural,
educational and technical develop
ments of the several States. be
established at the National Capital.
Favorable comment upon the
Harper plan is general in the busi-
ness district.
Speaking OF his plan today.
Colonel Harper said:
my idea is that each State erect
in or near Washington, upon
ground provided by the Federal
Government, a building which, would
house such an exhibit of its re-
sources and products as would give
an adequate expression to its pro-
ductivity and possibilities. 1T would
require approximately soc acres of
land to properly provide space for
these buildings and the necessary
landscape effects surrounding them
and to insure q proper setting FOR
the structures. While these build
ings should represent in their de.
sign and material individual State
characteristics, a special committee
should approve all plans in order
to prevent conflict Of design and
to insure an artistic ensemble =
exhibits to be placed In these
state buildings, continued Colonel
Harper should show both the
natural and the fnan-made resources
OF the State from the time OF its
original settlement to the present,
together with q record OF its educa-
tional progress, its advantages OF
climate, its plants, flowers, fruit
and other production. Each State
building should contain q large as
.sembly hall and conveniences for
cattzens Of the State visiting in
Warrington
The parks, streets and other
ground In the reservation provided
Tor these State buildings should re-
main the property Of, and in the
care Of, the Federal Government,
which would here have opportunity
to show the results OF the work
OF its forestry service as carried out
in the several States.
Such an exhibit located at the
National Capital, where thousands
Of visitors from all parts Of the
United States and from every coun-
try in the world could view the dis
plays, would be not only OF vast in
terest but OF decidedly advantageous
commercial and financial influence =
1t would be impossible con-
cluded Colonel Harper, to outline
an entire program as to how this
plan can be carried out. but IL is at
least possible to start the movement
by drafting bill for submission to
Congress and to the several State
legislatures upon which the founda-
tions of the development may be
laid. As the States have been for
many years erecting temporary
buildings at national and interna.
Efion exhibitions and displaying
therein their products and resources
the advantages gained have been
only temporary.
There will be held in Washington
in 1882. in celebration Of the 20Oth
Anniversary OF the birth Of George
Washington, what will, no doubt, be
the greatest exposition ever held.
showing the growth of the United
States in every particular and along
every line. The State buildings to
be erected for this great national ex-
hibit should be OF a. permanent
nature, because this will be the
greatest exposition ever held and it
will be held at the National Capital
neutral ground belonging to all Of
the States"
According to word received in
Washington from the Irving Bank
Columbia Trust Company. New
York, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Company convertible SIS, due April
1, 1916, have been called for
payment at los and interest on
October /, 1926. The conversion
privilege expires September !,
| next. Chesapeake & Ohio CONVEX
tible SIS are convertible into tbs
common stock OF the company at
500 per share. Chesapeake & Ohio
stock, according to the New York
statement, is now selling above
$141 and unless converted or sold
before September / there viii be
a considerable drop in the yield
of these bonds.
Clarence F. Norment, chairman
OF the board of the National Bank
of Washington, is in Atlantic City
where it Is expected he will re-
main until abut September 1.
Samuel NJ. Thrift, assistant cash
Ter Of the Franklin National Bank,
has returned from a two-week
vacation spent at Portland, Me.
Thomas E.. Meyer, note teller at
the same institution, is spending
two weeks in the valley OF Vir-
GINA.
John M. Riordan, cashier of the
Bank of Commerce and Savings.
who spent the first part OF his
vacation at Skyland, Va, Is now
enjoying the delights of Atlantic
City. He Is expected back at his
desk next Monday.
President John Poole. Of the
Federal.American National Bank,
who has been spending some weeks
on Cape Cod, is expected back the
latter part of this week.
c. H. Pope, vice.president OF the
Munsey Trust Company, is ex-
pected to return on Monday after
spending a. month at Goshen, N. I.
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