Show D LAST 1ST Ip T 1 S 8 WEST Wh Why is the thc ea catt t so often favored at th the e expense pense of f th the we west t The writer believes b heves the answer is simple and i human Va Washington ton City the a capitol is located i extreme eastern part of o the thc country The Thc president departments go 01 depart depart- ments meats and bu bt bureaus arc are in dally daily contact with eastern bankers and and industries of I every kind ill 11 plugging for them themselves and for the and east cast and to heck with Ith the w cst The east cast is imore more densely than the thc west and this predominating influence is being constantly exerted carted in the form fOl m of i and collective pressure upon government g officials in order I that the gO government attitude may maybe be favorable fa to the eastern castern view view- viewpoint viewpoint point settled The west est is more sparsely set set- set tied because it is newer country It has fewer ie pf the thc great Sleat cities ItS vast ast arc are dotted with rm- rm Immense im immense mense incase ranches and enormous wheat heat farms fm and ms its factories are limited in to comparison with Ith the east cast The Thc east cast has many small states each with the th same representatIOn n to In the senate as the great com com- common common com com- common mon of the west In tho the house ho se of representatIves representative s the thc east has ha more representatIves because be ause of its predominance In i n populatIOn The few congressmen senators and congre congress congress- s- s men from front the west est must battle battle ly with Ith this horde of law lave r f nm t nr 0 1 nm 0 1 or go down own in m disaster in m the enactment of na- na n ional natIonal laws And the south is In the Inthe he same sane predicament as the west we Presidents and government O offs al ate aie e only human aftel all al aland und rind it is not that this constant wave a ae e of eastern pressure should h hose hive e its especially when the thee e west t is 10 far far away avay flom torn the thc seat scat of government The time tune is approaching when the national capitol should be moved from front the east to a more centrally located city where It I ItI would be bc easily accessible for all L sections of the country and where e the public cat cal would be mote mOle easIly easily ily reached And nd the needs and re of the various vanous sectIOns section s could be bc mote mOle readily understood d use because of closet cosel and more fre- fre frequent fre frequent quent contact The rhe cast of course couise COUI se would would how ho hoI ho l I itself into ft a spasm over such a la i 1 y suggestion but It i t must come Sooner or latel later The west est and the thc south cannot canno t forever fOle submit to domination by a selfish eastern oligarchy |