, 1873-09-27
THE BANKS.



atnoly preparation for tho inositnhie
THE ConI1 County kntfnnnl.
reporter yesterday I'll !s rounds paid Walt to tho
Cook County National Dal,k, which waa among the
first 10 suspend. Tho Dor ornnmcnted by snn!l
ebcet Of pnper. uttuatua to those who hal busIreas
with the nAtitutfon tl1at owing to tic strngoncy Of
financial nairs tho hank will receive no deposits and
pny chorks." It mild intinaon Tint business
waa at stainssff, and no far tho aIafrs Of the
bank wcro concerned, nl waa trnnqu md serene. Mr.
d. F. Allah, President, and another gcntlonan, known
ns ono Of tho abcat mud clcarcst-headed nanciors Of
the Northwest, stood chatting quietly. Tho
reporter wna PLEASANTLY received and vanturcd tho
statement iao perhaps for tho tioasnndt timo TINT
day to AIR. Alcl') tint o understood tile bunk had
suspended operations. Mr.. Alton looked uI and fully
coinciacd with tho Wow nkcn by the reporter. "Tor
what rcason,' tho reporter delicatoy suggested
lowing IN illo present Btriugcncy," commenced AIR.
M tn + a.! M!1ned M in thnt notlce, bnil'nyy added
:. 1laye you not opened to-t'ay?"
IT. M,, " e., hnssn svsn opsne our mail atter."
80, Thu union National Bank closed thiH morning.
and We of corae followed suit. whnt was tho uso ii
CIR relnaning opon Z"
" MINT are you golng 10 t!o7"
=" ~e ss,all stand SILL fer day or Two and watch
svsnts gailnE ourselves By tue estoa q Others"
eon A. ,,sytsn s.y ns 10 tha nIs Ihoy % they
The 1fnnuflcturcrs' National.
Very satisfactory IN tho way Of Information, this,
hut perhaps Afr. Holmos, rrcadcnt Of Tho Manufac-
turcrs' National Danh would be better able 10 ilulno
tho darkness.
MIR. Holmes sat III hin Office, spacious. we'll fur
ntshed apartment It was not very easy to SEQ tho
pleasant gentleman 1s lie was shaking handa with
about thirty gentlemen. This did not look like BUS
pension. Was alr. Holmes giving reception, liko
Martin Chuzzlnwttt7 II really appeared 80. Every
now and then denosftor rushed III. "8hnko hands,
T1nH aotI has C.A.t+n
They've all got to come to 1t. Giro us
your fist, md keep stiff upper np." Then
Mr. Holmes was giving reception, It became evident.
For man with nll sorts Of unpleasant prospects be-
foro him, ho looked very hanpy; nodded to tho ro-
porter said he did not mind being interviewed,
tho reporter into corner composed himself for TIC
unpleaBalt Interrogation.
So yon havs gono the way of a banks z" vonturod
"Yea sir !" wns tho brief insurance Of the reporters
previous iniornntfoE
"..If not NJ lnteiicato question, why 2" ...
eurrwSsy wnSy 1 M ts SSssasl t. a That all
:" At precisely o'clock this morning, Two been M
a night M feel ii't'e strange and unnatural ii
.Whnt do you attribute tho collapse to7"
Want Or unity among tho bankere: II they had
.'.Why edn' liz banks co-operato?" >''' ''''e"'
mo proposton ought TO hnse como from the
eropeson rom them te Te prooon
1ou ase . tho result. Concert Of action would have
what can be done 2 TO hive aseets enough to
pay dollar for dollar, II sucl thing becomes neecs-
Of them Will watch coming events aud net nccort-
ingly. Il The whole country goes to smash, wo slla
the most Of them"
Bank of Commerce.
Tho announcement shat tile Bank Of Commerce Ind
suspended operations induced reporter to Inquire ut
Lr,tp II