The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-31

January number of the Forum opens
with a practical article entitled Some
Suggestions on Currency and Bank
ing" by Mr. Adolf Ladenburg. of the
firm of Ladenburg. Thalman & Co..
one Of the largest and most important
international banking firms in New
York city. AS a cure for our financial
ills Mr.. Ladenburg suggests that the
banks in every city or small DISTRICT
combine and form sort of clearing
house bank, that these clearinghouse
banks combine and form a state clear
ing-house bank, and that these state
clearing house banks eventually form
a national clearinghouse bank which
would act as a great central reservoir
from which. Indirectly, every little
bank in the United States would derive
strength and be able to supply their
customers with currency. Such COM
bination, he thinks, would produce
more money than any OF the more
money prescriptions. and give a per-
manent stability to our finances. Mr..
John w. Midgely, chairman of the
Western Freight association. discusses
Railroad Rate Wars: Their Cause
and Cure" suggesting a very novel
plan for their prevention. Vice Admit
raj Sir Edmund r. Fremantle of the
Royal Navy, who was in command or
the English fleet on the China station
during the war in the East, contributes
a very interesting paper on Some Ma
val Aspects of the Japan-China War"
Mr.. James II. Penniman, Of Philadel-
phia, whose article in the May, 1895.
Forum, on The Criminal Crowding OF
Public Schools" aroused so much dis
cussion, continues the subject In this
number, showing that the condition OF
the public schools I'm many or our
large cities is even worse than Ii was
Dat~-
fridge, the sculptor. traces THE De-
velopment of Sculpture in America" In
a highly interesting and valuable pa
per. Rev. William Bayard Hale. whose
discussions of the religious condition
of several New England towns in the
Forum, a year ago. attracted so much
attention, contributes an interesting
and suggestive paper entitled "A Study
OF Church Entertainments" DIR. Hen
ry j. Garrigues, an eminent obstetri-
clan of New York. writes about the
bicycle with especial reference to Its
use by women. His opinion Is that bi-
cycling, when not INDUCED in to ex-
cess, is one Of the most healthful forms
OF recreation that we have. Mr.. Fred
eric William Hollis, lawyer OF New
York, In a very striking article entitled
THE German Vote and the Republi-
can Party" discusses the attitude OF
German Americans toward the great
political parties. especially their atti-
tude on the questions which have late
ly agitated New York-such as the en-
forcement of the Sunday excise laws.
Mr.. Hollis asserts that the German
Americans hold the balance of power
between the two contending political
parties, that their inclination is clear
ly toward the republican party, and
that the success of that party depends
only on it's being true TO itself and its
early ideals-liberty. honesty and the
efficiency of the government. Mr.. Car
roll ID. Wright. superintendent of the
census, criticises the present method of
taking the census and among other
much-needed reforms advocates the
immediate establishment of a perman-
ent census bureau Mr.. Herbert Wood
field Paul, in a very interesting and
important essay. reviews Matthew Ar
nold's letters. Mr.. Paul assisted Mr..
George W. r. Russell i'm the prepara-
ton of these letters for the press. and
hence had unusual facilities for ra-
viewing them. The number closes with
an interesting and instructive paper
by New York editor, entitled Rem
iniscences of an Editor"
Thus the January Forum, in eleven
timely and interesting articles, pre-
sents its readers with the best though,
of the day. on a wide variety of SUBJ
jects-fnance, railroads, public schools
art, literature, politics. religion, bicy-
| cling, and the Japan-China war.