The Holly chieftain., 1897-10-01
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increass public ints,est In ,fl,e schere
Of POSTAL sav,ng hanks, which he In
tends ~ strongly rscommsnd In his m.
nuul report, has been taking the public
into his confidence - to the method be
used 10 ipculcateihs habit Of saving
money In his children and grand
children. TO every deIlar eayed BY his
children aud srsndchildren he addcd
four. provided they would dspoait the
entire fivs dollars 10 ths saving hank. 10
remain unil they reach the ~ Of 81.
This Il upitop method provided, OF
course. that the father and grandfather
who tries 20 use it has the money 70
carry out his eAd Of the bargain; and, il
Mr.. Gray can guarantee that Intending
depositofs in the Postal Saving Bank
will be treated in hAlf as liberal way,
be car rest assured that no votes will be
cast IN Co ngress against bill estab-
lishing postal savings banks; also that
the banks would start oif with more de-
positors than any other bank ever had
The Government of tho u. &. my tholo-
yical mills Of the sods. erinds excsed-
ingly slow. bat, like them also. Il grinds
sxcsedinsly 6ne. Men may use the
cloak Of the government for Questionable
buAhess transactions for = time. but
sooner or lxtsr. their career IL officially
stopped. Mr.. Johis edderburn. the orr
ginator Of the Examiner Cliims Bureau,
The Press Claims Company, both de-
funct. and the head Of the extensively
advertised business ofJrhn Wedderburn
d Co. Solicitors Of patents. refused to
be lieve this until confronted with the
decision of the Commissioners of patents
TO disbar John Wedderburn 4 Co.. from
practice before the United States Paten /
Ofice, for fraudulent practice in the
conduct Of their business. The order Of
disbarment will be officially announced
next week. Thi, is no more than John
Wedderburn 4 Co. deserves, but it Is =
little hard on greet many newspaper
men who allowed themselves to bs ~
weighed into exchanging advertising
space for certiRcates Of stock in that
concern; II is also hard upon those in-
venters who havs paid the soon 10 be
disbarred concern advance fees. bur all
gold brick and CON fidence schemes are
hard on their victims. John Wsdder-
burn 4 Co. also published the National
Recorder, which the Post Office .ufhorl-
ties have been asked to place upon the
fraud list and shut out Uf the mails.
Mr.. John G. Woods, the Kentucky
man who vas denied an injunction TO
prevent his removal from the Louisville
Post Office, BY Judge Cox. has abandon
ed the idea of carrying the case TO the
q. 8 Supreme Court. but will make
personal TO President Mckinley. Just
what ne can expect from such an appeal
" not altogether clear. The President
might think Just us Mr.. Wood does, but
that wouldn't help his case any. as tho
President. - we'll as the humblett citi-
zen. must obey The decision iii court,
until il is upset BY the decision Of u
:sigher court. V
There has been 20 much talk about
the monetary conference. now in session
in Washington. as result Of authority
conferred by the convention shich met
in Indianapolis, last Januafy, and
because Congress did not see fit to
adopt the Presidents Recommendation
that he be authorised TO appoint an Of
ficial commission to report TO Congress
needed changes In our monetary system
and its objects and intention. that sx-
Senator Edmonds. the chair man of The
Commission, has made statement on
the subject. He says the Commission
has no authority and purposes to ex
ercise none; that it Is composed oi
private citizens. who OF their will and
at their own expenses have come to-
gether FIR the purpose Of discussing our
currency system and the laws bearing
thereon, with y view to suggesting Con-
grest, through their right Of petition,
any charge which they may. after care
fal consideration, think would be
beneficial. Notwithstanding this expla-
nation, the Coumission 10 still criticized,
especially by the silver men. who de
clare that it exists for no other pnrpose
than to keep silver down. So far the
meetings Of The Copmission have been
held behind closed doors.
Having sent company Of U. s
soldiers to 81. Michaels, Alaska. TO help
guard the property Of gold hunters III, re
aa,i to assist in maintaining law and
order. the administration is now cen
sidering request to establish per
manent Nsvsl patrol on the Yukon
river. These things together with or
deripg reipdeer owned by the govern
mont to Be taken to st. Alichaels to bs
used, n necessary. during the winter to
transport food to Dawson CRY, reminds
one that upon occasion ours is very
paternal sort Of government.