Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-02

operating under tne STATE ptHhiIAs AaW %
The largest Is in Davenport. the next
in Clinton, while a Des Moines bank
is third in the great trio. Some hgures
from the last reports of these three
banks will make an interesting COM
parison:
German Savings, Davenport-Cap!ta!.
$500 900; investments. s6,934s6973;
sight deposits, s79.131,65; time de-
posits. 9s.795.09; surplus, $2OO,OOO;
undivided profits $205.00O.
Peoples Trust and Savings Clin-
ton-Capital, 100000: investments, S4.-
O264 4o7: sight deposits. $1,O1s.666S9;
time deposits. s2.972.59o.S5: surplus.
$3.50 900: undivided profits, $65.Oo0.
Des Moines Savings-Capital. $780,
900; investments, $3.320.301.S7; sight
deposits. s2.563,sS5.54: time deposits,
s1,114,67s.70; surplus, $4,000; undivid-
ed profits $4,000.
1t will be seen that the Des Moines'
bank leads in the matter Of open nler-
camille accounts and bank accounts,
while the Davenport institution has
long lead In the matter Of savings de-
posits, with the Clinton institution
second No other banks in the state,
according to the reports made to tho
state auditor, compare with these three
banks in the volume OF business done.
Des Moines bankers have become
somewhat interested In the movement
started in the convention Of the AM
eyican Bankers association in Call
fornia to secure uniformity in the laws
OF the states regarding savings banks
14v N~t< q
man. by the way, who started this
movement. Fred Heinz, OF Davenport,
who attended the meeting. was made
chairman OF special committee OF
three to gather all the savings banks
| laws of the state and to prepare bill
Including all the best features OF these
| laws to be recommended to the national
association for adoption with view to
having this bill made use OF In all
the states OF the union SO there will bs
uniformity among the states as to this
Ilaw and the better protection OF the
savings depositors. 1t was represented
that unless this is done there will be
a savings feature added to the nl-
tional banking laws that will cut the
state savings banks out Of much of
their business and reduce the pres
ltige they now enjoy on account OF
their conservatism. It is not expected
that anything looking to adoption OF the
llaw will come before the legislature
at the coming session, but before two
years more there will be a movement
for general revision OF the laws in this
and other states.
The Juvenile court movement has
been well started in Des Moines. A
committee Of the Iowa congress OF
mothers has arranged for a meeting to
discuss 1t one evening this week and to
devise means Of furthering the cause.
The same committee called on Lieut..
Gov. Harriott and many OF the state
who were in.ha city this week
Ito enlist their interest In the cause
and they are preparing to go after the
speaker Of the house and house mem
bers. The plan is to have law passed
creating a juvenile court In which
young offenders will be tried in each
community and sentences be imposes
that will not have tendency to make
criminals out of them.
The case for the Fifteenth and Six
teenth Iowa regiments of volunteers in
relation to the battle of Shiloh has been
made up and is ready for submission to
the secretary OF war; Aff1davits have
been secured from at least fifty Of the
survivors OF the two regiments liviry
lin Iowa telling exactly what happened
on the battlefield OF Shiloh. This, It
lis believed, will be quite sufficient
to convince the secretary Of war that
these two Iowa regiments, despite the
onicial reports. actually participated In
the battle at Shiloh before noon of tn.
first day at Shiloh
The plan to have some Of the decor
atiye paintings for the state capitol of
Iowa made use Of In decoration Of the
Iowa building at st. Louis has been
abandoned 1t will not be possible to
get any part of the decoration for the
state capitol completed in time to he
used In ST. Louis The commission Will
provide for the decoration in some 9th
er way.
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