Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-08

divided into three sections. The first sec
ton is entitled National Finances" and
ters BY the heads of the bureaus of the
Treasury Department, the leading article
being on THE Public Credit" by Secretary
Shaw. The second section of the volume
Is devoted to Washington, city and capital,
and contains O dozen carefully PREPARED
articles on WASHINGTON life. The third
stitutions and was very carefully prepared
by men who are authorities on the sub
jects with which they deal BY far the
best feature Of the book, however. is to-bo
green cloth cover contains al embossed
picture of the south front of the treasury
building and the title page Is made from
nascerated money. The city and country
were ransacked for pictures to go into the
work, and from the collections OF half
dozen bibliophiles photographs were OBJ
tanned that are of q most unusual charac-
two OF old staffordshire plates showing tho
White House and portraits and the Capitol
building.
Millions in a Check.
A reproduction of the forty million-doi-
lar check used In the settlement OF the
French Panama Canal Company's interest
is shown at the head of Secretary Shaw's
article. 1t is interesting to note that
though this check is made out to J. Pier
pont Morgan. special disbursing Officer.
SECRETARY SUaW QoeS not uSBAeCl 10 TAKE
the same precautions to prevent its being
raised to higher amount he would have
taken on a much smaller check. and has
stamped across fits face the protective SEN
tence, In perforated letters: Not more
than forty million dollars" A picture Of
the treasury building as 1t was in 1853
forms part Of the Illustrations in the arti-
cles on national finances and there are also
pictures of the first United States bank in
Philadelphia; of the old Columbia Bank.
established in Georgetown in 1913, the first
bank to be opened in any section of this
city; a plan of the city of Washington
made in London in 1873; views of Wash
ington taken from Arlington; a picture of
the south front of the White House; a
one-do1lar bank note of the Potomac River
Bank 1858: fac smile of a stock certih-
cate in the Bank of Maryland 1I92: va
rtous views of Washington and business
streets of the city. showing almost all the
leading banks and financial centers; por-
traits of Albert Gallatin. John Hay Joseph
Henry. and of former Secretaries of the
Treasury, including Charles S. Fairchild,
John G. Carlisle, Lot NJ. morrill,. Charles
Foster, Richard Ruch, Robert j. Walker,
Levi Woodbury.. oliver Wolcott. BENJAMIN
Bristow, William Window. Charles J. Fol-
ger, Walter Q. Gresham, William A Rich
ardson, Hugh McCulloch, Daniel Manning,
Lyman J. Gage, Thomas Ewing. Thomas
Corwin, George S. Boutwell, and Salmon I:
Chase; reproductions of photographs OF all
the public buildings and many Interior
views of the Treasury Department and its
bureaus.
Table Of Contents.
The table of contents of the book THE
Public Credit" by Leslie NJ. Shaw. Secre-
tary of the Treasury: "The Treasury De-
partment as Business Institution" by
Horace A. Taylor, assistant secretaryI
Government Receipts and Disbursements,
Charles H. Keep. assistant secretary; The
Customs Revenues" James B. Reynolds.
assistant secretary: ''The Internal Rev
enues," John w, Yerkes, commissioner OF
internal revenue; '"The National Banking
System and Its Supervision. William b.
Ridgely controller Of the currency; The
Mini Service" George Z. Roberts. director
of the mint; THE Making of Securities and
Currency" William NJ. Meredith, director
bureau of engraving and printing; loans
and Currency" Andrew I. Huntington.
chief of division OF loans and currency;
saThe Issue of United States Paper Cur
rency." James A, Sample. division OF issue.
sThe Redemption OF National Bank NOTES,
Thomas L. Rogers, national bank redemp,,
ton agency; Redemption OF Curreney,
Franklin w. Lantz. division OF redemption;
"Public Deposits In National Bank Deposss
tories" Eugene B. Daskam. division OF
public moneys. and The see 5ss,s Se1V'ce'
John E. Wflkie, secret service DIVISION.
A contribution by Commissioner Henry p;
+. Macfarland, on 1.-The National Capltai
heads the section devoted to washington
National Politics ana iateinolonaI Iy,.
macy in Washington" COMMISSIONS Henry
IitchfieId West; Historic Washington,
William " Cox; WASHINGTON as Ponti-
cal and Social Center" Gailiard Hunt:
Marcus Benjaminj washington as q Fins
Art Center" Glenn Brown: "Washinston
as a Convention city" Walter Q. Clephene,
and Improving and Beautifying s,,, the Ma
Chandler Of The Spanish treaty claims
commission.
The section devoted to the financial insti-
buttons of Washington will contain articles e
Howe, assistant secretary american Be-
eurity and Trust Company; Banks OF the
city Of Washington Milton e. Allies, vice,
president Riggs Natio alto, Ba uas;s,ngtau us.
william D.. Hoover. vice president National
Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company:
Savings Banks of the City OF Washing.
ton" John E. Herrell. president National
Capital Bank. and Foreign Commerce and
International Banking" ]. Selwin Taft,
manager International Banking Corpora
ton.
Volume Copyrighted.
The volume has been copyrighted by the
District Of Columbia Bankers Association.
and reproductions of any part thereof can
only be made by permission of the associ-
alton, Mr. Cox assumed personal charge
of the compilation. He began his work
early in July. and did not see the compile
'tfon of his task until last Friday afternoon.
when the first completed volume was placed
in his hands by the binders. There have
been 5000 volumes printed. and one of
these will be given to each member OF the
American Bankers Association when he
presents his credentials and registers his
name with the national secretary at the
New Willard Hotel this week. The value
of the book from monetary standpoint
cannot be determined. because the men
who have written the leading articles could
not be persuaded to do such work for pay.
There has never been a publication of
similar character in the history Of finance,
and because of Its dealing with the gov
eminent work II is regarded as one of the
most valuable additions to financial litera-
ture that has been made for generations.