Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-29
Chairman Executive Committee.


Chairman Executive Committee.
tees have about completed their work and
tina; little remains to be done now until the
bankers reach the city. There are numer-
Gus little things yet unfinished, but these
are all matters that cannot be attended to
until the last minute. The reports from all
the committees indicate that the entertain
ment to be given the bankers will be the
finest of its kind in the history of local
conventions. The next meeting of the COM
nittee will be held next Wednesday.
Book as Souvenir.
great amount of interest centered about
the book that the committee on programs,
souvenirs and printing has been preparing.
Mr.. w. v. Cox, chairman of the committee,
reported that the work of printing the
book has been about completed and that 1t
will be sent to Philadelphia to- be bound.
The binder has promised to deliver the
copies by the latter part of next week The
book Is to be one of the handsomest SouVe-
Mrs of Washington that could be devised.
1t is to be bound in green cloth, the color
of the greenback, and will have on the out
side front cover handsome engraving of
the treasury building. The illustrations IN
the volume are unique in every particular.
They include pictures of Washington as
it was many years ago and as it is today
reproductions from old photographs and
from the most modern pictures. A view
of the White House, from the lawn to the
south, which will appear in this volume, is
the first picture of the kind that has ever
been taken. The reading matter, which
will fill several hundred pages, Is designed
to give the persons who receive 1t a clear
idea as to national finance, local finance
and local history.
National Finance.
In the matter of national finance, 1t is
declared, the volume will serve as a text
book for those who get it. Never before in
the history of the government has so much
care been used in collecting material for
such work. and never before has there
been a compilation from such authorities.
Secretary Shaw has the first article, on
Public Credit Following this are ar
ticleS by Horace A. Taylor assistant secre-
tary of the treasury, on The Treasury De-
partment as Business institution" Chas.
II. Keep, assistant secretary of the treas
ury, on Government Receipts and Dis
bursements;' James b. Reynolds, assistant
secretary of the treasury, on The Customs
Revenues" The matter of internal revenue
will be treated in an article of John W.
Yerkes. commissioner of internal revenue.
William B. Ridgely, controller of the cur
rency. will have an article on the national
banking system and its supervision Dfrec-
tor Roberts of the mint has written about
the mint service; William NJ. Meredith,
chlef OF the bureau of engraving and print
ing, is the author of article on the max
ing of securities and currency; Andrew T.
Hunting, chief of the division of loans and
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subject with which his division has to deal,
and the issue of United States paper cur
rency mas been treated in an article by
James A Sample of the division of ISSUE
Ihomas t. Rodgers of the national bank
reoemp' Avn agency has written paper for
me DOCK on the redemption of national
pank notes, and Franklin w. Lantz of the
division of redemption will have an ar
tlcle on the redemption of currency: public
deposits in national bank repositories will
be thoroughly treated in an article by Eu-
moneys and John E. Wilkie will tell about
the secret service. These articles are sup
posed to take in every detail of national
finance.
Washington and It's History.
The section of the book that will treat of
Washington and it's history will have for
its leading article paper by Commissioner
Macfarland on 1.-The National Capital"
This will treat of the city generally. Other
articles that will be included In this Sec
ton of the volume are:
National Politics and International Diplo-
macy IN Washington" Commissioner Henry
Litchfield West; Historic Washington
William V. Cox; Washington as a Political
and Social Center Gaillard Hunt; Wash
ington as an Educational Center John B.
Larner; Washington as a Literary and
Scientific Center" Marcus Benjamin;
washington as Fine Art Center" Glenn
Brown; Washington Convention
City" Walter c. Ciephane, and Improving
ana beaullIylnS the Nations CapltaI,
President William E. Chandler of the Span
tsh treaty claims commission.
A group of the best known financial ex-
perts of the District will take UP the SUBJ
ject of District finances. Charles E. Howe
assistant secretary of the American Se-
curity and Trust Company and editor of
the Financial Review, has written a brief
account of the early banks and banking
systems. The banks of the city will be
discussed in an article by Milton E. Allies.
vice president of Riggs National Bank.
Other articles In the book are Trust Com
panies of the City of Washington" William
d. Hoover vice president National Safe
Deposit, Savings and Trust Company; .'E.;v-
ings Banks of the City of Washington
John e. Herrell president National Cap
ital Bank. and Foreign Commerce and In
ternational Banking J. SeIwin TAFT, man
ager International Banking Corporation
There will be 5000 copies of the book print
ed. and one copy will be given to each ac-
credited delegate to the convention
Coming in Special Trains.
Information was received that two par
ties of Chicago bankers have arranged 20
make their trip to Washington to attend
the convention In special trains via the