Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-25
BANKERS WANT
REFORMED MONEY
PROPOSE CHANGES IN CURRENCY
SYSTEM.
THE WOMAN fINANCIER
Feminine Cashier From Missouri Tells
Why Members of Her Sex Would
Add to Safety and Conservatism of
the Banking World-valuable Ad,
junct of Banking Institution.

st. Louis. Oct. 20.-At yesterdays
session of the American bankers as
sociation, the committee report on a
plan of currency reform was excited
ly discussed for an hour and then re-
ferred to committee to be appoint
ed by the executive council, which
shall confer with the New York
chamber of commerce committee and
submit plan for enactment into law
by congress. The plan as presented
provides for the appointment OF a
partisan currency commission CT
seven by the president, confirmed b.
the senate, the comptroller of the cur
rency to be a member; that credit or
clearance currency may be issued by
any national bank or majority of ma
tional banks of any city upon appli-
cation to the commission, in any
amount not to exceed so per cent. o.
the bond-secured circulation outstand-
ing. Provision is made for a tax on
such currency, regulating it's issue and
retirement.
Wisconsin Banker a Vice President.
G. S. Whitson of New York was
elected president. The vice pres.-
dents include E. F. Folda of South
Omaha, e. M. Scott of Cedar Rapids,
H. L. Sheldon of WATERFOWL, S. d.,
and F. j. Carr of Hudson, Wis.
Women as Bankers.
Mrs. Church. cashier of the Bank of
Joplin, of Joplin. Mo-, spoke on a
Woman's Qualifications as a Bank
Official.
THE first prerequisite for any bank
Official" she said, lis that of absolute
honesty, and l believe | am justified
in saying that woman, as a rule, pcs
sess this qualification in very
marked degree. Perhaps there are
reasons for 1t, such as their environ.
ments, but whatever the cause may
be | feel warranted in saying that
fewer women are dishonest than men.
Sterling integrity is most certainly
another qualification for the bank of
fetal; and again / claim for women
that they possess this qualification Iii
its highest form.
ITO be affable, polite, civil. courte-
Gus is most essential for a bank If
fetal, especially one who comes in
contact with the customers OF the
bank, and all of you will bear me ont
in the statement that many a good
bank account has been lost because
of some discourtesy or inattention !,
and while it is true that our best
bankers have this characteristic, and
some of them in very marked de-
gree, yet it is also true that some OF
them are quite uncivil, impolite and
discourteous-especially when 1t is
the morning after the night before
and they may not be feeling in the
best of humor hold 1t to be true
that woman by nature embodies this
characteristic, and that 1t is exceed
ngly hard and unusual for her to De
otherwise than affable, polite and ex.
tremely courteous to all with whom
ne comes in contact.
"A woman seems to have the power
to divine the purpose that actuates or
the insincerity lurking behind an a..
fable smile or cordial handshake, and
having this power of discernment she
declines what many men would &C.
cept, and what would and has been
the ruination, not only of men but Of
the institution they represent. con-
clude that woman is valuable adj
junct and asset TO any banking insti-
tuition, and that she possesses in a
very marked degree the qualifications
which here concentrations
integrity, faithfulness, affability, good
habits, intuition, and for that reason
believe she should be given SUCH
posts of honor and trust, and believe
that any banking institution doing SO
would NOT regret the stem taken"