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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12
DEMOCRATIC CURRENCY BILL.
Framed by Minority Members Of House
Committee on Banking.

Framed by Minority Members OF Rouse
Committee on Banking.
Washington.-What will be known
introduced Friday by John Sharp vii
liams of Mississippi. Democratic leader
of the House. who drew the measure
as result OF harmonious conference
Of Democratic members OF the house
committee on banking
The bill will come before the house
in the shape of minority report from
the banking and currency committee
in its present form.
Among the provisions Of the bill are
the following:
1t repeats all laws permitting ma
tional banks to keep three-iifths of
their reserve in national banks of re
serve cities and similar laws per
hitting such deposit Of one-half of the
reserve amounts.
1t provides that not less than one
half of the reserves now required to
be kept in lawful money in central re-
serve cities shall be hereafter held in
gold or gold certificates.
II does away with the payment Of
national bank examiners by the fee
system, and substitutes salaries not
less than $4,000 nor in excess Of So
900 yearly. with actual expenses.
1t provides that the total liabilities
of any national bank. inclusive of the
liabilities OF its members. shall not ex-
coed one-tenth of the banks paid in
and unimpaired capital stock and one
tenth OF its impaired surplus funds;
and that In no event shall the liabil.
tiles exceed thirty per cent Of the cap
ital stock.
No national bank shall loan in the
aggregate more than seven times the
unimpaired surplus.
Any national bank may keep nifty
per cent OF Its reserve in United States
bonds or bonds of states or in the
bonds of certain municipalities. but
not more than one fourth of the total
reserve may be kept in state or NUM-
cipal bonds and the bonds shall be &C
ceptabie only Of such municipalities
as have maintained their bonds at or
above par for six years preceding. and
have been in corporate existence ten
years and have never defaulted in
their funded debt
The comptroller OF the currency. I'M
mediately after passage of the bill.
shall furnish copy of the new law
to each bank in the country and in
quire IL it will accept the provisions.
Consent shall be binding and the liza
bilities attaching to consent may be en-
forced by the comptroller Agreement
to accept the provisions shall cntitle
state banks and trust companies TO the
benefits of the new law
The elastic currency feature of the
bill is contained in section which
provides that these interconvertibie
bonds may be deposited lin the near
est sub-treasury. and the depositinS
bank shall receive in lieu thereof
United States emergency treasury
notes" subject to taxation, redeemable
at any time and legal tender.
For the creation of a fund of sl5.-
100000 for the payment of depositors
of failed banks operating under the
provisions Of this law. there is author
lied the imposition of tax of one-six-
teenth OF one per cent on the deposits
of banks so operating and whose con-
sent TO be so taxed has been obtained
The final section of the bill pro
vides that no bank officer shall make
a loan for the purpose of stock gam
bling
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of ths
Past Seven Days.
interesting ssens Gathered From all
Parts of the Wo-.l Condensed
into Small Space sor the Ben
eft Of Our Readers.

ConQreshionai.
Congressman Calderhead, OF Kan
sas, has resumed his seat in the
house after long siege of illness.
Representative Miller, of Kansas
has been reelected a member of the
republican congressional campaign
committee.
The house has passed a resolution
csding to the state OF Kansas an acre
of ground in the Fort Riley reserva'
ton on which the old territorial CAPT
toll building stands.
The minority currency bill on which
the democrats are expected to unite
in opposition to the Aldrich bill. has
been introduced in the house by Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams. II
contains many radical changes from
the republican measure.
The senate has passed the bill plac-
ing Gen. o. o. Howard on the retired
list of the army as a lieutenant gem
eral. Gen. Howard is the only officer
now living who commanded an army
during the civil war.
Senator Stone of Missouri has in
troduced a Joint resolution authoriz-
OF the Philippine Islands in 1918.
The senate committee on military
affairs has decided to recommend that
the government take over the confed-
crate cemetery at Springfield. Mo.
- Senator -Beverfdge recently delivered
an appeal to the senate to adopt his
bill providing for a non-partisan tariff
Commission.
A bitter attack was made on the
rules and power of the speaker in
the house recently by Representative
Nelson. of Wisconsin. republican. He
declared the power of the house was
merged in the speaker.
The plan of the interior department
to abolish pension agencies through
out the country and pay all pensions
from Washington is TO be vigorously
opposed on the floor OF the house
The pension bill. as favoraoly re-
ported to the house. abolishes all PEN
sion agencies except the central one
at Washington. BY the new arrange
ment see5.0O0 would be saveG an
nually.
The house has adopted a resolution
of sympathy with Portugal in connec-
tion with the assassination of King
Carlos and the crown prince
A bill creating a bureau of postal
savings has been introduced by Sena-
tor Bnrkett-
Speaker Cannon is authority for
the statement that there will be no
tariff commission appointed at this
session OF. congress. Revision will be
taken up next winter.
Robert J. Cousins, now serving his
eighth term in congress from Iowa,
has announced that he will not be a
candidate again.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

The author looked up from the
first chapter of his mammoth history
OF advertising.
Y wonder he murmlred. who
could have been the first manufacturer
to advertise? 1t is an item that would
fit in well here"
There is no extant data on the sub
iect." said the farmer. but l have
every reason to believe that the hen
is the person you are looking for"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

The hospital ship Relief has been
placed in service NJ the Mare Island
navy yard AZ San Francisco
Kaid Sir Harry MacLsan. who has
been held captive by Raisun. the
Moorish bandit. for the past seven
months. has arrived At Tangier under
escort
Attorney General 'Hadley has filed a
involving the stock shippers law. re-
Gently decided unconstitutional BY the
supreme court of Missouri
Lyman C. White. publisher OF the
Alva. Ok. Review. has purchased the
Ava Courier and will consolidate the
two papers
Judge James Hargis. the notorious
teudist OF Breathitt county. Ky. was
recently shot dead by his own son
after quarrel.
Mrs C. C. Burton was recently
awarded 5000 damages against l. ?
Dayhon. former Kansas superintend-
ent of public Instruction. at Topeka
Dayhor had attacked Mrs Burton in
his paper. the Kansas Educator.
The operating vicepresidents Of a
large number of railroads held 4 con
ference with President Roosevelt 70.
the purpose of securing delay in the
enforcement OF certain laws about to
become operative. They were referred
TO the interstate commerce commits
sion
At the request OF the house CON-
mittse on printing. President Roose-
veIt has suspended Public Printer
Charles A Stillinss. pending an in
vestisa;ion OF the government print
ing office. William s Rooster is tenn
porarily in charge OF the plant
The president. by proclamation. has
added S50.i7l acres to the Trinity for
est reserve in California
The torpedo boat iotilla has reached
Punta Arenas, in the Strait of Ma
gsnan-
There were II strikes in Kansas
last year, involving s5s rueu. and
loss in wages OF s113.016-
With the swearing in of George P.
Weruore as senator from Rhode Isiani
the membership of the senate is in
creased TO 90 for the first time IN the
history Of the country.
Three boys aged five. eight AMI L.
years respectively have confessed TO
burglary in ST. Louis.
The Kansas legislature has ad-
iourned sine die without having en-
acted any hank deposit guaranty leg
islation
The fve-year-old adopted son of Dr..
Eva Harding Of Topeka vas recently
burned TO death while playing with
matches
The Missouri supreme court has ap-
pointed Judge Bruce of Paris No. q
commissioner TO take testimony in the
custer suit against the International
Harvester company
The Third Wart Foraker club Of
Cleveland. o. has Endorsed Secret, ~
Taft for president
The Pittsourg. Pa. stock exchange
has opened for business after having
been closed three months on account
of the financial furry
The divorce court OF London has
granted decree nuIlifying the mar
rage of Alice Thaw. sister OF Harry
h Thaw. TO the Earl Of Yarmouth
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Tangier.-Caid Sir Harry MacLean,
commander OF the sultan's bodygcard.
and, next to the sultan the most infiu-
entail nan in Morocco. has arrived
here uuier an escort from the bandit
Raisuli- who has had him under bond
age for the past seven months
He was brought in accordance with
the agreement which the British gov.
eminent made with Raisuli for his re
lease. in return for which Great Brit.
ain ~iH pay 100000 to Raisuli and
guarantee him protection and immu.
nifty from arrest
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Lisbon Portugal. via Badaios. Spain
The Republican leaders in Portugal
are in extremely high spirits They
assert confidently that republic is
now matter CT months. not OF years
L competent spokesman says:
The end OF the monarchy Is ne.r
Il will come as Unexpectedly as did
the murder OF the king and the crown
prince. and the world viii wake I'd
one morning TO ind q republic m Por-
EEgzl We are convinced that the rev
button vii be q peaceful one II Is
Mistake for foreigners to imagine that
he people OF Portugal are not awake
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12
Printing Investigation.

Washington. : Concurrfng in the
recommendation OF Acting Public
Printer Rossiter. the President Thurs
day cancelled the contract of the gov
eminent with the Audit System and
ordered its election from the govern
ment printing office at the end of six
days
The Audit System is the corporate
name OF the cost-ascertaining method
which was installed more than year
ago by Public Printer Stillings. I'm
der its operation the government has
paid out $4,000 for the privilege OF
calculating the cost of government
printing and binding.
Representative Lands of Indiana.
chairman of the Joint committee which
is investigating the government print
ing office. says that the Audit System.
as 1t has been Installed and operated
in Wash gton, lis gold brick thinly
plated with the genuine stun. We have
paid for this brick" said Mr.. Lands.
and before We throw it out we are go
ing to extract and retain the modicum
of value it is gilded with l mean that
you can not run the government print
ing Office with all its departments and
its $500 employees without using some
method II cost ascertainment- So II
there are any good features in the
Audit System. we are going to keep
them. for we have paid for them many
times over
Mr. lands is authority for the state
ment that the joint investigation CON-
nittee proposes to take the lid entirely
on and delve to the bottom of the
many charges. many of them definite
and distinct. others OF a public rumor
character. which eventuated Thursday
in the suspension by the President OF
Public Printer Stilliugs and his sue
cession by W. S. Rossiter Of the CEN
sus bureau.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice OF Starch matter of great i'm
portance- Defiance Starch. being free
from all injurious chemicals. is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics Its great strength as a stinen-
er makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary. with the result of
perfect finish. equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Science is about to prove that ami
NAL energy is developed by electricity
and that the human body is q battery
for generating the subtle fluid from
the purefood products the person alb
serbs at banquet. a fres-lurch cour-
ter OF elsewhere After the subject
has been developed more thoroughly
perhaps when we are sick we shall
send for the electrician instead Of for
the physician. as in the present
transitory STAGE.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

A surgical experimental AZ the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search has successfully transplanted
kidneys from one animal into an
other, and the president OF the iuSti-
tute predicts that this Will be fol-
lowed before long by the transfer o.,
vital organs from the lower animals to
man. But. asks the Baltimore Ameri.
can anxiousiy. what eject will it have
on man to be provided with feline Or
q canine heart or 3 rabbits liver.
VIII he become --catty- or white Nv-
cred. Beware of the surgeon who
wishes to tamper with your vitals-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Rabbi Hirsch in a sermon in New
York in speaking of the modern I'M
possibility of leading a private life.
referred to the telephone as an iuso-
lent machine which causes each pos
SCISSOR TO belong to every other person
who also has one The telephone IN
doubtedly is nuisance in many ways.
but that its benefits more than com
pensate for its disadvantages is
proved by the fact that people have it
in their homes There is no law COM
polling man to have one OF the in
solent machines" put in for the sx-
elusive benefit Of his friends
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Catherine Waugh McCulIoch says
that women do not get a show before
jury unless they are pretty. and
then they get too much Of a show.
The idea that any one should sian
der the girls that way, Our under
standing OF it was that they were all
pretty.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12
Personal

FerSohSt
William J. Bryan addressed the Civ
&c Forum at Carnegie hall. New YORK.
recently on the subject, Thou Shalt
Not Steal
Ex-P-errier Franco. OF Portugal.
who fed from Lisbon after the as
sassination of King Carlos. has ar
rived in Paris His ultimate testiua-
ton is Switzerland
Charles H banner o. Fort Scott
has been chosen president OF the
Kansas State Society OF Labor
Dr.. W H Carruth has returned to
the Kansas university after six
months spent in Germany.
E s D ShortridSe. former gov
ernor Of North Dakota. IS dead. at
Devils Lake
Gen o. II-nLasranse. governor of
the National Soldiers home AZ Saw
tslle- Cal. has resigned
Joseph C. Burton. the last survivor
OF the first abolitionist organization in
Illinois. is dead at Alton
The president has named BENJAMIN
? Thomas as postmaster AZ Omaha,
Neb.
Judge John N Stewart. 4 prominent
lawyer and democratic politician. is
dead II his home in St Joseph. No
Dr.. L H Laidlsy. one OF the most
prominent physicians of St Louis. and
Who vas medical director Of the
xo-rf-s fat. IS dead
Hon George D. Wise. for many
years : member OF congress from
Virginia. Is dead At his home in Rich
uont
Frank H Hitchcock. first assistant
postmaster general. is to retire from
the postal service to assist in the
management of the presidential cam
paigu of Secretary Taft
The German secretary OF the in
Psriai treasury. Herr Won S1eagal. has
resigned
Prank R O-NsiI. vice-presidsut O.
the Pulitzer Publishing company and
assistant manager OF the ST. Louis
Pos--Dtsparch. is dead
GLADYS Moore Vanderbilt daughter o,
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. was mar.
risd to Count S-scheuyi. OF Hungary,
in New York recently
George W Kanavsl. chairman OF the
Kansas board OF railroad Commission
e-s. has been named By the interstate
commerce commission as 4 member o.
the committee 10 revise freight elasst-
fsacsors on American railroads
Emperor William Of Germany has
! Just celebrated his 4ssh birthday
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Students who live in marble halls
and have all the Injuries do not make
rs good grades in Yale as do the poor
boys That is natural. They do not
need as good grades for the purpose
Of making a living.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

A publishers catalogue divides
books into three lists: Famous
Books" Readable Books Gift
Books.- No book appears in more
than one INST SThis is an amusing
comment on the present state OF lit
erature."
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

There is an idea prevalent in the
house of representatives that the
army needs some men to put behind
the guns rather than more highly paid
iomcers to shout commands TO nobody
In particular.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Great Britain can now put into prac-
tice some OF the theories It was so
willing to try on US when we were
having trouble with Japanese immI-
grants
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

The peanut diet so strongly advo-
Gated in Illinois has received hard
hackset A New York boy was run
over by a truck while on his way to
buy COOLERS
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Something will have to be done to
make service in the army more entic,
ing than a Job IN the steel mills be
fore there will be a grand rush to
enlist
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

n Is alivery well toiattack the navy
from the seclusion of New York
magazine office. but would the writer
of the article care to meet the fieee In
the middle OF the Pacific on dark
night and attack il there.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

A New York physician wants so
ciety tolhy kites for its health. Any
thing at all so it isn't useful occu
patton
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Dyspepsia makes liars. says n Lon
don medicsf Journal As all men are
liars. according to- the psaimist. it
would appear that something is radio.
ally wrong with the worlds food
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

II Anna Gould did not have enough
OF French nobility the other time she
must be hard to satisfy.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Owners Of the new Brooklyn tun-
mel are much disappointed Not-every
strapson every train was in use the
first day. s-Stifl they should give such
staid persons as Brooklynites at least
. week to get the tunnel habit
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

A visiting English woman says that
husbands are clans. Well. who is it
that makes them shut up?
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Because mule sat down on him.
an Iowa miner demands $4,000. The
mule will know better next time and
merely kick the stuffin' out of him.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12
New-York hoiei kespsrs win learn

New YORK hotet zeepers viii learn
after awhile. Henceforth when a man
signs his name Duke de Deadbeat
or something quite as noble and i'm
pressive it will be to the street for
him unless he has n few tons OF bag
gage along as an evidence Of good
faith
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

That II is the duty of man to
walk the floor all night with a crying
baby is the opinion handed down by
Chicago judge. Impeach him.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Now that their convention is over
the scientists may hurry back to the
society Of the guinea pig and the 81
ant poato bug.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Virtue hardly gets chance to pat
itself on the back in San Francisco
before vice rises up and hands It one
or two in n tender~spot.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Mrs. Benham-You used to say
that l was your life
Benham-Can't man get tired OF
life!
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Maybe those Europeans who still
think there will be war between this
country and Japan have not seen a
picture OF our fleet.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

Automobile scorchers are to be put
In Jail, That is treatment more near
iy fitting the disease Some scorch-
ers would rather pay a fine than
eat peanuts. II makes them feel he
roic without Gripping them fnan-
rSaItv
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

The best swimmer is the first to
drown himself.-ltalian.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12

bat Is LAXATIVE BRoNo QuiyINE Ix,oS fof
= signature Of 4. W. GROVE. Used ,he W og,d
rcr % Cure = Cold in one Day. 10
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-12
GOT IT.

Cholly-Er-h'm
did you ever hear
your sister speak
Of me. Willie?
Willie-Sure; 1
heard sis say dat
your head was
shaped like a
lemon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-03
A SERMONET FOR WORKERS
[For the .Newsn by II. ]. IIapsood.

[For the "News" By II. j. Hapgood.l
when we consider the Importance OF
men in buslnesg. It seems strange that
employers do not give more care to
the work Of securing them. All rho
difficulty In the employment problem
Is not due TO the lack OF good men.
great part OF II may be attributed 10
the neglect Of tho employers to meet
applicants for positions I'm a fair spirit
and TO Judge them rightly. II the
men with whom the employer sur
rounds himself are the direct cause Of
his success or failure, more care
should be given to their selection han
to any other part OF the business. Yet
this is rarely the case.
Too many employers give this feat
ure of their business scant attention.
and that only during their odd mo-
inents. There are few employers who
follow the example of the president
of certain large New York COM
pany and give more time to the selec-
ton of employees than to any other
branch of the work This man adopt
ed the plan years ago, and he believes
that 1t pays. The result has been II
force of men who are first-class in ev-
cry respect. He knows them all, from
the general manager to the lowest
clerk, understands their capabilities
and IS always certain Just what he can
expect from them in the way of work.
He has around him supply of hui
man capital that is constantly increas-
ing in value.
The head of a large business would
not talk with one of his customers
concerning a $1,000 contract when
he was out of temper, i'll or extremely
busy. He would think he must be in
the very best possible mental and
physical condition for the interview,
so that he could achieve the best pos
sible results for his concern. But
when It comes to hiring high-grade
employees who may be worth far
more TO him than half a million doI-
lar contract, he does not let these
things stand in his way and often al
lows his own i'll temper or worry over
business cares TO influence him against
a really capable man. And good
man lost to a firm In this age of siren
uous competition for human brains
and energy is a most serious matter.