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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-13


The DEACON Theater company, VINO
nave been eXhloltlng under canvass
closed a successtuI week ehgasenleIlt
mere anu - r. uiu.ly i-.e,.' -.
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$40 -, 1t,a li'-, 80 ,s,,,.,1o,
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Automobiles and motorcycllsts from
Chicago made things lively on our
streets YESTERDAY ana peufs u iaiIS llau
60 sep lttsis az ioUa GT-,-p 49,
- +ba+ aoo,+ o,,,, a machine nov
da,,s ,s wa, bebind the times and a
800 horse and bl,pa,v seems very slow
e,i.q and old fashioned besides the
~ ears mat are now driven ana to
t. walk. we'll --
Tba concrete sidewalks are being
aro,,nd the North ward school
inc by Contractor Parry this
of forr ~ - lsre,a ,,an1a
40 treas viii have +, ne taken ont
Of the county court houss square to
ow the building of the concre te
walks that are to be built soon
Nc t1,rt,or+ Toas sra,+ ro+,,r,lo,-
,-iet+tre eriands - Eas+ C-bto.ero ard
Hammond.
rbire,s !, - ao1,+ioo1 1i,,. 40 1i,.ar,
,vo- M consi7aratI,, ~ 1o+a
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grounds and enjoy the dance given
there in the evening at the floral hall
Music by four piece orchestra from
Chicago
r. G. Parry of the Hammond News
visited his parents here yesterday.
The Blocker family from here went
70 Hammond TO-DAY r. atte,5 tho f,.
neral of their grandmother. Mrs
Blocker. an old lady over eighty years
OF age who resided in that city
Charles Talcott and wife of Engle.
wood visited at the home of Mr., ant
Mrs. Frank B. Pattee over Sunday.
Fred Wheeler. August Hildebrandt
w Powed Till and John Wari Wheele
spent Saturday and Sunday at tn
Kankakee river fishing near Strubels
Fred Heide sr.. and wife of Chica o,
visited with Mr.. and Mrs Gottlefl
Bartholomew and attended a birthda.
party given IN honor OF MRS. Bartholo
me" last evening
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-13
Many Farmers Come to Town.

It has been long time since Crown
Points street were as crowded as they
were Saturday evening. The square
was lined with rigs from the country,
the farmers coming to buy their, week
~ supply of groceries. Added TO these
were the townpeople in quest of pleas
ure and amusement and Main street re-
sembled a small sived State street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-13

MORE NEWS IN ONE WEEK IN THE
TIMES THAN IN ALL THE OTHER
PAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION
CONFINED. COMPARE THEM AND
SEE VI TT ISN'T 50.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-13

NeiAdAu- oOHlt OF tnem are.
It's Daily Cartoon Service.
Illustrated News Features.
News OF the Calumet Region.
Up and Down Indiana.
All the News OF Hammond.
The Day i. History.
Political News.
Supreme Court Records.
Real Estate Transfers.
Articles of Incorporation.
The Weather Reports.
Weeks News Forecasted.
Indianapolis Political News.
Daily Stock Market.
Lake Circuit Court Affairs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-13
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-13

Appellate Court News.
Grain and Produce Market
Labor and Fraternal News
Indiana Patents Granted
Daily Sporting News.
iary and Whiting News
ews from All Lake County Towns
aighborhood News
lrbor and East Chicago News
IL the Social News
arriage Licenses Granted
peciaI County Seat News.
New Cases in all Courts
Superior Court Minutes
South Chicago news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
BODY AT THE MORGUE.
Police Investigating Circumstances
Attending Stevenson's Death.

The body of George Stevenson. colored,
sixteen years of age. who is said to have
shot himself in the forehead at HOS Spring
road yesterday afternoon, and died at
Garfield Hospital short time later, was
this morning removed to the morgue,
where Coroner hewitt made an examina-
ton. Pending the result of the investiga-
ton now being made by the police of the
tenth precinct the body will be held at
the morgue. Should the police ascertain
any facts that make necessary An in
quest the coroner will have a jury sum-
moned tomorrow or Wednesday.
The shooting occurred in the basement
of HOS Spring road, where Stevenson and
Cleveland Brogdon. aged fifteen years.
were examining q new rifle. Stevenson
had the gun between his knees and was
bending over it when 1t was discharged
The ball entered his forehead little to
the right of the center and penetrated
the brain. He was taken to Garfield
Hospital unconscious. and before the sur
geons could do anything for him he died
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO, November 16.-December
wheat, on buying by several of the lead
in commission houses. opened unchanged
to Aa3tc higher today at 1851 to 1VoA
and sold OF to 1885 on selling based on
liberal receipts.
December corn opened a shade lower
to Van higher at 63A to 63k and sold
off to 6SSt.
December oats opened unchanged at
4SX and advanced to 59h.
Provision prices at the opening were q
shade to 12a lower.
The wheat market was a quiet affair
during the last half Of the day, and a
heavy tone prevailed. December sold off
to 1.O2x. The market closed weak, with
prices at the lowest point December be-
ing OF y. at 1.o2ss.
Corn prices steadily declined until De-
cember touched 62H. The market closed
weak at the bottom, with December
down MaZ. at 62&.
Close: Wheat-December. 1.o2ss; May.
1.O7: July. LOIS.
Corn-November. e2x; December, 62x;
May, GIN; July. 6lX; September, 61N
Oats-Deoelnber, 4SA; May, 50%; July.
46h.
Pork-December, 14.45; January. 1924
a16.15.
Lard-November, $50: January, s.15:
May. 9.27h.
Ribs-January, $40; May, s.55as.57h.
Rye-Cash. 74ha75; December. "A; May,
7sN.
Barley-Cash. 59a65.
Timothy-November, 18Th; March, 1886
a4l0.
Clover-March, 925
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. Md, November 16-WHEAT-
Steady: spot contract. 1.O4hal .O4s.; spot No 2
red western. LOCAL .O6S; November. 1.O4ha
l4& Decem m,. l:o5ha10o s steamer No 2
ern on grade, 1.O1Na1.04A.
CORN-Firm: new spot mixed. 7Oaa70% new
6eNa671s; February, 81; STEAMER mixed. sra
61&; receipts. 26,914 bushels; new southern
8SMa7Oh
OATS--Quiet No. 2 white. 541la55; No. 3
white. 53ta54k: No. mixed. 53a53M; re-
ceipts. 1894 bushels.
RYE-Firm; No. 2 western export Sassy; re-
ceipts. 2,37s bushels.
HAY-Steady: No. 1 timothy. 1850 asked; No.
I clover mixed, 80 asked.
GRAIN FRElGHTS-Trade fat steam to Liv-
erpool. per bushel, 14d November: Cork for or
ders. per quarter. o November
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THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. November 16.-The cot
ton market opened steady at unchanged
prices to a decline of s points in re-
Spouse to somewhat disappointing Liver
pool cables, rallied to a point or SO over
the closing figures of last week, then
eased off slightly and during the middle
OF the session ruled irregular, within a
point or two of Saturdays close. Trad
ing was moderately active. but sentiment
seemed to be somewhat unsettled, with a
disposition to await the action of the re-
vision committee next Wednesday, par
ticularly with reference To operations in
the near months.
Futures opened steady. December, 9.12:
January. S.97: March. SIS: May. S.S4
July, SIS: August, $3.50; October, S.35-45.
The market continued rather nervous
during the late forenoon, with fiuctua-
lions narrow and prices about net I'M
Changed TO two points lower at midday.
Spot. quiet: middl!ng uplandS, 9.35; mid
ding gulf $50.
Estimated receipts at the ports today,
5000 bales. against 1880 last week and
Gn.3Si last year. For the week, $50 900
bales. against 10000 last week and
@3i.3sl last year. Today's receipts at
last year and at Houston, Is, 4O4 bales
against 16.057 last year.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL, November 16-Cotton-
Spot in fair demand: prices three points
higher; American middling, fair, 552;
good middlng. SIG; middlng, 5.O4; low
tniddling. asa: good ordinary, 433 or
binary. 3,43. The sales OF the day were
500 bales. of which 500 were for specu-
tation and export, and included $500
American. Receipts. IL 900 bales. includ-
ing 1850 American. Futures opened
steady and closed quiet: November, 4s2;
November December, 472iz; December
January. 41Ol2; January February, 40;
February March. 470la; March-ApriI
81; AprilMay. 4.7lis; May-June. 4.72;
'une-July. Ar: July-August. All: Au-
tust-September. 465: September October
i.53ie; October November. 4.55l2
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FINDS REST IN ARLINGTON.
Body Of Capt. Thornett Buried Will
Military Honors.

The body of Capt. Thomas B. Thornett
was buried today In Arlington cemetery
with military honors. Funeral services
were held at 10 o'clock this morning at
the home OF his son, F. H. Thornett, 234
9th street northeast. Rev. ]. H. Deis off,
ciating.
Born in 1919 in a quaint little town near
Glasgow Scotland. and being descend
ant Of a race Of sturdy Scotch fighters,
Capt Thornett served as soldier in
several wars. In the civil war in this
country he was a trooper in the Harris
Light Cavalry and the 7th United States
Cavalry Prior to coming to America
Capt. Thornett served with the British
army In the campaigns In India. Africa
and the Crimea. and received several
decorations for bravery from the late
Queen Victoria.
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UNION WITH TURKEY.
Persian NationaHsts in Conference
With Young Turkish ENJOYS.

ST. PETERSBURG. November 16-The
Novoe Vremya today published a special
dispatch from Tabriz Persia, saying that
Turkey has opened formal relations with
the Persian nationalist organization In
Azerbaijan province. commission of
Young ENJOYS. duly accredited, has ar
rived at Tabriz and been given an i'm
posing welcome. Abdul Hamid, through
the Turkish consul at Tabriz, has pre-
sented Satar Khan with Turkish order.
Fears are expressed. the correspondent
says, that the nationalists will secede and
declare union with Turkey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
Government Securities,
Executive Committee Meeting.

The executive committee of the Carne-
gle Institution of Washington held a
meeting today in the Bond building Rou-
line matters occupied the attention Of the
members and nothing was given out to
the public. 1t was announced that the
annual meeting of the trustees of the In
hitution will be held December 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16

U. 8. Rubber. COM, ssh.
U. 8. Steel, COM, SIN.
Y. 8. Steel, pfd., 1874.
Utah Copper, ~.
Va.-Car Chem, CON-. 3Sk.
Va. Iron, Coal & Coke. 5IA.
Westinghouse Elec. Man.. 81.
BONDS.
Amer. Tobacco As, 1914.
Chi, Rock Isl. & Pac. As, I3A.
Inter. Metro. ANS. 141s.
Union Pacific Convert. As, 1Ooh.
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Closing Quotations.
At the close of the stock market the
following stocks had changed in price
since above quotations. there being no
ehange IN balance OF the closing prices:
RAILROADS.
At. Top. & 8. Fe. COM. 937s.
BALTIC. & Ohio. CON-, 1OSX.
Brook. Rap. Tran. IS.
Canadian Pacific. 17sh.
G. c. c. & st. L., COM. 81.
Chi. 4 G. Western. COM. IFS.
Chi & N. w, COM. 171s..
Col. & Southern. COM, 46s.
Delaware & Hudson, 17Sl5.
Erie, LIST pfd., 40.
Erie, I'd pfd. 39A.
Great Northern, pfd, 1903.
1nterboro Metropolitan, COM, 1873.
Interboro Metropolitan. pfd., 36.
Kansas City Southern. COM, 30.
Louisville & Nashville, 1l5N.
Mexican Central. ctfs, 1871.
Mo. Kan. & Tex, COM, 35N
NJ. S. P. & s. S. M, COM, 1874
Missouri Pacific, GIN.
n. Y. Ontario & Western, 4414.
Norfolk Western. 50.
Northern Pacific. 1883
Pennsylvania. 1895.
Reading. CON-, 1885,.
Rock Island, COM, 225s.
Rock Island. pfd.. 49%.
ST l.. & San Fran. I'd pfd.. 1915.
Southern Pacific, COM, 1l7k.
Southern Pacific. pfd., 40.
Southern Railway, com. ,25M.
Southern Railway, pfd. 59%.
Toledo, st. Louis & West, pfd., 6O1a.
Union Pacific. com. 1873.
Wabash. CON-. lax.
Wisconsin Central CON- o9L
Wisconsin Central. pfd., 567s
INDUSTRIALS
Amalgamated Copper $685.
American Beet Sugar. COM, 21L.
American Can. CON-. OF.
American Can, pfd., 74Z.
American Car and Foundry. conn.,, Al.
American Cotton Oil. COM. 35Z.
Am Locomotive. COM, 56h
Am. Smelling & Ref. COM. 96L
Am. Smelling & Ref. pfd., 1918
Am. Sugar & Ref. CON-. 1873.
Am. Tel. & Tel. 1872
Anaconda Copper. 51h.
Central Leather. CON-, 291s.
Colorado Fuel & Iron, CON-. 4O4.
Col. & Hooking Coal & Iron. eoas.
Consolidated Gas. N. Y, 15Ok.
Corn Products Ref. pfd., 49,
General Electric. 1j5.
Great Northern Ore. Is.
International Steam Pump. 33.
Mackay Companies. COM. -.
National Biscuit. CON-. S9A.
National Biscuit. pfd., 1854.
New York Airbrake. S311
Pacific Mail Steamship, 31k.
Pressed Steel Car, COM, 10.
Pullman Company. ia.
Republic Iron and Steel, COM. 28h.
Republic Iron and Steel. pfd., IS.
Tennessee Copper. sou.
U. 8. Realty & Imp, COM, 63M.
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CURB QUOTATIONS.
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON. November 16. - Bullion
amounting to 100000 was withdrawn
from the Bank Of England today for
shipment to Batavia.
Bar gold, IT'S 111ed; American eagles.
76s gid.
BERLIN, November 16.-The weekly
statement Of the Imperial Bank Of Ger
many shows the following changes:
Cash in hand increased 27 SOC, 900 marks.
Loans decreased 6,298. 600 marks.
Discounts decreased 10. 05S. 600 marks
Treasury bills increased 51.355. 600
marks.
Notes in circulation decreased 81. 23O, 600
marks.
Deposits increased 81. 10000 marks
Exchange on London. 20 marks 46 pfen-
nigs for checks.
Discount rates-Short bills, ~ per cent;
three month bills 2h per cent.
PARIS. November 16.-Closing-Three
per cent rentes, 96 francs 80 centimes for
the account. Exchange on London, Is
francs 10 centimes and checks.
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r., f. and P. Election,

RICHMOND. Va. November 16-At the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Richmond. fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railroad held here today President
W. A. White and all the old directors
were reelected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
Washington Stock Exchange.

Saskatchewan call, IL O'Clock noon-Washins.
ton Gas a. 500 at 100.
washington Gas cert. 81 600 at l0sls.
Capital Traction Dc. 81 900 at 118h. $500 at
l1Sh.
Capital Traction, 20 at 134. 10 at 1874.
Washington Gas, Is at IS. % at 65H, 100 ut
65h.
Mitchell Mining. 100 at X. 50 at 5-1e.
After call-Washinston Gas cert, 500 at
1861.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., at ssx.
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d. L. Crumbaugh Dead.

David L. Crumbaugh. sixty-three years
of age and a longtime citizen of the Dis
trict. died yesterday at his home on the
canal road. beyond West Washington.
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LIVERPOOL Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, November disclosing:
Wheat-Spot firm: No. 2 red western win
ter Is 11Zd: futures quiet; December Is
HID: March. Is ord: May. Is AID. Corn
Spot American mixed. quiet. Is Id: fu-
sgd Peas-Canadian steady. Is 7Azd.
Fiour--Winter patents firm. sos. Hops in
London Pacific coast). firm. E2 5saE3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
Natural Conclusions.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Bill-What Is a pantomime?
Jill-Why, it's piece in which nobody
says anything.
Billion, all man actorS3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co.. bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building. members
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board Of
Trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16

Bar silver. quiet. q 3-l6d per ounce
Money. lhal& per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market foI
short bills is 2Na2 5-l6 per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market fos
three-month hills il 2tAa2 5-16 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
Will Call at White House.

BY invitation Of the President about
one hundred ladies connected with the
Young Women's Christian Association
will visit the White House tomorrow for a
conference with President Roosevelt. This
will be the closing feature of the intercity
conference. which has been in session here
since Friday Invitations have been Is
sued, and admittance will be by card.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-20
NOSTALGTAC PHILOSOPHY.

When the thermometer begins TO go up faster
than gin rickeys and peach sundaes can go
down some son of the open fields who Is So
iourning in large city for his salarys sweet
sake Is likely to pause in the midst of his labors
lust to enioy a moments nostalgia Usually his
walls deserve no attention. being framed with
words about granddad's orchard and the taffy
haired Jenkins girl. But when the current of
thoughts grows stronger at the negative pole
and he forgets to yearn old-oaken -bucketward
in his hot zeal to curse the hotter city. then
public policy demands that his charges be
answered This is particularly true when the
latter simulate cool arguments as they did In
that outburst contra urbeps which "The Chicago
Record Herald" was kind enough to print the
other day.
With bitter irony a bucolicky youth pictures
the ordinary city dweller. Here are the finer
strokes in the heros portrait:
He has little fat 1t contains four rooms
and he must climb three stairways to reach II
It is owned by another man. who charges him
20 per cent the price it cost for living there.
He works In an office where it is necessary
to have artificial light the year round. He is
one Of a thousand employees who know their
employer only by sight He Is merely a cog in
q great machine. He will last as long as he can
serve the purpose of cog that does not break
or wear out. He must be at his place at a
certain time every morning. and his work ends
ar certain time I'm the evening. The wages he
receives are regularly palG OUT 1Or rent anu loou
and clothing, and few small luxuries. At the
end of the year he is exactly where he started
at the beginning. He end he goes and
he many people who have interest in
him. They do not know his name. II he were
pass out Of existence tonight they would not
miss him
But the crowning folly and evaporation Is
yet to he drawn. do you pity this miserable
wretch?' our informant asks, and answers
If So YOU waste your pity
Ee lives I'm 3 great city.
He cannot believe that life would be worth
while elsewhere
He hears the daily roar of traffic
He a phonosraph. and through IT is en-
abla6 TO enjoy the latest popular songs
Once I'm a great while he and his wife get a
taste of high life by dining in restaurant
dreds of other people who eat and talk and
laugh.
And IL NAV he that an actor or an actress
comes fin 10 eat and drink and be seen
Is II not splendid?
He lives I'm a great city
This sorrowfuI philosophy must be nipped In
the bud The fat dwelling clerk is happy--
there's half the rehuttal in single adjective
The mental state is more important than its
reasons: hut even the latter cannot be ignored
The clerk loves his habitat because IL has parks
10 stroll in zoos 10 visit penny arcades for
winter and amusement parks for summer. fle
stays in town because he may some day read
want ad' that will land him in $50 week
berth: because he may rescue n rich maiden
from subway blockade md subsequently live
off almony because he may find ten-carat
diamond without claimant. because a turn
Of the political wheel may toss bin into an
New-York tribune., 1908-07-20
A BRYAN REIMBURSEMENT.

Mr.. Bryan's speech to the teachers at Lincoln,
like hts words of the day before to the labor
union. reveals him in his old character OF
demagorue To the unionists he said that s.
representative Of the 'toiling masses was
needed to sit in the Cabinet and look after the
interests of labor To the teachers-and be ad-
dressed them as q type of the small salaried
ernploye generally-he promised that q Demo-
cratic administration would mean "a better ad-
iustment of the rewards of service" Under
present conditions. he said. the rewards OF So
ciety are not "equitaby distributed. Compare
your compensation. and your work. he told
them with the compensation and the work or
those who have secured privileges ana 1aVor-
'.itism" And be went on and invited them to
contrast their rewards with those Of the presi-
dents of the big industrial corporations
Mr.. Bryan clearly hopes to get the vote OF
every one whose earnings are not as great rs
those of the president Of a railway corporatlon
or Of q life insurance company, and to all such
he holds out the hope of q reimbursement Our
aim" he says. "is to adjust the rewards OF
society honestly" 1t is very large aim But
how MANY of the men who think they are un-
derpaid would like to see Mr.. Bryan undertake
the role Of so readjusting economic condlt1ons
that school teachers would have reason to feel
satisfied when they compared their incomes win
those OF the leaders of the business world! The
Democratic candidate has no such knowledge on
the intricate and delicate mechanism of business
conditions that any who is In the least de-
gree familiar with them would feel safe with
him endearoring to effect reform or the proc
esses Of economic distribution.
Mr.. Bryan wonders how the poorly paid
school teachers 60 on voting for the continuance
of existing conditions They do so because his
offers for the last twelve years to thrust n
crowbar into the machinery on whose continued
running every one depends. and thus to find out
what is the matter with 1t. have not inspired
confidence Ineouitable prosperity Is to be pre-
ferred to the most equitable ruin
New-York tribune., 1908-07-20
INNIGRANTS' BANKS

The troubles of well known italian banker,
which are now being aired with the District
Attorneys assistance. ought to hasten the regen-
GRAFTON of New York's extensive system OF petty
banking institutions. If it is possible for one
Latin fnancier to msappropriate Immigrants
funds half as easily as his accusers represent
q tidy percentage of the round sixty million
dollars which his compatriots In this metropolis
earn yearly must find its way into the pockets
of the thousand and one so-called steamship
and forwarding agents. who vie with the Black
Hand I'm looting our little Italics" Whether
ANYTHING can be technically proved In this lat
est scandal is not within prophecy, but the fact
that the leading complainants are Croatians, in
stead of easily intimidated Italians. augurs
we'll Whether the case comes to grief or not,
enough has been established. since the Tribune
investigated the subject last year. to warrant a
thorough housecleaning in back alley banks
The complaint that small fry hnancers are
allowed to evade the state banking laws and
the fnspection which these require Is doubtless
we'll founded in the case Of few more preten-
tious concerns But it probably cannot be
brought with technical fairness against the ordi-
nary steamship and forwarding agent This
willy citizen. unlike Mr.. Bryan. cannot De re-
proached for his ignorance Of the exact nature
of bank deposit. He only runs storage and
express business. He will take his customer 8
little bag of hard won silver anC, as the agree
ment runs. hold the same until called Tor or
forward it at any time according TO instruc-
tfons OF course, he pays no interest-that
would SAVIOR of banking: aEd he has been known
to charge small sum for storing" his patrons s
wealth, Evidently this variety Of ''the poor
mans banker cannot be brought to account
under banking laws; and until other ways OF
reaching him are devised campaign of educa-
ton is In order. Could the newspapers circu-
lating among immigrants who read no English
be persuaded to take up the fight many an In
dustrious lahorer might be rescued from swim
dlers and penury. This hope being vain. we
fear. the task falls to reputable savings banks
and Settlement workers.