The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-11
Senator Aldrich of Rhode ISL
and Entertained by the
Bankers and Business Men
of Omaha in Western Style.
STATESMAN INVESTED
WITH COWBOY REGALIA
Address on the Need of None
tay Reform, in Which His
. Hearers Were Advised to
Study the Serious Problem,
PROGRESS OF GREAT WEST

Omaha, Nov. 10.-That Senator Aldrich
is becoming rapidly westernized his
friends will be convinced when he returns
to New York and Washington if he wears
his new clothes. The principal recent adj
dition to his senatorial accoutrement is
a pair of leather chaps" such as cow
boys wear. They were presented to him
here today by former United States Sen
ator Henderson, and the presentation
formed the merriest, if not the most i'm
portant feature of a MONDAY luncheon
rendered the senator at the Omaha club
by Luther Drake, banker of this city.
Mr.. Aldrich did not know what to cal
the trousers, nor did he make explicit
promise to wear them, but he accepted
them with evident pleasure and in doing
so made a speech which showed that il
is possible, after all, for him to give at
tention TO other than financial questions.
Mr.. Aldrich arrived here early today on
his tour in the interest of monetary re-
form, and in addition TO his informal
speech at the Omaha club he delivered an
address tonight before the Commercial
club.
Adverse Criticism Unheeded.
The coming of Senator Aidrich had been
anticipated with much interest. He had
been advised that here he would be I'm the
very heart of the ''enemys country" In
addition he had been preceded here by
Congressman Fowler of New Jersey, I'M
I'll recently chairman of the house COM
mittee on banking and currency, who
was represented to have severely criti-
cised what are supposed to be some of the
Rhode island senator's banking ideas
The hope had been that Mr.. Aldrich would
give some attention to these opposing ele-
ments, but those who entertained such
hopes were disappointed. He did take
occasion to refute the idea that his eff
forts as a legislator are purely in the in
terest of eastern states. but he did not
mention any of his critics by name He
asserted that his efforts had ever beer
to serve the interests of all sections and
all classes.
At the night meeting Senator Aldrich
again went over the work of the commits
sion to date and outlined the labor before
1t. appealing, as at previous meetings, tC
bankers and business men to study tht
question of banking and currency reform
Whole Country Interested.
He dwelt upon the national character
of the work. declaring that any changs
must be in the interest of the entire coun
try. Indeed, he declared 1t would be al
most. if not quite. impossible to fOrmu
late a banking law that would wOrE
wholly for the benefit of any one section
In this connection, he spoke of the rapid
DEVELOPMENT of the west, and at the after
noon gathering said:
Il made a trip through southern Kan
sas I'm 1881 and / then gave careful at
tention to the country. would not have
after left Kansas City. 1t was marked
in my mind. and In the old Biographies
as the great American DESERT and i
looked it,
but now that country is flourishins
like a green bay tree. They told me il
Kansas City story of a man who cam'
into a bank about the time of which
speak and wanted to borrow a Thousand
dollars to put a roof on his barn. Tn
other day this same man came into tn
bank and asked the officials about Sc
curities and mortgages When askeC
what he wanted, he replied, Well hav'
said How much?' Well ne said.
think perhaps I can spare fifty Thousand
dollars now.
Farmers Capitalists.
Here. in the brief span of a genera
ton, is q man who started out by Dor
rowing a thousand dollars to repair hi
roof and who now has become capital
list And as nearly as I can make out
every farmer in Nebraska and Kansa
and all through this territory is a cap
italist "a voice, That's right".) Thi
is the capitalistic section of the country
We shall have to lock out for our laurel
In the east We used to loan money &
this section of the country. those of u
that had money to loan. But l eXpec
that in order TO develop our little farm
q being a farmer myself, very soon, /
we need any repairs to our roofs we shall
have to come to Omaha or to Kansa
City TO get it,
Really it is a very serious condition
There is more or less embarrassment o
riches about it. We have twenty-five
| thousand banks and soon will have fit
! thousand. We are going to have tn
| greatest surplus capital of the world il
| the United States soon. We have a grea
many things to think about. I am go
/ ing to ask you, bye and bye, to help m
| to think about it. 1t is very importan
/ that somebody should do a great deal O
I l.
/ to take such steps as you can to perpet
uate the present prosperity of the cOun
/ try
| Senator Aldrich has received man
/ pressing invitations to visit a number 0
other western cities, but has been com
] PEELED to decline all because present en-
4 fragments take him up to the meetin
/ of the commission on Nov. 20.