The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13

| Hungary and Holland. The list Of pub
| lcations which has recently been gwen
TO the public conveys an Impressive piC-
turc Of the substantial way IN which
this effort has been carried out and of
the encyclopedia scope of The commls-
sion s Investigations.
In each of the leading countries The
cndcavor was also made 10 secure the
cooperation of tho most competent
financial experts in preparing reports
covering their banking history and cur.
rent banking practices. The list Of
cullaborators includes the names OF the
editors Of most of the world S leading
financial journals as well as an impos.
ing roll of university experts on bank
ing and finance i'm France, Germany,
England. Italy. and other countries, as
well rs the United States. In England
the commission secured contributions
from such men as Francis w. lIrst,
the editor of the London Economist; ;
Hartley Wiihcrs. financial editor of the
London Times; George Paish, editor Of
The S,atist; Sir r. II, iuglis Palgrave,
tho distinguished authority on banking
and editor of the London Bankers Mag
azine; Prof. II. s. FoXwell, of the Lon.
don School of Economics: Mr.. Robert
Martin Holland. honorable secretary Of
the clearing house aud others
In France thc commission secured the
assistance Of, recognized authorities,
such as Andre Licssc, the distinguished
economic writer and professor i'm the
Conservatoirc dcs Arts ct Meters: Al.
bert Aupctit. tho head of fhe archives
of the Bank Of France: Alfred Ncy-
marck. tho well known editor Of lie Rem
tier: T.. Vidal editor of La Cote de Ia
Bauque ct de Ia Boursc; VI. Lcfovre,
head of the archives Of the Credit
| and ntb Each 1,f tlIgN
authorities has prepared, under the di-
Tcction Of the commission, treatises COW
ering some part of thc history prac-
teal operation. or statistics OF French
banking, the several treatises being ar
ranged 50 as To present complete pic
turc Of the banking system of France.
In Germany, where abundant liter
ature covering the various phases Of
the country 5 banking was already eI-
istcnt, the commission followed the plan
of selecting n series Of volumes for
translation, having papers specially pre-
pared only in the case Of those sub
iccts which had not already been GOV
cred by German writer's. These trans
latious viii include the twenty.ffth an
nivcrsarv volume Of the Reic chsbank.
published in Berlin in 1900, and a great
number of the more recent articles per
tincnt TO the discussion Of tho pending
renewal ot the hclchShank charter. In
asmuch as the worldwide panic of 1907
and the pending renewal Of the Reicbs.
bank charter had resulted in the ap.
pointment of parliamentary commits.
sion i'll Germany TO study possible re.
forms in the banking laws of that coun.
try, the stenograpbic reports Of the
discussions of that German commission
have been translated and viii be made
available to the American public in
series of volumes, In addition to these
the commission has translated mono
graphs and articles by Doctor Koch. the
late president of the Rcichsbank: Pro
fessor Lexis, tho famous economist of
Gocttingcn: and by such well known au-
thorics upon German banking as Tccht.
Hcrmcs, Schacbner, Scidci. Wittncr,
Mueller, Brrslaucr. and Franz. covering
the history and organization of The sew
cral kinds Of banks peculiar to Ger
many. Moreover, Doctor Riessrr, for
mcr president of the Bank fur Handel
und Industric and president ot tho Ger.
man Bankers association. has prepared
especially for the commission a now
edition Of his authoritative wor, upnn
tho great German ioint-stock banks
which is also being translated for pub
LEGATION.