Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-04

introduction Of a slug Of limburger
IN the theater Of bis activities should
cause him to withdraw In high iud.
geon.
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A pestiferous Itch for something dif.
ferent seems to have beset the artistic
souls responsible for the issue Of our
money and stamps. Our gold pieces
first felt the innovator's touch. and
since then the artists Of the treasury
and the postofice have eagerly seized
upon every pretext to foist the unfa.
miliar into our purses and upon our
letters. Presumably the end II afar.
What this world needs IL new and
better men and women, who will find
at hand all the religious help that IL
necessary without devising new sys.
TENS Of ethical culture. Not all men
are intellectual Brahmins, who can
feast their souls on academic ideals.
Most Of us need the personal help and
sympathy Of a Divine Being. who IL
to us q reality and not Q theory Of
living.
A chemical analysis Of the human
body results In some interesting dis.
closures. We are told that the normal,
healthy man who weighs one hundred
and nifty pounds 10 the exact equiva.
lent. chemically speaking. Of one thou.
sand hens eggs. He consists Of thirty.
eight quarts Of water. which makes up
over half his weight. sixty Jumps Of
sugar, twenty spoonfuls Of salt, Iron
enough for seven spikes. two pounds
Of lime. thirty.nve hundred cubic feet
Of gas. oxygen. hydrogen and nitro.
gen. over twenty. pounds Of carbon. or
enough for about ten thousand lead
pencils. phosphorus enough for eight
hundred thousand matches. and starch,
sulphur. Chord OF potash and hydro.
chloric acid In lesser quantities.
Eight new sanctuaries for birds and
animals have been Get apart In the
state Of Victoria, Australia. by the gov.
eminent within q year. This IL In ad.
dition to the ordinary protection At.
forded by law to kangaroos. pla&ypus.
magpies. laughing jackals and certain
other animals. and 10 intended to pre-
vent the determination Of native crea.
lures. Several years ago private citi.
zen established . game sanctuary In
South Australia. and the birds within
It are now about a. tame % domssti.
Gated chickens. A similar fearlessness
Of man 10 noted In the East African
game preserve along the railroad on
which Mr.. Roosevelt Travelled on his
way 70 the hunting fields.
A stringent STATE law v Aeede6 q
regulate the establishment Of banhA
There are too many wildcat financial
schemes now In existence In Chicago.
Not wishing to compsts with The BIZ
banks, irresponsible people are startina
up small banks In the outlying district
Of Chicago. from time to time. Thii
practice has had disastrous result
upon the business and financial inter
ests Of the entire city. Many hundred
small business men and traders have
been ruined by this class Of institu
lions.
This nefariOus practice should bS
stopped and the only way to stop It Il
by municipal legislation.
A provision ought to be made In the
city charter authorizing the city under
Its police power to regulate the estab
lishment Of banks and creating IN
pursuance of this work board FOL
the examination Of all proposed new
banking concerns. Such "a board
should be given ample power to exam
Inc into the financial standing 81 the
promoters OF these institutions, and
none should be allowed to he licensed
unless such as could show assets ample
for the carrying on OF their business
sufficient to cover the amount of theiI
deposits, and sound and substantial
enough to thoroughly protect theil
depositors.
There can he no question as to thu
right ana the Justice Of the city Il
exercise such power under properly
constructed charter provision. II thu
city has the right to regulate plumb
ers, to regulate engineers. to regulate
the electrical business. to regulate pawn
brokers and the scores OF other bust
ness enterprises and Industries 0vel
which 1t exercises unquestioned super
wishing powers. 1t certainly has a per
: feet right to regulate the banking busi
ness, which Ia Of far more imp0rtanc,
than anything In the line Of business
In the city. because upon the Legitimate