The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-23
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Great Desire Of n. A. Camp
That Hasr't Gratife1.
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aitez-io- % rAs activities q Mr.. Cans
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tnsiltatscz os rssearr1 whIch Nr
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~ Camp was a Ezn of ceMghrfaI
wniEs. ard this Wa cze a. thea.
Eat there waB pet another whim
WAieA ha1 even greater Hold q hin
= became. II szrt. tks great eonsuus-
irg ambition O. his LIE a. manager
o. the clearing h17ae.
L1is izsttErtion.~ he said 10 ne
one day. = established for he pup
pose Of making y possible 70 ex-
change easily tts checks zuf drafts
r1ich The banks that are members q
me association hare received rpcn DE-
posit q whlch are drawn against
these baHks Every bark eomes here
a. 2 certain hour q thA day with
checks OF drafts. whtch they call
TENS, t1zr have been received upon
deposit within - hours Then ne
clerks 90 around presenting TIE
drafts 10 representatives. Of each
bank IL that way the exchanges are
Effected, for eTery bank Is credited
With the drafts which 4 azz present
Cd for collection and is charged with
ne items presented to for coIIec-
ton Then, Il there be any balance.
me bank must pay II IN to the clear.
ing house. which settles With eac1
bank. With this explanation il rnind.
Tf= VIII understand the nature Of the
wish which has been with ne every
cay when the Clearing Hou1s asso-
ciation opens.
lt occurred 20 me, 7 should think.
some ten years ago. that Il would Sc
wonderful thing II one days ex-
changes II the clearing house 50 ex-
aetly balanced that there would be
nothing to pay over See what TIA.
would mean It would mean thar all
Of the sales and purchases 0f com
noditles which were represented b.
these checl1 and drafts and which
have taken place IN any one dsS
would exactly balance one anoyher.
Just as II you swapped your pocket
knife for somebody else's penho.der
on an even basis The more
thought Of this the more anxious be-
came that Il should happen al some
time during ny service as manager
Of the clearing house that the ex-
changes would exactly balance. sc
that there would not be a dollar to
pay over to any one. And at last this
became my pet ambition
ilut though this desire came 70 ne
. f4ll decade ago. I have never been I
able TO see II grathed. Thefs have
been few times when exchanges
which aggregated a hundred millions
or thereabout have been made with a
few hundred dollars balance to pay. /
I remember vlvidly that one day / was
overioyed with the prospect that the /
exchanges would balance exactsl +
What triumph that world have
beeni But I was disappointed at the
last moment And now. every day
when 1 come here. I say to myself
that hope this is TO be the day when
the exchanges win exactly balance"
Perhaps year later met Mr..
Camp again and asked him II at any
time during the year the exchanges
had balanced.
mo, not yet" he said, and then he
added sadly: But I feel sure Il VAL
happen before my time here ends"
Again. some months later, met
Mr. Camp and again asked II the ex-
changes had balanced.
Not yet" he replied. but I stir
have hope that I will be able to re-
port that the exchanges have exactly
Some time later. when / saw Mr..
Camp after It became known that be
vas to retire from the management Of
he Clearing House association. he
said to me.
Il have carried this clearing house
through some severe panics. The az
regate exchanges effected here have
been up into the trillions. But have
sot to 90 away frosn here aith ore
leep regret. for ! never shall see the
Exchanges Al this clearing house er-
Ictly balance. And yet It might have
'een. for It was all chance. and fate
vas against me-"
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