The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-06
CLEARING HOUSE FOR
IDEAS AND OPINIONS

When Speaker Champ Clark. Gov
W. R. Stubbs Of Kansas. Senator NJ.
son w. Aldrich of Rhode Island, Gov
Herbert s. Hadley of Missouri, and q
few other of the nations men of note
take h floor at the Mississippi
Commercial congress-, which meets In
Kansas City November IA to II, there
Will be enough interest in what. they
have to say to the peoples of the west
to warrant listening.
For the officials Of the congress
have uttered the word that no ont
will be allowed to read his opinions
from a paper. No. every man who &C.
cepts an invitation to address this
and able to flow his thoughts directly
from his tongues end. This. ruling
while particularly cheering to the
four thousand delegates who will at.
tend the congress. is wiser still. for
1t will improve the interest of debate
a hundredfold.
Association Has Been Felt
And mighty questions will be prob.
ably finally settled before the con.
gress adjourns. For the resolution.
adopted by the delegates assembled
at these congresses sound the key.
note of feeling in the west that the
lawmakers of the east may act &C.
cordingly. And always in the twenty.
two years that the congress has de.
bated and resoluted the national leg
islators have needed the keynote.
Through this body's influence millions
of dollars have been appropriated by
congress for retaining land. both by
irrigation projects and drainage can.
ais. The existence Of the postal
banking system is due largely to the
efforts of the Trans Mississippi
Through the endeavors Of this body
rivers have been improved into nav.
igable streams. and scores of other
useful and beneficial things have beer
accomplished.
things to deal with. each Of them OF
colossal Importance. The one-cur.
rency reform Is of national import
the other of local interest-the west.
ern rivers improvement appropriation
The former has to do with Senator
Aldrich's proposed banking bill. which
provides for a centralized banking
system controlling one national re.
serve fund ready and guaranteeing te
render the country panic proof an6
at n same time. to open up for use
separate banks as reserve funds.
Aldrich to Champion His Bill
The west is an important factor II
the nation and the commercial inter
ests Of the west are not to be unno.
ticed. So far no definite expression
has come from the west on the AL.
drich bill. largely, perhaps. because
the west has had no opportunity o.
studying 1t. It is almost impossible
to comprehend its technicalities by g
perusal Of the bill. Thorough under.
standing of the bill requires language
and Senator Aldrich has agreed t
champion in person the merits of hi,
pet measure. Senator LaFollette
who has studied the currency ques
ton also, Is expected to be here an(
be heard IN the other side.
Also George NJ. Reynolds, presiden
Of the Continental and Commercial
National bank of Chicago. the larges
bank in America, and w. H. Fuqua
president of the First National banh
of Amarillo. Texas, and also presiden,
of the Texas Bankers association
will he among the score Of speaker.
who will take further part in the dis.
cussion.
Knowing this more than four hun.
dred bankers from over the west have
signtfied an intention Of hearing the
speech. When the last question has
been answered and the vote has beer
counted the resolution adopted will be
the acting influence on the future life
of the bill. But. judging from the
tone OF some of the letters received