Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-04-24


2. BOOKS of reference, documents
and publications could well be used
Often comrades will have copies of
books which are of great value in a
reference department such as this but
which would be of little value t. them
in private collection. Comrades who
nave such books are urged to con-
| tribute them to the department, il
| they feel that they can spare .thelu.
Books that are placed here will be at
| the service of the movement every
| where.
3. RESEARCH WORK. There are
many questions that require consider
able research and study, which could
| undoubtedly be handled by comrades
| outside of the department who would
be willing to volunteer their services.
Any comrades who are willing to con-
tribute some time and effort are asked
to send us their names and the parti-
cular subject they would like to help
us on.
4. TRANSACTIONS. We are re-
ceiving many inquiries that require the
translation of magazine articles, let
tiers or pamphlets and documents in
foreign languages Comrades who feel
q themselves capable of translating
I scientific Socialist works in foreign
il languages are urged to lend us their
assistance.
Any Of the comrades who assist us
along these lines will simply be multi
plying the usefulness of this Depart
ment The Department is, OF course,
able to handle an increasing amount
of work, but it is quite likely that
there will always be requirements be-
yond our ability 70 meet with the
! funds and equipment at our COM
mand We shall be glad, therefore,
to make use of any volunteer service
of this kind.
A Boost from Schenectady. :
Comrade Charles A. Mullen, Com
missioner of Public Works, of Science
tady, has taken a novel way to boost
the cause of the party through the.
Information Department. He has re-
Gently sent out several OF his publica-
lions on the subject OF 'SThe Pave
ment Question in Schenectady" They
have been sent to- the city engineers
of all cities Of over 10000 inhabitants
in the United States, the information
being of particular interest and value
to city engineers. On each one OF
these publications from ComTade
Mullen, he had stamped with rubber
stamp the following:
| This information is forwarded
to you at the request of the In
formation Department of the Ma
tional Socialist Party, Carl d. /.
| Thompson, Manager Ill North
Market ST., Chicago, I'LL"
Comrade Mullen writes: 81 would
also suggest hat you have other So
| cialist cities that are sending out any
thing special stamp it in this way and
will add that it would very good tC
/ stamp material that you send out from
your own Office, so that anyone who
happens to pick it up would know
through whose activity it was dis
tributed." The suggestion is certain
iy a good one and we should like to
have the comrades consider 1t. We
shall do the same.
Publicly Owned Banks Successful.
Comrade John Kirkpatrick, Of Chi
cago, has sent to the department
most interesting discussion OF the sue
cessful operation Of state banks, one
in Indiana and the other in South
Carolina. The material is taken from
J THE History of Banking" by the late
John J. Knox.
| According to this information, the
state of Indiana established bank of
its own in 1885. 1t did business for
over twenty-five years, and during
that time was model of banking eff
cheney. No bank in the country stood
higher during the panics than this
bank. 1t was success in every way
from the beginning, and when it was
finally closed, had made for the state
a total profit of $3,50O,000.
| A similar bank was established In
South Carolina in 1880 and operated
until 1870. 1t survived the Civil War
and all the panics of that period, and
! when it was closed under a republican
administration, paid every bit of it's
pledges This bank like the one in
Indiana, served in many ways to help
the people of that state. 1t helped
to pay the state debt, turning over at
one time $2l5, 000 In 1888. when the
city of Charleston was destroyed by
fire. it advanced 100000 to help re-
build the city. It aided In the building
Of railways and in the development of
the state in various ways, and when
finally it was discontinued as a public
institution, It had saved the state mil
lions Of dollars.
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