The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-03
SOLOMON LEVI
QUAKEs IN SHOES.
His Money LoanIns Business Destined
to be Less Lucrative
In the Fur
TO USE REAL NAME
Can No Longer Masquerade Under
Non de Plume and
Reap In the
Shcckies.
TO USE REAL NAME
by Ed. l. Keen. London correspon
dent of the pniteA 1ress.]

IBy Ed l.. Keen. London correSpon-
dent of the LrniteA 7ress.l
LONDON, August Solomon Levi
and his money lending brethren are
Quaking In their shoes over the bill
now going through parliament, which
In addition to prohibiting the mailing
of their business circulars to persons
who have not asked for them and do
not wish to receive them will require
all such philanthropists to operate
under their real names. No longer
will Montgomery Fitz-Montagu be
able confdentially to inform his sup
posed fellow aristocrats OF his ardent
desire to relieve their pressing finan-
cial needs, and he will be compelled
to stand forth in the clear light OF
day as Abraham Isaacs, or whatever
his proper patronymic may be.
The bill. which originated in the
house of lords, is being supported by
all parties and will almost certainly
be adopted by the commons and re-
ceive the royal signature In the pres
emit year. It was introduced by Lord
Newton. Now, Newton is somewhat
of reformer. but he probably would
have thought Of this particular field
for his activities IL one of the money
lenders hadn't carelessly sent a cir
cular to his daughter. che implica,
ton that Newton was not supplying
his own family with sufficient spend
ing money was exceedingly annoying
to his lordship. The daughter being
under age, Newton was able to pros,
ecute and secure the conviction of the
sender Of the circular for breach OF
the law which forbids professional
money-lenders to lend or even offer
| to lend money to minors.
Then he started out after the whole
| $50 percent fraternity. Besides as
sessing fine of $500 for the unse,
licited sending of such circulars, his
bill provides that the documents shall
i be signed by the real names of the
| senders, as well as their trade names
| At present money-lenders in England
may assume any name they choose
and usually they select one of arts
tocratic sound The financially EN-.
i barrassed man or woman who WOULD
hesitate to go to Joseph Einstein fol
relief. might readily fall for an inv,
tation from Claude Montmorency &c
1 We're, suggesting a kind-hearted gen
tleman of the upper classes who
would appreciate their position anc
treat them sympathetically AS New
ton pointed out in the house of lords
concern calling itself "Crewe ane
Iandsdowne" might well be mistaken
for connections of the noble mar
quises of those names. and certain,
would inspire more confidence thar
! the properly styled firm OF Nose.
and Aaron" The man who offered tt
his daughter any sum up to a quartel
OF a million dollars called himself
Harmsworth, Limited. and might havs
been mistaken for one OF the pro
prietors of the Daily Mail, but hi,
lordship discovered that his real name
: was Isaac Levene.
/, Other examples of names assumed
i by the profession are: Burton (rea
5 name Blumbergl, Lurzon tsamue
i Cohen). Rosslyn Stuart Joseph Abra
! hams), Leslie Fortescue (Abrahan
3 Cohen), Charles Russell Crosse Co
: henl, Henry Arthur Pearson-closel.
j resembling the millionaire newspape
: proprietor G. Arthur Pearson-tA gne
g Abram), James Carter meyer Cohen
q and Maple and Co, Gewis Isaacsl.
d The big money-lenders are despe,
ately fighting the measure which the