Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-03
NEW BANK LAW
LEGISLATURES
TASK THIS YEAR
Georgia FinanCiers Have Taken
Time by ForeIock and Prepared
Recommendations.
BY JAMES 3. NEVIN.

Undoubtedly movement VIII be
inaugurated early In the next SEES
sion Of the Legislature to provide
better banking laws than those now
on the statute books.
A fine general banking act was
prepared and presented 10 the last
Legislature, and would have passed
had its sponsors not permitted II to
drag along until the last days Of the
session, when It got lost in the jam
at the final minute.
\ conference of State bankers in
Savannah last week seriously con-
sidered the act to be presented to
the next Legislature. II was attend
cd by the most representative assort-
ment of State bankers ever assem-
bled in Georgia, perhaps.
Certainly, the membership Of the
conference was such as to insure
good bill, as those things go.
The actual bill, OF course, will be
prepared by some member or mem
bers of the Legislature-the bankers
will not presume to propose their
own bill, and only met in Savannah
for the purpose of framing their rec
concentrations in part.
The bankers of the State have been
trying for years to devise a plan for
the establishment Of a State banking
department, but have made little
headway The reason is that the
conferences heretofore invariably
have been deferred until after the
Legislature was in session, thus oc
Casioniug unnecessary and hurtful
delay This year, the bankers have
taken an early initiative.
Reform in the State banking laws
admittedly is badly needed-by the
general public no less than by the
bankers. In the next General As
sembly moreover relief likely will be
found.
The Townsville Times Enterprise
looks with great favor upon the sug-
gestion that Colonel j. Lindsay john
SON. editor of The Rome Tribune
Herald be sent TO Shanghai as this
nations Consul General.
The Thomasville paper says there
isn't an editor In Georgia who would
not accord Hon. J. Lindsay Johnson
active and hearty support in landing
any Democratic plum"
The Rome editor is very popular
with the state press, particularly
since the weekly association met in
Rome a year or SO ago, and was en-
teri med by Co,onel and Mrs. John
son.
Henry s Jackson. Collector Of In
ternal Revenue, looks vita entire
Complacency upon his probable GUST
ing from office before many days
have passed.
Mr.. Jackson was CALAMITY and ag-
Ersssiyel. Tor President Taft in the
late Prce3sntiHl election He WAS APP
pointed bs Mr. Taft. and he never
fickered i'm his support Of the Prosi-
dent
Since the fortunes ~ war put his
chief down aud out, Elr. Jackson has
accepted the situation philosophicaiiy
and without complaint, lie still be-
licves in Taft but he does not an
ticipate that his services WIFI be re-
quired indefinitely under President
Wilson
Mr.. Jackson is neither doing nor
saying anything calculated to hurry
up his successor he in taking over
the Collectorship iob-but he makes
no bones of saying that me i- ready
10 quit when the quitting tine real
ly comes"
Thomas f. Watson is home from
Florida. where for "a little while re-
Gently he took his ease.
Mr.. Watson rarely permits himself
a vacation-indeed. he never took e
genuine vacation in his life, per
haps. But in the crush Of work. in
which he always is up TO his ears. he
now and then gives way-and then
il is that he takes his occasional dav
or so off.
His physical condition is tiptop
nowadays his ability TO talk
and write is quite as uadisputcd as
heretofore.