The Washington herald., 1914-01-14
RESERVE BOARD
HEARING TODAY
Washinstonians VIII Contend
This City Logical Seat
for Bank.
OTHERS TO FILE CLAIMS
ORGANIZATION Committee Leaves Sat
urday to Begin Series OF Hearings
Over the Entire Country.
OTHERS TO FILE CLAIMS

The organization committee Of the Fed
| ieral reserve board. which consists for
the present of Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Secretary. Of Agriculture
Houston, will resume hearings today at
the Treasury Department. Represent
atives will be heard from Richmond. Va.
Raleigh, N. c.. Wheeling, w. Va. Phila-
deiphia and Pittsburgh. Pa, Baltimore.
and Washington, ID. c.
Capital Bankers to Appear.
Washington bankers will make de-
termined effort to convince the commit
tee that the reserve bank should be To-
Gated here. II Is understood. however,
that Philadelphia and Baltimore bankers
will deny that Washington is the logical
city for the reserve bank Of the Middle
Atlantic reserve district. and will con-
tend that either of these cities has
superior claims Announcement has been
made by the committee that there are
no tentative plans as yet for the define
alton of the various reserve districts and
that their minds will be open toward the
testimony submitted to them.
The committee will leave Washington
on Saturday on a special car for Chicago
to begin a series OF hearings which will
cover the entire country. The hearings
will be concluded In Cleveland. Ohio.
February IL. instead Of February y. as
was previously announced. Soon after
this date IL is expected the committee
Will issue an announcement as to The
destination of the number of reserve
districts which it mas decided upon. At
its discretion the committee may select
from eight to twelve districts and the
same number of Federal reserve cities.
Secretaries McAdoo and Houston expect
to be Joined by Mr.. Williams. the present
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in
charge of fiscal matters. whose nomina-
tion as Comptroller on the Currency was
sent to the Senate by President Wilson
yesterday.
Revised List of Hearings.
The following revised list for the re-
mainder of the committees hearings was
given out at the Treasury Department
yesterday:
Chicago, Ill. January 10 and ao-Repre-
sentatives TO be heard from Chicago. St
Paul, Mimi: Minneapolis, Mimi; Detroit.
Mich, and Des Moines, Iowa.
ST. Louis, Mo-, January 21-Representa-
tives from st. Louis, Little Rock, Ark;
Cairo, ILL.,; East ST. Louis. Ill. and Evans
willie, Ind.
Kansas City. Mo, January e3-Repre-
sentatives from Kansas City, Topeka,
Kans.; Muskogee. Okla: Oklahoma City.
Okla. and ST. Joseph. Mo.
Lincoln, Nebr., January A-Represent-
atives from Lincoln. and Omaha, Nebr.
Denver. Colo. January as-Represent-
atives from Denver. Colo, and Salt Lake
City, Utah
Seattle. Wash. January 2-Representa-
tives from Seattle, Wash: Ealispell.
Wash; Butte. Mont: Missoula. Mont;
Spokane, Wash; Boise. Idaho; Fayette.
Idaho and Palouse Wash
Portland. Greg. January 30-Represent-
atives from Portland.
San Francisco, Cal. February Rep
from San Francisco.
Los Angeles. Cal. February 4-Repre-
sentatives from Los Angeles, Phoenix,
Ariz
Houston. Tex. February 9-Representa-
tives from Fort Worth. Tex. Dallas,
Tex, Waco. Tex, San Antonio, Tex.
New Orleans, La. February 1l-Repre-
sentatives from New Orleans, Louisville,
KY, Memphis, Tenn. Mobile, Ala, Mont
gomery, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga. February 13-Representa-
tives from Chattanooga, Tenn. Colum-
bia, S. c., Savannah, Ga, Charleston. S.
c.. Birmingham, Ala, Jacksonville. Fla,
Atlanta.
Cincinnati. Ohio. February 1s-Repre-
sentatives from Cincinnati. Columbus.
Ohio. indianapolis, Ind. Nashville. Tenn.
Cleveland. Ohio. February TI-Repre-
sentatives from Cleveland, Toledo, Ohio. |