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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
WHY RESERVES ARE HIGH
With Some Suggested Changes to Re
lieve the Banking Situation.
.itnr of Mo Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Secretary McAdoo, in publish
ing a list of banks whose reserves at
the present time are far in excess OF
legal requirements, fails TO state the
reason why the banks must keep such
large reserves in hand.
The reason is that they are in mo-
mentary fear Of being subjected to eN>
traord.nary demands for the payment
Of their deposits. They have 10 way
of meeting these demands except out
Of their reserves of cash, by borrowing
Cf other banks or by issuing emer-
gency currency 1t is by no means cer>
tain that they will be able to borrow,
end if emergency currency is obtained
it must be paid for in the interest
charged for it.
If the banks could issue circulJ 1g
notes, based on their own credit, against
a reserve substantially the same as
that required for deposits, and rot SUBJ
jCct to any tax, except a tritiing amount
necessary to assure the safety Of the
notes, they would not then have to pile
Up such large reserves, and they would
10. do so.
The developments of the present
crisis and those CT 1898 and 1907 seem
TO lead 20 the conclusion that we need
the following changes in our banking
system:
/. A Capitalization of gold reserves
under the direction of bankers.
.. A decentralization Of credit.
3. Permission to any solvent bank TO
issue circulating notes on its own
credit, plus a safety fund large enough
20 assure the goodness of the notes,
and a reserve at least equal to that
now required against deposits, such
notes 10 be redeemed through the clear
ingS precisely as checks are row re-
deemed.
4. Some plan by which the banks OF
the country will he linked together for
mutual protection not compulsory in
its nature, but so attractive lhot all
anks will be eager 20 avail themselves
Of rs benefits. THE national banks
were forced into the Federal Reserve
system under penalty of death but the
state banks refuse to have anything to
do with it,
The legislative policy which this
country has adopted toward its bank.
ing system imposes stringent end alto.
gether unnecessary restrictions upon
the banks. depriYing them OF effic ent
means of protecting themselves and Of
serving the community. These restric,
tions are tiGhtrred ~ the Federal Re-
serve ac:. which places tho national
banks under the domination OF q rolit,
ical board.
Until tho politicians At Washington
have some comprehension Of the elc-
nentary problems Of banking il is idle
tor them to rail at the banks for tax.
ing precautions absolutely essential 70
their own safety.
ELMER II. YOUNGMAN,
Editor Bankers Magazine"
New York, Sept, &c, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
IRISH SYMPATHY FOR GERMANY
A Visitor to the Island Reports 1t
LOYAL to the Empire.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; | have noticed in The Tribune
letters about the Irish view of the war
and Friday morning | saw letter say
irq in go many words that the lrIStii
sympathized with Germany ana WouiGI
like to prove their sympathy. inns KIM !u
of thing is, suppose, what one mas U
expect from one type OF lrlshman
that kind that has lost most or ms
good home traits and taken on the
holster and least pleasing of American
traits. .,o,
have lust returned from rather
evtonsiye tour of Ireland, and ell the
time was there heard only one man
express any sympathy with Germany,
and I talked with Sim Feiners and all
shades Of Nationalists, and even had
the pleasure of drilling with the irish
Volunteers.
ireland, or certainly that part Of Ire
land that Is worth anything, IS with
the empire in it's fight for self-preser-
walton, and ireland has no desire TO
become second Alsace. ! think thaI
as soon as enlistment statistics become
available it will be shown that the
Irish show up az we'll in the British
army as any other Of IT'S elements 40
Certainly they are to the tore IN tS
command, for Kitchener is Irish horn
if not Irish bred, and Sir John French
like Earl Roberts, is both Irish born
and Irish bred.
There are in America great many
people with Irish names who ought TO
take a trip home and find out some
thing about the country they left to
make some money. w. B. BLAKE.
New York, Sept. p, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
Fire Prevention Day.

Governor Glynn has issued II proclamation drSlS
mating October o as fire prevention day. 1t Is his
idea that on this day there should he general
propagandst movement against fires, with fire
drills In schools and factories, instruction rs to
the danger and waste of fires and cleanup OF
fire hazards by individuals and the authorities
Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the waste
and danger of fires and on the utterly unnecessary
character of many, If not most, fires which occur
Annually hundreds Of thousands Of dollars and
many lives are lost in each large city of this state
through fires wholly nCedlesS--that is which were
caused by criminal carcIcssncSs or neglect OF
danger breeding conditions. Education against
negligence and against carelesSneSs is needed OH
cial action and the making Of laws cannot meet
the situation until the public Itself is aroused
Fire Prevention Day" is good press agent work
for the saving Of dollars and hvPs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
UNITED GERMANY
How Her Citizens Have Rallied to m'
Support of the Kaiser.

To the Editor of The Tribune. "A
Sir: Apropos Of the letter Of :
German Mother" printed IN to-osl
news columns of your valuable 49,
beg you will also print the tollO- ~.
extracts from adyices received on - ~,
e-al postcards from a more OF -.
well known resident Of Leipzig, ="
mtny. Among other things she say
"The spirit Of oneness win Nng.
the people seem permeated L ms -,
lous. We are living in woho -
though frightfully depressing ~,
torn. as we are, with grief ana ~
for friend and foe a., - 0.ook
"(Das game Yolk.) All tne P An
seem inspired with self-saerlheei ~,
are no rich, no poor, here nov; "a
Germans, sad, hopeful, brave, anu ~.
but one prayer-that the giSi''
erland may be saved to US. . n.usl.
Business is going on mueh % - ssys
there is no priyation at ALI th'hls L. 4.
not risen in price; the peoPie, uS'S
come more frugal; that IS all IA.
This is the utterance OF sans -
ured. broad woman Of middle sly 80
rronouncpd socialistic tendencles, -,
Who hitherto has spoken with eoh con- ..s.
Of the present form Of Germany ,. 5 =
eminent and its head. Sne sAJ 49,. ,osR
"Do YOUR small best to coIi'l .i...osiiuf
compatriots of the error OF suRE -
tGat the poor Kaiser deelsreee ,,,sJ
war. lie had patiently anu shsos ~
kent US out of ii long, -,lpystiNDER
long" Z. NJ ALh1 York. SsPt
col West 18th st., New l0i4
%, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
New Blood for Great Britain.

The prospective exodus Of Belgian refugees to
England promises TO add a new and permanent
element to the population of the British Isles For
II is inconceivable that large percentage 81 the
million peasants and burghers for which the United
Kingdom is making provision viii not remain
within her hoSpitablc boundaries, whatever the
outcome Of the war And It will not be the FIRST
time in history that Great Britain has offered her
shores as a refuge to the prosecuted and harsSsed
Of the turbulent Continent and enriched her human
stock thereby.
Indeed, since the Norman conquest this has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
THE EDWIN BOOTH MEMORIAL
Public Exhibition of The Players
Monument for Gramercy Park.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: An interesting competition for
n memorial to Edwin Booth by sculp-
tOr-members of The Players will close
October |. After eleven months OF
preparation the models and sketches
VIII then be submitted to the jury,
which will include Messrs. John Drew,
Evert Jansen Wendell Daniel Froh-
man, J. II. Benrimo, William Court
leigh, Joseph F. DAILY, Thomas W.
Dewing, Austin G. Fox, Charles H.
GcnUng, Jules Guerin, James K. Hack
EFT, Walter Hale, George c. Hazelton,
Richard Rowland Hunt, E. G. Kennedy,
Howard Kyle, F. F. Maekay, William
A. Mackay, John Russell Pope, Robert
Reid. Otis Skinner, E. II. Sothern, Da-
vid Warfeld and Francis Wilson.
The jury will be augmented by three
sculptOrs chosen by the competitors
themselves. They arc Laredo Taft, of
Chicago, and Messrs. Charles II. Me
haus and Albert Yeagers, of New York.
BY courtesy Of the National Arts
Club the models and sketches are to
be shown to the public at its galleries
at 119 East 10th st., on October and 9.
The memorial is to consist of a
statue, with pedestal and foundation,
showing Edwin Booth in the character
Of Hamlet, and it will be placed in the
centre of Gramercy Park.
Models have been made by Messrs
Robert |. Aitken, Paul Conkling, John
Flanagan, James Earle Fraser, Edmond
T. Quinn, ]. Massey Rhind and ]. Hay
wood RoudebuSh.
HOWARD KYLE, Chairman.
THOMAS W. DENYING.
ROBERT REID.
WILLIAM A. MACKAY.
The Competition Committee.
The Players, l6 Gramercy PARK, Sept.
%, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

practically her only method Of introducing new
blood into her veins. The Dutch, who found her
an ASYLUM from SponIsh tyranny; the French
Huguenots,>who fed to her after the revocation OF
the Edict Of Nantes the Jews, who Hooked To
her to escape the Spanish Inquisttion have all CON
tributed not inconsideraby to the type we are
pleased to call Anglo-Saxon. Now these thrifty
gentle and heroic Belgans will have an opportunity
to pay in like manner for the generous hospitality
Of their British sympathlzers and allies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYS.

>CDicmbcr 9G-U'p, and to the BARRIERS, where
did LET nv hair be shipped, but | would not haze
il siugcd. albeit the barber did tell me that other
else it could not long remain with me. Tut quoth
|. it hath been growing thin for 10 years yet
i, il there in abundance And hope shall never
grow 50 vain that my hair shall be n source OF
worrimcut to me. Then my wife and to Wood
mere. and she SO slow in attirng her that must
take a cab from the subway TO the station, cost
ING me IS 70 Mistress Lilliah's for luncheon, and
for dinner too; where is come my coZen Florence,
whom did cause TO laugh with two or three
cumicR sayings; and they were indeed comick, for
even c. Ricgcman the baTrister did crack smile
bcneafh the strain TO thc city, and | and my
wife TO the playhouse, and saw THE High Cost
of Loving" and | laughed again at it, despite the
coarscncss Of it, and my wife did, too; forasmuch
as should laugh ut Lew Fields if he did but re-
cite the alphabet.
27-Paycd at tennis with j. Spaeth again, and
came Mistress Katherine Lane, too, and we all TO
Il bakery aud had tine dinner; and thence tn
the Office to read my letters and do my stint, and
very happy at both tasks. Home and read Saml
Adams's The Clarion" a fine, brave book, and all
people should read IT, to know some truths about
newspapers.
2S-For Il walk with my wife, who still hath
her habit If stopping to accost every stray cat she
sees upon the street, which rketh me greatly. as
do not like either the cats or the delays. TO the
Office. where | did find Edfrid Bingham, who hath
been in Paris these seven years for my Lord James
Gordon Bennett and he told me many things, OF
the war and such, till it grew 50 late had scarce
time To finish my stint.
II the Journal has Il headline Battle Now at
Climax" it mustn't blame Dulcinea for looking
Climax up on the map. She has, by her own ad-
mSh, such poor memory for names
Last nights forecast was Fair; light frost in
exposed places So don't say you weren't warned
1t showed in Quebec yesterday but, as Klpling
said. they don't call that cold in Quebec.
\ CHlLnS GARDEN OF WAR VERSES.
The bombs are raining all around
They rain on field and tree
They rain on all the houses here
And on the ships at sea
FRANCES.
We are jcrried 10y Igg that it is from Nicholas
Nicklcby, as follows: "Ie wouldn't seem so old.
though, to them as didn't know him. for he was
little wanting here" touching his forehead; mo,
jody at h"mc. YOU know, If you knocked ever 50
often
At Il late hour last night we conceded The loss
or wager. made in May. that the Pirates would
finish ahead Of the Giants
Our bank accounted is now Cracking under the
Strain.
F. T. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
German Literary Defence.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: German Literary Defence" II
your "PeopIc's Column" of this morn,
Ing, is a highly instructive exhibit OF
the incohercnt and abusive rage ol
Germans and assistant Germans over
the progressive collapse of the hai'
ser's great military machine. OF course
il is dreadful that the much adver'
tised army, which expected to enter
Paris in three short weeks, should now
be in retreat and fighting to save itself
from anrihilation. The rage Of pro-
Germans in New York against editors
who print the real facts of the war is
OF the same brand as that which de-
stroys cathedrals and libraries in re-
venge for defeat. ..-
NATIVE AMERICAN.
New York, Sept. rs, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
Are Servants People?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In to-day's issue Of The Tribune
a correspondent writes that his house
hold is "conpcsed OF three people be
sides the servant" To which kingdom
does the servant belong, vegetable, OF
mineral? And still we wonder thai
young women are not anxious to enter
household service.
East Orange, n. j., Sept. q, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
Tn. n. B. Clalin Co. Stock

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | have read with interest every
thing / nave seen in yolr paper in re
gard 20 the plans OF the recognizing o.
the II. b. ClaAin Company Affairs, bu
do not find anything IN regard TO thu
stockholders what they are to eXpec.
As I hold a small amount OF the pre-
ferred, also common, | am anxious t
know, as the cutting off of interest
should much regret, az my income nov
Is none too large with the dividend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
T-;l.nnn Va Editori.l'.

To the Editor Of The Tribune ..l,', rspsi
Sir: Many thanks FOR YOU erose
ably able editorials on ua'rSine Dsts.
stories. They are worthy &c, A =
tion and ring true. II the sfuf''
CT doesn't Ike the way :. ,sturn ,
are treated let the partIissss, ~
their dear Vaterland, 70 thsD
our satisfaction. c., q. lllf
New Rochelle, N. u SsE"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
THE PEOPLES COLUMN An % 2

have always received from the invest
ment, which | cOnside one Of my
very best. One who has read your
paper for many years. NJ. F.
Englewood, n. j., Sept 2G, 1914.
1T is difficult to see how the Clatiln
company stock can pay dividends for a
long while, even supposing that the
present reorganization plans are ac-
cepted. These plans provide that the
stock of the Mercantile Corporation
the new holding and operating COM
pany-shall be turned over to the
stockholders of the old Clahin COM
pany after all the Indebtedness of the
latter has been paid.-Ed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

To the Editor Of The Tribune - mos
Sir: The writer would hse = - !.
who it was that laid down sns r ,a y
20 the time when straw n aat1I,s5 n
be worn and when 70 be - note
September Is. | am glad ~ pso,ls
every day that many ssns'p VA tksi
totally disregard this 1901 Ter 50
straws must not be worn 80 80 ~
TENDER IS. no those consuIH',IL-s -t'st
who delight in observing ,ssms,lV,,
limit" realize that they Ill Inslc'i
rush the season early in Apfi'
of May /? M, hat y
time net limit n &c for EnS straw hat. Be Ct ,s
April 'i i to October /, with s.s = Is ~
sion of two weeks to oetoOssse ~ 81 ?
vided cooler weather 54s NJ HAf
permanently. o ~
New York, Sept. "a. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
AN APPEAL FOR THE CHILDREN
AND MOTHERS OF BELGIUM
CALLING

In this hour Of darkest night
Little children cry for light;
Cry and call across the sea,
Stretching tiny hands to thee;
Sob and call and cry foY bread,
In this hour of deepest dread.
III this hour of grief and fear
They are calling 70 US here;
They are sobbing in the rain,
Cold and hungry and in pain;
Babies, frightened in the night,
Crying, calling for light.
From the terror and the cold
Nay We not one lamb enfold;
Lay one dropping little head
On its pillow, comforted;
Rurn one candle, clear and bright,
Where the children cry for light!
In our comfort and our ease
Shall we not hush one Of these?
In the midst of all our store
Can we not hold one heart moreI
Fill one little outstretched hand
From the harvest of the land?
Children call across the sea,
Lifting tiny hands to thee.
". E. ".
Paris, H., Sept. 90, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

do, and that a dish Of water outside :
shop or house for them to drink irou
would prevent many a fright.
Second-That The Tribune has r,
ported within the last year three Y
think FOUR deaths from the fear o.
hydrophobia; and, 80.
Third-That those who are bissl
oftenest Cdog catchers and policemen
are those who oftencst laugh 81 ue
notion of hydrophobia. .aov
Manchester, VT, Sept, "a, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
The Fear Of HYdrophobia.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | note with interest the letters
pro and con. the mu2zling Of dogs. 1t
is, think, always in order, in this
&C nection, to remind ourselves:
First THAT dogs become frantic
from thirst exactly a. human beings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

Well the first W. = game will be played in Phila-
dcIphia or Boston, according to which way the coin
falls If it fails heads. it will be played n'BOston
If il remains in the air Philadelphia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

We are against quotes Of course, but VIC don't
object to writing ii direct" primary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
Overheard at the Bad Taste Exhibit in 1864.

"When~my grandmother married fifty years
20. She actually had display OF all her wedding
gifts and asEed her friends to come IN ana see
"Wcl. I can 90 you one better. Ny grandfather
wore black band his sleeve for year AFTER
ris brother died. " u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29
The Coming ToqUcr
This May Violate Neutrality.


YOU may write about these battles I'LL your
get the rattes; ,
You may knock boost the Bolgians as you plS -,
You may loudly praise the Russians or admire '"'
husky Prussnns-- -.
All you so-caled neutral rhymoSterS' d. ''U'
You may argue that the Fronchmen nave T" ." '"'
Kaser's henChmen, n
or that Georges bunch from England Is the Sun A.
II is possible, perhaps you would venture th"t '"'
Jups -
Have no gprlt-that their navy Is BLUM
yo, might even stop to aggsr that the Huns array Is
Than III" one that little servla has got,
That the Wops ought TO be In It, lighting NJ ''S ''''
,rbot tho entente gang viii win, that they'll not
You may even sing the praises OF what sher"a" S''i
~. o,,do,,r tlo whole darned business as crime;
Won ,,, write some solemn on tho long parade
OF hcarses:
Won may even put the caunon's roar In rhyme
,, think. this wars a wonder; you may rcvel In
~ t,c cannon. and the numbers who are shot,
INT if nghtngs what you're after, oil these battles
bring is laughter
Fifteen Irjsbmcn could Hex tho whole blamed lot
Milwaukee has won the pcnnant In the American
Association If that be- neutrality, make the least
Of II.
Don't he a pikcr Buy n bale of radum and
help Colorado.
or. buy bale of advertising space and help the
cW~papcrS
Al 30 last night cast ballot No 10. There
upon. realizing the apathy about the direct, IN
manner Of speaking primary, we Cancelled our
reservation and decided not to stay up to get
the returns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

milwaukee, has won the pcnnant in the American
Association. If that he neutrality, make the least
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

At It late hour last night we conceded The loss
OF Il wager made in May. that the Pirates would
finish ahead Of the Giants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

or buy bale Of advertising space and help the
newspapers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

Don't he pikcr.. Buy bale of radium and
hCp Colorado.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

Our bank accounted is now Cracking under tht
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-29

We are jerried 10y Igg that it is from Nicholas
Nickleby, as follows "EIe wouldn't seem so old,
though to them as didn't know him. for he was a
little wanting here" touching his forehead mo,
jody at hom". YOU know, If you knocked ever 50
often"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-22

shop. The metal pipes in the organ
are made from a composition OF lead
and tin, being graduated to conform
with the different tones. Each pipe is
tested by an expert to get the proper
tones. The method OF rolling and
shaping the metal into pipes and tun-
ing of same was explained TO the
visitors. After the parts are all ready
the organ is assembled in a large
room thoroughly tested. and taken
down and packed in sections for ship
ment. One organ is shipped from the
plant every three weeks. Experienced
men are sent with the organ TO in
stall them. The exterior of the or
gan Is finished to suit the purchaser.
Including the men on the road, the
company employs about 50. The com
pany was organized in 1865 in Moline,
and the plant was moved to Rock Is
land about u years ago. The officers
are r. II. Bennett, president; G. =.
Sandberg. vice president and NJ. r
Met5gar, secretary and treasurer.
Employs so Experts.
Fred w. Reimers. general superil-
tendent of the Peoples Power COM
pany. who was with the party on the
entire trip. guided them through the
power plant at the foot of Fourth
street in Moline. This plant was
visited because it is considered a tri-
city industry. The electric and gas
plant combined cover about five acres
and 80 men are employed. consisting
mostly Of expert electricians and ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-22
Rock Island Boy Tells About
Life on the Reserve Fleet"

l. 5. s Maine. Navy Yard. Phila-
delphia. Pa, April Is. - Editor The
Argus: Following my letter on the
Experience OF Navy Recruit" will
now write about the Life in the Re.
serve Fleet"
In our modern baseball teams we
have what are known as utility play
ers To be used in time OF need Like
wise the United States has a reserve
navy that can be called upon when
ever needed. This is known as the
Atlantic reserve feet. Although these
ships are old and somewhat out OF
date, nevertheless they would he of
great service TO the country should
was be declared. To this end
they are at all times kept in readiness
to put to sea on forty-eight hours no.
uce and to keep them in fighting trim
requires the work OF the small crews
that are assigned to each. Ships that
were considered as first-class battle
ships during the Spanish-American
war would not be able to fight against
the superdreadnaughts OF the present
day and these are what constitute the
reserve feet.
-AC AOANAAc LOllONeO on these SHIPS
Is nearly the same as that on the sea-
going vessels. although In most in
stances the rules are not so strictly
enforced. Following is the routine as
followed by the ships in the navy yard
at Philadelphia:
5:3O-Revielle. Lash and stow ham
mocks.
5:45-Eariy coffee.
6:O0-Turn to. Wash down decks
and scrub clothes.
7:Oc-Knock of work.
7:3O-Breakfast
S:l5-Turn to. Clean. paint and
bright work. General cleaning.
11:15-Knock off work.
li:3O-General quarters. Physical
exercise for ten minutes.
I2:OO-Dinner
1.Oe-Turn to. General cleaning
about the ship.
3:30-Knock off work.
4:OO-School call. All hands go to
school