The Washington herald., 1918-09-13
WOMEN MAKE
GOOD CLERKS
Their Work for Banks PaH
ticularly Useful, Says
Holland.

Fin making Eooo by employing women
because Of the shortage in ey
perienced clerks which the wa
has occasioned. For In the Fed
ersl reserve distuct of the North
west. which is empire like IN ARIA
I financial center. almost all OF thr
banks have been greatly ernbarraspes-
/ by reason OF the demands Of the gov
eminent for men for the army arr
J other service. The Federal Reservt'
/ Bank Of the Ninth district, which -
| located at Minneapolis, is now en-
! ploying women who have taken tn
| places Of more than one-hsn OF tht.
/ clerical force that was employed be
| fore the United States entered into thfs
/ war. Unless the government rules, q
some think it will. that the cleriA,
! forces OF the banks are engaged In sri
! essential occupation. then there vii,
/ be throughout the Northwest as prob
ably I'm many other sections OF tbs
country within a short time mors
women employed in the banks tnat,
men. on the whole in New York. ~
I least the women who have taken tbs
! places OF bank clerks seem 10 have
adapted themselves speedily 70 con-
( ditions with which they were untarT
miliar. II used TO be said that Nefs
/ few women possessed more than the
! faintest knowledge Of banking meth
DDS Even those who were dePositous
| in the banks were In many cssesn
! negligent. not understanding vhAf
I the requirements were
| Now the young women who have
/ taken the places Of bank clerks are
very rapidly learning the duties
/ placed upon them so that e would
not be astonishing II after the war
: is ended It would be discovered that
many Of the banks have q well train.
ed and adequate force OF women whe
will be retained.
what NOrthwest Banks Are DeinS
! This replacing Of men by women,
/ in the banks OF the Northwest hss
| taken place at a time when these in.
stitutions were especially busy. For
! because Of the harvests which are exs
! ceptional in that district the bsnks
have been heavy borrowers Of funds
! In the large financial centers. The
reason for this demand is to be found
| in the fact that the farmers OF the
I Northwest have been successful In.
their harvest and the handling Of
the crops, which are record making.
and has put a heavy strain upon al
| financial institutions there
] This strain has occurred at a time.
/ coincident with subscriptions to the
| Treasury Department certificate is
sues. Then again the banks have
been taking heed OF the movement
/ for the further restriction OF nom
. essential credit
The Turn of the Tide.
But with the marketing of the
! harvest there will speedily fol-
low payment Of the loans which the
banks have made in order TO finance
the movement OF the crops. In all
probability liquidation OF these
loans will come, or will perhaps be
| at its height at a time when the
campaign for nationwide subscrip-
tion for the Fourth Liberty Loan
is under way. In addition to these
highly important undertakings the
banks OF the Northwest have been
acting with other organization sc
as TO perfect plans by which every
farmer and every citizen in the
Northwest can be approached for
the purpose OF giving him an oppor-
tunitg TO subscribe to the Fourth
Liberty Loan. This organization has
now been perfected and it is be-
lieved by the leaders that Il wilt
compare fsvorably with Liberty
Loan campaign organizations in any
/; other part OF the country. 81
| With ell these reSponsibilitiesrI
some of them unusual. all OF them
heavy. the banks have had also 20
replace experienced clerks who have
been called into service and there
were many OF them replaced by
women. all OF whom were inexperi-
enced when called into this serviceI
They have learned rapidly and IL has
been their energy. fsIthfulDess and
patience which have in considerable
measure enabled the banks Of ths
great Northwest Federal district fSll-.
ly TO meet the responsibilities which
have been placed upon them
what of the H,rrestr
There should be abundant response
to the Offering OF liberty loan bonds
after September 8 throughout the en-
tire AGRICULTURAL district Of the
Northwest For reports have been
received in New York from Minne-
apolis stating that as good a grain
crop as the Northwestern States have
ever produced has now been safely
harvested. The prospects are exoeg
lent also for gathering a record corr
crop. Although in some other parts
Of the country corn has been impaired
by drought and excessive heat. yet
in the Northwest the corn harvest
promises 10 be very large. Further
more the quality is high and practi-
cally all danger OF a killing frost is
ended.
The experience OF the farmers %
the Northwest who have this year
| been cultivat ting corn furnishes an
excellent illustration OF the fact that
the corn belts in the United States
are so many and cover so wide a
| range Of latitude that unfavorsb BILE
weather in one section lie usually Of
set by excellent weather in another
| section. Last year the farmers OF
| the Northwest who cultivated corn
were in despair because the climate
was not favorable and the quality
OF much OF the corn that was hsr-
vested was very poor, so poor in fact
that great apprehension prevailed last
| winter lest these farmers would be
unable 10 secure an adequate supply
OF seed corn.
But in other parts OF the country
an excellent harvest OF corn was Sc
cured so that II the average harvest
Of the Northwest had been main
tanned the aggregate corn harvest Of
1917 would have been the greatest
on record. Conditions are somewhat
reversed this year In the North
west, unless frost should come speed
lily. there is 10 be garnered a record
corn crop. whereas I'm other corn belts
which last year harvested better than
an average crop. there has been much
impairment by reason OF unfsvorable
weather conditions. The farmers Of
! country nav Gather