El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-03
.DEP0SITSBASE
Of NEW DRIVE
Coming Liberty Loan Not
to Be Based on Bank Re
sources, Says Hopes.

I The forthcoming Liberty loan viii
I be apportioned among the several
! federal reserve districts according to
individual bank deposits. rather than
7 on the basis Of bank resources, as
/ heretofore" said J. W. Hopes, OF
: Dallas. Texas. deputy governor OF the
18th federal reserve bank. who held in
the ball room or the Hotel Paso del
Norte Monday a meeting Of the chair
men and subchairman OF the Liberty
loan committees OF the several coun-
ties composing this district. embrac-
ing the states Of Arizona. New MeNica
and west Texas. from Del Rio and
Midland to FL Paso.
The object Of these conferences
which are being held at several points
In the reserve district is. to get ac-
Quainted with the committees. and 10
learn as much as possible Of the fl
nanciaI conditions existing IN the sew
eral localities. From here. / go 10
san Antonio. where a similar confer
ence viii be held Wednesday. and
from there TO Houston
Is Abnormal District.
1T is realized that abnormal finan-
cial conditions exist in the district
but IL is also fully known that alb
normal patriotism inspires its people
10 44 CT E- B -AAAAAe Az men klWE H
Is not desired TO unreasOnably bur
den the people nor TO unnecessarily
humiliate them. and so every particle
Of information that VIII throw light
on the subject Will be forwarded 10
Washington hoping that the authori-
ties will take into consideration the
facts when making the apportion-
ment
I'VE have assurance from Wash
ington that some OF the best speakers
in the country viii aid US during the
next drive and that number Of sol
diers returned from battlefieids IN
France viii tell their own story to
the citizens OF the district We hope
that president Wilson viii make sew
eral speeches in our territory while
on his way west this fall
To show German Trophies
a car OF captured German war
material will be sent all over the dis
trict, TO which viii be attached sew
eral cars ruli OF American war stuff
With these trains viii be sent four
good speakers who viii entertain the
people who come 20 visit the cars.
another thing that viii be OF in
terest is the fact that Judge W. F.
Ramsey, federal reserve agent, and
governor r L Van Zandt. under the
war finance corporation. have about
completed arrangements for making
loans direct 10 the cattlemen OF the
drouth stricken district and details
Of the scheme viii be published about
the last Of the present week These I
loans viii prove greatly beneficial 70
the eattlemen and they may be Sc
cured without unnecessary red taue"
Bankers Meet Hopes Here.
Fifty southwestern bankers here to I
meet Mr. Hopes, most Of whom have Z
returned 10 their homes. were.
Frank B. Lame. Clifton. AriZ-. jim !
Tom A. G. OdOm, Stanton. Texas: J. l
y Gaines. Tombstone. ARR; J. F. Gar
land. Lamesa, Texas. ". A Yarbro, l
J. W Merrill Fort Davis. Texas: ". I
b Mitchell A. c. Easterling, Maria, /
Texas; ]. A. Martin, Toyah. Texas /
Jas F. Ross. Pecos, Texas Taylor /
Black, Barstow. Texas J. n DAT
mand. n F. Burns. ". r ChanceI- ]
lor' Midland, Texas: Howell Johnson, I
r OFT stockton. Texas: Leo Cold ]
schmidt. Tucson, Ariz-: Ira Smith. /
L-amesa- Texas, J. c. Hunter. Van \
Horn Texas: c. e Hull Morenct ]
Ariz-; c c Tannehill, JnO. T. Mcclure,
Roswell. y M J. A Mahoney, Dem
ing, y NJ Raymond P Ryan. Silver
City, y NJ: Wyckliffe Skinner.
Odessa, Texas: C. f Hunter, Tucum-
carl. y ~ j. z Clayton, ". " But
Ter, Iucumcari. y. N: JnO. ". Walker.
Tucson, Ariz-: A G. McAllister. SAT
ford, Ariz-; F. Shelton, AlamoEordo,
\. N; =. v Graham. odessa, Texas:
]. j. Dale. Tularosa. y. N: J. A.
street, J. NJ Eager. Tucumcari, n. M
A. j. ROLAND, John A Haley. " 3.
Paden, CarrizoZo. y. NJ: T. L Lowe,
Silver City n. NJ. Max Nordhaus. W
A. keleher. Albuquerque. y II: ".
= Witt, Duncan, Ariz-: G. L Reece.
Portales, n. n. F. G. Hayner. Las
Cruces, y. ": J. ". Melaven. santa
Rosa. " NJ. Lee Baldwin. Socorro. y.
vi Rent Ha-l-rnn- D
Oscar Redeman. MagdaIena- \ ~
Judge W. A O'Connor. Nogales. Ariz.
T. II. Wingo. A. F. Kerr and Z. W
Aayser. Of II Paso. were present-