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The Commoner.
JUNE 8, 1904.v
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Pledged to the Bankers.
.''President Roosevelt has pledged
himself to the bankers of the cbuntry
to -accept any money standard they
may decide Is the best."
J. M. Donald, vice president of the
Hanove? hank of New York city,
which represents $50,000,000 in depos
its, and chairman of the currency
committee of the American Bankers
association, one of the most powerful
financial organizations in the world,
made this statement to the- Chronicle
Tuesday, at the convention of the
Missouri Bankers' association in ses
sion at the World's fair.
The Chronicle selected six from
among the most powerful financial
men who are attending the convention
as delegates or as visitors, and ques
tioned them upon the money, issue of
the coming campaign and upon the at
titude of the moneyed interests of the
country.
Two of the gentlemen approached
were officers of institutions represent
ing $135,000,000 capital. The other
four also represented financial organi
zations of enormous wealth.
Of the six, five were republicans and
the other a democrat. All were un
animous in the belief that Roosevelt
was a safe and strong man and that
the money power of the country trust
ed him.
J. M. Donald said further: "Presi
dent Roosevelt realizes that the
standing of the country depends upon
the standing of the banking interests.
"The banks are the safety valves
of the country. He realizes that upon
them and their success depends the
wealth and prosperity, of the United
States.
"He is greatly interested in finan
cial matters and not opposed to the
moneyed interests, as. supposed. He
believes that the bankers will decide
upon the best policy and he will abide
by that.
'-"Wo have his absolute assurance to
that effect" .
"Does Wall ..street consider him a
safe man for the office?" Mr. Donald
was asked.
"I don't think it makes very much
difference what Wall street, thinks.
The banking interests of "the country
do not fear him.
"But see here, I would very much
prefer you to go and interview some
of these other fellows. I am only a
bank clerk and not in politics."
W. O. Jones, assistant cashier of
the Park National bank of Now York,
whose deposits amount to $85,000,000,
said:
"My impression is that there is a
growing disposition among . eastern
financial interests in favor of contin
uing the present administration.
."I have not been in New York for
five weeks and I do not know just
what the exact situation is at present."
L. F. Potter, president of the First
National bank of Harlan, la., and of
the Iowa Bankers' association, said:
"The money question, I think, is a
dead issue. The financial interests
are strongly for Roosevelt Money
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interests, as you may know, are very
timid. At first thoro was a foar about
Roosevelt being an unsafe man, but
that is wearing away now.
"My state is strongly for him and
will give him a heavy majority. Such
a man as Hearst is considered radical
and unsafe and tho financial interests
would not support him.
"Were Hearst nominated probably a
largo vote would bo lost to tho demo
cratic side. Parker is considered all
right and would likely be given tho
full democratic vote."
J. R. Dominick, president of the
Traders' bank of Kansas City, tho
only democrat among the six ap
proached by tho Chronicle, said:
"Roosevelt is a good man. Ho has
gone along cautiously nnd is now con
sidered all right by the money inter
ests. They don't fear him.
"As I am a democrat I would select
Parker as a candidate. I am strong
ly opposed to Hearst. If the latter
were nominated I think that "unques
tionably many votes would go to the
republicans.
"But we really do not want a
change of administration at present.
And, without doubt, there will' be
none. Roosevelt will be nominated
and elected. Though many of us may
be democrats and vote for a demo
cratic nominee, still wo want Roose
velt to win."
Comptroller of the Currency Will
iam Barrett Ridgely, who spoke be
fore the Missouri Bankers' associa
tion Tuesday, said: "Tho money fea
ture is not considered, so far as I can
see. It is not even talked of in the
east. You never hear anything about
it so I guess it is dead."
"Have the moneyed interests lost
their fear of President Roosevelt?"
the comptroller was asked.
"Really, I can make no statement
about such a matter. It would not bo
right nor proper for mo to 'do so."
C. C. Hay, who is connected with
the "American Banker," the well
known financial publication, said:
"The money issue will not figure in
this campaign in the least. It is con
sidered dead. The financial interests
now feel that President Roosevelt is
all right. But Parker, too, is consid
ered a safe and conservative man."
St. Louis Chronicle.
When Necessary.
Senator Aldricb is quoted as saying
that tho republican party will revise
the tariff "when it becomes npefcssary."
This is beautiful as far as it goes, but
as tho chief beneficiaries of the tariff
contribute largely to the campaign
lunds or the republican party and are
in control of its party- machioeiy,
when are these gentlemen going to
declare it "necesoury ?" Newberg (,N.
Y.) Register.
'Stand Pat" For Fvt.
However, in spite of these and other
warnings "whlcu the republican party
has had of tho disasters which threat
en from a continuation of our policy
of exclusiveness, the orders havo gone
throughout tho country to "stand pat"
in order that faor may he found in
the eyes of the Pennsylvania tariff
fed monopolies who furnish the fat
with which republican campaigns are
1 conducted. Rochester (N Y.) Herald.
Poison the Ground.
To stop the advance of the cotton
boll weevil I suggest that the govern
ment poison tno land. The fields
which are already infebted should be
poisoned so as to kill the weevil in
the pupa state T mean to saturate tho
soil-with effective insecticide or incor
porate the poison into the soil in a
powdered or dvy slate.
The government might poison a
strip of land ono mile wide, extending
from tho Gulf of Mexico to Kansas as
a barrier.
Many other aexicultural and horti
cultural pests could bo dcstioycd in
the same way. It is iny opinion that
all farms could bo greatly Improved
by poisoning their soils against those
insects which spend thlr pupa stago
in the ground. If It cost $10 an aero
it would bo an economical expendi
ture. John Bryan in Cincinnati Enquirer.
Quakers In Politics,
It has been painfully evident for
many years that the politics ot tho
Quaker City does not lake its tor,c
from tho still considerable Quaker ele
ment of that town. For generations
the Philadelphia Quakers abstained
from politics as consistently as tnoy
did from war, but now come tho re
port that all thi3 is to bo changed.
They are said co havo made up their
minds that, in ordrr to bring about
a better state oi affairs In tho city and
state, it is necessary for them to UUo
an active part in politics. Thlb, it
true, is a commendable Jiough some
what belated resolution, for tho Quak
er prlnclplo of non-resistance should
hardly be carried so far as to lead to
acquiescence in ouch a system of rob
bery and otber corruption a3 has pre
vailed for years in Philadelphia.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Too High:
Francis L. Wellwan, in his book on
"The Ait of Cross Examination" re
lates an amusing incident leading to
th'o exposure of a fraud. Th6 damage
suit on trial grew out of a collision
between two electric cars. The plain
tiff, a laboring man, had been thrown
to the street pavement from tho plat
form of the car by the force of the col
lision, and had dislocated his shoul
der. He had testified in his own be
half that he had been permanently in
jured in so far as he had not been able
to follow his usual employment for
the reason that he could not raise his
arm above a point parallel with his
shoulder. Upon cross examination the
attorney for the railroad asked tho
witness a few systematic questions
about his sufferings, and upon gei
tlng on a friendly basis with him
asked him "to be good enough to show
the jury the extreme limit to which
he could raise his arm since the acci
dent." The plaintiff slowly and with
considerable difficulty raised his arm
to the parallel to his shoulder. "Now,
using tho same arm, show the jury
how high you could get it before the
accident," quietly continued tho at
torney; whereupon the witness ex
tended his arm to its full height above
his head, amid peals of laughter from
the court and jury."
Umbrellas Are 10,000 Years Old.
'How rich I'd be " said the umbrel
la salesman, "if I'd patented the um
brella." The floorwalker smiled.
"You might o wel1 talk," said he
"of a patent on swimming or cook
ing. Umbrellas appear to have ex
isted always. Wherever we excacate
Babylon, Ninevah, Nippur traces of
the umbrella arc found. This instru
ment is coeval with mankind.
"It is of oriental origin The Kn
glish didn't begin to use it till 1700.
Shakespeare with all his genius, had
no umbrella to protect him from the
rain. Jonas llanway was the first
English umbrella maker."
The floorwalker paused to brush a
white thread from his long black co't.
Then he resumed:
"Now, what you might do would be
to patent some new soit of umbrella,
some rain shield built on better lines.
We have proof that the umbrella has
existed for 10,000 years, and yet in all
that time it has not once been im-
Every Tubular
Starts
a Fortune
If yon had a gold mlno would you
throw halt tho cold away? Proporly
managed dairies aro surer than
pold mines, yet many farmers throw
half tho Kold away ovcry day. Tho
huttor fat Is tho gold worth twenty
to thirty cents a pound. Gravity
Iiroccss skimmers pans and cans
ose half tho cream. Your dairy
can't pay that way.
Like a Crowbar
Tubular Separators
are regular crow
bars got right
under tho trouble
pry tho mortgago off
tho farm. JIow?
Gets all tho cream
raises tho quan
tity and quality
of butter starts a
fortune for tho
ownor. It's a
modern separator.
Thn nlfitiirn nhnum.
Wrlto for cataloguo F528.
THE SHARPIES CO. P. M. SHARPIE
CHICAGO ILL WEST CHESTER, M
proved.
News.
Consider it. 'New York
How They Thrjve.
In spite of tho appalling raids on tho
national treasury, tho monstrous pos
tal frauds, the . shocking army scan
dals, tho disgraceful Indian Jand
steals, the navy grafts, the Panama
grab and scores and scores of other
national disgraces, republican state
convention after convention 'most
heartily approves of tho able adminis
tration of Theodore Roosevelt." And
thus do rascals thrive. Johnstown
Democrat. ,
His Turn Coming.
Former Superintendent Byrne of
New York, who had the friendship of
several influential Wall street men,
did not stand high in tho estimation
of an operator who thrived In tho
days before it became unpleasant for
"gct-rich-quick" schemes. His homo
had been robbed, but the thieves not
being quickly apprehended, ho visited
Mulberry street to "call down" tho
superintendent.
"There should be no trouble," said
he, "in landing those crooks. It takes
a thief to catch a thief."
"Don't be impatient," said Byrno
quietly; "you must wait your turn."
Milwaukee News.
ToJt Has Tho Floor.
In his speech before the New York
chamber of commerce, the other day,
Secretary Taft declared, as reported
by that thick-and-thin administration
organ, the Tribune, that Aguinaldo
and his forces were our allies during
the contest with Spain. Let us see;
is not that one of those truths which
were recently classified as "anti-imperialist
lies?" Perhaps Secretary
Taft will not tell us how we came to
fire upon our allies? Grand Rapids
Post.
In Th Cold Gray Dawn.
"Were you at the smoker last
night?"
' I dunno; were you?"
"I dunno." Judy.
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