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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, HAY 4, 1002. 17 SWANSONS" "S-QDGSdDPS' IS A PERFECT Purifier This is the season of .tie year when every persor neds mdicine that will purify tha blood and bu-'ld p the svitem. IfUMIl -i-BFOPI" is the b st blood punfier Imowo to science and unlike manT other remedies it is abso Intel v harmless. It Contains bo mercury, no salicylates, no alcohol or any other in- Iurions inffed ents. "I MTV is a combina tion of herbs and oils which quickly des troys the (Terms and poisons and restores the blood to a oat Ural, realthy cond.tion. Pimples, lack beads, blotches on the Tace, and skin eruptions of all kinds will disappear after a few doses of this wonderful medicine. If you feel tired, run-down or nervous begin taking "S-"",QPr at once. It quiets the nerves, gives re freshing sleep to the mentally and tired and overworked. It purines the blood, restores attsngth and vitality to the entire -vstem. 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C DRINK Cl'HUD BV White Ribbon Remedy Cmi a aviveai im mimmm vour, iv ' oea-ee wlikasl saUcst'i LaaniMit, White Klbbon Remedy will cure or do atruy tha tii?asc4 aypsti;. fur oJcohoUe sttiuulauis, whether Uie pattern ta a cou Cruuxl luebrUia. "a uppter, " social drtuker or drunkard. Jmpuaaiole for a-i.y-mm to have an appetue tor eicouolie liquors after uauig V. tuts Ribbon Remedy. k.nitH ki aiaaikeri wl to. C '1'. I. Mrs. Moore, Frees Superintendent of the woman's chriatlaa iiupranoe uolun, Ventura, Cat., writes: "1 have taatad White Rlbboa Remedy on very obetlnate druuk- a, ana mo curro nave txn many, la Baa li V caaea tho kj,nii w wu tivn r r I w 1 choorfully rocouimeud and endorse White hlboon Remedy. Mnmbers of our union are uousoiea to uuu a practical aud ecouomi ci uauueat to aid ua la our tempo rauoe work." Mrs. U. A. Cowan, of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, a La lea. " know of ao uiaoy people redeemed from the curse of drink by the use of Whllo Ribbon Remedy that I -iirneeuy roquaat you to give It a trial.' Drugaisia or toy mail. U. Trial package free by arlU u or eaiuug an Mra. A. M. Towaaend Hot (ears aecroiary of the Womaa'a Chrlstiaa eiuperaooa union), kit Tremunt St., Rue- mam. wu IB UMU Oy SOHAtFER'S KIoCT Fhoae Tf7. . w rv latw .a rvi- "'"w naa to aavr part mi aatr. Blood mm I aiatmon ! 'f, mi n t emm . '. aav 1 COOPERATIVE HOMEBUILDING Contention of tbe Vebruka But League of BnildiDg-Loan AaiooiaUoaa, PROBLEM OF MUTUAL SAVINGS BANKS restores of the Proposed Innovation. la State Bank Other Important Sebjecta Areata to Flnlah. Tbe eleventh annual convention of the Nebraska State League of Local Loan and Building Associations, which met In South Omaha last week, wss a notable gathering of representative men actively engaged In promoting thrift and home ownership through the medium of co-operative effort. The associations of fourteen cities and towns had delegates present. The State Banking board was represented by L. V. Haskell and tbe banking Interest by Hon. P. L. Hall, former secretary of the State Banking board. The program embraced a variety of papers covering the leading fea tures of association work, and the discus sions they called forth were spirited, In structive and entertaining. In bis opening address President Bentley called attention to the difference between tbe building and loan association and all other credit agencies. Us distinctive fea ture being the fact tbat It Is an Interme diary credit agency, owned and controlled by those who use It and who are served by It. "It collects small savings," be said, "and masses them so that they become an economic force. It distributes Its loans so as to make the ownership of a home pos sible to the Industrious and economical wage earner. But It does more than tbla. It exerts a powerful, educative influence on Its members. It teaches sobriety, self denial, economy and self-reliance." Valne of tb Work. Although a banker and closely confined to Ms business Mr. Bentley has devoted much of his spare time to tbe upbuilding of co operative associations, not only la his home city, but throughout the state. His ap preciation of their value and his pride In their success are founded on the conviction tbat building and loan assoclationa are among the most effective agencies of self help now In operation. "Recognizing their great utility," he said, "we see the neces sity for removing every obstacle and of smoothing out every Irregularity, and for endeavoring to 1J"t our methods so as to render not merely substantial Justice, but, If possible, to do equal and exact Justice. We believe our object to be a noble one. Whoever removes an obstacle from the path of tbe building and loan association helps to advance a great civilizing and humanis ing instrumentality, and we may count our selves fortunate In having the opportunity to come together with this end In view. We cannot help feeling that, scattered throughout the state, serving associations that are not members of the league, are many men whose bright minds and active energies ought to be devoted, for a short time at least, In each year, to helping their comrades In tbe building association field to a better understanding of their work, to greater efficiency In It and to greater en tbualasm for it. These men ought to be with us, and I ask every member of this convention to do his part In persuading them to Join our ranks. The past year has been crowned with success In many ways and the future Is bright before us. Let us all look forward to the coming year with the determination to make our associations stronger and better and more useful than ever before, and also with the determina tion to secure, If possible, the co-operation of every association In tha state In tbe good that this league baa undertaken.". Hatnal lavlncs Basks. Foremost among the subjects considered was tbe question, "What should be the atti tude of building association men toward the proposed law for tbe establishment of mutual or trust savings banks In this stater During the last legislature a bill for an act authorising the establishment of mutual savings banks was Introduced and seriously considered and was with difficulty defeated. Building association people op posed tbe measure, believing that it was an unwarranted Invasion of their special province, and many disinterested persons urged Its defeat on the ground tbat Its provisions .were Ill-digested and dangerous to the welfare of existing Institutions. This experience lent special Interest to the paper of Hon. P. L. Hall of Lincoln, former sec retary of the State Banking board, now an officer of a national bank. Dr. Hall Is an ardent believer In and supporter of build ing and loan associations, but does not be lieve tbey fulfill all necessities and re quirements of the public la tha whole Held of small aavlnga. Hs bas heretofore advo cated broadening their usefulness by tbe addition of savings bank features, urging that It could be dons "without Impairing their stability or rendering them less abls to stand the crucial test of hard times, de preciation of values and financial unrest." "The disastrous record of savings banks with fixed capital In thta state," said Dr. Hall, "places them beyond tbe pale of con sideration by those who know their weak ness. No one conversant with the btstory of savings banks la Nebrssks, operated with fixed capital, can do aught but oondemn them. In order to be perpetuated tbey must be allied with eome stronger Institution able to take care of tbera when they totter and would fall. This Is true because of the fatally defective law under which they operate, which requires them la the mala to lnveet only In long-time securities and to pay practically oa demand." Sharlaa; Proflta and Losses. The clsss of savings banks needed to meet existing conditions was, In Dr. Hall's opinion, tboss baaed oa the principle of co operation and mutuality, "wherein the de positor Is mutually and equitably interested to the extent of his depoelt and tha time It Is left la the bank; where no Interest Is paid, but where each depositor shares In the profits la accordance with tbe time and amount of bis deposit, and where the right of withdrawal Is restrictsd In much tbe same manner as now provided by butldlug and loan associations. An institution eon structed upon such a plan. In competent hands, will meet all requirements under or dinary conditions and bid defiance to finan cial gloom and panic." Dr. Hall reiterated his conviction ex . pressed la his report to the State Banking board two years ago, that with this sa Tings baak feature aa an adjunct to building and loan associations the latter would become the most powerful financial Institutions In ths west. If this cannot be done, mutual aavlnga banks should be provided for Inde pendently. There Is a field for them and a demand for them, and a law authorising their establishment should be enacted. He declared such Institutions more desirable than postal savings banks, because the lat ter "increases the tendency already too prevalent toward government paternalism." Mutual savings banks would utilise home capita at horn Postal savings banks would take away the accumulations of the people and Impoverish the commualty te that extent Ie It reaalalot Dr. Hall's paper provoked aa animated dlacusstoa and Inquisition. Delegates seemed reluctant U consider the proposi tion a feasible one and plied its chief e4 va cate with qusaUoaa, which served to bring 1at perplexing feature of tha prohleacu It was pointed out that mutual savings banks ss proposed would necessarily usurp the functions of building snd loan associsttons and of ssvlngs barks with fixed capital. The Utter Institutions, controlled by more experienced men, could at once avail them selves of the mutual system, while mana gers of building and loan associations, at least a majority of tbem, would hare to acquire experience. In Ohio, building and loan assoclstlons have savings bank attach ments, la which depositors are given a fixed rate of Intereet, generally lower than the profits of the associations, the difference accruing to tbe shareholders of the build ing and loan associations. Tbe associations are therefore responsible for the deposits In the savings banks, and aay losses In curred must be borne by the shareholders of the main concern. The vital point brought out was whether shareholders and deposit ors should be on an equality as to profits and responsibility. President Bentley wsrned the delegates to consider the ad vantages and dlssdvantages of the pro posed departure. He cited the Beckwlth association, one of the oldest and strongest In England, In which seven-eighths of the assets were deposits In the savings bank department and one-eighth by sharehold ers. The latter derive profit from the for mer. If tbe association should become em barrassed tbe depositors would bsve a prior lien, and would easily wipe out the princi pal and profits of the minority. At his sug gestion the question was referred to a com mittee for consideration and report at tha next annual meeting. Home Co-operative Companies. Home co-operative companies coming from Missouri Into Nebraska received con siderable attention. A letter from Hon. E. Royse, secretary of the State Banking board, urged tbe league to continue in the good work of prosecuting and exposing this and other forms of fraud and misrep resentation, promising the active co-operation of the State Banking board. "A cer tain class of parasites of tbe social body," he said, "are busy using the associations you represent as models from which to con struct Institutions permeated with fraud and misrepresentations, galvanized avlth glittering promisee impossible of fulfill ment, and presented to a credulous public as the acme of home building and home purchasing wisdom. Tbe promoters go forth proclaiming a mission of philan thropy, a generosity of motive, presenting a plausible and catrby plan of operation, and with such unction and zeal that you seem a back number in this splendid civil ization. Such suggestive titles as 'Home Co-operative Companies,' 'Home Savings Associations,' 'Home Building Associations,' appeal to these prouiolers and suit their purposes and fancies. Tbey are of all grades, from a national building and loan association to a diamond scheme. The In genuity with which they fool the public and the alacrity with which tbe public falls over Itself to be fooled, excites admiration. When left alone tbe promoters of these fraudulent concerns convince us tbat Bar num knew what he was talking about when he said, 'The public like to be humbugged.' " Mr. Royse awarded to Kansas City the doubtful honor of having fashioned the most artistic model of brazen fraud. "It Is to bs regretted," he said, "that building and loan associations have to contend with such Institutions and are compelled In a measure to bear the odium of their pretended simi larity of purpose, for It la only too true that this odium does In a measure attach to legitimate building and loan associations. The department with which I have the honor to be connected la dotng everything In Its power to not only keep these frauds out of the state, but to suppress such as spring up within the state." Facta Based on Flararea. These so-called "home oompanles" were discussed with much statistical detail In a paper by T. J. Fltsmorrls of this city. He asserted the scheme embodied In the con tracts of the companies waa Impossible of fulfillment because It sought to make all members borrowers of a fund contributed In Installments by the members. Tbe re sult Is that 93 out of every 100 members must wait from five to seventy years for the maturity of their contracts. Computa tions made by expert accountants in Omaha and Kansas City showed tbat only 22 out of ,000 contracts could be matured In the first twenty months and only 71 out of 1,000 In five years, so that at no time could more than 7.1 per cent of the total number of contracts In fores be matured within five years. On a fiat membership of 6,000, all starting together and remaining to tbe fin ish, 109 contracts would be matured In the first period of twenty months, 355 In five years, 2,105 In twenty years, 4.645 In forty years, and the last one of tbe 5,000 would, If be lived, get his home paid tor in seventy six years and eight months. Regarding tbe pretended cheapness of the scheme as a loaning agency, Mr. Fltzmorrls showed tbat thi proflta of the promoters the first year would be 32 per cent of tbe receipts, at tbe end of five years 25 per cent, and at the end of 20 years 17 per cent of all the money handled. ' Land Traaefera. The question of cheapening and simplify ing the present system of real estate trans fers Is one of deep concern to building as sociation men. Mr. O. M. Nattinger of this city read a paper giving the history of the Torrens system and the progress it la making In various states and his views In favor of this or similar method were warmly endorsed by the convention. With the methods now In vogue the transfer of property or the filing of a mortgage In volves considerable time and expense. There are fees for abstractors of title and lawyers must get 35 or $10 for examining the papers of the abstractor. These two items tske from $25 to $75 and then the owner has no assurance that the title is perfect The next abstractor and the next lawyer may find defects and the expense is plied up again. In Douglas county the system Is becoming more complex and cum bersome and books of record, now 300 in number, are Increasing the difficulties and piling up the cost. Although the commis sion sppolnted to consider the subject pre sented a divided report, tbe convention de clared that the Torrens system, adjusted to meet Nebraska needs, would be "a re form of Incalculable value to the people of the state." C. W. Brlnlnger of Grand Island discussed advertising with keen appreciation of the value of printers' Ink. Howard Kennedy, Jr., of Omaha presented statistics on the cost of term life Insurance policler as additional collateral for building association loans. Security of this char acter is required by eastern associations, but it has not yet been put in operation In Nebraska. A series of resolutions wsre adopted thanking the State Banking board for its "seal In fostering and safeguard ing mutual associations." congratulating Attorney General Prout for instituting Judicial, proceedings to annul the corporate powers of horn co-operative companies aad promising "our physical, mental and ma terial support In prosecuting the fight to a successful finish," and one in favor of the Torrens system of land transfer. The old officers of the league were re elected. C. r. Bentley of Grand Island. T. J. Fltsmorrls and O. M. Nattlngsr of Omaha were chosen delegatea to the July convention of the United 8tates league and Wahoo was selected as the meeting place la 190$. The at earner Deuterhland haa two screws, and when It loot lie rudder mllee from land sl-sagged Its way Into sort by uauia Ute screws alternately ' OUR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT Most Democratic Chief Executive Sinoe the Dayi of Jefferson. VIEWS OF A CRITICAL INTERVIEWER Mr. Roosevelt's Idea of What It la to Be Really Denaoeratle The Street aoas Life In tha White House. "Mr. Roosevelt Is by all odds the moot democratic president we have had since the dsys of Jefferson." These words were spoken to me In Wash ington the other day, wrHes George Cory Eggleston in the New York Herald, by a gentlewoman who has lived long, traveled much and observed closely, and who, by reason of her high social position, has bad entree of tbe White House for thirty years or more. I quoted the utterance to Mr. Roosevelt soon afterward, when I had the pleasure of passing an hour or two with him in the private, residential part of the exeoutlve mansion. His answer was quick, aa his answers are apt to be when anything In terests him. "I am democratic," he said, with empha sis on the verb, "If the word democratic Is used in Its legitimate sense. But I have no patience with that vulgarly ostenta tious avoidance of ostentation which some times calls Itself 'democratic' I have no sympathy with tbe thought tbat In order to be democratic one must put aside respect for tbe gentle decencies of life and make a boor or a clown of himself. I believe thoroughly in the simplicities and hon esties of life and in the fellowship of all honest and sincere men. But It doesn't appeal to me when a man refuses to wear the customary garb of gentlemen lest aris tocratic pretension be attributed to him." "You do not think, then," I Interjected, "that one need go tn a public dinner with out cuffs In order to demonstrate his democracy T" The president laughed, and. his laugh was sufficient answer to my question. But presently be added: White Hoase No Second Rate Palace. "It Is my endeavor to make of the White House during my term not a second rate palace, like that of some Insignificant prince, but the home of a self-respecting American citizen who has been called upon for a time to serve his countrymen In ex ecutive office. There, seems to me to be a world of difference between democracy and demagogy. The one Is based npon an hon est and sincere respect for one's fellow men, the other involves the sacrifice of self-respect In an appeal to vulgarity and prejudice." As Mr. Roosevelt earnestly said this I could not avoid recalling that passage In the novel called "Democracy," In which It Is recorded that a certain senator of the cufflces sort gravely doubted the pru dence of taking a dally bath lest the practice be regarded by bis constituents as "savor ing of aristocracy." The keynote of Mr. Roosevelt's conduct while occupying his exalted station is pre cisely this: He is first of all a gentle man, with all a gentleman's self-respect He Is 'secondly an American clttsen, so strongly Imbued with a sense of tbe diguity of American citizenship that he makes his respectful bow to It whenever be meets It He Is thirdly the chosen representative of 75,000,000 people, selected from their num ber and by their willing suffrages to oc cupy the highest office within their gift. He maintains all of the dignity that bis high office demands of blm. He has all tbe winning and easy courtesy for those who approach him tbat any gentleman shows to the stranger within his . gates. And with due respect to thess Imperative obligations be bas all that any American citizen can have of frank and generous recognition of other clttzenshtp than his own. Washington Sans as Oyster Bay. Wben be comes out of his sanctum, aa I saw him do a little while ago, to greet the miscellaneous throng of persons who dally call, with no purpose but tbe Idle one of shaking hands, he does so precisely as he might enter his drawing room at Oyster Bay to converse with assembled guests. There Is no formality or air of state In his demeanor, but their Is equally nothing of assumed familiarity. He does not sit or stand, as former presidents have done, to have bis guests "presented." He sim ply moves about among them as one does In a parlor, greeting each pleasantly, say ing whatsver there Is to be said of friendli ness or courtesy, and, If one previously known to him happens to be In tbe assem blage, grasping his hand with special cor diality .and making pleasant reference to some previous occasion of meeting. In brief. President Roosevelt receives his morning callers In tbe White House pre cisely as plain Mr. Theodore Roosevelt bas always received his callers In his own home. And he sends them all away at last happy and with the feeling that there bas been nothing of arrogance in his reception of them and 'equally nothing of condescen sion. This robustly healthy American citi zen who Is our chief executive haa no sym pathy with the Insolence either of arro gance or of condescension. It has been my good fortune to know Mr. Roosevelt as an acquaintance for many years. When I first knew him he waa plain Mr. Roossevelt, not long out of college, en gaged In literary work as a vocation and In a strenuous far Western life aa an avo cation. Later I had frequent occasion to talk with him wben he was a police com missioner, earnestly bent upon purging tho force be was set to govern of its corrup tions and of Its lassitude In enforcing tbe law. Still later I conversed with him when, aa governor, he had that moat difficult of all problematical bodies, a New York legis lature, "on bis hands." In the presidency he is no whit other than he was In private life or In smaller official places. Ia all cir cumstances he Is an earnest, honest, open eyed and resolute man, intent upon doing the duty that lies before him to the utmost of his power. tressesi Every Moment. That resolute purpose, aa I understand the man, ia what he had In his heart and mind when he coined his splendid phrase. "The strenuous life." He Is strenuous In every act and word and purpose. He la strenuous with all bis soul In his determi nation to do at hie best the thing that Ilea before him to do, whether It be to subdue a broncho, to run down a grizzly bear, to push his way up San Juan hill or, In higher etatlon, to make the moat and beat of hie executive authority in behalf of tha nation and people he represents. In other words, Tbsodors Roosevelt Is aa Ideal type of American manhood and citizenship In their highest development. Robust vigor is aa marked a character istic of bis mind and character as It Is of bis physiqus. He hatea a lie as he hates cowardice. Perhaps he views the two things as identical, and they are ao. He preserves his youthful enthusiasm In a remarkable degree. Hla sympathy with boys In their manly aspirations la Intense. There waa a glisten as of tears In his eyes when I told him tbe other evenlag that a stalwart boy bad recently said to me: "Anyhow, Mr. Roosevelt always stands for as boys when we want to do things." I hsd seen htm receive a boy a few days before. Tha boy, a fine Ud with a head that meatU something, had coma with his father to be "presented." The father was received cordially. The boy was almost embraced. The president took blm by the shoulders In caressing fsshlon and talked with him as any good-natured senior In a school might do with a new scholsr who pleased his fancy. The boy had looked abashed and terrified before bis presentation. When R was over he seemed to me to be tbe hap piest boy in the world with the exception perbspa of Mr. Roosevelt Knows No Fatlaoe. Tbe president seems really tireless. In the literal sense of that word. My personal visit was made on the evening of tbe day on which he returned from hit comet-like trip to the Carolines. He had got back to Washington In the morning, after five days of soul-wearying travel, still more weary ing speechmaklng and function-holding, and the ceaseless strain of social snd every other sort of exciting experience. Almost any other man would have gone to bed and put business aside for one day at the least Mr. Roossvelt hsd gone to his desk,' Instead, to clear off tbe work accu mulation of nearly a week. He had then held an Important cabinet meeting, re ceived many official and other callers who had vexing business matters to discuss. made several appointments to office and attended to a multitude of other trying affairs. Yet wben I desired to withdraw on tbe ground that he must be well-nigh exhausted, he cheerily answered: "Oh, no, I'm not at all tired. In fact, I never feel much of weariness. Light a cigar. I want to talk wHh you about a historical point which you criticised soma years ago In one of my books." Fortunately, I was sitting at the time in a well-armed, easy chair, utnerwise l think I might have fallen. Think of this busy man, ceaseless engaged with strenu ous public affairs, still remembering that poor little criticism of mine years after It was wrlttea! The criticism concerned a minute detail of very small consequence in any case, yet so earnest and sincere Is this man and so "strenuous" In all that he does that he remembered tbe point perfectly and mentioned It now only because he was Interested to explain to me how be bad been led Into tbe Insignificant little error. It seemed to me that in this Incident more than one admirable quality of tbe presi dent's mind and character were revealed in a very enlightening way. Coaatry GaJns Lettera Lose. Mention of this Incident Is a reminder that Mr. Roosevelt Is the only man of let ters who has been president since Madison went out of office, in 1817. Even Madison la hardly to be reckoned a man of letters In the accepted sense of the term. His writ ings were of political polemics, pure and simple, and therefore, notwithstanding their grace and force, they are scarcely to be accounted as literature In the proper sense of the term. Mr. Roosevelt, on the contrary, tuts written scarcely at all upon political things, while his purely literary and his topical works rank among the most important of those that have appeared In print In this generation. Only the ex cellence of bis public service could recon cile us to the loss of so gifted an author to authorship, and perhaps we have not lost him after all. Who knows? He is still less than 44 years of age. If he Is elected to a second term In 1904 he will be a man very little beyond 60 wben he shall finally leave publlo life, and a man so robust as he is In mind and body, a man so strenuous in all his Intellectual activi ties, should be at bis very best tor literary work at tbat age. He will be equipped, too. as no writer In our country bas ever been, with an abounding knowledge of affairs and conditions, with a varied and ripe experi ence and with an unusually broadened, hu man sympathy. If bis superb health holds out to the end of bis public life, there Is every reason to expect that the succeed ing years will give us literary and his torical work at hia hands sven better and mora important thaa any tbat has gone be fore. Patrick William Carey and his four sons. all of San Jose, Cat., measure among them il feet 8 Inches of stature, the tallest and shortest being two sons who stand 6 feet ty and e feet and inches, respectively. 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