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Approves Secretary Shaw’3 Plan for
a Heavily Taxed Emergency
Currency and Explains
How It Would Work
During a Panic.
Pittsburg, September 24.—The dele
gates to the ninth annual convention of
the Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association
were addressed today by ex-Comptroller
Charles G. Dawes, of Illinois, on .‘‘Pro
posed Changes in Our Banking Laws.”
Mr. Dawes In part said:
"Let us now take up Secretary Shaw’s
, plan for a heavily taxed emergency srs
., set currency, considering further some
1 of the dangers of lightly taxed asset cur
rency which his plan would avoid. When
subject to only a small tax, asset cur
? rency will be taken out by the banks
In normal times to secure the profits in
cident to its issue. As it is a form of
banking credit, it will form on addition
B to the already large amount of banking
credits now in existence. It will still
further Increase the burden resting upon
existing bash reserves. Since it can be
profitably issued In normal times, and
since the country can easily’ absorb an
Issue amounting to at least 25 per cent
of the capital of national banks, this
currency will, as a whole, be practically
inelastic, its total volume standing at
| about the maximum allowed by the law.
Therefore, in times of panic it will be
| an added burden on the banks, and in
tensify rather than alleviate panic con
ditions. Secretary Shaw’s plan, how
ever, for a 5 per cent or 6 per cent
restrictive tax upon such Issues, will
prevent their present issuance since they’
cannot be profitably Issued under that
rate of taxation unless Interest rates are
at the high point which they only reach
at times of panic or financial disturbance.
As other forms of banking credit aro
then in process of liquidation with re
sulting high Interest rates, these notes
can then be issued and will be a great
relief in doing the work formerly done
by the liquidated credits. Such a pro
cess will not, therefore, be one of In
flation since the notes at such a time
will operate to sustain the level of bank
ing credits, and not to raise it.
"Let us consider another danger from
lightly taxed asset notes in their effect
upon bank deposits and depositors. The
bulk of the business of the country Is
done in checks and drafts drawn against
deposits In solvent banks. These de
posits aggregating over $9,000,00u,000,
are left with b- nks through the confi
dence of the depostor class. Any step
in finance which tends in any way to
adversely affect confidence in bank de
posits is without qualification, the most
unwise step possible to be taken. When
deposits commence to be generally with
drawn through lack of confidence, the
purchasing power of the country is de
creased, the money actually In circula
tion Is lessened, prices fall, industry stag
nates and commercial depression ensues.
Now these lightly taxed asset notes are
to be Issued under an optional system.
The banks can Issue the notes or not as
they please. This makes it Impossible
to determine from the past record of
the national banking system us a whole
what the amount of tne tax should be
to make them safe, for percentage de
ductions from the record of the whole
. system cannot safely be applied to a part
>« when there is no way’ of telling the size
or location of the pant of the system
which will choose to issue the notes.
* Therefore, in order to make the notes
* . safe in addition to the tax, a first lien
of the note holder over the depositor is
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provided for by these plans. This would
result in the caso of every insolvent
bank which had issued these notes In a
heavy loss to the depositors over and
above the loss they would experience
under the present system under which
the proceeds of the notes uro Invested
In a practically unshrinkable asset —
L’nlted States bonds—the sale of wmeh
redeems tne notes without recourse on
the depositors. These severe localized
losses caused depositors by the first liefi
would be an ooject lesson lending to
lessen the confidence of the depositor
class.
"Any fair asset currency’ plan should
provide for a pro rata lien of note hold
ers on the same piano as depositors as
against the assets of an Insolvent bank.
No important asset currency system in
the world except tnat of the small flank
ing system ot Canada provides for a
first lien for note holders similar to
that which is proposed in such a bill
as Fowler's, for example: In the re
port of his recent speech in Chicago,
which I read. Secretary Shaw did not
state whether or not he favored a first
lien for the note holder under his plan
as against the depositor. The high rate
of tax, however, makes the first Hen
unnecessary for the safety of the Shaw
notes. The government should not guar
antee the notes, nor would such a guar
anty be necessary. The secretary' has
presented the only plan upon which it is
possible to unite support. It is a meas
ure of great public importance. If cou
pled with some modification of the Aid
rich bill increasing the diseresslon of
the secretary in the matter of his ability
to aid the community by timely deposits
in the banks of go\»rnmental cash, It
will be a very good solution of our pres
ent financial problems, and put the coun
try In the best possible shape for any
financial disturbances whicV ir,ty "Jr be
fore us.”
SECRETARY SHAW’S PLANT.
He Will Renew Funding Operations
on Two Per Cents.
Washington, September 23.—Secretary
Shaw authorized the statement that, ow
ing to the scarcity of 2 per cent bonds,
both for circulation and as security Lu
government deposits, he will renew fund
ing operations to the extent of $20,000,000
in accordance with the previous circu
lar.
Os the total Issue of $517,000,000 of 2
per cent bonds, the treasurer already
holds for circulation and for deposits
$480,000,000. Secretary Shaw also au
thorizes the statement that ho will re
deem the 5 per cent binds maturing Feb
ruary I. 1904, paying interest to ma
turity. Formal instructions to the sev
eral subtreasuries. authorizing them to re
deem on presentation will be issued to
da y.
The banks that have had on file with
the treasurer for thirty dvs or more 5
per cent bonds as security for a, public
deposits will bo permitted to substitute
approved state and municipal bonds there
for, which will bo accepted at 75 per
cent of their par value.
SHAW WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC.
Secretary Spoke to Bankers Aboard
Steamer Norfolk.
Newport News, Va., September 25. —The
Rankers' Association of Maryland and
the District of Columbia which is holding
Its annual convention aboard the Norfolk
and Washington Line steamer Norfolk,
arrived at Old Point Comfort today.
The party came to this city and visited
the ship yard and other points of inter
est. Among the special guests on the
steamer were Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw and daughter, Comptroller of the
Currency William IT. Ridgely and Fills
H. Roberts, treasurer of the United
States.
On tho way down from Washington
Thursday night Secretary Shaw made a
very significant, speech, taking a. decided
ly optimistic view of the business pros
pects of the country.
HE DESIRES TO COME SOUTH.
But Is Afraid His Mission Would Be
Misunderstood.
Birmingham. Ala.. September 23.—In
ternal Revenue Collector Joseph O.
Thompson, who is just back from a con
ference tilth the president nt Oyster Bay.
said today that Mr. Roosevelt Is consid
ering making a trip south this winter and
speaking in two or three, cities each in
Georgia and Alabama, including Atlanta
and Birmingham.
He says the president was anxious to
come south, though he did not say defi
nitely just when he would come. The
president added that he had often been
tempt'd to visit this section. but was
afraid his mission would be misunderstood;
that the people might think the trip was
for vote getting. While the president did
not so state. Mr. Thompson is of the
opinion that he would like tho southern
people to understand him better, and he
is anxious to come south to dispel some
of the erroneous impressions now thought
to prevail in this section regarding his
southern attitude.
*
To Run on Full Time
Adams. Mass., September 23.—The of
ficials of the Renfrew Cotton Manufac
turing Company announced today that
their plant would resume at once lull
time, after two months of operations on
a four days a week schedule. About
2,500 hands are employed at the five
mills of the company.
Senator Jones’ Daughter Dead.
Minneapolis, Minn.. September 22. Mrs.
F. W I’lant. a daughter of Senator J.
K. oJnes, of Arkansas, diyd yesterday a:
Deer River. Minn., while en route home
from a canoe trip with her husband
through the northern woods. The party
left Minneapolis two weeks ago, with
Mrs. Flant apparently in perfect health.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1903.
FARMERS' HATIONAL
CONGRESS,
Niagara Falls, N. Y., September 22.
The Farmers’ National Congress assem
bled here today in twenty-third, annual
session, being called to order by Presi
dent George L. Flanders, of Albany. Gov
ernor Odell delivered an address of it el
come, in which he mado a plea for good
citizenship, saying:
•’One of the first duties of our country
is to fight ceaselessly and energetically
against all classes who defy law ana
whose principles are a menace to society.
We do find such people all over the coun
try. Tile farmer, the mechanic and tne
professional man are responsible for such
conditions when they exist, if they have
made no effort lo place within the *?' lc 11
ot all these penury-stricken people—these
dwarfed Intellectualities —that which is tho
basis and foundation of contentment; that
is decent homes, fair remuneration and
hours of toil that will permit of social
and intellectual enjoyment.''
Mayor Hancock responded for the city,
and Harvle Jordan, oif Georgia, for the
farmers.
About three hundred delegates, repre
senting thirty-eight states, were present.
Tho present congress will devote a great
portion of its time to the distributive
side of farming, the productive side hav
ing hitherto taken the most of the at
tention of tho farmers.
The addresses by the ofllcers showed
that the congress is growing In power
and in influence and espe ially in the mat
ter of securing beneficial national legis
lation.
Major D. G. Purse Speaks.
Major D. G. Purse, of Savannah, Ga.,
gave an address on "Sugar Supply of the
L’nlted States." The congress should op
pose a reciprocity treaty with ( üba, he
♦aid, unless reciprocity treaties are made
with France and other countries. Major
Purse, who has been president of the
Savannah board of trade for twenty-two
years, points out that sugar Is .the. only
product of the soil which is largely used
that makes, the L’nlted States debtor to
foreign lands for supply. The aim of
this country should be to become a sugar
exporting instead of importing country.
Major Purse believes this will become
possible by fostering both cane and beet
sugar growing. At the present the United
| States uses 2,275,746 long tons of sugar
' yearly, of which but 500,000 tons are
produced at home. 300,000 tons of cane,
195.000 tons of beet and 5,000 tons of
maple sugar. By careful legislation the
United Slates can, within a few years,
' make up the big sugar deficiency and be
come self-supporting, he said.
Captain Purse said in part:
Mr. l’:--sidcnt and Members of the
Farmers National Congress and Ladies:
History informs us that "Indian Salt,”
our cane sugar, was an article of trade
in the market places of India, 509 years
before the dawn of Christianity, from
whence the cultivation of the "sweet
bamboo.” from tho juico of which it was
manufactured, has belted the earth on
tropical and semi-tropical lines and be
come, in propagaion, seemingly, as in
dig* nous as in India.
Tile ready adaptability of sugar cane
to all tropical and semi-tropical climates
has caused much controversy ,as ■to its
origin, China claiming its cultivation
Hit that < -imtry before the first lines of
'the Old Testament had been traced upon
I papyrus by the blind of Moses. liis
itarii'ns. however, discredit this claim of
Lie C lestbi, empire mid. with few ex
ch pilons, tittr e that in India. the
saccharine »nine of Hie 'sweet bamboo"
was first discovered and heralded over
trie east, China included.
Aft , h uvtng i lie progress of the
sugar industry Captan Purse closed with
the folowing concerning the prospects of
cane raising in the southeast:
The richness in sugar content of the
cine of G< rgia ami Florida exceeds
t of Louisiana and contpare favor
-1 ably with the 1 ’ttban cane, yielding as
high as 35 tons of cane to the acre on
. la t suited lands with thorough cultlva
i tion
Quite recently the United States de
partment of agriculture analyzed some
sugar cane from south Florida, a sain-
I i p'a- of the ordinary cane of that section.
■ ' cultivated in the ordinary way, that
; gave a sugar content as high as 19.3
per cent.
' Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of bureau of
chetn-istry, departmeirt of agriculture,
• under whose direction these south Flor
ida canes iv< re analyzed, said in a let-
- ter to the gentlemen upon whose farm
i they were grown:
■ | "These ate the most remarkable sam-
I pies we have ever examined. They con-
i i iin no glucose or reducing sugar what
> ’ ever when tested by the ordinary
■ ' method.”
The astonishment expressed by Dr.
Wiley at tin. r. suits of the analyses of
• the south Florida canes is not a matter
to be wondered at when it is remem
bered that they exceed in sugar content
the cane of Hawaii and Cuba. This
may be the starting point for science
in doing for the sugar cane what it has
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already done for tile pudgy beet and
that iu the next fen years cane cultiva
tion, under its direction, may be pro
ductive of as marvelous results. Cer
tain it Is that all interested In cane cul
tivation recognize the imperious neces
sity ot more scientific study for in
creasing the content of sugar and per
acre tonnage.
At the interstate Sug’ar .Cane Growers’
convention that convened In Macon, Ga.,
on May 6 and 7 u. mo. 1 and at which
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was
present, and delivered a masterly and
eloquent address on southern agricul
tural possibilities, a paper was read by
Mr. W. D. Roddenberry, a successful
farmer of Thomas county, Ga., In which
he gave tho details of running his 380
acre farm, particularly with reference
to showing the profitableness of cane
growing for sirup making. From cot
ton, potatoes, watermelons and other
crops, ho realized about $6 per acre net
prout, and 46 acres of farm In sttga’r
cane, the juice of which lie manufac
tured into sirup, yielded a net profit of
$84.47 per acre.
Laud, such as Mr. Roddenberry culti
vated, can bo bought In cultivaiton any
where In Georgia or Florida at $lO to
S2O per acre, according to improvements
upon the land.
Mr. Roddenberry's is not an excep
tional case and because sirup making Is
so profitable, our cane growers are not
making sugar, but such practical illus
trations demonstrate the superiority and
richness of our cane for sugar making.
Sugar cane in the south Is a white
man s crop, because it is laid aside In
July, and the cultivator escapes the hot
southern sun in July August and Sep
tember, where in cotton and other staple
crops, the cultivator must be iJQ’dscd
to the end of the harvest. Sooner or
later - se facts will impress themselves
upon the public mind, and a tide of
emigration will set south to grow sugar
cane and manufacture sugar, for there
is not a finer Held for this kind of work
than the south affords today.
There is no branch of agricultural in
dustry more promising in results We
have tlie lands and want your energy.
We extend to you, one and all, a most
hearty welcome. Join us tn the build
ing of a sugar industry In the south
that we may join you of the north and
tho west, in freeing our common coun
try from dependence upon foreign na
tions for one pound of our sugar supply
In the future.
In tho general discussion which fol
lowed the reading of the paper, all the
delegates agreed that the United States
will ultimately produce all the sugar it
uses.
Postal Revision Advocated.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., September 23.
The farmers national congress today
considered several questions affecting
the distributive do of agriculture. Most
of the time of tl. congress will be given
to the distributive - problems, as the
farmers consider that they have solved
nearly all tb< yqdueMvo questions and
that national Gishould now be
invoked to aid \meriean farmers in
finding a market rather than iieipTg
them grow products.
Aaron Jones, master of the National
Grange, addressed the congress on the
"Extension of the Facilities of Our Mail
System." He favored the Immei’.iate
expansion of t iral free delivery and tho
readjustment t the parcels post system.
Mr. Junes also advocated a government
telegraph and telephone service.
The committee on resolutions killed in
committee all resolutions of a radical
nature, and will allow only such r« so
lutions as ar" of conservative char.ieter
to come before the congress. Among
the resolutiois favored by the commit
tee is one a vomiting amplification of
the rural fr< delivery system and the
expansion of he parcels post system
means of lover rates and by allowing
packages of renter bulk to be sent.
Resolutions favoring the election of
United States senators by popular vote
and approving the adoption of a eoti.-ti
tutional aniei Intent allowing an Income
tax will be 'ted on. So-called it lists
wire Ignored >y the committee. A pro
posed ship s .bsidy resolution was not
favored.
Farmers’ Congress Adjourns.
Niagara Fa’s, N. Y., September 24
The Farmers’ Cational congress closed its
annual meetitr. tonight. The farmers will
not urge much specific national legislation
lids year, con nting themsclv'.s with
generalities. A set of resolutions favor
ing the. extensi n of rural free delivery
and the parcel * post system, a postal
telegraph systi m and postal saving banns
was adopted.
A resclution favoring reciprocity with
Canada, was fin.illy killed and the question
of .a ship sub- by found no supporters >n
the congress this session.
Jordan. Is Chosen President.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.. September 25
The Farmers' National Congress ad
journed today after electing Harvie Jor
dan, of Monticello. Ga., president; Colo
nel Benjamin Cameron, of Stagville, N.
C., first vice president; Joshua Strange,
Marion, Ind., second vice president; Dr.
J. H. Reynolds, Adrian, Mich., treasurer;
John M. Stahl, of Chicago, secretary;
G. M. Whittaker, of Boston, first as-'
sistant secretary; A. C. Fuller, of Dourm,
R.wa, second assistant secretary; Luther
Tucker, of Albany, third assistant sec
retary.
A new executive committee, composed
of E. W. Rickey, of Ocean Springs.
Miss.: Levi Morrison, of Greenville. Pa.,
and W. L. Ames, of Oregon, Wis., was
elected.
The next congress probably will be held
as an adjunct to the St. Louis exposition.
CALLED FOR VOTE AT GALLOWS.
Clifton Branham Asked Indorsement
of His Deed.
Big Stone Gap, Va.. September 25.
Clifton Branham paid the penalty of wife
murder today at Wise. Before going to
the gallows, he made a speech of some
length, claiming that he was justified
in the killing by the circumstances. Ho
appealed to those present for an indorse
ment of his deed and about thre^hun
dred of the crowd agreed with him.
At 1:37 p. m. the drop fell and In
twenty-eight minutes he was pronounced
dead, his neck being broken by the fall.
Branham was 40 years old. lie had
served a term in the Kentucky stato
prison,, but before his full time was out
Governor Beckham pardoned him. Soon
after his pardon he killed his wife, for
which he paid the penalty today. A largo
crowd was present to witness the hang
ing.
Raney Elected to the Command.
Baltimore, Md.. September 22.—Tho
sovereign grand lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows today unanimous
ly elected General M. A. Raney, of Mar
engo, lowa, commanding general of tho
patriarchs militant for a term of four
years. General Raney was appointed
commander to the military branch of the
order last year, a-nd bls election was re
ceived with cheers.
JETT WILL PAY DEATH
PENALTY.
Cynthiana, Ky., September 22.—After a
trial lasting eight days, the jury in the
case of Curtis Jett, charged with the
murder of Town Marshal Thomas Cock
rill, at Jackson, Ky., July 21, 1902, this
evening rendered a verdict of guilty and
fixed the punishment at death.
When the jury entered the court room
after agreeing on a verdict, quiet reign
ed for a few moments. Jett’s mother
had gone away earlier, under the im
pression that no verdict would be reach
ed. The reading of the verdict did not
affect Jett, but his brother was very
much distressed. Elijah McKinney served
as foreman of tho jury, and after the
delivering of the verdict to the court, the
jury was polled. The death sentence was
ti.ejj read to Jett by Clerk T. J. Robin
sun. after which Jett was given over
to the custody of the deputy sheriff.
Colonel Blan.ton, Jett’s lawyer, will file
a motion for a new trial tomorrow morn
ing, and if the motion is overruled he
will appeal the case to the court of
appeals at Frankfort, Ky.
Hargis Is Reticent.
Jackson. Ky., September 22.—Judge
James Hargis tonight refused to make
a statement in regard to the infliction
of the death penally his nephew,
Curtis Jett. Relatives and intimate
friends of J. B. Marcum express great
satisfaction. People not directly connect
ed with the ■*. avoid talking tor pub
lication. The verdict, however, was anx
iously awaited belt', tho scene of the
Marcum and Cockrill assassinations, for
which Jett is convicted.
Jett Says He Had Fair Trial.
Cynthiana, Ky., September, 25.—Curtis
Jett was brought into the court today
when Judge Osborne decreed that he be
hanged "between sunrise and sunset De
cember 13, for killing Cockrill at Jack
son. Ky., July 21. 1902."
Judge Blanton, attorney for Jett, re
plied :
"Well, Judge, there will ue many sun
risings and settings befor»- he has been
hanged."
Jett himself said to the court:
"There are people in litis county who
will be grieved If I am not hanged, but,
Judge, 1 do not think you would be griev
ed as you have given mo a fair trial in
this case."
Wbe-u Judge Osborne said ho would
semi the prisoner to another jail .left
pleaded earnestly not to be returned to
Lexington. Ky. Judge Blanton filed pa
pers giving iiis grounds for a new trial,
preparatory to carrying the case to the
court ot appeals at. Frankfort.
Jett Taken to Louisville Jail.
Cynthiana, Ky.. September 26.—Judge
Osborne today ordered Sheriff Leach and
b.is deputies to take Curtis Jett, sen
tenced to be hanged December 18. for
the assassination of James Cockrill. to
Jail for sate k. epint' pending j
Jett’s appeal to the court of appeals, r
Sheriff Leach left with Jett on the Louis- :
ville anil Nashville train at 10:30 byway |
of Lexington.
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ANOTHER MAN IN THE CASE.
Sensational Allegation Made in the ;
Griffin Murder Trial.
Eatonton. Ga., September 24.—(Special.) j
Tn their effort to prove a cause or motive I
for the crime charged to ?»lrs. Lizzie Grtf- I
fin. the state's counsel introduced wit
nesses today to show that back of the
tragedy which ended in the death of John
Griffin was an estrangement between
John Griffin and h!4 wife caused by file |
infatuation of Mrs. for another i
man.
This man is Dr. L, O. McCalla, of this I
place, John Griffin's family physician.
All the evidence Offered at this point
was wholly by negroes and hardly trust
worthy.
In her statement to the jury. Mrs. Grif
fin positively denied any improper con
duct toward her on his part, and under
oath he flatly averred that Im had never)
visited Griffin's house except wnen sent
for and tn the capacity of a practicing .
physician, or on some business with Gris- |
fin himself.
Dr. McCalla is a gentleman of veracity '
and honor, and enjoys the respect and I
confidence ot the public.
Swore Alibi for Knowles.
Eatonton, Ga., September 25.—(Special.I j
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along.
One thing, however, remarkable about. '
tho trial is the fact that the crowds that )
throng the court room daily, some sitting, ’
many standing, never seem to grow less
or to fag in interest.
The entire day was consumed by the
(leletis- in examining witnesses. Tltelf
line of. policy has been, not so much to
make out a case and labor to defend it.
•is to expose what they call the weak and
untenable case set up by the state.
They have attempted to do this by in
troducing evidence in rebuttal, by im
peaching witnesses, by alleging the itn
practieabi'ity of much evidence introduced)
i>v the staty and by attempting to prove 1
aiibis.
They have introduced Mrs. W. J. I
Knowles, Miss Mollie Knowles. Za/'k
Knowles and Mrs. Maud Knowles, th
mother, sister, brother and sister in law
of Sam Knowles, and Airs. Griffin, who
testified that on that fatal night Sam
was at home when the crime was com
mitted.
They have introduced evidence to show
that it was physically impossible for Mrs.
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Both Given Acquittal.
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; Articles of Separation Agreed to by
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It is very generally understood in At-
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i ment to make.”
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Gardner, Mass., September 22.-Chl?f
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iantt state penitentiary at Baton Rouge.
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Stacy was sent to the penitentiary
January 25. 1901. on a twelve year sen
tence for burglary and larceny. He es
caped with two negroes on July 5 and
has since been free.
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