Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1895 — BANKERS OF ILLINOIS MEET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BANKERS OF ILLINOIS MEET.

President Dreyer Urges Them to B« Steadfast for Bonnd Money. The cofavention of the Bankers’ AssoRoek Island was the most largely attended and most inter-

esting ever held by the association. It was the firth annual gathering, and it brought together the most prominent men of finance and affairs iq the State. Reports of the different officers showed the association to-

have a membership of 400 and with « cash treasury balance of SSOO. Henry W. Yates, of Omaha, delivered an address on *Tfhe JFajJarie»^ol-Jf ! it being' an exhaustive discussion of the monetary question from the standpoint of sound currency, and commended the change of Secretary Carlisle’s conviction on the silver issue, which was pointed to as a cheering sign of the times. President Dreyer in his annual address called attention to the work of the association, mentioning first the abolition of the days of grace by the Legislature. Another bill passed by the Legislature was that amending the law governing the indorsement upon negotiable Instruments so as to effectually determine the liability of indorsers. He recommended that the garnishee law be so far amended that any banker who may have been garnisheed for sums supposed to be deposited with him by a second party may be permitted to file his answer in court by affidavit instead of being compelled to answer in person, as is the case now. On the currency question he urged the bankers of Illinois to stand steadfast for sound money.

E. S. DREYER.