Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 23, 6 December 1913 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN -TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, DEC. 6, 1913

The Richmond Palladium.

AND SUN-TELBGRAM.

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Provisions of Glass-Owen Bill The Glass-Owen Bill which aims at currency regulation and which, after numerous modifications, is now before Congress as the most important piece of impending legislation, has provisions for giving the nation an elastic currency and for breaking the Money Power of Wall Street. Its plan is to divide the country into a number of "regions" and to establish in each region a Federal Reserve Bank. Each of these institutions will have a capital stock of not less than $5,000,000. This amount will be subscribed by existing banks up to not more than 10 per cent of their present capital. National banks will be compelled to become members of the Reserve Banks while state banks may if they desire. Under present conditions the surplus credit of a region finds its way finally to Wall Street there to pyramid in the hands of speculators; under the new plan it will find its way to the Regional Reserve Bank there to stay and remain constantly available to the region which produced it. Thus if a Richmond bank happens to have a surplus on hand it is shipped to the Reserve Bank of which it is a member. That surplus is there kept for use in this district. Per contra if a Richmond bank needs funds it can secure them at the Reserve bank which, in its turn, if it chances to be short, may fall back on the Federal Reserve Board at Washington. Regional Reserve Banks will be made depositories of the nation's surplus funds and will also carry the surplus which every bank is obliged to keep on hand. It is therefore estimated that these institutions will begin business with a liquid capitalization of $550,000,000. Another important feature of the proposed bill is the Federal Reserve Board, the members of which will be appointed by the President, nine in number, to serve for eight years, and to be drawn from widely scattered territories. This Reserve Board appoints three of the nine directors of each regional bank and can remove up to three of the same if conditions demand; it can examine the books and accounts of any reserve bank, and can compel anyone with surplus to place its credit at the disposal of any other which suffers a stringency. Wall Street is fighting this provision because it removes the nation's credit from the control of the bankers just as it fought the institution of the Interstate Commerce Commission twenty-six years ago when the appointment of that useful and successful body was branded as being everything from Socialism to thievery. It was felt then that the transportation facilities of the country were too important to be left in private control and it is felt now that the nation's credit is too important to be left in the bankers' control. The most striking and revolutionary measure of the new legislation is its provision for a new kind of currency. At present the government issues currency notes based on a Government bond issue of $724,000,000. This means that under all conditions and at all times the country has a rigidly limited currency with which to carry on a very changeable business. Under the new bill the government would issue Federally backed up currency on promissory notes endorsed by the reserve banks. This means a currency that rises and falls with the ebb and flow of wealth production and the avoidance of any other panics such as that of 1907 when the peaceful progress of business was suddenly interrupted by Wall Street gambling. The Newspaper Everyone who keeps up with current literature must have become aware of the changed attitude towards newspapers. When the dailypress first became a dominant influence in the nation's life, it was quickly seized upon by unscrupulous partisans and self seeking factions as the best of weapons for their purpose. At the time Thomas Jefferson uttered his famous declaration, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter," he was also driven to such exasperation by the libels of a prostituted press as to write that nothing save the urgency of more important matters prevented his sending a number of prominent editors to jail. The era of newspaper wars subsided into an era of distrust and incredulousness when it was common to hear a man say, "O well you can't depend on it; it merely is newspaper talk." and when many well educated persons rather boasted of never reading the papers. But now it seems we are breaking forth into a new day. The press is changing and the popular attitude is changing in consonance with it. We are not. surprised to hear Lord Northcliffe say that the newspapers will even encroach upon the weekly and .monthly, magazine field; we are not surprised to learn that Joseph Pulitzer's

newspaper creed ended with "accuracy, accuracy, accuracy"; and we are not even surprised to read in the Atlantic Monthly for December that newspapers are a greater educative force than many serious books. There is a double reason for this in that the papers themselves are improving and the public itself is improving as steadily. The number of the well informed grows every day and a rising public taste and power of appreciation makes

possible a higher class news sheet. After all it is the public that makes the papers. They are edited by their readers. Gov- j ernments are voted on every four years but a ; daily is voted on every day. Its subscribers can '

kill it in a week or they can make it the mightiest engine for public influence, the greatest single agent for the popular will, that exists.

Just as rapidly as the level of appreciation arises, I

just as rapidly as the public demands the best, the newspapers will improve and rise from height to height of Pulitzer's spicy recipe for a first class newspaper: "terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation, and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy."

Fire! ! ! On her first visit to the United States, Sarah Bernhardt couldn't get over the flimsiness and general temporary nature of our buildings. "Ugh," exclaimed the divine one, "I couldn't summon enough courage even to sleep in one of those wooden tents a single night. What do you do when a fire breaks out!" Had she attended the burning of that Boston lodging house last Wednesday she would have seen what we do we burn up. Twenty-seven of us did at that conflagration. And she would have discovered herself quite right, too, in thinking the flimsiness of our buildings to be dangerous for fire. It is the loose and flimsy nature of our structures that makes our insurance rates the highest of any up-to-date nation and transforms the average city into a fire-trap. Couple with that a widespread carelessness in the use of fire and matches with negligence of reasonable precautions and we have the reasons for our annual $250,000,000 loss. Indiana is about as badly off as the average state. Fire Marshal Longley's last estimate and report gave one-fourth of our buildings as verybad risks. In one city, chosen as typical of the state, his inspectors discovered 49 out of 200 structures in poor shape from the fire point of view. And where buildings themselves are fairly well protected the public abets the fire demons by its own carelessness. During the past six months in this state ending November 30th, 211 fires were reported as having originated from matches and 62 V per cent of these were started by children. These youngsters cost the commonwealth $25,849 for their sport. As for our own city we have at present three urgent needs before anybody has a right to grow very confident over the outlook: adequate building inspection, motorization of fire equipment, and a more thorough training of our firefighters. The new building code and inspector will be able to take care of the first of these essefltials and Fire Chief Miller has already started a movement for the second and third. It remains for the public to get behind the movement for fire protection, because it is the public that pays all the bills and stands all the loss. Whenever and wherever a fire occurs it is the general public that foots the bill. It pays for the loss through fire insurance rates and those rates are determined by fire risk. If the risk were lessened the rates would go down and a slice taken off the crust of the high cost of living. But there is more than money involved since human lives are being lost every day. The twenty-seven poor fellows whose charred and unidentified remains now lie in Boston morgues represent a more severe loss to the public than the brittle structure in which they were cremated. Feeling this need of getting the general pub-

he behind the efforts for fire prevention, the j New York department has issued the following' list of suggestions which we respectfully submit ; to the caref ullest consideration of our readers : j Don' block the fire-escapes. I Don't depend on your landlord; inspect for yourself. !

Don't throw cigarettes or cigars out the window; they may light on an awning. Don't Allow children to play with matches. Don't use matches or candles in dark closets or cellars. Don't keep matches in anything except a metal or tin receptacle, well covered. Don't toss away a match unless it is extinguished. Don't fill lamps or oil stoves while lighted. Don't use coal-oil in lighting fires. Don't use gasoline for cleaning purposes in room with open light or fire. Don't accumulate old bedding or clothes in attic or cellar. Don't neglect to have chimneys and flues cleaned once per year.

At the Murray. All Week Vaudeville. Murray. If the first week of vaudeville at the Murray is an indication, that style of amusement has not lost any of its popularity since last year. Almost capacity audiences have been the rula throughout the entire past week. The bill for next week will be ttrongt-r than the past week, as it requires a week or two to arrange acts satisfactory, as the routes are invariably booked three and four weeks ahead. One of the attractions for the first h;i!f of next week will be Whipple Houston and company in a comedy singing travesty entitled "Spooks," said to be one of the most pleasing acts playing vaudeville dates.

the pen of John Fox. Jr., the author of "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come." is by Eugene Walter, the clever dramatist who has written such successful plays as "Paid in Full." "The Easiest Way," and "The Wolf." and the star is none other than Charlotte Walker, who made the greatest success of her career in the role of June.

"Scarecrow," and the all-star rrlTal of ' Oliver Twist." although his work in "Strongheart" and "The Lion and the Mouse'" are still of pleasant memory. His role of Andrew in "The Master Mind" is one of the most powerful in which he has appeared in several seasons.

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Peg O' My Heart." The attraction at the Gennett theatre soon is "Peg O' My Heart." a comedy in three acts by J. Hartley Manners, uhich is recorded as one of the greatest successes in New York, and is now entering its second year's run at the Cort theatre. The play is pruriu' f d under the direction of v)lier .M. 'c: , O Edmund Breese in "The Master Mind" Edmund Breese will be seen at the (Jenti'-tt treatre Wednesday, December 17, in "The Master Mind." a play by Daniel D Carter, which proved to be one of Broadway's greatest thrillers last season. Mr. Breese and a company of representative players will be seen in their original roles. By his many notable personal achievements. Mr. Breese is looked upon as among America's foremost actors. His most recent appearance were in "The Spendthrift," "The

j! MASONIC CALENDAR ! ! Monday. December S Richmond l Coramandery, No S. K T. Special conclave. Work in Red Cross degree. Tuesday, December 9 Richmond Lodge. No IVp. F. &: A M. Called meeting Work In Entered Apprentice degree, commencing promptly at 7 o'clock ! Wednesdav. December 10 Webb Lodge No 2i. F. and A M Called meeting Master Mason degree and Fast Masters' night, followed by banquet Thursday, December 11 Wayne ; Council. No 10 Special assembly. : Work in Royal and Select Master and the Super-excellent Master degrees, follow id by banquet. Friday. December 4 King Solo- : mon's Chapter. No 4. Royal Arch Ma sons. Stated Meeting. Annual election of orheers.

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Quo Vadis. j Imitation is said to be the sincercst flattery. This is quite true but cannot always be appreciated by the public. The George Kleine production of the Cines photo-drama "Quo Vadis" achieved a remarkable success in New York, Philadelphia, Boston. Chicago, Baltimore and a dozen other cities and inspired a number of unscrupulous parties with the idea of launching a smaller and insignificant production on the market and banking upon the public credulity, to take ad- : vantage of the immense advertising Mr. Kleine's production has received. The real George Kleine production of "Quo Vadis" is presented with eight parts or reels that are divided into three acts and is only played in the larger high class theatres of the country and never at prices less than fifty cents for orchestra seats and twentyfive for balconies. The real "Quo Vadis" will be the attraction at the Gennett theatre for three days, beginning Thursday, December 25, with matinees daily. "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." It was announced this morning that Klaw and Erlanger have decided to send the greatest of their productions, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," to the Gennett theatre, Richmond, Wednesday, Dec. "4. The dramatization of this widely read novel, which, as thousands of book readers know, is from I

How to Detect the Alum Baking Powder "Which are the alum baking powders; how can I avoid them unless they are named?'" asks a housekeeper. Here is one way : take the can of a lowpriced powder in your hand and read the ingredient clause upon the back label. The law requires that if the powder contains alum that fact must be there stated. If you find one of the ingredients named alum, or sulphate of aluminum, you have found an alum baling poWer. There is another and a better way. You don't have to know the names of the alum powders. Use Royal Baking Powder only; that assures you a cream of tartar powder, and the purest and most healthful baking powder beyond question.

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