Show FIRST OF THE YEAR Some Speculations as to Todays Collections WHAT WILL H RESULT BE Real Estate and Mining Men Talk Approvingly of the Old Year and Have Confidence in the New This is the first collection day in the new year and never was a day more eagerly waited for by one class and more anxiously dreaded by another Many options expired ex-pired with theold year and many engagements engage-ments fell due on January 1 How many will be able to meet their engagements or obtain extensions on their contracts it is impossible to say but it is believed the general feeling in favor of extending all the accommodation possible and of doing everything that can bo > dono to ease the tone of the market will cause the big collection col-lection week after January 1 to pass without with-out any disturbing signs Mr Webber of Z C M I says ho looks I for collections to keep up as well as they did in December when they were theyI I excess of the same month last year I everyone today makes up his mind to I put on a smiling face draw his check with wiltI as much readiness as he did during the I summer and not seize the excuse of tight times to indulge in standing off tactics it will do an immense amount towards creating i cre-ating the feeling of confidence now so desirable to promote There has been some talk among bankers of holding a meetine as they did in Chicago Chi-cago to resolve to extend any needed aid t legitimate lines of business to limit loans to business men only and to decline to let any money go for any forms of speculative spec-ulative business at least until the present stringency is over The combine In Chicago Chi-cago resulted in much good but whether anything will come tf it here is yet to be seen |