| Show MADE ml paya 13 I 1 N GOLD fiolo salt lake bankers want the yellow ml igleta atai 4 STILL 0 1 HEY ARE SILVER MEN A canvass of the banks shows that it a majority ot of theta insert the gold clause in their various ruca reasons sons advanced want to bo be on tho the safe side in case silver should depreciate 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 th the lV chinston abbington correspondent of 0 the boston herald p preface art ail interview with comptroller campt Ts eakels on the at amount of gold strict sitter held A as reserve by the hanks banka lit in the silver tiro pro stifles Stil tOt with this remark fire buncom ht of their profess professions lons to silver ha hai been well exposed by the publication li of 0 the von contracts tracts which they stipulating king tor for payments in sold gold A tribune reporter was sent to all the banks in tho the town td get from them forms or of notes they use lise lit in their own business to see sec whether or not they contain the gold clause the following Is tire the result hanks banks using a form or oc note with no eold clat clause I 1 s 0 the utah national dank salt lake valley loan ioan trust company P pany illy western loan savings company banks using a form of note with the gold clause claue commercial national bank of salt lake city hank bank of commerce ot of salt lake city the national bank ot of the republic walker brothers bank vans lank of salt lake deseret national batik bank utah commercial savings bank utah title insurance trust company co s bank wells fargo co s bank T it jones co s dank bank 13 H lers batik bank alons savings dank bank trust company I 1 the state batik bank ot of utah the deseret savings dank bank VARIOUS REASONS ot of the bankers were asked why they inserted the gold eold clause tit in their notes here arc some ot of the replies S though the names of the gentlemen are not given said one gentleman who declared himself a free silver man A great many of rny my cust customers corners orners deposit nothing but sold gold and wan want t gold back it if I 1 took silver notes I 1 might not be able to get the gold to pay them the cashier of a leading savings bank a pronounced free salvor nr man replied as follows to tile the question question why his bank required gold notes we make them gold notes 0 so o that if there Is any discrimination we ave shall not suffer I 1 bell believe evL that if IC the U united 1 cited states state alone were to adopt free si silver ver that at first gold would go si to a premium dut I 1 believe lit in free coinage 11 the cashier of another savings bank said 1 I am not what Is called an all out and out tree free silver man mail our depositors expect gold from froin us so we make out our notes gold it if there Is free coinage and alid silver should depreciate we want to make ourselves sate safe said tile the president ot of a national bank 1 I am an out and out st ivor man 1 the notes of his bank have no gold clan clause e k M one or two bank pre presidents who are known to be gold men were not seen seem while the great majority of the banks insert a gold clause in fit their notes the I 1 great majority of 0 the bankers are free silver men |
