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Show NOT ENOUGH TO GO ABOUND. The administration currency bill as it passed the house provided for twelve regional bBnks. The senate committco on banking and currenoy decldod to use the pruning knife and tho numbor wa3 cut to four. Tho thick-and-thln administration admin-istration members of tho commitleo, however, increased the number to eight, and tho White House was understood to be willing to accept that number as a compromise. Agitation of the subject throughout tho country brought to light the fact that practically all of tho bankers antl a large number of business men favored fa-vored a centra! bank. Tho eastorn newspapers almost unanimously took tho samo view. Now that the measure is almost certain cer-tain to go through both houses in the form tho administration sanctions, the number of regional banks suddenly bo-comes bo-comes a matter of intonso interest even to those who originally favored the plan of former Sonator Aldrich for a central bank. The reason is apparent every city of any size in the country wants a regional re-gional bank, and fear is expressed that thore won't be enongh to go around. One of the Philadelphia papers, a stanch opponent of Wilson and all hiB works, already has set up a shout for a regional bank for the City of Brotherly Love. Senator Hoke Smith has openly declared that Georgia cannot depend upon New Orleans for cash to do business busi-ness and that Atlnnta must be considered consid-ered when tho now financial institutions aro being located. And so it goes. Eight regional banks, or even twelve, will not come anywhere near filling tho demand. Now York,- of course, being tho chief city of the country, will head tho list. Boston, Bos-ton, the metropolis of New England as well ns tho hub of tho universe, will come next. Chicago, Now Orleans and San Francisco arc-reasonably certain of preference. That disposes of five ro-gional ro-gional banks and leaves Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver, Salt Lake, Loa Angeles, Portland, Seattle and some Texas town to strugglo for the romainlng three or soveu, as tho case may bo. It is easy to figuro out why Salt Lako should not bo overlooked in the I distribution. Starting with New York, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco, wo should fill In with Atlnnta, At-lnnta, St. Louis or Kansas City and Salt Lako on an eight-bank basis. If twelve is tho number decided upon, then Cleveland, St. Paul or Minneapolis und Dallas, Tex., stand a show. This would lcavo one -.regional bank to bo disposed of, and having figured Salt Lako into tho favored list, we really don't care who gots it. In the meantime, it will be interesting interest-ing to watch the fight as tho timo for the distribution approaches. |