Show BANKS WilL SEND I FUNDS WESTWARD I Currency is Needed for the Movement Move-ment of the Crops of the West to the Eastern Consumer Now That Monetary Strain Has Begun to Lessen In New York the Bankers Bank-ers Are Preparing to Meet the Demands of the Farmers 1 1 Now YorkNow that the monetary strain has been lessened locally tho Now York banks began preparations on Wednesday to ship nil available currency to the northwest to aid tho movement of crops While there Is concerted action among the citys banking Institutions to moot tho demands de-mands for currency now being made jy banks In tho crop country the In I llvldual banks will bend nil funds that ian possibly bo spared for tho purpose Estimates of the combined amounts that the New York banks will send to the northwest within the next six weeks vary The Chase National bank and the First National bank have commenced com-menced to ship dally sums rangIng from 25000 to 50000 to banks along tle route of the Great Northern and Norther Pacific railroads James J Hill held a conference hero with officers of-ficers of tho Chase National bank and dther Institutions at which It was stated he asked that the northwest be given nil possible assistance to move the crops Mr Hill was Informed that while tho local banks could not furnish tho usual amount of money for crop moving purposes they were anxious to do nil they could to expedite the shipment of cereals to the seaboard whence they could he sent abroad and thereby strengthen this countrys po tijtlon in tho foreign money market We have started to send all tho funds wo can to tho northwest said a bank official and while the amounts In Individual instances are not very large they will aggregate a largo Hg ure before long Within a week 01 more tho flow of gold to tho wheat fields will be In steady volume varying vary-Ing In sums from 5000 to 50000 Mr 11111 was here and conferred with us on the situation along tho lines of hit railroads We promised to do nil we could A ready solution of any dif ficultles in the northwest can bo found by tho farmers themselves If they wll avail themselves of an opportunity tc use cashiers checks but that Is t process of education which niay 01 may not bo difficult to work out |