| Show confidence WAS BLIND A western representative of an east ern house bouse gave a coast newspaper the other day an amusing accounts account of a financial ruse which saved du during ringa a panic some years ago at least one milwaukee bank and doubtless did much to 10 restore confidence in many oth others ere both in the cream city and elsewhere the story is tot irot new but there are many who have near bevier heard it aud at the present time it will perhaps seem opportune and interesting to all the depositors in a german savings hank hack suddenly became alarmed about the safety of their money and began to draw atut it siut the run grew not feist and furious as it progressed but pretty soon the frightened depositors degan began to look about to see what they should do with their money after it had bad ben b en paid to them somebody body suggested that they leave it in alexander mitchells bark around the corner in the same block which everybody agreed was bb ab safe as the united united states treasury itself so the sturdy germans as they left the savings bank with their wealth formed a line at the receiving tel tellers lets window in mitchell mitchells helPs s bank and transferred their heir deposits to his bia vaults as fast as they withdrew them from those of the other institution whereupon they went home satisfied but butta toe havinga bink break nor did the heavy disia upon its ite cash reserves re gervea prevent every depositor from getting his hie money in full as soon as hie big turn came in the line t be waited upon and this to Is what enabled the bank jostand to stand the he run when mr found how bow things were going how bow the german depositors were transferring their coin and confidence from bis big neighbors neighbor bank tobi to his own Bown bo be quietly started a relay of messengers from the back door oft 06 his bis own bank to the corresponding entrance in the savings institution around the corner each messenger nase enger bearing a lack of dash cash which was waa left As a a deposit thus thug it happened that aa fast fart ft the panic stricken brought their luere lucre from the ravings bank to it was sent beat back again 0 replenish the outgoing stream and they were none the wiser for it their money bassato in ila either place and lack of confidence was waa at the bottom of their fright as aa it la Is at the bottom of nearly alt all financial scares cares |
