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Show ' IN THE PUBLIC EYE J HANDLED GOTHAM PANIC j William A. Nasli, president of tho Corn Ex- ""n. clinngo bank, probably did as much a3 any man ' Infrf vS. m ow ''"or't Put n S'P 10 "'o recent panic, mt i" 4 J' IlorPnt Morgan alono excepted. When tho 7 I Knsa lurry camo on ho was mado chairman of tho H I'SZ?? . llivl clearing houso committee, and It fell mainly to K. Sj wfeCaiM n'ln t0 paBB u')0n tno securities offered by banks 1'5. VpJ In need of assistance, to decide which should bo lit-' A. , Ay aided and which suspended. Ho was regarded by I AiUA ' ,no otMer bankers as tho balanco wheel of tho UVV - Wal1 Btrcct situation. Nor Is this his first ox. Ytry.4v. l! I III Porlnco of n pnnlc, for in 1903 lib was ono of u.' , flvo men who, as cxocutlvo commltteo of tho A .. , -, Wvl' c'cnr'"B house, had that panic In charge His v sound common sense, his keen business moth-r moth-r W I lods and his far-sighted mental vIbIoh In each caso Raved him from making nny very gravo blunders, and ho enmo through both ordeals with flying colors. 1 Mr. Nash commenced life as messenger boy In tho bank of which ho Is now president. Ho won his advancement stop by step, through his own efforts, and 25 years from the day ho entered tho bank he was Us president. It then had a capital of $1,000,000; now it lias $8,000,000. Ho was tho father of tho branch system, and tho Corn Kxchango was tho first bank to open branches when tho law was passed authorizing it to do so. To-day It has 22 branches and minor depositories throughout tho city of Now York. Mr. Nash holds tho idea that hard work, no matter how intelligent, will never ralso a man very much nbovo his fellows, unless It is combined with tho power of thinking for one's self and aiding his superiors with suggestions. sugges-tions. A man who can do this can practically dlctato his own terms In tho banking world. |