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September 19, 1921.
General Manager,
Lorse Dry Dock.
Repair Company,
Foot of 56th Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
In order, if possible, to get a somewhat clearer view of the
present situation as regards unemp1oy4ent, I am anviras to secure some
information as to the extent to which workers no longer reported on the
payrolls of the industrial concerns found, work in some other lines.
Several of our directors and one or two others have volunteered
to institute a brief inquiry in their several concerns into just this
question and to truce out as far as practicable just what has become of
the men they have had to let go, just what they are doing and what percentage of them are now definitely or nearXy without means of livelihood.
There is a great difference, of course, between this and just
counting up how many have been dropped from employment rolls.
I should like, especially, an idea as to what percentage of
factory employees have gone hack to the farms, or to domestic service,
or returned to foreign countries.
This information is for the conference on unemployment which is
to be held in Washington next week and I should oe very grateful if you
could give me some sort of an answer by Friday of this week.
3elieve me,
Very sincerely yours,
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Governor.
MAIN OFFICE
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MORSE DRY DOCK & REPAIR CO.
ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS & BOILERMAKERS
EXCELLENT FACILITIES FOR DOCKING AND REPAIRING VESSELS
TO INSURE PRO.MIPT ATTENTION ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO Tat COMPANY
BROOKLYN. N. Y.
Sept.
19t.l.
lir. Benjamin 3trong, Governor,
Federal aeserve Bank of New York,
Equitable Building,
New York, N. Y.
Dear Six:
Replying to your communication
of
September 19th, I wish to advise that we have no
figures which definitely cover the subjects referred
to by you and that the opinion hazarded in this letter
is only my personal opinion founded upon observation
and not statistics.
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the 7a1 at the highest peak of employment
We had on our payrolls the names of some 7,000 people.
We consider our average working force in normal times
to be about 4,000 and regret to state that at this
writing business conditions in the ship repair industry
axe such that we today employ less than 500.
:Zany of the employees at the close of the W4X,
who had inoreased our payroll from 4 to 7 thousand rent
back to their regular trades which they had left temporarily or the higher wages paid in Shipyards.
The -ork
in the Ship Repair Industry even under normal conditions
is unsteady so that many of the men have aquired the habit
'Ilan on. Yard is slack of rorking in another Yard which
just at that time may have secured some repair work.
Shipyard wage rates at the present time and the
overtime rate of two and one-half for one (LI, fox 1) are
high when compared with some of the other industries btt
this high rate in a way compensates the men for the irregularity of the job.
:lany of Our normal force particularly in the Carpenter, Plumber and Pipefitting trades
are at present working on house work, while others may
be working on and off for some of the other Yards on
short one and two day jobs while still otheraare walk-
Al. Benj. Strong, Fed. Res. Bank
Sept.
continued.
lug the Streets vith practically
no
income and no
prospect resembling steady work until the Spring.
Very few if any of the men who worked here have
gone to the Farms or to domestic service ot returned
to Foreign Countries.
Vely truly yours,
MORSE DRY DOCK & REPAIR CONY
Superintendent of Service
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BUSH TERMINAL COMPANY
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
130 WEST 42'1? STREET
IRVING T. BUSH
NEWYORK
PRESIDENT
Sept. 11, 1925.
ACkNOW.LEMED
Benjamin Strong, Esq.,
33 liberty Street,
New York, N.Y.
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R. S..
Dear Mr. Strong:_
I am arranging a Dinner to the Hon. Charles E. Hughes
for Armistice Eve, November 10th next.
Mr. Hughes
has accepted my invitation for that evening and
Mr. Elihu Root has agreed to speak.
The Dinner, which I hope will be one of the most
notable of the year, is to be directed by a Committee
of men who have been interested in the foreign
relations of this country under the wise leadership
of Mr. Hughes.
Many of them will be officers and
members of various American bodies which have taken
an active part in promoting the foreign policies
of the country, while Mr. Hughes was Secretary of
State.
I am asking a group of distinguished men to serve
as Vice-Presidents for the Dinner,and a larger list
to serve upon the Committee and I trust that you will
be willing to serve as one of the Vice-Presidents.
Very sincerely yours,
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September 16, 1925.
uec. r Mr. Bush:
I am very glad, indeed, to accept your kind.
invitation of September 11 to serve as one of the
vice-preatdente for the dinner to be given in honor of
Honorable Charles E. Hughes, on Armistice Eve, November.
10 next.
meeting which I meet attend
Unfortunately,
early in November will probably make it difficult, if not
impos6ib1e, for me to attend the dinner, but at any rate
you %ill understand my interest in the occasion.
I beg to remain,
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Sincerely yours,
Irving T. Bush, Esq.,
Bush Terminal Company,
130 West 42 street, New York.
You are cordiallv invited by
- a committee
of men interested in International Relations
to participate in a dinner
to be given in honour of
Tlte Honourable Charles Evans Hughes
on the eve of Arntistice DavTuesday, November the tenth
at half after seven o'clock
Hotel Astor. NewYork
The dinner is in recognition of his eminent services
to the cause of International Goodwill
The subscription is ten dollars For each person
It is requested that an early reply he sent
on the enclosed form
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Committee
Irving T. Buska-tairman
F. Cunl i ffe - 0 wen, CB.E.Mce-Chairman
Vice Presidents
George E Baker, Jf:
Edward W Bok
Newcomb Carlton
John W Davis
Robert W de Forest
Chauncey M.Depew
William N.Dykman
Frederick H.Ecker
Haley Fiske
Elbert H. Gary
William D. Guihrii
Charles T. Gwyrtne
Darwin P Kingsley
Thomas W Lamont
Clarence H. Mackay
John G. Agar
J. S. Alexander
Vincent Astor
George E Baker. S!:
Willis H.Booth
Nicholas E Brady
John J. Carty
Lewis L. Clarke
William Nelson Cromwell
R.Fult on Cutting
John Daniels
William Curtis Demorest
Herbert L.Dillon
Victor J. Dowling
Philip A. S. Franklin
Herbert F. Gunnison
General James G. Harbord
Nathan L. Miller
Dwight W.M_orrow
Frank A.Munsey
Adolph S. Ochs
Alton B. Parker
Lewis E. Pierson
Frank L. Polk
John D. Rockefeller, J`,.,
Elili it Root
R .A.C. Smith
Benjamin Strong ..."'"
Henry W Taft
William J.Tu.11y
Paul M.Warburg
George W. Wickersham
Frank Hedley
Archer M. Huntington
George E Kunz
Bishop William]: Manning
Alfred E. Marling
Gates W. Mc Garrah
Samuel McRoberts
John G. Milburn
Eugertius H. Outerbricige
Henry Fairfield Osborn
George Foster Peabody
Francis K.Pendleton
Frank Presbrey
George Haven Putnam
Charles M.Schwab
Henry White
WillianiR Willcox
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October 14, 1925.
My dear lir. Bush:
I
aft very oorry indeed that I SA,611 be
unable to attend the dinner to be tendered to Mr. Huehes
on Novemer 10, which I had hoped to be t..ble to do when
I vas first edvised of the plan.
I beg to remain,
Very truii yours,
Irving T. Bush, Esq.,
100 Broad Street,
New York
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jty defir Franklin:
7heank ymi vary much for your note of the
nth, enclosing the' lsqtr of introductim to
goalars. Parton
WorlfAar, which I shs11 t*Ae great
pleUrs in prsentin.
Very trfaly yrurs,
P.
S. Franklin,
T 3real*Itag,
Yrrk City.
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Esq.,
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Jan. 28, 1
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My dear Strong:
Enclosed please find letter of introduction which I
hope will be of some use to you.
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Yours very truly,
Benjamin Strong, Esq.,
Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
62 Cedar Street,
New York City.
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Mr. Benj. Strong,
City.
Dear Sir:Ju be
to advise that the sailing of steacr
NAOTTERDAE" has
been postponed and she A.11 now leave here on Wednesday February 2nd
at (P.M. instead of Feb. 1st.
Yours very truly,
HOLLAND-AMERICA LINgi
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Aging,
January 26th, 1916.
Ler Sirs:
Please be advieu that it is :Ir. Benjamin Strong, Jr., who is sailing on the "Rotterdam"
on the 2nd of Februry
that his addresu is
62 Cocar :7:treot, Care the Federal N'serve
Very truly yours,
Secretary to :Ir. '2,trong.
The HollandLmerica Line,
24 ;:tato 7treot,
New York City,
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June 2e, .W6.
Frederick Lack, Egq.,
1270 Broadway,
Nev ioik 6Ity.
Dear 3ir:
Uth this I am eacloeing to checks:
in the
34M
That of the Federal heeerve bank of New York
of $1,215.00 covering your two bills of June 18
for accommodations on the Homeric, JI,Ine 27, $705: and $610.
respectively.
As the bills are retained by the bank, no
receipt is required other than the ce,ncelled check.
That of Mr. B. Strong, in the sum of
$1,g65.00 covering the enclosed bill of June 18 for Mrs.
Humphrey's accommodatione on the Homeric, June 27.
Please
return the bill reoeipted to the above addreee.
A check covering the accommodations which you heve
secured for Dr. Stewart, will be forwarded direct to you by
6he Federal Reserve Hoard.
Very truly yours,
Secretary to
kr. Benj. 3trong.
EL1C8.
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OFFICE OF
FRANK TRUMBULL
CHAIRMAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS
71 Broadway,
THE CHESAPEAKE 8/ OH/0 RAILWAY COMPANY
71 BROADWAY
tlE MISSOURI, KANSAS 8/ TEXAS RAILWAY CO.
NEW YORK Sept.15,1914
49 WALL STREET
Dear Mr. Strong:
Complying with my
oral
promise to you
today at the
Recess Club and
replying to your letter of today, I enclose herewith copy of the statement
sent me by the National City Bank of obligations maturing in 1914 and 1915.
I think it might be well for you to ask Mr. Mills of
City Bank whether it includes equipment trust obligations.
the
National
If not, you might
like to add them, although we made no point of them in our presentation to
President.
Very
Mr. Benj. Strong,
16 Wall
New York City.
St.,
truly
yours,
the
-COPY
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK
OF NEW YORK.
New York, August 31, 1911.
Mr. Prank Trumbull, Chairman,
The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.Co.,
71 Broadway, New York.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed herewith you will find a corrected and completed list
of the Railroad issues maturing in 1915, which has been compared and reconciled
with the list which you showed me.
A note attached explains the differences.
A more or less complete list of other maturing issues of Public Utility
and Industrial Companies is also enclosed.
You will understand that the
division between Street Railways and Other Public Utilities, cannot be exact,
since a number of companies included engage in more than one line of public
utility service.
In the list of industrial issues have been included mining
and similar companies, such as the Amalgamated Copper Company, Doe Run Lead,
General Petroleum, and even the Kineon Coal, with which you, of course, are familiar.
I give herewith a summary of the enclosed lists:-
1915
1 9 1 4
TOTAL
443,831,100
$476,243,820
4520,074,920
Industrials
10,011,000
75,859,000
85,900,000
Street Railroads
11,617,000
46,978,000
58,595,000
5,792,000
57,721,200
63,513,200
471,281,100
4656,802,020
4728,083,120
Railroads
Other Public Utilities
T OTAL
Yours very truly,
RMB:T
ENOLS.
MATURING RAILROAD ISSUES
1915
January
1,
2,
15,
22,
February
1,
22,
FEBRUARY
2,
33,739,000
8,859,000
27,000,000
35,859,000
TOTAL
MARCH
April
1,
APRIL
10,431,000
10,431,000
TOTAL
1,
May
15,
TOTAL
MAY
1,
June
2,
JUNE
TOTAL
1,
15,
July
JULY
77,930,300
20,000,000
97,930,300
106,487,000
2,000,000
1,
AUGUST
35,496,520
14,250,000
49,746,520,
18,750,000
18,750,000
TOTAL
1,
15,
September
SEPTEMBER
10,828,000
5.000,000
15,828,000
TOTAL
1,
October
86,827,000
TOTAL
OCTOBER
1,
November
NOVELTER
3,232.500
TOTAL
1,
t
108,487,000
TOTAL
August
20,607,000
13,122,000
TOTAL
1,
March
DECEMBER
414,223,500
TOTAL
JANUARY
December
5,223,500
3,000,000
1,000,000
5,000,000
86,827,000
3,232,500
1,200,000
TOTAL
TOTAL - YEAR - 1 9 1 5
1,209,000
4476,243.820.
INDUSTRIAL and PUBLIC UTILITY MATURITIES
SETTEMBER 1, to DECEMBER 31 1914
INDUSTRIAL MATURITIES
1914
September
1,
SEPTEMBER
4
1,
October
OCTOBER
November
December
2,207,000
3,700,000
3,700,000
TOTAL
2,834,000
TOTAL
TOTAL - 4 MONTHS - 1914
1,300,000
2,207,000
1,
DECEMER
4
TOTAL
1,
NOVEMBER
1,300,000
TOTAL
2,834,000
10,041,000
STREET RAILRCILDS
PUBLIC UTILITY MATURITIES
1914
September
1,
SEPTEMBER
October
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
$ 3,017,000
6,150,000
600,000
1,100,000
1,700,000
TOTAL
1,
December
6,150,000
TOTAL
1,
November
17,000.
3,000,000
TOTAL
1,
OCTOBER
$
750.000
750,000
TOTAL
TOTAL - 4 MONTHS - YEAR
1914
411,617,000
PUBLIC UTILITY MATURITIES
19 14
October
1,
OCTOBER
November
1,
December
1,409,000
500,000
TOTAL
1,
DECEMBER
4 2,265,000
TOTAL
20,
N0VE03ER
42,265,000,
1,909,000
1,618,000
TOTAL
TOTAL - 3 MONTHS - YEAR - 1 9 1 4
1,618,000
45,792,000
INDUSTRIAL
and
JAMTARY 1,
PUBLIC UTILITY MATURITIES
to DECMIBER 31, 1915.
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INDUSTRIAL MATURITIES
1915
January
1,
February
425.000
1,
15,
FEBRUARY
March
400,000
15,000,000
15,400,000
TOTAL
1,
21,394,000
12,500,000
15,
1,
May
633,000
1,
JUNE
July
1,
7,650,000
9,000,000
9,000,000
TOTAL
1,
500 000
500,000
TOTAL
AUGUST
September
7 ,65q,900
TOTAL
JULY
August
633,000
TOTAL
MAY
June
33,894,000
TOTAL
MARCH
1,
1,472,000
SEPTEMBM TOTAL
October
1,
November
NOVIIIBER
385,000
6,500,000
1,
TOTAL
TOTAL - YEAR - 1 9 1 5
1,472,000
385 000
TOTAL
OCTOBM1
425,000
4
TOTAL
JANUARY
6,500,000
75,859,000
STREET RAILROADS
PUBLIC UTILITY MATURITIES
1915
1,
January
JANUARY TOTAL
February
1,
16,
4 3,272,000
4 3,272,000
1,378,000
1,083,000
25,000
20,
'
YLBRUARY TOTAL
March
2,486,000
100,000
150.000
1,
15,
MARCH
TOTAL
April
APRIL
1,
May
1,
250,000
5 820 000
TOTAL
MAY
5,820,000
7,883,000
TOTAL
June
1,096,000
1,
JUNE
7,883,000
TOTAL
July
JULY
1,
1,096,000
15,150,000
TOTAL
1,
August
AUGUST
TOTAL
15,150,000
4,743,000
4,743,000
September 1,
SEPTEDOEM TOTAL
650,000
1,
October
OCTOBER
November
650 000
350 000
TOTAL
1,
350,000
3,000,000
NOVEBBER TOTAL
December
1,
15,
3,000,000
478,000
1,800,000
=EMBER TOTAL
TOTAL
YEAR - 1 9 1 5
2,278,000
$6,978,000
PUBLIC UTILITY MATURITIES
1915.
January
1,
JANUARY
0 6,050,000
TOTAL
1,
February
2,150,200
2,500,000
350,000
2,
11,
FEBRUARY
MARCH
,
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APRIL
7,000,000
6,578,000
2,500,000
9,078,000
TOTAL
1,
15,
Ma
7,000,000
TOTAL
1,
15,
April
5,000,200
TOTAL
25,
March
4,100,000
5 000 000
TOTAL
MAY
July
1,
909,000
909,000
TOTAL
AUGUST
September
11,088,000
TOTAL
1,
August
1,332,000
1,
1,332,000
SEPTEMBER TOTAL
1,
October
OCTOBER
November
December
1,
7,124,000
40 000
40,000
TOTAL
1,
DECEMBER
ILla2222
TOTAL
NOVEMBER
9100,000
6,838,000
3,000,000
1,250,000
13,
18,
JULY
$ 6,050,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
TOTAL
TOTAL - YEAR - 1 9 1 5
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057,721,200
Estes Park, Colo.,
October 10th, 1916.
My dear Ur. Trumbulll
Your telegram was awaiting ma at rstes Park when I
arrived this (Tuesday) morning, having stayed over another
day in Denver on account or bad weather.
I ean't tell you what a delight it was to me to have
that fine visit from you and Frank Vandsrlip. It was all too
short, but I have hopes of another visit later, and any time
that you come out you kneu that the latchkey will be hanging
out in Denver and, furthermore, I will be able to pack a bag
and run up to the Park on short notice, or without notice, to
see what it is like in Winter.
It was, also, a great privilege to have the opportunity
of meeting so many of your Denver friends. I wieh I might look
forward to seeing more of then this Winter than possibly would
be advisable.
By Sunday of next week, I will be settled in the new
house and my address will be 4100 Yontview Boulevard.
If you will be able to send me the material as it comes
,n regsrd to railroad matters, I would like awfully well to
correspond with you about them.
Your visit was like a. holiday in the midst of a long
eeiod of hard work - ding nothing being the hardest kind of work.
Frank Trumbull, Esq.
With warmest regards, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Frank Trumbull, Esq.,
61 Broadway,
New York City.
BS/VCM
Oct. 10, 1916.
RAILWAY EXECUTIVES' ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FRANK TRUMBULL. CHAIRMAN
B. F. BUSH
A. J. EARL.NG
HOWARD ELLIOTT
W. J. HARAHAN
HALE HOLDEN
L. F. LOREE
R. S. LovETT
FRANCIS H. SISSON, ASSISTANT
ALFRED P. THOM, COUNSEL
1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVE.. N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
OFFICE OF
61 BROADW
CHAIRMAN
K, N.Y.
C. H. MARKHAM
SAMUEL REA
A. H. SMITH
FRANK TRUMBULL
F. D. UNDERWOOD
H. WALTERS
DANIEL WILLARD
October 31st, 1916.
Dear Mr. Strong:
I duly received your cordial letter of the 10th inst. and I also have a
letter from my good friend, Mrs. LeFevre, saying that you are settled in Denver.
Our visit with you in Estes Park was one of the bright spots of my life
and I would like to do it every month but I am again in the maelstrom here.
Saturday night I made an address to the Portland (Maine) Economic Club
and next week I am to address the National Industrial Traffic League at their Annual
banquet in Chicago.
So it goes, but it is exhilarating work because of the momentum
which our idea of exclusive Federal jurisdiction of the railroads has acquired.
I send you under separate cover copy of a letter we have just sent out to
a number of bankers, including Mr. Vanderlip, Mr. Kahn, Mr. Davison, et al., also
the documents referred to therein - together with "Principles of Regulation of
interstate Railroads Which Should be
Incorporated in Any Just System of Regulation",
which I ask be considered for your own eye only for the present.
I will ask my
Assistant, Mr. F. H. Sisson, to put you on the mailing list for additional items of
interest as they develop.
Please do not feel that you have to read everything we
send you but I would like particularly to have your comments about the documents
referred to above.
I suppose that a week from tomorrow morning we shall know who our next
President is to be.
A lot of ginger has been put into the Republican Campaign here
in the last week and the Hughes people are very much more cheerful.
- 2 -
10-31-16
By the way, I mentioned to Mr. Loomis, Counsel for the Union Pacific,
your impression that the original Union Pacific Charter from the Federal Government
was under the Post Roads Clause of the Constitution.
He said that had been
suggested but as a matter of fact it was, as I thought, under the Interstate Commerce
Olause.
Mr. Strauss dined with me the other night and was delighted to hear so
directly from you.
Do take care of yourself and be assured that if you feel like
sending me a few lines or a card about yourself or any of our mutual friends tn
Denver, I shall appreciate it.
With high regard and best wishes always,
Sincerely yours
mr. Benjamin Strong,
4100mountain View Boulevard,
Denver, Colo.
Iovember 6th, 1916.
Dear Mr. Trumbull:
it was a great pleasure to receive
letter of
LcLober 31sL and in a day or tv.o after reading
nclosures 1
/
You and your associates are44h*ed in a
will send you some comments if any occur to me a out the vau.
N\
rious documents.
great.piece of work for which you
and 1 believe will
the report of the new
realize, ample rewards when C
'Commission.
n very good to me. Last
Your friends vytt-nere-have
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,
mid the plea
Sunday
LeFevre
and
very high
how much
e oi* tak
yesterday d ned with/
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place,in-theallavti
yout flriends
in
'dinner with Judge and
Whitted's.
Denver miss you.
b dy can ex ,sin how
ii)U
-char?
You occupy a
ns and I suppose you realize
I got the
impression about the
on
Misseuxi Paci i
c.s.
but get it some way
I did and I am
glad to be set straight in the ratter.
i am keeping well, fairly busy
the most wonderful weather.
beyond
at the
The new house is
now enjoying
comfortable even
my expectations and just about the right size.
1 am going to violate orders to-morrow night and dine
Cactus Club with some of your friends and get the election
returns.
and just
Frank Trumbull, Esq.
Nov. 6, 1916.
With warrest regards and every possible succens to
your big undertaking, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Frank Trumbull, Esq.,
61 los;way,
New York City.
BS/VCM
hcvember 8th, 1916.
Dear Mr. Trumbull:
Since replying to yours of the :11st,
the various documente you were good enough to
on the subject of railroad regulation.
ave been over
d me bearing
/-
Every time I read literature on this suba
ficulties'atand out stronger and m
more apparent.
The three sugg s
the dif-
amiliarity becomes
ons
information desired struck me as
inIng the scope of
ery ably and thoroughly
prepared but I am constr;4n-ed t-omak
e modest suggestion
".\
'been as extensively devel-
where I believe the suyj ct has
\
oped as it should be.
settling i
interest for
war is bound to have an un-
ce upon rates of interest all over the world
f
for many ye
M
epgnie
'Ne al
to come.
nar,3
141.41/1
The British Government is paying 6 %
which a'few years ago it had no diffiThe French Government is
culty in placing at less than 2''%
paying between 5
and 6 % for short loans which in times of
peace it had no difficulty in placing with bankers at times at
lesa than
1 %.
These developments have had as yet
but slight
effect upon the lavei of interest rates in this country because
the
influences of war conditions
of those which are found abroad.
here
have been quite the reverse
When peace lets down the
bars
-2To
Nov. 5, 1916.
Mr. 'Trumbull.
and the financial currents begin again to flow normally, what
will be the general effect upon interest rates and how will it
I am inclined to agree with Profes-
be felt in this country!
sor Fisher who believes apparently that the whole
likely to face considerably higher rates,rather
who believe that relaxation
of business
world is more
than
with those
aativi y will bring
about lower rates.-
As applying to
to itself
in
the railroad siLation
that railroads cannot
/panst
ch is peculiar
their rIs
to meet
/line ,)of inquiry somewhat as
economic caanges, I would sugges
follows:
let.
2nd.
What will
inter
4il1clon%iderable
abr4oid and in
sa14e
effect of the war on
e the g
of Ameri
ifferences in rate levels
s country influence further
n securities now held in
Eur
3rd.
4th
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such difrerence of rates likewise preclude
the possibility of sales of railroed securities i foreign markets in future years?
course of interest rates followink; the
ave any effect upon certain special do-.---tic markets for railroad securities such
as trust funds, eavings banks, insuraree companies, etc.!
W.11 t
r
5th.
is the margin of railroad earnings now suffiCient
to enable railroads to finance by issues of
stock, when upon the conclssios of the war,
business slackens, earnings decline and interest rates advance!
6th.
The same inquiry should be made as to financing
by bond issues.
7th.
If rates do advance sharply, what will be the
situation of those roads which in past years
requirements by large isnrovided for
sues of short term obligations!
their
-3-
ov. 8, 1916.
Mr. Trumbull.
Some of these points are already covered in the questions addressed to bankers. etc., and I realize that the above
suggestion are no more than the surface of a subject of tremendous importance and uncertainty.
I teink the safest guess as to aconom c conditions af-
ter the war ends can he described by
States will be in competition
at tne United
stating
with all bellie
r nt nations in all
markets of the world end in all deper'6M-errtve-e-eoduction
The condition
mercial.activity.
based at first upon the highes
aominel taxes as compared witi
rates at first than
will,preewkil
nations will hnve vera
tion and at first co
heap 1
derably n
g s
i ancial
and com-
will be
r pad in this country,
nd much lover interest
ehereas, +he belligerent
emendoue burden of taxa-
her rates of intereet than ours.
\
If there is heeeelerlieee/w ace exeerience demonstrates in
t is that wages readjust wore elowly than nny other
this countr
etem in th
cost of
rouction.
The f
readjusted.
'lazes are fixed and cannot be
readjustment and always the promptest to
value of credit, that is, interest rates.
al-e'
presenting the case oe the railroads, it will impos-
take effect is
in
sible to avoid dealing with a good many controversial features of
the railroad situation.
Here is one subject of vital importance
to the railroads which can be developed to groat advantage without, inviting
shippers.
tee
antagonism of stock holders, wage earners.or
It has nothing to do with the character of the regu-
lation which should be applied to railroads, but it has a great
deal to do with the reasonableness of methodo apolicd in regula
ting
their affairs.
-4
To
Nov. 8, 1916.
Mr. Trumbull.
lou asked me for suggestions and these are the only
things which occur to me that
do
developed by the documents sent me.
not seem to be very fully
I hope your
hearings at
Washington meet with the great success which they deserve.
With warmest regards,
Verj sincerely yours,
Frank Trumbull, Fag.,
61 9:roadway,
New York City.
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RAILWAY EXECUTIVES' ADVISORY COMMITTEE
B. F. BUSH
A. J. EARLING
RANCIS H. SISSON, ASSISTANT
HOWARD ELLIOTT
ALFRED P. THOM, COUNSEL
W. J. HARAHAN
HALE HOLDEN
L. F. LOREE
R. S. LOVETT
1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
61 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y.
C. H. MARKHAM
SAMUEL REA
A. H. SMITH
FRANK TRUMBULL
F. D. UNDERWOOD
H. WALTERS
DANIEL WILLARD
on Pennsylvania Train #601 December 14th, 1916.
Dear Mr. Strong:
I should have long since acknowledged your letter of NoveMber 8th but I
took the liberty first of sending it over to Mr. Strauss; then I left it with Mr.
Otto H. Kahn, and after that I sent it to our Counsel in Washington, Mr. Alfred P.
Thom. He has been quite overwhelmed with documents of all kinds and did not return
it promptly but he was evidently much impressed by
because, in presenting the
railroad case to the Newlands Committee the latter part of November, he read part
of your letter, thereby getting it into the record.
I hope this does not displease
you.
I hear from 411 directions the most complimentary things about Mt. Thom's
presentation and, therefore, you may be sure that his quoting you as authority was
in more ways than one a compliment.
it
We are a little bit up in the air at present about the hearings of the
The prospect
Newlands Committee.
that they will go over until after the fourth
of March.
That has its advantages as well as it disadvantages for the subject is
too large to be treated in a desultory manner - subject to frequent and distracting
interruptions.
On the other hand, we have really made progress by "starting something".
We may have to plow the ground for a long time, just as you and other
bankers did.
is
I am on my way now to Evansville, Ind., to make an address to the Central
States Conference on Rail and Water Transportation.
I have not seen much of Mr. Vanderlip since election as I moved in to my
apartment at The Plaza immediately after my return from the very agreeable Western
trip.
However, he and W. M. Acworth of London were in my apartment for about an
hour at midnight on Monday of this week.
He is to make an address at Detroit
tomorrow night and at Chicago Saturday night of this week. I believe the Chicago
affair is to be a great event and he is to be the sole speaker.
Fred Strauss has been with me twice in the evening since my return.
are millions of things 'I would like to talk with you about.
There
Mi. Vanderlip tells me he is going to California and has asked me to go along,
using as an additional bait the fact that "we will get Ben Strong to go with .us".
At
the moment I am a little uncertain about my plans for the winter but it is possible
that I can get a real vacation.
I have called a meeting of my committee Wednesday evening of next week and
expect to have a full attendance; we can then probably decide our program for the
winter.
I am glad to think that a little later on you will make one of our best
witnesses in Washington.
0
0
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0
2 -
12-14-16.
I am delighted to hear nice things from my Denver friends about you and
hope that their kindness is helping you for I have no idea that you were ever
intended to be a hermit.
Would you like copies of the printed record of the Newlands Committee
hearings?
If so, I will have them sent to you.
Of course, they are pretty
voluminous but everybody agrees that Thom's presentation was splendid and comprehensive
and you may find the cross-questions rather lively, if tbey do not irritate you.
t
I hope you are getting along finely in every way and with best wishes am,
as always,
Sincerely y urs,
Benjamin Strong, Esq.,
4100 Montview Boulevard,
Denver, Colo.
,7?
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21t<
Denver, Colorado,
December 19, 1916.
Dear Mr. Trumbull:
Your letter of the 14th has just been roost
and reminds me
with "Dearly
somewhat of the Flaglish marriage serv
Beloved" and ends in amazement.
scripts in regard
kept
at par.
ilway stocks s. ould be
to Bryan's th
have been made famous by
Enterprises o
can promotor by the name of
such men as King Canute, a cert
and in a financial sense
Keeley, a biblical
Bryan deserves a place
a famous Scotch Li
ement immortalized by Lafollate's
in that gallery of
remark in
r post-
I refer of course to
,Allo you recall stated that the
the Sena
'bury had been made famous for all
time b
North r
wo great
accomplishments, one being Cook's discovery of the
sbe and the °the
drich's revision of the tariff downward..
a a bit surp
to pick no the paper one morning and see
,
prepared letter
of mine had been submitted to
the Newlands Committee. It is all right of course and I hoTe may have
been of some service, but
it would have been in
written
had I known its fate, you may be
batter form and more complete.
me that ho does not agree
Strauss has since
with either Professor Asher or me
in regard to the interest rates after the war.
I have written him
using Br. Asquith's famous expression - "wait and see".
sure that
2.
To - Mr. Trumbull.
December 19, 1916.
I some cases i think there are disadvantages in delaying hearInge before the Newlands Committee.
You gentlemen were in a fair way
to occupy the center of the stage and get the bz.efit of the spotlight.
Other things will intervene
fear
I
and 11,,1stract public atten.
tion, but it does give you opportunity for thor
,-1
preparation, of
Which I hope every advantage will be t
I am terribly sorry that my absence prevents
in
all sorts of things that are
ing
part
ust now and 1 wrticularly
et your friend
regret having missed the
Vander/1p intimated in a
/Ir. Acworth.
ter that he might be start-
I have had a chat with the
tug for California earl
doctor about joint
be all right after the
worst of the Cali
passed, but I doubt if he would
let me go by the t
ip will be starting.
If I can-
ersuade you to go by the way of
Denver
Spri
days
d make me a visit here, or possibly we could stop at Colorado
H
or at El Tovar, k eferably
.:=ther,
when we
the
latter, and have a few quiet
d talk over those million things that are
million or two which are in mine.
You know without mg saying so that I am absolutely at your
command in any way to be of service in
forget however that I am a very
this
railway incpiry.
Don't
poor speaker and very deeply and densely
ignorant on this subject, and, if you felt it advisable to ask me to
anpear, 1 would like to have the line of mg own discussion pretty well
mapped out
in advance so that I could prepare
for it. It would be
most
3.
To - Mr. Trumbull.
December 19, 1916.
interesting to have copies of the printed record of the hearings,
if copies can be spared and sent to me.
I was going to write you for
them, but felt that I should not bother so
bus4
nd description
Your Denver friends have been hospitable b
and I am in danger of appearing very
friend.
and
reciative be-
cause of my inability to accept the many invitatio
me.
A little later on, however,
11 is going to
free rein, even to the extent
clears up.
if When
this is evidenced by the fact that
A great many
obliged to answer
the weather
my low weight of 129 I am
or
weighed.
ur nice letter.
t is a great
most raga
Very sincerely yours,
BS/CC
Frank Trumbull,
Esq.,
61 Broadway,
New York City, N.Y.
Don't feel
pleasure to
letters frome,egod
Wi
e me a
eyond his expectations and
He says my progre
Up to 146-1/2, Whic
come to
get
A
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RAILWAY EXECUTIVES' ADVISORY COMMITTEE
B. F. BUSH
A. J. EARLING
HOWARD ELLIOTT
W. J. HARAHAN
WALKER D. HINES
HALE HOLDEN
L. F. LOREE
R. S. LOVETT
FRANK TRUMBULL, CHAIRMAN
FRANCIS H. SISSON, ASSISTANT
C. H. MARKHAM
SAMUEL REA
1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W.
A. H. SMITH
FRANK TRUMBULL
WASHINGTON, D.C.
F. D. UNDERWOOD
ALFRED P. THOM, COUNSEL
OFF E OF THE CHAIRMAN
H. WALTERS
0
DANIEL WILLARD
AY, NEW YORK, N. Y.
FEB2 1 1917
January 31st, 1917.
Dear Mr. Strong:
I have deferred writing you thinking that I might make a trip
I said to Frederick Strauss that if he would go along,
to California.
I would try to drop everything and we would nick you up and take you to
the Grand Canyon enroute to California - or, of course, further if you want
However, he was obliged to say at once that he cannot possibly get
to go.
Mr. and Mrs. Vanderlip are leaving next Tuesday, I
away at this time.
They
believe, for California so you may have heard something from him.
asked me to go along and I thought last week I might do it but Mr.Thom is
I
sick in bed and we have several matters which need daily attention.
really ought to go to the Pacific Coast for two or three reasons but will
All I can probably do in the next month
have to wait for a real vacation.
am glad to say that I am
or so is to take two or three days at a time.
quite well and think I can "go" for a While longer without running down
entirely.
I
New
I am to dine with Frederick Strauss next Tuesday evening.
I have
York is active, as usual, during the winter - not to say hectic.
been traveling around more or less making addresses but I think February
will be easier in that respect.
We are all delighted that you are getting on sozell and I only
wish I could, for that reason and many others, see you iclesh instead of
exchanging letters over a distance of more than two thousand miles.
And, of course, we are not forgetting that if:you are able to come
East you can be a great help to us before the Newlands Joint Committee for
They are to resume hearings in March and
inquiry into railway regulation.
it is barely possible that they will make a western tour but I am not sure
YOur appearance before them could not fail to help everybody.
about that.
Please be sure that I am always delighted to hear from you and hope
you will write me soon about your plans for the next two or three months.
My kind regards to all of our mutual friends in Denver whom you may run
across, and believe ma always, with high regard,
Sincerely y
Benjamin Strong, Esq.,
4100 Yontview Boulevard,
Denver, Colorado,
4,,r;
[-r7;74,1q
Denver, Colorado,
February 21, 1917.
Dear Kr. Trumbull:
Absence in Arizona with my associate, Jim
a reply to yours of the 31st ult.
Since
tie, has delayed
t was writ
fate
another twist to the wheel and now everything is c
Mr. and Mrs. Vanderlip have aband
hns
given
I presume
lifornia trip
r the
present xfid that you are at pre
th your patriotic asso-
ciates in devising means of ass
government in ease we have war,
instead of devoting your str
Kies to defending yourself
against the government
That is the
with governmenr
and I expect you an
railroad men,
t think I am an
in
these
tters and with
Abo
the rest of the coterie of
wear yourselves out in patriotic
very little
service,
- they are ungrateful brutes
or your pains.
rchist - I try and be honest with myself
very select few of my friends.
nything M I might do in cpnnection with the Newlands
Committee hearings, I fear that liarch, or even any time when the Committee
is liable to be holding sessions, will be too soon for me to
service.
the record
be of
any
It has occurred to me, however, that you may want something in
in
lines where I might be of service, and if you will lay some-
thing out so as to exhibit the scope of that is needed, i will be very glad
indeed to prepare something to submit in writing.
Your friends in Denver have all been very
,00d
to me, but I am*
2.
February 21, 1917.
To - Mr. TruMbull.
still pretty well tied down and unable to show them my appreciation,
If you are ever within strik-
which I hope to do however before leaving.
ing distance of Denver, don't fail to let
MB
know.
My best regards to you and to Strauss and Vanderlip, if you
happen to see them.
Very
Frank Trumbull, Esq.,
61 Broadway,
New York City.
BS/CC
erely yours,
June 13, 1921.
PERSOhAL
My dear Mr. Vogel:
We have only within the lazt few weeks bc-,Jn abl6 to conclude the
final acoounting of the exnses of the vurious Liberty loans, and deterviine
to what extent, if ank, exi;enditures rlade by the organization could not be
relmburbed by the Treasury under oxisting lam, or rules of the Department-
We.find that the total amount of such items thzt oanLot be reimbursco is
t2,E35.97.
Jf tbis sum, the releral !'_eserve Ev,4nk
able to absorb ',7,,229.74.
The remainder, t306.23, I have pai,) personally.
The Liberty Lon Committee cased
resolution, agreeing personal.y
to asEume certain charges, up to a limited anount,
aE I recall was 0,000.
If the members of the committee care to'pal their respec.Ave hares o:;' this aufg,
the amount of each coargiittesman's proportioa will be WC.55.
Had these operations been conducted since the ?asage of the Volstead
Act, it would not have been neceesary t aek the committee to maa an contribu-
tion.
Yours very truly,
Martin Votgel, Esc.,
111 Broadway,
New York, N. Y.
BS:MM
HUDSON AND MANHATTAN RAILROAD COMPANY
(HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL SYSTEM)
TREASURER'S OFFICE
30 CHURCH STREET
NEW Vortx
Hon. Benjamin Strong,
Governor,Federal Reserve Bank,
New York City.
June 18th. 1921.
JUN 2 0 1921
Dear Governor Strong;
Mr. Vogel sailed for Europe May 30th.
As I am taking care of his personal affairs in his absence,
I received your letter to him of June 13th. in regard to
Liberty Loan Committee expenses.
I know Mr. Vogel would want to have
a part in meeting this expense and am therefore enclosing
check for 023.55.
Cord
fr/H
lly your
\)/(1
June 20, 1921.
Dear Sirs
thesik you for check fur p3.55
ncloued
in your letter of June 18,
representing Mr.
Vogel,s
proportion of the Liberty Loan Committee'
account.
Yours vary truly,
W. S. T*iddy, Esq.,
c/o Hudson & Manhattul
30 Church St.,
New rork, N. Y.
(kat,'
Railroad Co.,
expellee
LitAtt-g-
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Established,1841
Capital
18.000.000
1E-55 June 181
NEW-YORK
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
I
LONDON .
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FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
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GLASGOW .
GENOA
NAPLES .
OFFICE OF
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.
.
.
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ROTTERDAM.
DIRECTOR GENERAL IN EUROPE
11, RUE SCRIBE
6 Haymarket, S. W.
84 Queen Street, E. C.
31 James Street
25 Oxford Street
.
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Piazza del Martiri
Piazza di Spagna
.
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( II, rue Scribe
54, r. des Petites-Ecuries
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8 Boulevard Beranger
9 rue Beauvau
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Shipping and Banking Correspondents at all Principal Cities and Ports of the Commercial World
General Foreign Asients for
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS , REPANIEX-PARIS
LIEBER, CODE
NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES
(MERCHAWTS DESPATCH)
Telephones:
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UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY SYSTEM
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Rappeler cette reference, s. v. p.
In your reply, please quote
lienjamin.strong Esq.,
Hotel idtz,
.-ieferring to previous correspondence. Jo understood from
telephonic conversation with you that these consignments of gold
wauld not now be farwardea as proposed, but that you would still be
interested in having the rates applicable. ae have now received
$
advice in regard to same, and advise you as follows:-oILLID.J....,iu
to
L;0,st
Amsterdam to frontier.
per G.1,000.000 on value of
4?10,000.000
.
4; 2500.
G. 85.per 1000 kilos on weight
say 25,000 kilos
8-0.
:_tehil3elgian frontier to belgiani
.rench frontier.
8 1/2 (eight ec half) centimes per
1000 francs on value of 4e10,000.000.. 50.
.Prs.28 per 1000 kilos on weight
say 2,000 kilos
90
940,
4
Prench frontier to earis,
85 pentimes per 1000 francs on value
of 410,000.000
8,600
Insurance all risks
1/2por mille on 410,000,000
to
2:.,18
Brussels to ...31gian/Prench frontier
8 I/2 (eight ,A half) centimes per :rs.1000
on value of 410,000,000 .
850
Frs.48 per 1000 kilos on weight say
25,000 kilos
90
940.
Itench frontier to Paris
85 centimes per 1000 fraftcs on value
of 410,000.000
8,500
J_Iasurance all risks
1/
per mille on 410,000,000
5,000
0
4
14,440.
to
Paris to _,Tench/Spanish frontier
i's,2.85 per 1000 francs on vcaue of
_2.4000.000
0a;S,500
Spanish 1?rontier to iJadrid
pts.3.10 per 1000 pesetas on value of
10,000,000.
31,000
Insurance all risks
(threequartdm) per mule on 410,000,000
4
7,500
67,000
The figures given represent actual transportation vid insurance
charges only. In addition to this tere will be collection ana
delivery charges at each end, and possibly expenses at the
have
frontier which, however, should not be consiLerable.
shown costs in dollars as we think it will be more convenient
to you, although we appreciate payment would be made in francs.
We are at your service for any further information you
may require.
Yours truly,
'ES G uJJ2ii.AY
Director (Teneral.
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Capital : 111z 180(61008
1`..s4ablished*41
NEW-YORK
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
LOND0r4 .
LIVERPOOL
ALES
DIRECTOR GENERAL IN EUROPE
11. RUE SCRIBE
.
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84 Queen Street, E. C.
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PARIS
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MANILA
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11, rue Scribe
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Shipping and Banking Correspondents at all Principal Cities an
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(MERCHANTS DESPATCH)
CHICAGO ec NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO.
II, RUE SCRIBE
PARIS (IX)
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UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY SYSTE
2nd 1919
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2'Z5/40
.,,ear Sir,
lAeferring to your call of kagusli 19th and copy of your letter
of that Late, the original of wtich has not yet come to huind.'
It will take some days to'obtain from,-Imsterdam Brussels,
and Spain, also from London, in regard to insuirance the necessary
inforattion, in order to give you precise particulars as to the rates
applicable to the snipmentSin question. 'vie can, however, from tne
information in our possession advise you approximate rates on shipments of gold coin, z.s follows:
Brussels to :earls.
1.75 per mile
8.00
_earls to nadrid.
ae regret we cannot give you the rate from Amsterdam at the moment.
,hese rates include all tran6portation charges and insurance.
ne judge that a percentage rate as shOwn above will uest serve your
purpose, in any event, without further information it is,not
practicable for us to quote otherwise. e do not know for instance,
what is the franc value of the (A0,000,000 German gold coin,obviousli
the franc equivalent would not be taken as at the current rate of
exchange tor German marks.
Similarly in the shipment of 1-ranc6
to Idadrid o4e franc gold is considered as one peseta, hence the
rate of 8 per mile must not be considered as 8 francs per 1000
francs in view of payment for the Spanish pvrtion of the transportation being made in pesetas.
We judge, however, that you really only require the approxi'mate cost in dollars, and therefore you would be quite safe in
considering the rates advised above if figured in dollz-rs as more
than sufficient to cover costs.
We estimate the transportation from Paris to'iadrid would
take four days, it depends upon thp facilities given by the
Railroad authorities, and whether they will permit the attachment
of the cars to fast passenger trains.
The .A.morican I;xpress Company have faCilities, and will 'tie
pleased to tahe care of the transportation of the gold coin from
and to any of the poitits mentioned, and we are at your service
for any additional information required.
ae will advise you later
when further particulars are obtained.
Yours truly,
AMERICi,L
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Federal Reserve Bank of New-York
Hotel RITZ
SOL/FR-$-
P4RIS .
Dear Sir,
In reply to your favour of August 19th we beg to
inform you
that we can. handle the shipment of gold coin from
3russels or _Amsterdam to Pan i
and f-aom 2aris to
riadrid
,
but we
'regret to inform you that we cgnnot give you now the cost
of trans-
portation. The R. R. Co. aft asking the Spain, Belgium and Holland
R.R. Co the cost on their countries, which cost we shall give you
as soon es same is received.
In the meantime, we remain,
dear
Sir,
Yours truly.
JRIC
J-
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COLLELNY
du Trafic
Hotel Ritz, Paris,
August 2,, 1919.
R. Wright, Esq.,
Assistant, to Director General,
American Express Company,
11 Rue Scribe, Paris.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 22d instant, also a letter from
shi:ment.
Mr. A. Reavurn, of your office, an the subject of the gold
1
T find the quotation stated in your letter
nite and write to ask the following questions:
to be rather indefi-
1 Does it make any difference whether the gold is coin or burs,
or the coin of any nationality, so long as tkt figures out and has a value
of approximately 110,000,0N.
The freight and Insurance would be paid by check in Paris or,
if necessary, the insurance by check in London, and therefore I should
suppose that the cost of the movement could be figured either in francs
or sterling without difficulty and without regard to rates of exchange.
act
T an therefore
statement of
writing to ask if you will not give me amore ex-
the probable cost than that contained in your letter.
Very truly yours,
BS/V
Hotel Ritz, Paris,
August 23, 1919.
R. Wright, Esq.,
Assistant to Director General,
American Express Company,
11 Rue Scribe, Paris.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 22d instant, also a letter from
Mr. A. Reavurn, of your office, on the subject of the gold shillment.
I find the quotation stated in Your letter to be rather indefinite and write to ask the following questions:
Does it make any difference whether the gold is coin or bars,
or the coin of any nationality, so long as
figures out and has a value
of approximately 310,000,000.
The freight and insurance would be paid by check in Paris or,
if necessary, the insurance by check in London, and therefore I should
suppose that the cost of the movement could be figured either in francs
or sterling without difficulty and without regard to rates of exchange.
I am therefore writing to ask if you will not give me a more exof the ,3robable cost than that contained in your letter.
act statement
Very truly yours,
BS/V
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