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Sir;
On *Doh41f ot the Paaeral Rotiorva
Board roceipt is acknoaedvd of

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of Cept3r.bor 22114,kand the fact that yaw
havo
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no potition nor cornplAnt to fr,':.ke a3ai
nst Iho
dacizsion of tho Rcoorvo Bank Orsanization Comittoa in namin ,..; th:3 Fodoma reservocitil
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Socrotxxy.

J. H. Thitocido,
Caohier, The Pint Nat'l Bank,
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'ear 'clnator
T hcve your sets of Septeu!Ar "Cth, enckling
lotto,
fro

r. Harrition en the subject of a hoarirq, to *or
given on

co- rutition for change of iAlahol.n. fro:
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rosont diotrict.

thio boforo the 'eservt. 'card, orj wo
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a3drealtttm t'.at it

iht L;cvsibly be nwic.nard to rnwljust lino
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;4`t^r thr lymks are opened,. but I
thin;: you ,-.1.11 eeo that if
-lerc to ',mit for the dItylmination of
,111 the petitions
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in nubnr, for relpoval fro.,

one dintrict to fino%h42,r, it would einla
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Governor of thll noard.

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BERT L. OWEN, OKLA , CHAIRMAN.
HITCHCOCK, NEBR.

KNUTE NELSON, MINN.

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JOSEPH L. BRISTOW, KANS.

EEO. MO.
MERENE, OHIO.

COE I. CRAWFORD. S. OAK.

SHAFROTH, COLO.
F. HOLLIS, N. H.

GEORGE P. MC LEAN, CONN.
JOHN W. WEEKS. MASS.

R LEE. MD.

UNITED STATES SENATE,

JAMES W. BELLER. CLERK.

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COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCYL

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Hon. Charles S. Hamlin,
Governor, Federal Reserve Board,
Treasury Department.

7:y dear Governor:
I enclose a letter and clinning from 'Ir. 7. B. Harrison,
the `7ecretary of the Oklahoma Banking Association, with regard to the
qurstfon of hearing the protests on the districting of the FeCteral Reserve Banks.

I should be glad to talk wit:_ you in regard to this at

your convenience.

After the tanks T)ay their money into a 'reserve

bank and receive stock, it would be somewhat more award to readjust
the lines.

Yours, respectfully

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Sir:
Oa behalf

tht;
. Foil:xi...1 Rosary.°

Board, receipt is Haknowladf;od of your letter
r_rotostiac; a.tnt any retition to

lace tho

Stz.--,te of 02..J.E.filoma in the Er'snr.,..c. C tty Pectorra
Reserve District, and exprossinc the
that the Federal Reserve Bi...tnics should be orgwaized as promptly as possible.

In reply you are advised that your
views will be brought to the early attention
of the Federal Reserve Board,
Respectfully,

1.1r, J. A. Gilb,nt,
Cashier, Far:ors & liferclInnts 11:-Lte1

Ref. Oklahoma.

•E. L. WORRELL, PRESIDENT.
0. B. GARRISON, VICE-PRESIDENT.

J. H. WHITESIDE, CASHIER.
R. E. FISHpR, Ass—r CASHIER.

TH E Fi RST NATI0 N A L BAIrc:14ik
CAPITAL, $50,000.00

Your favor

RESERVE.,BOARD

SURPLUS, $10,000.00

the 10th inst 1 received enclosing Regulation No.1

and beg to say that we have no petition nor complaint to make again3
the Organization Committee's decision;

We are well pleased with

the location of the Reserve City and also of being within the
District in which we are, No. 11.


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It; dear Senator:
Vor yeur;infolmaxtIrdn 4nd in further
rosponse to ycur octomuniction on the euliject,
eacloaed flnd a ooy of the proaa.ilxe
zealit from t14 decision of .the 1Wservo a:alk
Or(;anistItn Committee,
duplic.tto of ,4:lich
has been sent to eadh bank individually represented ih tho corz-i;spoildenco trInaIliftcd by
ycu to tiiis offiau.
v%Ktuirermen.A cot :orth in
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con.0113d
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for the hea-ring in lerich you Ara intr,,rest o T. shall be vory
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ycu are proctly
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lettEr 'leach wAs,„orMdefathidvertently,
iholuacd la the correspondence f.er.th.noti
above.
:(47 truly yours.

Secretary pro tem.
Ilon. Robert L. 0:en,
United States
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dear Congressman:

For your information and 1.11,
further reoprmse to y_qpr_communicatiamleAl l
the subject, oncloseci find a
the
procedure in appeals from the decision of
the Rectorve Bank Organization Comrittee.
when the requirements sot '
forth in the enclonurn have been cerplied
with ane. a (1.: set for the hoirin- in
which you are intereeted, T shall take
pleasure in sceine7 that you are prompily
. notified.
Vary truly yours,

7scrotary pro tom.
Pon. Scott Ferris,
House of nnpronnntAtivon,
Vashington, D. C.


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September 86 1914.

doar Corv,realman:
For your information and in_ 4// .
furtlqr .-ospcnon t,
) 7-ur_aymmunicatAtmlii
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te subject, enclosed-find a copi at the
Irocedyrn in a
from the decision of
the eserve I3nk OrganizatIon Committee.
Mon tho rquiremont7., set
enclosure
forth in tho
haye born complied
with and a date aot for the holrinc; In
which you are interoeteri o T shall take
pleasure In aeoinl that y
are prorrIly
notified.
Very truly yours,

9ocrotaty pro tor!.
Hon. William H. Yurray,
House of Reprenentatives,
Washington, D. C.

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Washington, D. C.

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Gentlemen:Believing t
division of the state a most severe
blow
to the commercial i
ests ovthe entire state, we, the under
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signed citizens of
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Okla., petition your honZ
orable body to place the State of Oklahoma in
one district with
headquarters at Kansas City.
We feel this state is homogeneous, that its
commerce to
a large extent inter-dependent, and that all of
the towns and
cities of the state can more conveniently
transact their business
with each other through one common center.
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Washington, D. C.

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Gentlemen:Believing the division of the state a most severe
blow
to the commercial interests of the entire state, we,
the undersigned citizens of --;"(""'
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Okla., petition your hon
orable body to place the State of Oklahoma in one
district with
headquarters at Kansas City.
We feel this state is homogeneous, that its commerce
to
a large extent inter-dependent, and that all of the
towns and
cities of the state can more convenient]y transact
their business
with each other through one common center.
Name

Business

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OFFICERS
H. M. SPALDING, President, North Enid
T. H. DWYER, Vice President, Chickasha
H. A. McCAULEY, Vice President, Sapulpa
W. B. HARRISON, Secretary, Oklahoma City
J. W. TETER, Treasurer. Bristow

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L. E. PHILLIPS, Chairman. Bartlesville\
H. H. ANDERSON
Gotebo ,
, R. P. BREWER, •!Iles00.
P. C. DINGS - dit. .
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,., CHAS. L. ENGLE "t- -;AElReno
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J. A. HO
Gage
, T..P. MARTIN,Jr. Oklahoma City
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Porurn
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GUY C. ROBERTSON ' ,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
908 COLCORD

OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA.

:.lip'ust 26, 1014.

The Federal Reserve Board,
7ashington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-

Will you Le kind enow:h to furnish
this office with a coy of the rules recently
adopted setting forth the proper procedure
to be follettar —TE-77T—T)-1-1

portion

a a

district desires to be transferred to another
district.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
EITS1/,-.TERE.D

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;lecretary.

RAN DOLPH LAWRENCE,PREstDENT
F. H WIC K ETT. Vice PaEs'T

F. E.GILMORE, CASHIER
EO.P.KUYKE N DALL,AserCAsni.

_MERCHANTS
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CAPITAL $25,000 P.2.

NATIONAL BANK

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Ausust 25, 1914.

7eserve Eank Or,
zanization Colnmittee,
Washinzton, D. C.
Sirs:We understand that there is a novo on foot to
place the entire state of Oklahoma in the Kansas City
Peserve District.
the1a3 iitrict

il1 be us able to take

care of our n - 7us for funds as the KansFts City district,
7refe7 that the Tistricts be left as they are, for the
reason that we are a cotton sroviins section, and our needs
are ientical with most on the banks of the Dallas district.
We are not in favor of any move that will ::clay
the completion of the orilanization of the 7eserve nanke.


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FARMTMS & 71ERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
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RECEUITED
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Res. Bank Org.

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L. OWEN, OKLA., CHAIRMAN.
GILBERT M. HITCHCOCK, NEBR.
JAMES A. REED, MO.

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JOSEPH L. BRISTOW, KANS.

ATLEE POMERENE. OHIO.
JOHN F. SHAFROTH. COLO.
HENRY F. HOLLIS. N. H
BLAIR LEE, MD.

COE I. CRAWFORD, S. DAK.

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GEORGE P. MC LEAN, CONN.
JOHN W. WEEKS, MASS.


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UNITED STATES SENATE,

BELLER, CLERK.

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND

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Governor Charles S. Hamlin,
Treasury Departmen.lt,
Washington, D. C.

Lly. dear Governor:
I transmit for your consideration a
telegrnm just received from the First National Btu*

withdrawing

its opposition to the division of Oklahoma between Kansas City
and Dallas.

Respectfully,

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WESTERN UNWN

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TEL
VICE-PRESIDENT

NEWCOMB CARLTON,

UNION

Form 1864

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BELVIDERE BROOKS,

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R L OWEN,
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WITHDRAW OUR OPPOS I T I ON TO DIVISION OF
STATE KANSASC I TY DALLAS


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Ng dear Senator:
Upon my return to the office, I found
your letter of the 20th enclosing a number of letters
from barkers in Oklahoma protestin

against dividinc

Oklahoma betvicen the Dallas and 'Kansas City districts.
I anticipate that the Board 'A.11 talc° up this questi
on
shortly after it is organized and I have civen
instractionm that your letter, with enclosures, shall
be called to the Board's special attention as soon as
it is ready to consider these matters.
Respectfully,

Secretary.

Hone Robert L. Owen,
United States Senate.

ROBERT L. OWEN, OKLA., CHAIRMAN.
.BERT M. HITCHCOCK. NEBR.

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JOSEPH L. BRISTOW, KANS.

AMES A. REL.,
JOHN F. SHAFROTH, COLO.

COE I. CRAWFORD, S. OAK.
GEORGE P. MC LEAN. CONN.

HENRY F. HOLLIS. N. H.

JOHN W. WEEKS, MASS.

ATLEE POMERENE, OHIO.

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UNITED STATES SENATE,

BLAIR LEE, MD.
JAMES W. SELLER. CLERK.

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY.

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June 20, 1914,

Hon. Li. C. ialiott,
2ecretnr:7, Federal Reserve Board,
Treasury Deparm.ent.

My dear !Ir. Elliott:
The bankers of Oklahoma have sent me many protests
ag:inst dividing Okl-homa between Dallas and Kansas City, for the reason
that they desire their clearings with each other to pass through an
Oklahoma cler-rinc point.

They hrve a natural State pride which is very

powerfully felt in Oklahoma, and moreover they believe that the commercial interests of Cklahoma as a State will be much better conserved
by clearing thro

an Oklahoma point.

In this I very strongly sympathize

v. it' them, and urgently ihsist that the integrity of Oklahoma banking
territory be not impaired by this division of the State.
volume of our business is through Kansas City.

The very great

With a few bnks on the

border of Red River, it might perhaps be a matter of indifference, but
feeling assured thst

klahoma will have branch tanks to serve the local

purpose, ev-n the banks next to Red River would, in this view, prefer to
clear through an Oklahoma point.
I submit with this leter a large amount of correspondonce which I have had on this ,,nestion, and I hone that the Board vill not


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compel .-he Oklahoma banks to clear outside of the State of Oklahoma, which
would necessarily follow if the southern tier of bz7riks were attached to
Dallas.
Dallas does not really need these banks in southern Oklahoma, for
the reason that Texas is a magnificent empire and is now growing at a
tremendous rate and in a few years will have one of the ver:great banks
of the Federal Reserve System.
particularly ask that the Federal Reserve Board shall give a
special audience and careful attention to the representations to be made
by the rev;resentatives of the Oklahoma banks upon this cuestion.

Very respectfully,

Encl.


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Sir:
On behalf of the Secretary, I beg
to acknowledge receipt of yours_or the_
1st instant; and to advise that your
letter will be placed with matters to
be brought to the special attention of
the Federal Reserve Board when organ—
ized and ready to take up these Liattro.
Respectfully,

Secretary.

Honorable Scott Yerria,
'louse of Representatives,
Washington, A). C.

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OTT ERRIS,OKLA .,CHAI RMA N.
.m,M ES GRAHAM, ILL.
FDWARO T. FAYLOR,COLO.
JOHN E. RAKER,CAL.
HORATIF, C.CLAYPOOL,OHIO.
iARVEY B. FERGUSSON, N. MEX •
,1ARL HAYDEN,ARIZ.
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M. TAYLOR,ARK.
LATHROP BROWN. N.Y.
TOM STOUT, MONT.
PERL D.DECKER, MO.
ANDREW R. BRODBECK, PA.

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DENVER S. CHURCH, CAL.
IRVINE L. I. ENROOT, WIS.
BURTON L.FRENCH,IDAHO.
WILLIAM L.LA FOLLETTE,WASH.
WILLIAM KENT, CAL.
NICHOLAS J. SINNOTT, OREG.
JACOB JOHNSON, UTAH.
CHARLES M. THOMSON, It L.
JAMES WICKERSHAM, ALASKA.

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Honor-lble WilliRm G. McAdoo,
The Secretlry of the Treasury.
My dear Mr. Secretry:

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IRes. &Ink Org

I have recently
communicated\
with your Office
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with reference to the great complaint that comes from every
bank in the southern half of Oklahoma regarding the placing
of our State into two reserve districts.

I think my former

letters on the subject made it -clear how anxious the banks
in the southern half of our State are to be put into the
Kansas City district, so that the entire State might be in
one district, and sothat they may conduct their business
largely with Kansas City, just as they have for years and
years.
1:!ith reference to my former communications I desire to add this one suggestions: The Dallas district is
already top-heavy with cotton and all the cotton territory
borrows at the same time.

As the districts are at present

formed, Kansas City has practically no cotton territory in
it at all.

Southern Oklahoma is practially all cotton

territory.

Attaching southern Oklahoma to Texas only

iacreases the liability of the Dallas bank, while attaching

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T r FERRIS,OKLA.,CHAIRMA N.
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I ES M.GRAHAM, ILL.
&Mt.,r, T. TAYL OR ,COLO.
JOHN E. RAKER, CAL.
HORATIO C CLAYPOOL,OHIO.
HARVEY B. FERGUSSON, N. M EX •
CARL HAYDEN,ARIZ.
SAM UE .1. TAYLOR,ARK.
LATHF,P BROWN, N. Y.
TOM STOUT, MONT.
PERL D.DECKER, MO.
ANDREW R. BRODBECK, PA.

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DENVER S. CHURCH,
IRVINE L.LENR001, WIS.
BURTON L FRENCH, IDAHO.
WILLIAM L.LA RNA ETTE,WASH.
WILLIAM KENT, CAL.
NICHOLAS J. SINNOT T, OREG.
JACOB JOHNSON, UTAH.
CHARLES M. THOMSON, ILL.
JAMES WICKE RSHAM, ALASKA.

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it to the Kansas City district would place it in a
district varied in its resources, much better

nble to

take care of Southern Oklahoma's crop needs nnd such a
redistricting would be of benefit to both of the proposed districts.
Such a change in the ip resent plan would have
no ulterior or evil effect on the of the capital of the
regional banks.

On the contrary, such a change would

tnke :450,000 from the capital of the Dallas bank, but
would still le nve it with more than a million dollars above
the required minimum capital for any given district.
I hope, Mr. Secretary, our rip peals may not be
over-looked in this matter.

It affects the southern

part of our State and they feel it more keenly than I
can explain to you.
Very sincerely yours,

ANSWERED

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Dear Mr.
Your recent lett3r,,. rtin
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of the Rosary° alni: Orgpaization Con

nittoe, will ')c, aubnitted to Cto Fader:rd
Reserve Board for their consideratio
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aGtu your obaervItions in reczrd to
real estAto papar hold by banks.
vory tmly,

(
, s'g-ned) J. S. Willi/IIDB.
T. P. Martin, Jr., Esq.,
Pmts. alahaml Stock Mrds Ifvtionftl
Oklahoma City, Okla.

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SCOTT FERRIS. OKLA.. CH AIRMAN •
JAMES M. GRAHAM, ILL.
EDWARD T. TAYLOR. COLO.
JOHN E. RAKER. CAL.
HAPVE.Y B. FERGUSSON. X. MEX.
CARL HAYDEN. Aniz.
SAMUEL M. TAYLOR. ARK.
LATHROP BROWN. N. Y.
TOM STOUT. MONT.
ANDREW R. BRODBECK, PA.
DENVER S. CHURCH. CAL.
A. M. NEELY, W.VA.

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JACOB CANTOR. N.Y.
IRVINE L. LENROOT. WIS.
61.:RTON L. FRENCH, IDAHO.
WILLIAM L. LA FOLLE1TE. WASH.
WILLIAM KENT, CAL.
NICHOLAS J. SINNOTT, ORES.
JACOB JOHNSON. UTAH.
CHARLES M. THOMSON. ILL.
JAMES WICKERSHAM, ALASKA.
D. CAMERON CAMPBELL. CLERK.

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Secretary of the Treasury.
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Mr. Secretary:

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Protests still continue to pour into my office, and I dare say to those of
the entire Delegation in Congress, against the division of the State of Oklahoma
into two different reserve bank districts and, if the present arrangement is permitted to stand, it is bound to work a great hardship on the State financially,
commercially, and otherwiso.
While I am advised and understand that the Organization Committee is without
authority of law to make any change in the present arrangement, I do nevertheless
want to register my emphatic protest against the division and to most respectfully
request that as soon as a date can be set after the final organization of the
Federal Reserve Board, that we be given opportunity to voice our protests and the
reasons therefor in person before the Board.
I have already, in my letter to you of April 14, 1914, called your attention
to the almost unanimous disapproval of the bankers of Oklahoma to the present arrangement, but the matter is of such vital importance to the banking, commercial,
and industrial interests of our State that I again take occasion to do so, fearful
that the significancs and importance of the matter might be overlooked.

I might

in this letter, if I chose, call your attention to many reasons why the State should
be assigned to the Kansas City district and I will call your attention to some of
the important ones, as follows:


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SIXTY-THIRD CONGRcSS.
FERRIS. OKLA.. CHAIRMAN.
9 M. GRAHAM. ILL.
DWARD T. TAYLOR. COLO.
JOHN E. RAKER. CAL.
HARVEY B. FEROUSSON. N. MEX.
CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.
SAMUEL M. TAYLOR, ARK.
LATHROP BROWN, N.Y.
TOM STOUT. MONT.
ANDREW R. BRODBECK. PA.
DENVER S. CHURCH. CAL.
M. M. NEELY, W.VA.

JACOB CANTOR. N.Y.
IRVINE L. LENROOT. WI9.
BURTON L. FRENCH. IDAHO.
WILLIAM L. LA FOLLETTE. WASH.
WILLIAM KENT. CAL.
NICHOLAS J. SINNOTT. OREG.
JACOB JOHNSON, UTAH.
CHARLES M. THOMSON. ILL.
JAMES WICKERSHAM. ALASKA.

i*usrrifErprrorttiatiurtill..,
Tontittittrr int tip Jubtir Eanbri,

D. CAMERON CAMPBELL. CLERK.

IlltuAingtott, D.T.

Honorable William G. McAdoo, - No. 2:

1. Of the banks in the southern part of Oklahoma which have
been assigned to the Dallas, Texas, district, practically everyone,
except a very few owned by Texas men, have signed protests against
the present districting;
2. The natural trend of Oklahoma's banking relations and business has always been toward Kansas City and not toward Dallas;
3. The banks of the State have always found it more convenient
to transact the greater portion of their business with the Kansas City
banks and it is their wish that they may be permitted to continue doing
so;
4. Intimate business relations through years of transactions have
been built up between the Kansas City banks and those in Oklahoma, and
it will work a great hardship on our State if these must be discontinued
and new relations established with the Texas banks under less favorable
conditions;
5. The present arrangement cuts the banking institutions in the
southern half of the State off from the Capitol of the State, thereby
making it awkward, disagreeable, and displeasing to the bankers;
6. Not only have the bankers of the State bitterly complained
against the present arrangement, but Chambers of Commerce, other commercial bodies and organizations have likewise registered their emphatic
protests, regardless of politics;
7. The State of Texas is large enough to compose one reserve bank
district of itself;
8. Oklahoma is a new State, handling immense amounts of Government
deposits, due to the tact that two-fifth of the Indian wards of the
country reside within its borders and for this reason alone nothing
should be done to unnecessarily disturb the banking relations in the
State.


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SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
eiFERRM,OKLA,CHAMMAN.
MES M. GRAHAM. ILL.
JACOB CANTOR. N.Y.
EDWARD T. TAYLOR. COLO.
JOHN E. RAKER, CAL.

IRVINE L. LENROOT. WIS.

HARVEY B. FERGUSSON. N. HEX.
CARL HAYDEN. Anu.

BURTON L. FRENCH. IDAHO.

SAMUEL M. TAYLOR. ARK.

WILLIAM KENT. CAL.

LATHROP BROWN. N. Y.
TOM STOUT, MONT.

JACOB JOHNSON, UTAH.

ANDREW R. BRODBECK. PA.

CHARLES M. THOMSON. ILL.

DENVER S. CHURCH. CAL.
M. M. NEELY, W.VA.

JAMES WICKERSHAM, ALASKA.

WILLIAM L. LA FOLLET FE. WASH.

14ousr Lii Erprpririttatiorn

NICHOLAS J. SINNOTT, OREG.

Tninittitter mt t1p ihthlir ICattb,
Inas4ingtort, B.T.

D. CAMERON CAMPBELL. CLERK.

No. 3, - Hon. William G. McAdoo:

I shall not at this time burden you with further reasons and arguments
as to the wisdom of permitting the State to belong wholly to the Kansas City
reserve district.

I have merely cited these few reasons to you, Mr. Secre-

tary, to impress upon your mind the importance of this matter to our people
and our State, and to let you know how keenly they feel about the present
arrangement, so that you may get our wishes well fixed in your mind and give
us an early opportunity to more fully and completely present the matter to
the Federal Reserve Board at the earliest possible date after its organization.
I have the honor to be, with great respect
Very sincerely yours,

SF.edac


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NATIONAtitAN

UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.

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SURPLUS 8, PROFITS

STOCK

$20.000.00

S100.000.00

DIRECTORS:
W.H.QUINETTE
CHAIRMAN
GUY C.ROBERTSON
N. A. ROBERTSON
SAM MADOUX
R. E.HUFF

N.A.ROBERTSON,PRESIDENT
W.H.QUINETTE,VicE PRESIDENT
AND CHAIRMAN BOARD DIRECTORS
R. E. HUFF,VICE PRESIDENT
GUY C. ROBERTSON, CASHIER
SAM MADDUX, ASST. CASHIER
P. C. MONROE, ASST. CASHIER

11,,,,twro-N,OKLA.
Hay 14, 1911.

Federal

eserve Board,

Washinp-ton, D. C.
Gentlemen:As president of the Lawton ulearing House
Association I desire to file with you the enclosed
resolution, passed by the LawtonCl_eg,Ilnz House
A2sociation and signed by all of the bank

in Lawton,

askinp: that southern Oklahoma be changed from the
Dallas Reserve District to the Tansas Uity or St. Louis
Eescrve District, reason for as]tin- change stated in
the resolution.
TruutinF you will give this matter your
consideration,
Resrectfully y

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Enc.l.


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President,
Lawton Clearing House Assin.

WHEREAS, The City of Lawton, and
Southern Oklahoma points, have, by action of
the Organization-Committee, provided mor the
designating of location of Regional Banks,
and fixing of the boundaries of Reserve Districts,
been placed in the Eleventh Reserve District,
the Regional Bank thereof being located at
Dallas, Texas, and.
WHEREAS, All of the banks of the city
of Lawton, both ',3tate and 7ational, are members
in good standing of the Lawton Clearing House
Association, and
WITREAS, The following comparative
statement for the month of April, 1911, is a fair
showing of the business now transacted at the
Regional points in Districts Ten and leven, viz:
Remittances to Kansas City.
Drafts drawn on Kansas City
Remittances received from Kansas City
Collections received from Kansas City
Remittances to Dallas
Drafts drawn on Dallas
Remittances received from Dallas
Collections received from Dallas

)797,934.62
838,743.21
470,347.96
1,901.56
None
None
None
529.38

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AUD, livliEREAS, 47 the banks of Lawton
and Southern Oklahoma points, are required to remain in Reserve District No.11, as now ordered,
great detriment will accrue to the members of
this association, and others similarly situated,
in that the trend of the banking business will be
forced in different directions from that of other
business, and the benefits rightfully accruing
from long established business relations will be
greatly impaired, if not wholly lost, while the
forming of new connections and establishing new
relations will of necessity take time and entail
considerable expense as well. And,
WHEREAS, The state is now divided and
placed in two Reserve Vistricts when as a matter
of fact no natural division of business or division
in banking interest exists.
THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the
Lawton Clearing House Association that it respectfully petition the Federal Reserve Board that
such action be talror as that saythern Oklahoma
be now changed from Reserve District No. 11 preferably to District No.10 or to District No.8
as may seem best to said Federal Reserve Board.

tO

Unanimously ad•Pt;
.iis

p.

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dol,f*

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o'
on C'-e-aring House Ass'n.

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Secretary.
itY

:Ban

of - aton

Lawto
By

Cashier,
Fir
By

lal Bank of Lawton
c -president.

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Bank of Lawton
Cashier.

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By

,State Bp.nk

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NO.98138

O.J. M. BREWER,PRESIDENT.
J.M.YOUNG.VICE-PRESIDENT

ROY A.COOPER,CASHIER
HAROLD GENTRY,AssTCAsHIER

CAPITAL,$ 25,000.00
SU RPLUS,$ 5,000.00
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RESOLUTIO N.

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the First
National Bank of Heavener, Heavener, Oklahoma, held
upon the 9th day Of May, 1914,

O.J.M. Brewer, J.M.

Young, A.S. Johnston', O.C. Burns, S.W. Hoag, E. McCutchan, Roy A. Cooper, qualified and acting directors,
a majority of said Board, tie following resblution
was unanimously adopted.
Be it Resolved by the Directors of the First
National Bank of Heavener, that the Cashier be instructed ttl file with the application Tor stock
with the Federal Reserve Bank, the protest of this bank
being located in District #11, for the follwwing
reasons :
FIRST
The locating of this bank with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, is contrary to
the usual trend of business and not in keeping with
the intent of the framers of the measure.
SECOND
All cotto4 items are cleared through
Ft. Smith, Ark., and to clear these through Dallas,
texas, will cregte the necessity of maintaining a
larger cash reserve, in the bank...

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Heavener is the Central Division of
THIRD
the Kansas City SouthernR'y with a monthly payroll
of from $15,000.00 to $20,000.00, all items payable
in Kansas City, Mo. To clear these through Dallas,
Texas, will cause a great loss of interest and time.
We, 0.J.M. Brewer, President, sad Roy A. Cooper,
Cashier of the First National Bank, certify that the
foregoing is a true copyof a resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors at a meeting held on ti,1

above date.

C. II. GRIFFITH, PRESIDENT
J. A. HYNDMAN, VICE PRES.

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NO. 9995.

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R. A. CHAMPLIN, CASHIER
L. D. GALLOWAYSS'T CASHIER

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
SENTINEL, OKLAHOMA.

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May 7th.,
1914.
Reserve Bank Orginization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:EnclosPd find our resolution passed by our board of
directors for stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
While we are sending in our resolution we wish to
protest vigorously and our Board of Directors passed a
resolution authorising me to file protest against being included in the Dallas District.
Our banking business here is done almost exclusively
with Kansas City. It certainly will work an untold hardship
upon us if we are left in the Dallas District as also every o
other bank in Southern Oklahoma
I sincerely hope that the Orgizatioh Committee will
make a thorough investigation of this matter and when they
do we will 'be included in the Kansas City District.


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Very Respectfully Yours,
FIRST N TIONAL BANK
Cashier.


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A. J. FINCH, Vicz PResr.

NO.5352

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THE FIRST NATIONAL1INii
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WEATHE 12IF0141) ()KILN.
May 7, 1914.

The Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:Herewith Application for Stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas., Texas., the same being made by
the president and cashier, following respldtion by Board
of Directors. of this bank:
Wish to state rurther that at the same meeting
of the Board another resolution was adopted declaring
it to be a violation of the bank's interest to be placed
in the Dallas district.
Our interests and business connections are not at
all common with those of Dallas and this kind of a
connection promises to result in /A great difficulty
for us to handle our grain and live stock business as
this is done principally with Kansas City and other
eastern Cities.
The natural trend of business is
toward Kansas City and the existing railroad facilities
in that direction are much to our advantage.
We therefore urgently request being- laced in
the Kansas city district, and we trust it will be
found possible to make such change before the organization of the Dallas Bank.
Very respectfully,

All LITHO GO TOP.1

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FT. CHANDLER, PRESIDENT.
D. A . SCOTT, VICE -PREs'r.

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NO. M954

FI11ST NATIONAL BANK
OF HOBART.

J. B. H INES,CASHIER

HOBART,OKEA1-103Lv, .:ay 6th-1
cOYt-\Th
To the Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:—
Enclosed find our application for Stock in the Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas, the resolution embodied therein having been
past by our board of. directors today.
We do not feel that it will be to the best interests of
our Bank to be in District #11, and quote you below a resolution
adopted by our board at the same meeting at which the first above
mentioned resolution was adopted.
"Resolved that it is a violation of the Banks best interests
to be placed in the Dallas District of the Federal Reserve Banks, and
that our interests could best be served by affiliation with the Kan—
sas City District, we therefore urge that a readjustment may be made
placing our territory in the Kansas City District"
Thanking you to earnestly consider the above quoted 'resolution,
We, are , Very truly Yours,
First National Bank of Hobart,

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E.C. M ILLI ON, VICE-P0.910ENT

A.U.THOMAS.Pra EswE

J.W. MUNDLEY, VICE-PRESIDENT.

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N'? 10226

CA LV I N,

11.lay,5th 1914.

Eeserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington,D.C.
Gentlemen;We herewith enclose our application for
our pro rata share of stock in the Dallas Reserve Bank but
is the desire of this banking association that we be
placed in the Kansas City district not uecause of a selfish
standpoint but because our business interests trend that
way.
At least ninety per cent of our business
is transacted with Kansas City for she is equipped to take
care of us when we need money and is the natural distributirg
-ooint for this section of
being burdened by bein

he country. -e feel that we are

connected with Dallas and_out off

from Kansas City.
It w
as well as mor

certainly meet

our approval

ninety oer cent of the banks in this

section of the country if the boundary li,tes of the I ansas
City district are changed so as to include us,that is soutdllern
Oklahoma.
Thanking you in advance for any consider,
ation that you see fit to give us,Te are,


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_ours Very Truly,
The ,e.1 vi
BY

ITational Bank,
Cashier.

R.N. ROBINSON,
PRESIDENT.

T. A . FITZGERALD,
VICE-PRESIDENT.

J NO. A.S1MS,
CASHIER.
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N° 10298

THE KE0TA NAMONAL B

WESERVE BOARD Ha_

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS,$ 28, 500 99

KEOTA,OKILAHOMA,

40,

May 5th, 1914.

The Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
We are sending our subscription for stock in
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and in doing so we
wish to say that we feel that it was not just to our
bank to be placed in Dallas District, as we have no
trade nor financial relations with that part of the
country.
We should have been put in Kansas City District
and we hope your good judgment will prompt you to
transfer all of Oklahoma to Kansas City District.

JR.

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Respectfully,
KE W NATIONAL BANK.
hier.

N. T. CLARK,

PR Eti.

FAR Nil

LOANS A

SPECIALTY

J. M. F3OHART

110
N(). TV27
FIRST NASTIONSIA I t

CASHIER

RESUME BOW) k.ta
14110‘1_

C'ASII CAPITAL, $-10,000.00
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APACI1E.

The ,liFcc-tor

LA..

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ru Lc herc1,.)
- protera placco_ in Tir:tr:'ot Yr, 11 for
rca-,or tilat we have no Lusint
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f- rn-Lrinctio::-;
nnllas financial inqtitlit'or9 nnl the
tren'l or bil-;inc_,
Ls townr',
Cit, an. 01-lallor'a City. Wo are very posi
tive iir
belief that it wi31 bc _1,- tr-!7-enta1 to
our 1)11sinc5q intero9ts to force:1 to
leal with a PanC ir Dallas.


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Respectfully,


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May 4,

Sir:
Your letter of recent date forwarding telegram fool,- the Cashier or the
American Nat'onal Bank, Atoka, Oklahora,
is hereby acknowledred, and on behalf of
the Connittee, I beg to advise that, in
designatinfr the Federal Reserve cities
and in determininz the geographical limits
of the districts to be served, the Committee gave careful consideration to the
buminess convenience and welfare of the
entire country, and all factors, including
the local interects of each bank, .ere
studied and fully eirhed.
The certificatedesignatinr, these
districts has been filed with the CorTtrollor
of the Currency and the Conmitte can not
now legally nake any chanres in the districts
as defined,
Your
Respectfully,

Secretary,
Reserve Bank Organization Comittee.
Hon. Charles Carter,
House of Representatives, U.
7ashington, D. C.

aummusumsco
:Lrmo Antonin •

C. H. GRIFFITH, PREsT.
A.S. GRIFFITH, VICE PRES,


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H. P.GRIFFITH. CASHIER.
E. C.T EAPE AsiT,Ca.sHIER.

N? 10,096

LONE WOLF, OKLA.
May 4-1914.

Reserve Bank Org. Comm.,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs :I enclose herewith application for stock
in the Dallas Reserve Bank, and

our draft for ,333.33,

amount due now.
Resolution authorizing this application was
passed by the Board at regular meeting today, but at
the same meeting, a resolution was passed, objecting
most strenuously to being placed in the Dallas district,
and declaring it to be a violation of the bank's interests to be so placed, and giving as the bank's wishes,
the desire to be placed with the balance of Oklahoma,
in one district, with the Kansas City Reserve Bank.

Very truly,

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NO. 6230

American National
E. C. MILLION. PRESIDENT
JAMES Mc CONNELL,Vicc•PpcsT
J. G PUTER BAUGH,Vicr•PPer.sr.

A. U. THOMAS. CASHIER
BRYAN. As,. CASHIER
J. J. KIRKPATRICK, ASST.CASHIER

)IcAlester,Oklahoma
May 4th, 1914.

Reserve Bank,
Orgaaization Committee,
Treasury Department,
Washington, D.C.

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Gentlemen:.

The following resolution was passed at a
meeting of our Directors, April 29th,1914 "RESOLVED, THAT it is the opinion of the directors
of this-bank that the placing of this bank in the Dallas
District is a mistake, is contrary to our expressed wish,
is against the best interests of this bank and other banks
in this section of the state and that we protest against
being placed in this district and request that the lines
be changed and all of Oklahoma placed in the Kansas City
District."


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Yours truly,

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AG.DUNLAP,PRESIDENT.
F. A

PARKINSON, VicE-Pne5oocwr.

E. E. CONES, CA511111,
C. E. M A LON E,A'Ss-r. CASHIER.

E LAWTON NATItENTAL
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CAPITAL $ 100,000.00

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LAWTON,
604ilt,t,„Yay

2nd,1914

Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Tashington,D.C.
Gentlemen:-Inclosed herein you will find Application for
Stock in the Federal Reserve Pank of Dallas.
re do.not wish it understood by your Honorable Committee
that our sending in this Application is an endorsement of your
placing us in the Dallas District.We feel that the interests of this
Bank could be much better subserved in every way by being placed
in the Kansas City District.
If not inconsistent with the policy of your Committee we
would be pleased to have such recommendations made to the Federal

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Reserve Board as would cause the Board to reconsider the action
of your Committee and Place this section of Oklahoma in the Kansas
City District where our natural business relitions

titles us to

belong.

Yours very truly,

SEP
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A.J.SEAV, PRESIDENT
J. D.SIMPSON,Vic: PRESIDENT.

J.A.CARLBERG, CASHIER.
BERT.SANDE RS,ASST. CASHIER.

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O.6257

ARAPAHO,OKLAHOMA.

Tlay 2, 1914.

Reserve Pank Organization Committee,
Wasbinrton, D. C.
Gentlemen:=
Please find herewith inclosed our application for
stock in the Federal Reierve Bank of Dallas. Said application
is sent in duplicate.
The following resolution was adopted by our Poard of Directors
at a meeting held
1st, 1914:
"Whereas, We, the directors of this Pank, are practically compelled
to submit and accept of the conditions imposed upon us by the
Organization Committee,
Be it
)Resolved, That we hereby express our sentiment, and we
believe that it is positively in violation of the interest of this
bank to be included in the Dallas Federal Reserve District, and
that we would prefer to be placed in the Kansas City Reserve
District as we are located in a posltion where the_phantMt of
business flow toward Kansas City."

Yours very respectfully,

Cashier.

SEP Li

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May 2, 1914.

Sir:
roe roaeirt or your arrlication for stock in the Federal Pes:rve
Bank of 1.allas is her5by aco7leidged,
wld in n.eponse to ylur_letter_oriltil
27th, on behalf of thi- Organizatin
Cormittec, I bog to advise that, In
deeignatirg the Pedcral nzservo citioo
and in determining the geographical limits of tne Districtc to be served, the
Comnitte4) gave careful consideration to
the businmse convenience and relfare of
the entire cotintry, and all factors, includirT trso local intstrl of each bank
'ere studied and fully weirrhed.
The cortificate designat,:!ng
these Distr'cte has been filed with the
Comptroller of the Currency, and the
Committee cannot now legally mako any
changes in thl District: ac defirted.
Respectfully,

Secretary,
Reserve Bank Organization Committeo.
The First National Bank,
McAlester, Oklahoma.

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ROY M . FELTON,CASHIER.

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F.E .WOODS,Ass-neAssi.

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May 2, 1914.
Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-

At ou:: Directors Meeting yesterday we passed the

enclosed resolution, and also one to the effect that it was against
our best interests to be attached to thfiallas district and requesting that if it be possible, you place us in the Kansas City
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Very respectfully yours,
d.,T(

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GEO. B. POPE, PAESIDENT
W. H.COLLI NS, VICE PRESIDENT.

ROY

M. FE LTON, CASHIER

i-IDLRAL RESERVEJWW-PH.114:.
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Yederal Reserve Board,
"Tashington, D. C.
Gentlemen:We notice from the press reports that you have
put us in the Dallas district.
We realize that you are
up against a big problem in laying out all these districts
and that it would be a hard problem for you to satisfy
everybody. 7e also belive that you want to be fair to all
and place the individual banks in the districts that will
be to their best advantage.
By placing us in the Dans district you have severed
us
from Oklahoma City and Kansas City, -the two cities that
are
familiar with all our conditions, and placed in with
a
bunch of people that are absolltely strangers to us.
We
have never met a Dallas banker in our ten years bankin
g
experience at this plac-e-, while on the other hand, there
is not a bank in Kansas City or Oklahoma City that
we do
not personally know one or more of its officers.
The natural trend of our business is to the northe
ast.
We believe we are safe in saying that 95% of
the checks
we receive on out of torn banks, are on banks
laying to the
northeast and east of us. The Postmaster here advise
s us
that he handles two Dalls papers through his office
each
week and over one Hundred Kansas City papers a week.
All
of our live stock is shipped to Oklahoma City or
Kansas
City. When our feeders need money they go to one
of these
two places to 7et it. Another reason and one of
the strongest
thy we do not Mike to be connected with a southern
Reserve
Bank is that in the fall of the year when we need
money to
handle our crops all the other banks in that distri
ct will
be wanting money too, while the northern and eastern
bank
will have a surplus at that time.
We believe that if you will thoroughny investigate
things you will see that the commitee on organization
has
placed us in a very akward position by putting us
in the
Dallas district, and you will confer a great favor
on us
by transfering us to the Kansas City dietriet.
Very respectfully yours,

id-T-1 7 1914
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J.D TINSL.EY,PResioENT.
W.R.VAUGHN, VICE - PR S

R.R.JACKSON,CAsHIE.R
E.G.MATHEWSON,Ass,CAsm.

N. 10368

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THEE FIRST NATIONAL BAN(
OF BLAIR

CA PTI A L $ 25,000.00

BLAIR, OKLAHOMA

May 1st,

The Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
:lashinizton, D. C.
Sirs:We hand you herewith corrected form of
ap)lication for stock in Reserve Bank locted at
Dallas, which we trust meets rith your approval.

At a special meeting of the board of directors
of this bank held today the cashier was instructed
to notify you that this bank is dissatisfied with
being placed in the Dallas district and to ask that
we be placed, if possible, in the district with
Xansas City. 7hey consider that it will be harmful
to this bank's interest to be olace' in the 11th
district.


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4111.

C. H. FAWKS. PRESIDENT

D. S.

. VICE-PRES-T.

J. E. WILLIAMS.

2ND.
PREST.

H. J BROWN. CASHIER
IL

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No. 10317

OFSNYDER

SNYDER,0'ILA.

YAy.lst.191 4.

To The JoeCeral

eserve Board,

Washington. .C.

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Gentlnen:-

t.

We

are enclosing application for stock in the

Pec'erikl Lererve Bank at lallas,Texas. How-ever sending
our protest against being placed in thir district
permanent ,as —e feel to knor• that thir is a naneactto the co--ercial buriness of our State .

We

believe

after the board goes over this ratter and finds the true
condition ,they 1-i1l find it ril1 almost irpossible
for Oklahorn to turn her co—nercial business to Lallas
or any other Southern City.
The nAtural flow of business

is

through Kansas

-ity and St.Louis. re do not have one of our items come
through Dallas once a week, this is to show that all our
corrercial business comes through Kansas ,itv, an
1-e are correct in saying that

9C

believe

of all business comes

throucrh Kansas. City ,directelv or in directely. We ask
that in farness to Oklahoma .please give this matter
due consiterration. Marking for your kindness in advance
in this ratter,'e are7
Yours very trulv,(4

Cashier.

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F M.EN

H,President.

0

S. M.KING,Vice President-.

E.*I P LEY, Cashier,---RABTREE,Asst.Cash.

rctro

The City Nati
UNITED

NO. 575

STATES DEPOSITARY

CAPITAL, AND SURPLUS $100,

0.00

THE PIONEER BANK OF CO ANC 11 E COL;ITI4/2

LAwr°iv,0

Air. 1 "30

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Hon. L. C. Elliott, Sec:.,

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MAY 6 - 191ii

Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C. •

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Dear Sir:
We enclose herewith, application for stock
the Federal Reserve Bank, of Dallas, Texas, in
accordance with the law.

In connection viith this

application we wish to state that it is the sense
of the Board -of Directors of this bank that it should
be placed in District No. 10, instead of District
No. 11, as nine-tenths of our business goes in the
direction of Kansas City, and we respectfully protest
against having been placed in District No. 11.


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Yours ver:T

9

Copy of resolutions passed by the Board of Directors of
The First liational Bank of Mill Creek at their meeting
held on rfitr""1::::::;r3S,ILtor
__Pprieltitla944
Resolved that we protest against being placed'
in the
Dallas District considering same a violation o_t_ this°Born I-1lE
interest.
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BOARD 1-1
ft7EUVAIM, RESERVER.E.LEAVITT,Castlier.

W H P. TRUDGEON,President

411

N.7(U)7.
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TII1: UNION NXIIIONAL
PURCELL,OKLA. April 30th, 1914.
The Reserve 'Rank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:.
We are inclosing

herewith application for stock

in the Federal Reserve -Rank of Dallas.
The Directors of this bank also passed a resolution,\
directing me to

advise your committee that

we consider

it very much against the interests of this bank to be
placed in the Dallas District, and to state that we had
joined with practically every bank in the part of the
.state that has been assigned to the Dallas District,
in requesting that the matter be reconsidered and the
entire State of Oklahoma
District.

We trust that

be assigned to the Kansas City
this protest will be given

careful consideration.
Respectf

r

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April 29, 1914.

A. _Icton,
y County Bankers ABsociation,
Blackwell, Oklslama.

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Dear 7,ir:

I am in.receint of the resolttion adanted by the
Ray County Bankers Association, and in reply would state
that this matter will be filed for the consideration of the
L'ederal Reserve Boara talon it isappointed.
Vary trey yoltrs,

4.
3oaretary•

J.W. Mg NEAL,PREsioKNT
E.J MU RPHY,Vic& PRESIDENT

CHAS. W. BREWER,CAsmIER
W.C.SMOO r,AsSr.CASHIER

N29985

TO OKLAHOMA

STATE NATIONAL 13

CLINTON,010-4A1101kL1
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April 29th, 1914.

The Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
Gehtlemen:__
Complying with your instructions you will find
herewith enclosed the Application for Stock in the Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas, duly executed by this bank, for 16
shares.
7:e have delayed several days sending in this application, hoping arrangments would be made whereby our bank
could be placed in the District with Kansas City for the location instead of Dallas, and trust such an arrangment can
;,,et be made, and we wish now to file the enclosed application
the

in order to that if it is

possible we may yet be transfered into that District.
We have not had, and do not have, and never will have
any use for an account in Texas as all our reserves are kept in
banks in the _orth and East, and we have practically no business
with uny southern banks und if we are required to clear our items
and do our business with Dallas, it will be an inconvenience and
delay and out of the natural course.

)L07

If it could be arranged so that we could have a branch
•Vj
'bank at Oklahoma City, we would not so seriously object, bIlt
-kla. citv is in the 7ansasi "it;,7 distric3t, it semsthis woula be
out of th4 ,iuestion, so the only logical way ;;ould be to transfer
this 'art of Ckluhoma to the '::ansas City
territory,
Sincerely yours,


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It1cjganners National
10283
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $27500.00

J. R. UTTSRBACK. PRESIDENT
T. A. VAUGHN. VICE PRESIDENT
E. W. POWER. VICE PRES'T AND CASHIER

Alaustiilic, Okla.

April 29th, 1914.

• To the Reserve Bank organization Committee,
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Washington. D. C.

Dear Sirs:Referring to resolution of our Directors subscribing for
our pro rata of the Capital Stock of the Regional Reserve Bank at
Dallas, Texas, beg to advise that while the Directors of this Bank
very willingly subscribed for the Regional Bank stock at Dallas, at
the same time it was the sense of the meeting that our interests
would be best conserved if this Bank could be in the Kansas City
District, where our banking connections have always been, and we
,..
--aozas_grrangement can yet be made to attach this part of
Oklahoma to -Dra rict iNo. 10 instead of District N
104)(1 41914
Yours very r

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11.

E. L. WORRELL, PRESIDENT.
0. B. GARRISON. VICE•PRESIDENT.

J. H. WHITESIDE, CASHIER.
R. E. FISHER. ASST CASHIER.r

No. 5900

THE

Fl RST

NATIONAL BANK

CAPITAL, $50,000.00 SURPLUS,$10,000.00
RYAN,OKLAHOMA,

Anrii

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29th, 1914.

Senator Robt, L. Owen,
7ashington, D. C.
Dear Sir:We would appreciate it as a citizenaof Oklahoma if
you could effect a change in the lines of the Regional Reserve
and place Oklahoma entire in one district.

While the present

boundary suits our individual needs at present, yet as establishing financial strength for our commonwealth it occurs to us will
ever prove a great barrier and if Oklahoma can be placed in one
district it will prove an advantage in this wise, and would beg
that you use your efforts to cause this to be done.


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Yours very truly

Cashier.

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0.H.THURM ONO. PRESIDENT.
E. K.THURM ON D,Vict-PREs.
C.E.GANNAWAY,VICE -PR Cs.
L.E.COLEMAN,CASHIER
M.C.TRIM B LE,A513T.CASHIER.

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MAY 6 1914

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The Reserve Dank , ommittee,
'ashington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
are today forwarding youby separate letter
the application of the 7irst 7ationa1 Bank of Clinton,
Oklahoma for 18 shares of the Capital Stock of the Federal
I have sent this appliReserve Bank of Dallas. Texas.
cation in as per your instructions in order that no
delay will be made on our part in getting these organizations un er way but we wish to enter protest emphatically that we do not approve of Southern Oklahoma being
placed in the Dallas District and we feel that this
is absolutely against the test interest of this community and that to be placed in the Kansas City District
re believe that
would be much more to our advantage.
it will call
that
when cotton begins to move in Texas
for far creater loans that/the Dallas bank could ever
hope to take care of from Texas, liew I:exico and Southern
As in the past practically all of our items
Oklahoma.
have been cleared through Kansas City ba_hs and as we
have never had a Dallas account or ever had any connection whatever with the Dallas Ranks, we can not see
how we could gain any benefit whatever from being conYou will notice we have
nectcd with the Dallas Bank.
joined in protest once before in this regar- with the
—e hope
-ational Banks of Custer County by aelegram.
changed
district
this
Let
chance to
that if there is
Oklahoma
Southern
placing
to
avorable
f
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that you will be
In the Kansas City District.


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Yours very truly,

Pres.

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ilrEDLRAL
LEON LW.PRESIDENT
J. H. PYE A
VICE-PRESIDENT

RESERVE BOARD
FRED T. HU STON,CAsHIE
R. L.CORK, A SST. CASHIER
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N28727

THE FIRST NATIONAL BAN
CAPITAL $25,000.00

SURPLUS & PROFITS

7,000.00

CITSTERCITY;OKLA.April 28-1914
Reserve Bonk Organization Committee
Treasury Department
---'-' Washington J). C.
W ILZ-A-V.
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Gentlemen:rt
We are herewith enclosing
mAy 6 - 1914
application for stock in Regional Bank located at
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Dallas Texas according to instructions received,
' \FORiL
this application having been passed on at meeting of
our board of Directors as required.
We are doing this strictly under protest
as we one and all,consider it as very much against
our interest as a bank in having been placed in this
(
district.
We have never had any banking connections w
whatever or in any manner with this reserve point
nor have we any banking interests whatever in the
State of Texas.
At least ninety five per cent of our
business has been transacted *ith Kansas City in
the past an we consider that it works an
unecessary hardship on us in being forced in this
district.
The banks in this county almost without •
exception do not carry a very heavy line of e±change
and it is practically all kept in Kansas City
where we have had to go for our acommodations in
the past and if there is any way whereby we can
get in the Kansas City district we certainly desire
to be so placed.
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ructsirt of your letter of A:tril

4thand in reply Ous to -vivi,;e that in doJignatini; th
minlng

edural Fle3arv

e.ties 4nd in thrter-

goo6raphicu1 lirAts of the Distrit;ts

to be uerved, the Cfraritteo gavt, carlful consideration to the; business convennco and walefaro of tlic: entire oountry, and aal toters, inoludit% the. local intoresta of each 'Laitn,;: were
studied and fully -aaishod.
The cortificate designatins these Dieixiots has been fiIod wit1 th

Conptrollor of

the Currency rt4nd the ConvAttee; cannot now lesa141
mitke any ohanzes in the Districts au defined.
Rof.uctfully,

Uri C. W. Crabtree, Ae3istant
'Ale City Natis.:naj.
Lawton, Oklahoma.

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Sir:
On tic:half of the Chairwans I be

.
to acknowledge

7

the receipt of your letter of April .4th aduinz yuur
protest to that of the banhs in

south_rn part of

Oklahoma a:Lainst bein3 placed in the Dallaa diatrict.
In rerly I be, to advise that in desiznatini; the
Federal he3ervu cities and in detcrmlnin,; the ,;eo3rarhical limits of the Districts to be served, the Committee
:Ave careful con;ideration to the b ainess convonce
and welfare of the entire

country, and all f%ctori,

includin,, the local intorests of each Lank were studied
and fully weihed.
Thu zerti,lcao deai:patinz these Districts has ueun
filed with the Comptrollur of the Currency, and the Jomittoo csainot now legally make any chat,;ea in the Diatricts
ls defined.
Respectfully,

.Socre-',ary.

Honorabbe Scott Ferria,
liC'Aje of Rurxesentatives.


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J.H.GOPDON.VicE PRESIDEN
WS.AMBROSE,VicE PRESIDENT

WM. P. FREEMAN,PREsIDENT

NO.5052

R.P.BREWER,CAsHIER
B.s.BaOOKS.ASsT.AsPtER

THE FIR ST NATIONAL BANK
jeer

CAPITAL $100,000.°
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SURPLUS *,50,000.°9

WALESTER,OKLAHOMA

April 27, 1914

Reserve Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D.C.,
Gentlemen:-

We are enclosing herewith our
application for stock in the Federal Reserve
Bank at Dallas, but we desire at the same
time to protest against being included in
that Dintrict.
Since the opening of banks in Oklahoma,
we have transacted practically all our busi-ness with Kansas City, also all our mercantile business goes there.

Texas, and ee.

pecially the City of Dallas, does not sell
one one-hundredth part as much merchandise
in Oklahoma as does Kansas City.

Only a

small percentage of our live stock is shipped to Texas, all of it going to Kansas
City.

The Oklahoma banks, and especially

Southern Oklahoma banks which transact
business in, Dallas, can be counted on the
fingers of one hand.
In a poll taken before and after the
eztabUshment of the present boundaries, it
was disclosed that less than a dozen banks

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J. H.G0 RD ON.VicE PRESIDENT
w.S.AMBROSENIcE PRESIDENT

WM.P. FREEMAN,PRE si DENT

NO.5052

R.P. BREWER,CAs Hi ER
B.S.BRO OKS,Asst CAs HIER

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL $100,000.°P
SURPLUS $50,000.Q°

WALESTER,OKLAHOMA

were desirous of being in or staying with
the Dallas District, and in almost every
instance the stock in these banks was owned
by Texas men.
We feel that we should have a revision
of boundary lines to place us in the Kansas
City District, and we are making this pro.
test a resolution and spreading it upon
our minutes.
We sincerely trust that the Committee
will see fit to grant this request, which
is unanimous in this Territory.


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1914.
Apri12.11,
At

My dear Congressman:
On behalf of the Chairran of the leservo Bank Organization.
Committee I beg to ecknowlodce the receipt of your letter of
the 14th inetantionclosillt,

stated, a letter from Ur. V. H.

Blakely, Vice President of the imerican rational Bank of Wetumka,
Oklc.hom,
The Committe3 haviac filed itt; certiCict.te with thl Comp—
troller of the Currency is of the opinion thzit it cannot now
Tx.11) anzr cLanos in the locations of the Federal 7oserve Banks
or the districts to be served by them.

You vill recall that

the statute specifically provides that the determination or the
Committee can be reviewed only by the Federal ':esorve Board..
Fespectfully,

Secretary,
Feserve rani, OrganizPtion Cemmittee.

Hon. William H. Mtrray,
, House of 'Representatives.,


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April'f!3, 1914.

I beg to advise in 1-17orioe
to ypir letter of April 8th, th.A in
rechral rcsorve cities
and ia determining the geographicl
limits of tho dirAricts to be ssrvod
the Committee gave careful consideration to tha buoineon convenience and
welf,Are of tho antire country, and all
.1() locAl 1nt03tS
fct,ors,
of each bAnk t were 3tudied and fulls'
weighed. A cortificte designating
these districts tr..s boon filed with the
Comptroller of the Currency, and the
Committee cannot now legally make any
changes in the districts as defined.

with particular reforance to
your roluost th.-it Hughes and Pottanatomie counties be plaeed in the Kansas
City district, your attention is called
to the fact thAt the last named county
vl,s included in this district under the
decision of the Organization Committee.
In viol,/ of the facts above state4,however, it will not bo possible to meet
your wishes with reg rd to :iughes County.
Respectfully,

Secrot . ry..
Hon• 2;• 14
H. Murray,
House of Representatives..

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BROWNING,CAsHIER

W. T. FOR E MAN,VicE-PREs
D. A. FOWL E PIASST. CASH I

R

8616

PROFITS $15,000.00
35,000.00
(86-212)

DUNCAN,OKLA.

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Dear 2irs:
I return herewith to you the Corrce2d
Coy of our

,
,aication for Stock in the Poac3:c.1

Reserve
:Bank of Dallas, To::as.
As our 17roident is
beC soon, 2C)

e could h.:..vc

ot in town and )mLy not
sicn this .A:licatioll,

we 1-1 ,To . h!2,a it siEne0_ by the Vice President and for
fear this miLht not be satisfactory, 7/e have corredted
the oricional Al?plication and return it also, it
betlrinc the sisnature of the 'President.
Plea50 1:a.r. on - our carelessness in mal-111

tl-)e

error in the first ono,
I an also handinc you herewith a liAitiorvjhieh
I trust you will Eive due consideration.
11:bol;_t3

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of the banks of nlahorla which viere

'er,d in the DcIlao District that are not GRE.OLY -2.,
DI2PLEAar,M
Your

To the Federal ROrve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:Believing the division of the state
a most severe blow
to the commercial interests of the entire stat
e, we, the undersigned citizens of
IYUNC,a_ni
Okla., petition your honorable body to place the State of Oklahoma
in one district with
headquarters at Kansas City.
We feel this state is homogeneous,
that its commerce to
a large extent inter-dependent, and that all
of the towns and
cities of the state can more conveniently
transact their business
with each other through one common cent
er.
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PRESID

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VICE -PRE T

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CASHIER

AWEISMAN

ASST CASH

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CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS,S 400,000.00
STOCK YARDS STATION
OKLAHOMA CITY.

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April 23,1914.
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Hon. John Skelton Williams,
Comptroller of the Currency,
Wahington,
D. C.
Dear Sir:-

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Bank

We are in receipt of your circular letter of 15th,
advising that we may now legally make loans secured by real
estate according to certain reouirements of the law.

((

The writer of this letter has been in the banking
business for thirty five years , about half of which time
was spent in smaller banks.
Ny experience has been that the
less banks have to do with real estate loan,the better, and
as long as I~am President of this bank and can in any way influence '1
-oolicy I shall as far as is consistent and possible
keep entirely away from handling real estate paper of any kind
whatever.
In my close contact with many of the smaller bankers
scattered over Texas and Oklahoma I find evidence of the fact
that many of them would have been much better off if they had
never handled either directly or indirectly by their bank a piece
of real estate paper.
We are very sorry indeed that the State of Oklahoma
has been divided, and I trust that you as a member of
the
Committee may find it consistent to use your influe
nce towards
placing the entire State of Oklahoma in the Kansas
City District.
Our bank has the largest bank deposits of any instit
ution in the
State and about 85 07 of which comes from banks now
locate
d in the
Dallas District.
This is a new State, we all have had a very
hard time in trying to build up OUT business and
the various interests of all concerned, ,Tid this cl),Vision is
certai
nly a blow
to our many years of hard labor.
Our business of the eatire State
of Oklahoma tends towards the Ea
and Kansas City.
I have just
returned from a trip through c tain parts
of
Oklaho
ma
and Texas
which have been cut off fro
lahona City and find that the
Dallas bankers are going ri t after the
little institutions
many of them carrying accounts with
us, soliciting very urgently
that their business be transferred at
once to Dallas banks. This
of course I cannot criticise as it
is but natural, but I was
ouick to see in many banks visited
that it is having considerable
weight with them.
ated.
1914.

TEVEC

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Your kindness in these matters
will be greatly prpreci-

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KAY COUNTY BANKERS ASSOCIATION,
BLACKIVKLL,KAY COUNTY,OKLAHOMA.

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APRIL 18th 1914.
WITH A FULL MEMBERSHIP BEING PRESENT, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
WAS
PRESENTED AND UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.
WHEREAS, the Regional Board has divided the state of Oklahoma
,
placing the southern half of the state in the Dallas district
and the northern half of the state in the Kansas City district,
and:
WHEREAS, the banks of the southern half of the
state have hereto
fore found it more convenient to transact the major
part of their
business with the Kansas City banks and desir
e to continue doing
so, and:
WHEREAS, the placing of said banks
in the Dallas district will result
in a great inconvenience and loss
to daid banks in the southern
part of the state as well as the state
as a whole:
NOW THERE-FORE BE IT RESOLVED,
by the KAY COUNTY BANKERS ASSOCIATION;
IN convention assembled at
Blackwell,Oklahoma. this 18th day of
April 1914, that we earnestly petit
ion and request the said Regional
Board that it modify its order
heretofore made and place the entire
state of Oklahoma in the Kansas City
District, and be it further:
RESOLVED, that a copy of this resol
-ition be forwarded to each member
of the Regional Board and to
each member of Congress from the State
of Oklahoma.

KAY COUNTY BANKERS ASSOCIATION,
KAY COUNTYI STATE OF OKLAH
OMA.
Mi
Secretary,'


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Federal Reserve Board,
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Gentlemen:
We notice that under the new banking law,
the Stte of Oklahoma is divided.

The financial in-

terests and the development of the State of Oklahoma
has always been allied with that of Kansas City.
We believe that for the best business interests of the St. te, it would be better to have the entire State of Oklahoma in the Kansas City Division and
not with Dallas.
We would respectfully a&k that 17,11 place the
entire St_te of Oklahoma with the Kansas City Division
and make the surrounding boundary of the Stte the
line instead of the ,boundary line dividing the State,
into. two parts.
Very truly yours,
ROBERT L. KNIE.
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J. B.SCHAEFER,

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The Federal Reserve Board,
Washington D. C,
Gentlemen:-

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We notice by the press reports that the State
of Oklahoma has been divided into two Federal
Reserve districts, and as citizens of Oklahoma,
we wish to protest against this or any other
division of this State for these reasons. It
is an injury to our citi.zens and will injure
business arrangements already established, because such interests are now one and to divide them into two separate districts would
naturally cause conflict among our people and
would tend to bring about unnatural .division
in our State, which all of our citizens wish
to avoid.
With the exception of a few counties in the
southern part of the State our natural business trend is to Kansas City, 1:o. 7e do not
know of a single business concern in this
part of the State who has any business with
Dallas Texas, nor do we know of a single farmer or business man who has any business transaction with that cit.
We know that you are interested in the upbuilding of our State and beleive that you
will co-operate with the other good citizens
of this state in this mattEr and by so doing
we beleive that you will be doing our State
a great service, and will assist in stopping
a sectional strife, which is bound to ensue
if we are put into two separate commercial
districts.
Yours very truly,
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SCOTT FSS1S. OKLA., CHAIRMAN.
. GRAHAM,ILL.
JAM
E ARD T. TAYLOR. COLO.
JOHN E. RAKER. CAL.
HARVEY B. FERGUS N. N. EX
CARL HAYDEN. AR1,1.
SAMUEL M. TAYLOt K.
LATHROP BROWN. .
TOM STOUT. MONI
ANDREW R. BRO EC
DENVER S. CHURe,CA
M. M. NEELY. W. A.

JACil CANTOR, N.Y.
IR1NE L. LENROOT, WIS.
TON L. FRENCH,IDAHO.
LLIAM 1.. LA FOLLETTE. WASH.
ILLIAM KENT. CAL.
!CHOLAS J. SINNOTT. OREG.
JACOB JOHNSON. UTAH.
CHARLES M. THOMSON, ILL.
JAMES WICKERSHAM, ALASKA.

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Tommittrr ott t1rtitthlir Kattbs,
lUaollingintt, D.CI.

D. CAMERON CAINIP4ELL, CLERK.

April 14, 1914.

Honorable William G. McAdoo,

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FEB 2, -tot

The Secretary of Treasury.
My dear Mr. Secretary:
I beg to transmit to you herewith many protests from the
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banks in the southern REWA-qt-Oklahama"agpinst being placed in
the Dallas regional bank district and urging that they be placed
in the Kansas City district instead, along with the banks of
northern Oklahoma.

The banks in the southern part of the State

have established relations with the Kansas City banks
which they
prefer should not be broken and the trend of business has always
been toward Kansas City and not toward Dallas and I cannot believe that Dallas would be the logical point for any of the Oklahoma business, and I furthermore believe that the State should not
be divided in this respect, as the matter now stands.

Should the

present arrangement be permitted to stand unchanged, I am fearful
it will work great hardship on our thriving, growing Commonwealth
and result in a great loss as well.
May I not therefore be permitted to register herewith my most
earnest protest of the- present arrangment and to most respectful
ly
urge that this matter be given the consideration it deserves
to the
end that the State may not thus be divided
financially or commercially

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HAIRMAN.
LL.
R. COLO.
, CAL.
ERGUSSON, N. MEX.
DEN. ARIZ.
M. TAYLOR. ARK.
SOP BROWN, N.Y.
M STOUT. MONT.
ANDREW R. BRODBECK. PA.
DENVER S. CHURCH.CAL.
N. M. NEELY, W.VA.


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JACOB CANTOR. N.Y.
IRVINE L. LENROOT. WIS.
BURTON L. FRENCH. IDAHO.
WILLIAM L. LA FOLLETTE. WASH.
WILLIAM KENT, CAL.
NICHOLAS J. SINNOTT. OREG.
JACOB JOHNSON, UTAH.
CHARLES M. THOMSON. ILL.
JAMES WICKERSHAM. ALASKA.
D. CAMERON CAMPBELL. CLERK.

il§iust,of Erprtsrittatiuts
Tommittcr un Or 3Juti1ir Eattbs,
Itlanllingtoit. D.T.

into two parts, and that the entire State be placed in the Kansas
City district.
would thank you most heartily for the honor of a reply.
Very respectfully,

Enclosures.

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C. H. GRIFFITH, PRE9T.
A.S. GRIFFITH, VICE PRLsr.


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H. P.GRIFFITH, CASHIER.
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AtIVA,

l'ederal ileserve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs :We wish to protest against beigg placed
in the Da2las district, in the'recent Reserve Bank
districting.

We have never had an account in

Dallas, nor done any business there in any way. The
natural flow of our business is to the north, and
we feel sure that being placed in the Dallas district
will be very disadvantatrus to our interetts.
would a great

We

deal rather be placed in the Kansas

City district,

and to .be cleared through Okla. City

if that could be done.

Practically all our business

is being done, and hag always been done, though those
two points.
We are taking the matter up with our
senator and Congressmen also, and if anything can fie
done to make this change,. te feel it -muld be to our
best. interests.
Very truly,
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APR 20 1914
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A. L. NIMq. PRESIDENT
LEON KAHN. VICE-PRESIDENT
V. N. BARNETT, CASHIER

We the undersigned respectfully ask that you use all the
influence you can in placing all of Oklahoma in the Kansas City regional
bank district. We believe it an important matter that IOW we have it
this way to prevent the state from being divided financially and commercially.


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My dear Sir:
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Herewith I hand you telegram of
the American National Bank of Atoka,Oklahoma
which is for your a7nropriate consideration.

Honorable "v.F.EcAdoo,
Secretary of the Treasury,
rashinston,D.O.


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HON CHAS CARTER
UNITED STATES SENATOR
- WE EAM:EOTLY PROTEST AGAINST BEING
BEST BUSINESS INTERESTS

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WASHN DC

PLACED IN DISTRICT ELEVEN OUR
SERVED IN DISTRICT TEN VIE

URGE YOUR ASSISTANCE


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611 AM

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SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
AOMAS W. HARDWICK, GA., CHAIRMAN.
WILLIAM A. ASHBROOK, OHIO.
LUTHER W. MOTT, N. Y.
JAMES L. SLAYDEN, TEX.
GEORGE C. SCOTT, IOWA.
JEREMIAH DONOVAN, CONN.
E. E. ROBERTS, NEV.
LADISLAS LAZARO, LA.
ABRAHAM L. KEISTER, PA.
FRANKLIN BROCKSON, DEL.
CHARLES H. DILLON, S. DAK.
JOHN W. ABERCROMBIE, ALA.
LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH.
SANFORD KIRKPATRICK. IOWA. SAMUEL E. WINSLOW, MASS.
WILLIAM 11, MURRAY, OKLA.
FRED E. LEWIS, PA.
J. KUHIO KALANIANAOLE, HAWAII.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND M
WASHINGTON, D. C.

E. T. SHURLEY. CLERK.

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To the Secretnry of the Treasury,
Washington,

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Dear Sir:—
7erewith

A

let'er from V. M. 3la1ely, Vice ?rent American

National B nk, "letumkl, Oklahoma, re-,ltive to the regional reserve
district concerning which I addressed you q letter the other thy.
You will observe that he states that all of croup three of the
bnnkors of the State, except 7uchee county, is now with the Kansas City
district.

If you c_tn not put the entire State in the Kansas City

district please to put 'Tuches county in that district.

You will observe

the
by reference to the map that this can be 'one without breaking
policy you have in mind.
Yansas
I sincerely request that you put this county with

city,

and other towns.
which includes the b -tiks at Hollenville, 9/etumka
Yours sincerely,

sre"

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W. M, BLAKELY,SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.

JOHN D. R EEO,PREsioeNT
E.D.HALL,CASHIER.

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Washinton, D.
Dear Sir :

7;e are writing to a:31c you to kindly use your influence
with the organization committee of the Federal Reserve System
qiid if possible keep Oklahoma intact in a regional reserve bank
district

and we think it is to the interest of the Oklahoma

banks to be in the Kansas City district If the committee will not consider the proposition to
put the whole state in

he Kansas City District, we hope you

can at least induce them to put Hughes County with the rest of
Group Three - it being the only county in the Group that was
not placed in the Kansas City district .
We have no business relations whatever with Dallas and
have always depended upon Kansas City and we feel that it is
an injustice to be compelled to leave the City of our old
friends and have to begin over with strangers
And

we feel

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that our state and the State
of Texas will

need assistance at the same time and we fear that the Dallas
district will not; be strong enough to meet the demands
Very

Respectfully

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J. M .BROWNING,CAsHIER

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W.T. FORE MAN ,VICE-PREs
D. A. FOWLE
, ASST CASHIER

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PROFITS $15,000/
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Sir:
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In the i ntglre st or the future \ire
Oklahoma; 1 , 1 thrt 111ne of;!ustice, equity z..rd
for uozens of Lood reasons which I L.ri sure you
urderstand, ve ask that you uoe your utmost in'luence
to correct the indefensible devision of our state
b:
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P.coer-7,
! Ro!,rd.
It is almost unbelivable that our 12art of the
state would be Fkec. to try to force the river of
our fthace to Tlow uphill instead of its nAural
course in which it 1ms hoen flowinE so mv,ny yearc,but
a division of the st-zAe is even worse.
We have never had any busine-ss relatic\)Lo with
firiancitll centers to our south, they
have neveany npecial fnterost in securing or handling
our huninn8s, and it will be most unnz...turl and undesirahle
to us to sever our old tine connectiont:;
try io hufid
up new onos, in,pec;ally in a locality co very inconvenient.
.;:c have nothinc Aatever against Dallas, are glad they
secureu a reserve Ban17 etc but certainly do ohjet mont
e!lphatioally to beinc attacheu is v. tail to that distrfot,
and more cspectE.11y to having our state div .ded.
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SCOTT FERRIS
WASHINGTON DC
4E WISH TO PROTEST THL ACTION OF THE RESERVE BANK
COMMITTEE IN DIVIDING OUR STATE INTO TWO DISTRICTS EVERY
NATIONAL
BANK IN OKLAHOMA DESIRES THE STATE KEPT IN TACT IN A
REGIONAL RESERVE BANK DISTRICT


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. HARDWICK, GA.. CHAIRMAN.
M A, ASH BROOK, OHIO. LUTHER W. MOTT, N.Y.
S L. SLAYDEN, TEX.
GEORGE C. SCOTT, IOWA.
EMIAH DONOVAN, CONN,
E. E. ROBERTS, NEV.
ADISLAS LAZARO, LA.
ABRAHAM L. KEISTER, PA.
FRANKLIN BROCKSON, DEL.
CHARLES H. DILLON, S. DAK.
JOHN W. ABERCROMBIE, ALA.
LOUIS C. CRAMTON, MICH.
SANFORD KIRKPATRICK, IOWA. SAMUEL E. WINSLOW, MASS.
WILLIAM H. MURRAY, OKLA.
FRED E. LEWIS, PA.
J. KUHIO KALANIANAOLE, HAWAII.
E. T. SHURLEY, CLERK.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV
COMMITTEE ON COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AN

MEASURES.

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Hon. WM. G. McAdoo.

'Res, flank Org Committee

Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:The division of the State of,Oklahoma between the Dallas and
Kansas City resez.ve districts places the southern portion cf cur State at
a very serious disadvantage.

I am urged by means of many telegrams to

protest against this assignment, which I do now.
However, I realize it may net be possible to comply with their
request, hence I am going to ask you especially if you can not place
Hughes and Pottawatomie counties, if either or any portion of them are
south of the line, in the 7Aneas City district, if not all of the
remaining part of the State.


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J M GORDON PRESIDENT.
C E .COSTELLO.VICE PRESIDENT
F. J STAFFORD, VICE PRESIDENT.

CAPITAL 5 25.000. SURPLUS S25.000.

T. J. LAWS, CASHIER.

3LANCHAFRD. OKLA. April 8th, 1914

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Hon. Scott Ferris,
Washington, P.C.
Dear

!:ird the comrittee of the Federal Peserve Associntior
has divided Oklahoma in two divisions and which throws us in
the Dallas Pistrict. Since our business relations have
always been with Kansas 'ity and St. Louis, throwing us in
the Dallas District does not meet with our approval at all,
to say nothing of the many reasons why the entire state should be
kept intact and the advantages of being in a district north of us
to that south, since north is the general trend of nearly all
our business.
Will kindly ask that you use you very best efforts to get
the lines changed putting the entire state in the Kansas City
District.


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Thanking you very kindly for your efforts, I am,
Yours very truly

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Nineteen fourteen.

Herewith I hand you two telegrams which
are explanatory and for your consideration.
Very truly yours,

Al

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Secretary of the Treasury,
r'ashinston,D.C.


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CASH CAPITAL,$40,000.00

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April 7th. 14.

Ion. Scott Ferris,
71ember of Congress,
Washing;ton, D.C.
Dear
I am writing you concerning the seiection of regional reserv
ebank districts. As you doubtless know •this part
of Oklahoma has been
placed in District No. 11 with nails, Texas as
the location for the Bank.
In the first place we are very much opposed to the
dividing of the State of
Oklahoma. It will result in a great loss to our growi
ng commonwealth.
As we understand the situation Texas alone has bankin
r, capital sufficient
to form a bank— This being true there is no good reaso
n why Okla. should
be split in the middle from east to west just to
please Texas and her
leaders in Washington. This will be too expcnsi,re for
Oklahoma.
From this region of Okla. there is. absolutely no trend
or business toward
Dallas Texas. No Texas advocate will claim that the
natural course of
business is toward any Texas City, but on the contra
ry its positive toward
Oklahoma City and Kansas City. For example our R.R. busine
ss our P.O. business remittances for merchandise, purchase of livestock, breedin7, animals
and last, but not least, automobiles all from Okla.
City, Kans. City and
on north and east. I am in favor of Texas having a reserv
e bank but I
want her to have 't without tearing Okla. into two
parts.
I want to ask of you to do everything that you can to aid
us in getting
this part of Okla. attached to district No. 10, at the
opportune time.


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Very truly,

THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT

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HON SCOTT FERRIS
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JE DO NOT LIKE THE

PLAN OF HAVING OKLAHOMA

TWO RESERVE DISTRICTS WE WANT
IN THE KANSASCITY DISTRICT


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HON SCOTT FERRIS
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IF YOU CAN HELP US

WASHINGTON DC
IN ANY WAY TO HAVE

(HIS PART OF OKLAHOMA PLACED
INSTEAD OF DALLAS WE WILL

IN KANSASCITY REGIONAL BANK DISTRICT

APPRECIATE ANY THING YOU WOULD

DO FOR US
NATIONAL BANK OF ANADARKO


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R.BEN POPEJOY,Ass-r. CASHIER

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(CAPITAL50,000.00

ANADARKO,OK LA.
April 7, 1914

Honorable Scott Ferris,
United States Congressman,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
In reference to the Districts created by the
Organization Committee and the effect upon the financial interests of
tie State of Oklahoma, it is my candid opinion that the division of
our state between the Kansas City and tne Dallas Bistricts will prove
contrary to the established and natural trend of our financial business
and prove a heavy blow to the commercial interests of our entire state;
making thebuilding up of a strong Branch Bank within our state
practically impos3ible.

We prot -st against the division of our

state and ask that you use your erforts to have this matter changed
and prt,serve our state intact.

I assure you that you will render

our state a great service in bringing about this correction.


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Very t

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CORDELLOKLAHOMA
April,

7,1914

Iion, Scott Ferris, H.R.
Washington, D.C.
Der Sir:
At a meeting of the Directors of the
Farmers National Bank on Ai)r11,7, a resolutio• was
adopted directing me to write you expressing to you
oqr regret over the action of the Federal Reserve Board
in dividing this state between two regional reserve
districts and respectfully requesting your influence
in obtaining a reconsideration of ttil action. we are
opposed to being placed. in a district with Dallas,
Texas, as our reserve city

and prefer Kansas City as our

first choice. Being acquainted and
conditions in Southwestern

connected with our

Oklahoma you will readily

see that the trend: oif our business is not toward Dallas
but toward the lio-theast. Futhemore you no doubt
already realize the importance to us in Oklahoma

in

maintaining our state undivided.
We trust that we may receive your
th1J1 iiit

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Respectfully

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W.S. GUTHRIE, President, Okla. City
H. M. SPALDING, Vice-President, North Enid

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
T. H. DWYER, Chairman, Chickasha
BERT HUDSON Randlett
L. D. ANDERSON
- Medford
F. H. LOOSEN
Okarche
E. K. HIMES
- Norman
G. E. DOWIS
Blackwell
A. L. CHURCHILL Vinita
H. A. McCAULEY
Sapulpa
A. U. THOMAS
- McAlester
P. C. DINGS
Ardmore

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SECRETARY

gtOUCCOLCORD BUILDING, OKLAHOMA CITY

April 7, 1914.

To 0.B.A. Members in Dallas District,
Gentlemen:Without presuming in the least to dictate in the
matter of the regional reserve bank districts, we feel
that another letter at this time will be welcomed by
you, in view of the many urgent letters and. ,telegrams
we have received.
The writer has much information which it is impossible to convey in a letter, but the main point is:
After communicating with senators Owen and Gore, all
Oklahoma's congressmen, and after consulting with bankers in Kansas City personally arld canvassing the situation as thoroughly as time has permitted; we are convinced that there. is a reasonable chance by proper activity to get Oklahoma placed in one regional district.
As for a branch bank, the administration forces
inclined
to adopt the policy of placing branches
are
only where there are not overnight facilities for handling business. Under that policy and the districts as
now framed, every city in Oklahotha is barred from obtaining a branch.
Our information is that 95,!, of the Oklahoma banks
that have been placed in the Dallas district are very
much opposed to this arrangement. We ask that any bank
that is contented to remain in that district please
write us at once. All others hou1d fill out the enclosed form AND RETURN TO THE WRITER. (lb not mail it
to Washington.) This is VERY IMPORTANT AND SHOULD -HAVE
YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
Farther suggestions will follow developments.
Very truly yours,

1;1/0-171./
Secretary O.B.A.

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C. F. MCDONALD, Cashier

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J. 0. CHAM NESS, Asst. Cashier
A.A. PITNEY, Asst. Cashier

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Congressman Scott Ferris,
Washington,

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Dear Sir:
We wish to call your attention to the d71.vieion of
Oklahoma into two regional districts, which we feel will have
a disasterous effect upon the future growth of Oklahome.
We feel that it will be to the best interests of the
State by our being in the Kansas City district, this bank being
placed in that district we have no cause for complaint for our
personal interests.
What we wish to avoid is the division of the State
commercially end financially, and feel that this division is most
unfortunate for the State.

We believe that the southern part of the

State should be placed with Kansas City, retaining the State intact.
We trust that you will make your most strenuous
objections in the southern part of Oklahoma being placed in the
Texas district.
Yours very truly,

D'ct-P

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HON SCOTT FERRIS
WASHINGTON DC
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IN DALLAS REGIONAL BANK DISTRICT

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SCOTT FERRIS
CONGRESSMAN WASHINGTON DC
PLEASE USE YOUR STRONGEST INFLUENCE TO
IN ONE REGIONAL BANK DISTRICT

HAVE ALL OKLAHOMA PUT

AND LET THIS BE WITH

KANSASCITY IF POSSIBLE


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Hon. Scott Ferris,
Washington, 11 C.
ky Dear Friend Scott:We Oklahoms people are very much
dissopointed over our reserve bank disrict
and we do not think that our state, under
nny condition, should have been divided, nnd
we think a great injw:tice has bee!) done our
stPte.
7e feel that Kanwas City i$ the gate
way for our business end fully 90 ¶ of our
business leads to Kansas City, and if we could
not have had Kansas City for Oklahoma we think
the next 1ogicr,1 pl.-,ce would h.
,ve been
St. Louis;nnd being in the Dells District
we certainly Are disappointed, Rnd we would
just 8boui. #14 soon have been placed in
the Californin District. I believe I em voicingr
'a very large per cent of the bnnkers md
reople of our stqte over this locntion. We have
no Pore spots pgqinst Dmllas but it is not the
logical piece for nny of the Oklshomn
So I trust t:st our congressmen nnd
Senators can see their wny clear to protest
against the dividing of our state lnd nsk for
it to be held. together wherever we wilt h .ve to
go, if that be, Kansas City, Dallis or nny
other place, cind I believe that fully 9Q %
of us bnnkers wanted to be in the Knnsas City
£jstrict,
I trust that this 'matter may be
4 reconsidered by the Federal Board.
Yours

truLy,

Presi en
FIT/P'13.


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On behalf of the Chairman, I
b3g to ackno-710(L;( tia reci.-),
4 of your telegram of April 3rd requesting tat you be place
d
in the Kansas City instea:: of tlls Dalas dist
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and in relay be
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to advise that tho certificate

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tho goograulAc%1 liits

of 1;11e redJral Reslrve districts, Irts bo.m
filed
with the Co:iptrollor of the Currency tild
the Organization Committee cannot alter its docloon.
R1s2ectfully,

Secretary,
Realry) Bank Orniz4tion Committee.

The LAvton Clearing lift;se Aeociati
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Lawton, Oklahoma.

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US IN KANSASCITY MISSOURI REGIONAL

IT WILL BE VERY BAD
WAY TO DIVIDE THE STATE;

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
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HON SCOTT FERRIS
WASHINGTON DC
WILL APPRECIATE ANY EFFORTS TO
.STATE PLACED IN THE KANSASCITY

HAVE THIS SECTION OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK DISTRICT INSTEAD

OF DALLAS LETTER FOLLOWS


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SNYDER OKLA APRIL 4 14
HON SCOTT FERRIS
WASHINGTON DC
WE PROTEST AGAINST BEING PLACED

IN REGIONAL BANK OF DALLAS

BECAUSE OUR TRADE TERRITORY FOREIGN

BUSINESS IS WITH KANSASCITY PLEASE

OF OUR COMMERCIAL AND BANK
USE YOUR BEST EFFORTS TO

TO THEM FULLY NINETY PERCENT

HAVE US PLACED IN KANSASCITY

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April 4,

1914.

The Federal Reserve Banking Board,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
We respectfully request that this county
be transfered from the Dallas to the Kansas City Reserve
District as that is the course of all our business.
We do not now and never have handled any business
through Texas points.
If you can consisterAly do so we would appreciate
very much your making this change.


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LAwrroiNTI OKL.A.

April 4

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Hon. Wm. G. LicAdoo, Chairman,

APR 1 1 1914
*-Fhington, D. C.
Res. 8.9ink Org Committee

Dear Sir:

We wish to enter a protest against being
placed in the Dallas district,

as our business is done

altogether through Oklahoma City, and Kansas City, and
we wish to be with the rest of the state, of )klahora.
Kindly give tliiv 7om- consideration.
Yours very truly,

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A. J. FINCH, VICE PRE sr.

3rd signed by all of the National Banks of Custer County, protesting
being attaclk

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bank established in this county, we have had practically no
business with Dallas banks, and regret very much having been
attached to that district. We have been many years establishing
ourselves with Kansas City banks, and hope you will

find some

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April 4, 1914.

MELD. FOR

R. ELLIOTT:
Please advise Lawton Clearing House

Association, in answer to attached

that the

Committee cannot alter its decision.
W. G. McAdoo.

NO. 9976

The Beckham.CcountyNatiorial 13arlk
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Setyre,Okla. April 4th.14

iion—Jcott Farris,
iashineton, D. J.
iZy Dear Congressman:
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have just sent you the follo7inn,

messaA i nd desire herein to confirm same"iiill appreciate
any efforts to have thi:, section of the State placed in
the Kansas City Federal Reserve Lank district instead of
Dallas". And in this connection I wish to state, that I
feel that 1 am not only voicinf

the preference of this

bank L_Lone but those of this entire district, and as
Chairman of Croup one of The Oklahoma Ianker2 Association
and in pret

close touch with its members I feel safe in

saying that practically ever; member of this ,7roup prefers
Kansas city over Dallas.
The trend of businel7s from this section has
alwa-v s been towards Kansas .it

and St.Louis and not

Dallas and the banks of this section have establsihed
--- relations tkat at 1:4.nsas Cit, that the;,, would much
)refer not be broken.
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Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not bold itself liable for errors or delays in
transmission or delivery of tharepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a stim equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of
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BELVIDERE BROOKS GENERAL MANAGER

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Okla., Apr'l

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To the Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:—
This bank, having been placed in District
No. 11 of the Regional Reserve Banking System,
declares its natural course of trade and finan—
cial communication violated, and urgently re—
quests that the districts be so re—adjusted
that it will be in District No. 10, with head—
quarters at Kansas City.
Bank
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HANN tK Gar, OKLA.
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quests that the districts be so re—adjusted
that it will be in District No. 10, with head—
quarters at Kansas City.
Bank
Officer Signing
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cial communication violated, and urgently re—
quests that the districts be so re—adjusted
that it will be in District No. 10, with head—
quarters at Kansas City.
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Okla., Apr

1914.

To the Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:—
This bank, having been placed in District
No. 11 of the Regional Reserve Banking System,
declares its natural course of trade and finan—
cial communication violated, and urgently re—
quests that the districts be so re—adjusted
that it will be in District No. 10, with head—
quarters at Kansas City.
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quarters at Kansas City.
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1914..

To the Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:—
This bank, having been placed in District
No. 11 of the Regional Reserve Banking System,
declares its natural course of trade and finan—
cial communication violated, and urgently re—
quests that the districts be so re—adjusted
that it will be in District No. 10, with head—
quarters at Kansas City.
Bank
Officer Signing
aeciares its naturai Course oi traae ana iinan—
cial communication violated, and urgently re—
quests that the districts be so re—adjusted
that it will be in District No. 10, with head—
quarters at Kansas City.
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To the Federal Reserve Board,
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Gentlemen:—
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1914.

To the Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:This bank, having been placed in District
No. 11 of the Regional Reserve Banking System,
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1914.

To the Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:This bank, having been placed in District
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