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Merely a Tempest In a Teapot! BY THE EDITOR Small depositors who have been withdrawing their money from any of the Tacoma banks in the last few days ought to be told the facts. The facts are that every Tacoma bank is solid, and that there is no chance whatever of any depositor's losing a cent through the inability of any one of them to pay in full. I am making this flat-footed assertion, not on my own authority, but on the earnest assurance of several of the most influential and best informed bankers in the city, one of whom is Chester Thorne, president of the National Bank of Tacoma. Money enough is available, if occasion required, to liquidate every Tacoma bank completely. That is an almost unprecedented situation, but it actually exists. What small runs there have been seem to have been caused by plain ignorance of the facts and by malicious stories. Chapter 97, laws of 1913, in section one makes it a gross misdemeanor for any person to transmit to another person false statements regarding the financial standing of a bank or to do anything encouraging another to start such rumors. It might be well if an example could be made of some such offender. Instead of anything like a panic or hard times or a shortage of money, Tacoma right now is on the verge of the greatest growth and prosperity in its history; its banks are filled with cash. If you see one of these timorous, scary individuals, tell him so; reason with him; advise him to forget his piffling little "run," and to put in his time at something constructive.