The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-17


as much propordonately as it has in
the best towns in our own new terri.
tory and it is only natural for the high
point to have been reached. Cattle
are now quite low but they have come
down so gradually that no particular
harm has been done. We have al
ways had and perhaps always will nave
good and bad times. but the disas
trous panics of former years will be
controlled in the future just as yellow
fever ard small pox are controlled and
stamped out, as was recently and bril-.
liantly demonstrated by chat good city
the conservative and solid money met
ropolis of the west. st. Louis.
On a rich bottom farm in the state
of Illinois, my father used TO cut water
sprouts from his apple trees and put
us boys at work pulling suckers from
the growing corn, both developed by
splendid growth and fertile soil. and
the same rule will apply to many of
the recent failures which represent
the oyergrow,h of good crops and
prosperity There is a leveling pro
cess at work constantly which pre-.
serves a ratio in economic matters and
there is no use in one lying awake of
nights wondering and worrying about
trusts branch banking and the will-o-
the-wisp OF asset currency
The strong bank. whether large or
small and it may be either, is like a
good ship that draws a deep draught
and does not bob up and down for
every wave that strikes il, but sails
smoothly and quietly along
During the last session of the ter.
ritorial Legislature, the executive com.
mittee was called to meet in this city
20 discuss and urge the passage OF
some measures pertaining to banks
and banking and especially to provide
ways and means Tor the territorial
bank commissioner to meet the emerg-
eneies arising in his office on account
of the great increase in the number
OF banks coming under his supervision
BY earnest work the committee sue
ceeled in getting some relief. yet by
no means enough TO cover and /
woui recommend that the matter be
taken up a-ain at the proper time.
In order TO better acquaint our
members with the different makes and
construction OF bank safes, a very i'm
portant and quite expensive part OF a
banks equipment. and to add a new
feature to our convention, we have is
sned an invita- ion to all the safe man.
companies OF the United
States to have on exhibition here a
sample of their safes and. II possible,
TO give practical demonstration of
their relative rength by competi-
two test Machines OF all kinds are
tested before being put into use and
! can see no reason why a safe that
is to be trusted to carry The treasure
Of bank, SHOULD not be tried before
trusted
To our faithful and efficient secre-
tary. who has been leading tho siren
uous life for the past Two months. we
owe to a great extent our increased
membership and the excellent pro
gram before you
The Guthrie bankers do not do
things by halves and have gone down
into their Golfers for the wherewith 10
provide a royal time for as all So let
us be up and doing AMI derive as great
a benefit as possible from informing,
ling and exchanging IDEAS
] congratulate the bankers Of Okla
homa on the splendid record they
have made during ;he past year and
Judging from the bank reports their
shareholders have no room 10 com
plain on account OF their dividends.
A number OF state banks have gone In
10 the national system and quite a
OF new banks have been or
ganized. thus giving nearly every
town in the territory banking facill-
ties.
The opening Of Oklahoma has 6e-
yeloped a wonderful field for the en-
ergetlc young banker and a glance at
the faces present will show thai he
has not been slow In grasping the op-
portunity Afforded AS representa-
tlyes OF our obOsea calling. let US keep
the standard high Every employee IN
every bank in this territory. regard
less Of his position should strive 10
attain such a degree Of excellence IN
his particular work as would make
Oklahoma noted for its efficient and
commemorative bankerg