The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-13
UTAH CREDIT MEN
IN ANNUAL MEETING
The Salt Lake Association
Stands at the Head Of the
Procession.
AFTER NATIONAL MEETING
TO BE HELD In 1908
ROusing Addresses at the Ban.
quet Held at the CONNER
cial Club i'm Evening.

nual meeting. OF the Utah Credlt Men 8
association, the most emphatic and per
haps the most important was the sub
scribing Of fund of $4,000 for the
purpose of prosecuting fraudulent debt
ors. This is to be used without the
semblance Of leniency wherever IL ap.
plies,
AS was explained bv Manager Van
Dam, crooked dealing is the one thing
to which the association Is empbatlcal"
ly opposed, and is the one thing
against which an uncompromlsing fight
will be waged. "We realize that ad
verse circumstances control in the af-
fairs of some business men and con-
! cerns,' said be, land we have every
| sympathy with the unfortunate. To
wards these we will exercise every rea
sonable charity but we will not COM
promise with the dishonest.
Another important move was the de-
cislon of the association to send n rep
resentative delegation TO the annual
convention of the national association
which is to be held at Chicago IN juno,
and make a determined effort TO bring
the 1908 convention to Salt Lake, The
delegation will be headed by Fisher
Harris, and with the recent successes
of the Commercial clubs secretary in
mind there is every reason TO anticl-
| pate the success of the committee g
commission. As matter Of fact, this
success is not to be anticipated merely
from the efforts of the delegates, for
they VIII be able 10 bring other infu~
ences 10 bear that ought at least to
be most potent.
Ranks Well Up.
For instance, it was shown by the
reports of the officers at the business
session, which convened at 3 p. m,
that the association g record for the
past year entities it 10 be ranked
among the first. if not the first of the
associations in the United States. Ac-
! cording to the secretary's report, the
association closed sixty estates during
the year 190607 and paid an average
of 81 2"3 per cent. on the cases handled
1t is understood that tins showing can
! not be equalled by any other associa
! tion in America. The treasurer's re-
port showed that the annual receipts
were Sl6l, ,lS1,14, and the disburse-
| MED by statement showing the tabu-
| lated accounts for each month
President Arthur Parsons submitted
his annual report, in which he reviewed
the work of the association during the
year. In his summary he assorted that
everything pertaining to the associa-
! ton s work was eminently satisfactory.
/ The report Will be reproduced in the
near future.
AT the annual election Of officers
only two changes were made in the
personnel On the board of directors
John @. Critchlow succeeds p L. Doran
and j. T. Young succeeds j H. Smailes,
resigned. The officers elected for the
ensuing year arc: Arthur Parsons pres
ldent; Leon Sweet, vice-presdent J.
| w. Delano, secretary; A. D. McMullen.
treasurer. Directors, Samuel WeitZ'
John Q. Critchlow, Willard Scowcroft,
Edward Rosenbaum and j. T. Young.
Big Crowd at Banquet.
The meeting was largely attended
and at the final session. the banquet at
the Commercial club, the large dining
room was taxed to accommodate the
guests. 1t is needless to say that here
the serious business of the organiza.
tion, which had been thoroughly
threshed over at the afternoon session,
was completely forgotten President
Parsons served as toastmaster, and he
frequently interrupted the deliberations
by reading messages, as it were, from
noted personages, Among these was
! telegram, it was said, from w. j. Bryan
announcing that he would run again in
1908 and stating that he expected the
support of the Credit Men s association.
Another purported to be from Abe Ruef
and stated that as it was getting warm
In San Francisco he would move to Salt
Lake, provided he could establish line
of credit beforehand. Another purport.
ed to be from President Roosevelt. II
was as follows: Congratulations on
showing made by association last year.
You are another
John e. Critchlow spoke on "The
Adjustment Bureau and praised the
work and success of the association
He discussed some of the technical
phases Of the work and cited instances
wherein the association had benefited
both the debtor and creditor
j. T. Young, the newly elected mem
ber of the board of directors. spoke on
the subject "Our Ogden Members. - He
pledged the support of the Ogden NOR
chants in the work of the association.
James Lngrebretsen responded TO the
toast 9; The I'D Value of Organization" I"
tinent and telling anec dotes and CON
tanned sound logic. The value of organ
ization is self evident, he said. being
but an application of the familiar die.
tum, in Union There Is Strength >,
The only remarkable thing was that
the idea of credit men s association
was not conceived earlier
Nevada Legislation.
NJ. Thomas, one of the counsel for tbe
association, spoke on "Nevada LesgisIa.
tion," dwelling on the recently enacted
bulk sales law of that State and the
way in which the association was in
strumental in securing its adoption.
Fisher Harris delivered forceful ad-
dress on Community Advertising, -
Among other things he remarked that
all advertising must be absolutely truth
full to be effective. ''The tourist is
one desirable character, the homeseekcr
another and the investor third. - said
he, but perfect method of advertising
had not get been devised -
H. Van Dam, Jr., spoke on "Our Re
lations with the National Association
and stated the reasons why the local
organization did not ally itself with the
National association before last year
He said that it was not thought desir-
able because the Utah orpanizotion !