New-York tribune., 1907-09-28

gage gage IN business without danger Of violating it
conpscy cons Px aGft sB bet 6etTss1 bsa parties s5
enacted in state legislatures until ii has produced
Is so strict that if two butchers on opposite corners
oI the street should upon the price OF beef
spiT;acy can be proved without the usual forms Of
Sort'ne TOW can you expect men to rlsk lne1I @
oIIuIes and time in building up enterprises or con,
N business If they are liable TO be punShea
that fair agreement or organization for the con
LII o business shall not he conspiracy, and tlat
fI Sia b ne so round after proper investigation anu
-rSftLolidi SiVlc Federation has taken II up. ana
Tart of October. composed Of deIegaes from all the
states 10 seriously consider this reform. nope.
therefore, tlat some change will be made. nave
given You in haste some OF the reasons for my be
the railways Will 80 into the Hands Of receivers
they have done in former times in which the fires
De dIe ana no me iaborers 60 around the strefIs ts
diference between good lines n. and poor times is
very slght-less than 10 per cent As bankers we
this country and If our government officials IA
instead OF harping continually upon what is bad
VIII uphold the hands Of the good and true men IN
wealth to make better conditions to keep our mines
and business enterprises going. to keep the great
deed. Will have prosperity Above all we must
oT oT no Of a hcb a06 low Should be for concia
tion- Above all. We need rest from the wild talk
imply are going on and should be punished
John 7. P. Knight secretary of the Canadian
Bankers Association the programme Tor
an address. but President Whitson announced that
MI knight was unable to be present. The commit
tee on nominations then. through its chairman.
presented the expected ticket. which was accepted
without change. The first nomination was that or
J d Powers OF Louisville first president dur
ing the last year presidsnt. and the secretary
was directed TO q single ballot for Mr. Powers,
the election having been declared Mr.. Whtson
the outgoing president pinned the badge or once
on President Powerss coat and handed over the
eavel TO him with few Congratulatory words MI
Powers IN accepting Office. said that his cleo
ton was high compliment TO the State Of Ken
lucky as well as himself.
AT this point Secretary Branch laid on the presi-
dents desk box containing a big silver boW
which ex-Fresident John d Hamilton presented
10 the retiring president behalf Of the assoca-
ton. the executive council and his fellow~offcers
Mr Whitson returned his sincere thanks for the
gift which. he said. would always be priced by
him. George n. Reynolds. Of Chicago. who for the
last year has served chairman OF the executive
council then declared elected first vice presi
dent and the following were elected members Of
the executive council for three years to represent
the state association: S H. Burnham. Lincoln Neb: :
Z. D. Durham. Onaraga, Ill: y. 7. Gilbert. Law
ton. Okla: Charles B. Mills. Clinton. Iowa: Z. X
Smith. Texarkana. Ark; members at-large, Z. J.
Buck. Mobile. Ala: William J. Field. Jersey city:
John H Holiday. Indianapolis; George l.. Ramsey.
Helena, Mont: Charles L. Warren, New York
City; member representing trust company section.
H P. Mcintosh Cleveland; savings bank section
William r Greer Cleveland: clearing house sec
ton, z. c. MacDougau. Buffalo
Nice-presidents were next elected. one for each
state. The vice-president for New York is
Bradford Rhodes. of Mamaroneck; for New Jersey,
Harry H Pond, Nneland. and for Connecticut, ".
E Atwood. New Britain. Final adjournment FOL
lowed the completion OF the election, and in the
course Of the afternoon a large proportion OF the
delegates departed from the convention city.