St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-29
ENJOYABLE BANQUET
At The NEW HOTEL
4 Large Crowd o. People Participate ln the
Supper in CelebFaiIon of the
OPENING 0F NEW LACONE:
DE-. John 4. Haas Makes Painted Speech On
Relation O1 banks 10 The Progress uf
0fA CIiy-sther Toasis Made.

3 The banquet and supper Oh Ii
occasion Of the celebration of III
opening of the New Lacombe. on
/, lousas' swell hosbelry, was lareel
attended last Sunday, and the ever
: ing passed off most pleasantly.
The people began To foregathe
there at 8 o'clock, and a constan
stream was kept up until late TIA
night. The banquet proper, at wllicI
members of the Board Of Director
and Board of Trustees. with thef
invited guests, were assembled. t1ol
place at 8 o'clock. These occnpiei
the center table of the spaciou.
dining room, the festivities lasting
until near IL o'clock.
MANY happy toasts were m4de
Hon. John w Lewis was toastmaster
and acted his part to perfection, and
! did not leave a single man uncaIled
for. Mr. JOS M. Boagni, Or. Jno. Is
Haas, Mayor HaIphen, Mr. Leonce
Sandoz, Leon S. Haas, Esq, Sheriff
Swords, District Attorney Garland
Mine Host Cretin, Mr.. Williams. the
last named being The bridge builder
Of the Frisco road, and many others,
made appropriate toasts.
The menu was excellent. and the
vine, cigars, etc, iii consonance with
the menu.
Withal. the celebration Of the
opening of the New Laeombe viii
long be remembered.
One of the practical toasts of the
evening was delivered by DR.. John A.
Haas. President Of the ST. Landry
State Bank. His subject was The
Relation of Banks I'd the Progress Of
a City. His speech was received
with much applause, as ii struck a
keynote vital To the community and
its banking Institutions. His toast
follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Under our system Of modern ciYili-
zation the world occupied By civilized
man is one teeming mass DC activity.
Many are the Vocations Of men. with.
each individual member struggling for
the mastery and the promotion Of bis
material interests. The various classes
and subdivisions of the Yocations
which lie in the field Of his activity
give rise To many complications, and
result in very many complex systems
under which the business Of the world
must be transacted.
The amount at conflicting elements
in these systems determines the
amount Of competition which one
must encounter Id the transaction of
business, and jeopardlzes success To-
an extent commensurate with ones
ability to successfully meet adverse
conditions. But, there Is great
neutral ground where the conflicting
interests Of trade and commerce and
industry ali meet.
That is the Bank, the institution
whose origin arose from the necessity
of having facilities for the storing, |
the safe keeping, and the safe trans
mission Of money from one locality to |
another for the liquidation Of balances.
These institutions, founded primarily
FOR the transmission Of money through /
the medium Of paper credits, have
now SO grown IN Importance, and have
become SO improved in method, that +
they reach out to al the people, and +
perVade all the departments OF human
commerce and industry. They have
become common repositories where
the most Of the money Of individuals
is deposited; sd that the bank of to-
day is the custodian and manipulation
OF other peoples money, and derives
from such manipulation the profit re-
shifting from his banking operations.
This handling of other people
money necessarily imposes more eau
ton and invests these transactions
With more safeguards; hence it re-
Iuires that the successful banker be
: man of keen perception, ready ac-
ton. good Judge Of human nature,
IN expert IN the estimation Of values,
and above all other things else a man
u strict integrity. The profits Of
.he bank, depending principally on
5he amount of money which comes
nto the bank as deposits, and the
ability of the banker TO invest these
deposits il such q way as to be both
Iafe to the depositor and profitable
% the bank, require chat the banker
should in some way foster, stimulate,
nd lend his assistance to alI we'll
managed and legitimate enterprises
which arise III 4 city
In order to do this work success
ully, II j. necessary that great tact |
I'D good judgement should Be ex
Fcised Oh The part of The bank of- ,
eials, go that the wheas may be {
eparated from the chat tEe vain