The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-22
BANKERS OF UTAH .
IN CONVENTION

occasion ascended into, very high
mountain and he said to the person
who accompanied him. Behold the
cities of the world, the kingdoms q
this earth, II you VIII but fall down
and worship me, all OF these / VIII
give unto Won But the trouble was
he didn't own them. | hope our mayor
Is not In that unfortunate condition
this morning (Applausc and laugh
ter) When he says that everything
Is yours for the asking. | wonder
whether they are all his to give or
not, Lnughter) We hope so at
least We take It for granted he has
the authority to say unto us. All these
things arc yours. but 1t ls not neces-
sary for you TO fall down and wor~
ship me
81 feel We should be friends In bus
mess. that we should get closor to.
gether In looking back over the
history OF the past, 1t Is but few
decades since there were out few
banks in the state or territory OF
Utah-they could ali be numbered on
the fingers of your hands-but today
their numbers are legion and almost
every town OF importance within the
boundaries of the state Of Utah can
boast OF its home bank.
THE matter OF banking was little
understood by the people OF this ter
rltory and state until within the past
few years. The ordinary citizen felt
9 that banker was an individual who
belonged almost TO another world
and that he was unapproachable. and
when one went into his sanctum sane
forum, he felt almost as did Moses
In days OF old, when be was com
manded to remove bis shoes for tho
ground upon which he trod was holy
And that Is what We felt when we
came Into the presence of these great
bankers Of our territory and state.
But today. by closer union, by coming
In closer contact with them, We find
that they are but mortal beings. We
find also that they arc men of affairs,
that they are mon who understand
the financial conditions of our couns
try. and so we go to them with the
same confidence and with the same
assurance that we go TO our doctors
and 10 our lawyers. We find that our
interests are mutual and those bar
ricrs. l say. arc boiug dispelled and
thrown down, and We find that tho
bankers today stand between the
people and tho great financial disturb
ances that come to our country.
II the citizen could have that
confidence In our banker that he
has In his doctor when the complaint
from which he Is suffering IS dag
nosed. many of our financial reverses
could be ayerted, because we ought
TO go TO our banker and lay before
him our financial situation. when we
wish TO obtain loans. that he may uu-
derstand our condition and that he
may prescribe for us that which will
be for our mutual interests and ad~
vancements
'On ono occasion a man who had
amasscd considerable wealth was ap-
preached by a friend and this ques-
tion was asked OF him: How Is Il
that you have boen able TO accumu'
late the great wealth that YOU pos
scssT And the man answered like
this, Why he said, my friend, there
are two reasons that | can give that
Will account for the means that
have accumulated in this life One
Of them is that half OF my wealth
uaNG 'DldiuEu tnipuHh III y
own business. and the other half of
my means have accumulated through
letting othor peoples business alone.
(Laughter)
NOW, perhaps, that Is very good
advice as a general rule, but I won.
der how It will work out In the mat
tel OF banking business IL we were
to attend TO our own business strict
y. we would soon go out Of business
Usually II Is our business to look
after the business of our friends and
TO see that 1t is taken care of. The
man today in the banking business
who has the most friends. all other
things being equal, Is the man who
makes the greatest success in the
banking business. because 1t Is out OF
our friends we make our money, for
our enemies. II we are unfortunate
to have any. Will not patronIze us
And SO we should be extremely care
full of our business. for when we
make 4 loan and make an enemy, We