Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-22
WILL ENTERTAIN
BANKERS ROYALTY
Complete Official Program of the
Business Sessions and
Social Features
DOORS OF HOSPITALITY OPEN
Meeting Considered from BuSi-
ness Standpoint Most I'M
portant Ever Held
DOORS OF HOSPITALITY OPEN

The official program for the business
sessions of the American Bankers as
sociation convention to be held in Los
Angeles october 8 to inclusive, to-
gether with all arrangements made for
the entertainment of the delegates and
their wives, daughters and sweet
hearts, has been completed by the To-
cal committee.
The convention will be one of the
most important from business stand
point ever held in the United States,
while socially considered Los Angeles
will throw wide open the doors of hos
pitality and give the visitors the time
of their lives in the round of enter
tainments provided,
Following is the complete official
program:
MONDAY, OCTOBER
Meeting of committees of the various
sections of the association during the
day.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER
General session of the convention will
be called to order Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock at the Temple auditorium,
Fifth and Olive streets. Rev. Robert
Burdette will deliver the Invocation,
followed by an address of welcome by
Governor. NTllleIL ana I'LL ttudl COS ~
Mayor George Alexander extending the
hospitality and good wishes of the city
of Los Angeles to the visitors. Thls
will be followed by an address by w.
H. Holiday, president of the Los An
geles Clearing House association.
Business session of the convention
Tuesday afternoon. Addresses by
prominent speakers.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3
General business session of the con-
vention will open at 10 a. m. at the
auditorium. The trust company sec
ton of the A. B. A. has outlined the
following program:
Meeting to be called to order by the
president of the section at 10 a. m.
Prayer by the Rev. j. Whitcomb
Brougher, pastor Temple auditorium.
Address of welcome on behalf of the
city of Los Angeles by Joseph Scott
president Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce.
Address of welcome on behalf of the
trust companies of California by j. c.
Drake, president Los Angeles trust
and Savings bank.
Reply to addresses Of welcome and
annual addresses by the president, II.
p Mcintosh.
Report of the secretary by Philip S.
Babcock.
Report of the executive committee
by Lawrence l.. Gillespie, chairman
Report of committee on protective
laws by Lynn II. Dinktns, chairman.
j. Ross Clark, vice president san
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Rail-
road company, THE Banker in Rela-
tion to the Railroads"
William c. Poillon, vice president
Mercantile Trust company of New
York. 1.-THE Advantage to the Trust
Company in Having Loans Secured by
Marketable Collateral Rather Than by
Personal Credit"
Wilbur NJ. Baldwin, assistant treas
urer Citizens Savings and Trust COM
pany, Cleveland, o., "The Advisability
of Trust Company Maintaining an
Auditing Department Rather Than
Having Periodical ADULTS from With
out"
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
The following subjects have been Sc
lected as of interest to this section,
and it is hoped that they will pro-
mote active discussion by the members
present, who are urged to speak freely
upon them:
l. Importance OF cultivation of
personal relations between trust COM
pany officers and their clients and de-
positors." Discussion to be opened by
Edward Stark, trust officer Of the
Union Savings Bank and Trust COM
pany of Cincinnati, O.
q Investments Of trust funds and
the respective interest therein of life
tenant and remainder man. Discus
sion to be opened by Isaac H. Orr,
trust officer of the Merchants Trust
company, st. Louis, Mo-
g. 1.-THE duties and responsibilities
of a bond department in offering Sc
curities to the public" Discussion to
be opened by E. K. Boisot, vice presi-
dent First Trust and Savings bank,
Chicago, Ill, followed by T. j. Par
sons, secretary United States Mort
gage and Trust company Of New York
city, and Dinner Beeber, president
Commonwealth Title Insurance and
Trust company, Philadelphia, Pa.
4. General discussion of such other
topics as may be proposed and may
have the approval Of the presiding Of
1icer.
Roll call of states, to be answered by
vice president Of the section in brief
written reports dealing with the MIS-
tory of the trust companies in the sew
eral states during the preceding year
and with the conditions under which
they are now operating and other mat