The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
Walker Brothers
Bankers
The Oldest Rank in TJt,b

anty for ,hc payment of loans But thiu
is not OFTEN and heaven knows not fo1
long. When in doubt lsud who is MOI
In doubt when he undertakes 10 mako n
business loau?) who Is called IMP Th1
lawyer. and then YOU ask how lie cvisfa'
tie advises and direrls YOU and for fjt{.
the lawyer imposes his initial la. upp,
the increment you hope to receive. TIM
passes. The loan falls due. The bor-
rover does not Pay. You send for tlif
lawyer and he taxes you again upon t,1
increment YOU have earned and have mol
received, and upon the principal yor
have parted with and which las not beon
returned To you, 10 date .you have .Ion(
nothing save by his direction He ilsteu1
To the case. hemS, haws. looks wise and
the halo OF wisdom about his head spai>
kles and corruScatcS like the aGveriiec.
tion of lost manhood. Finally. he hreal.
forth in profound rcrhla-c. He ca 7cyi>
points TO the Tact that h3' some niis|
chance YOU have failed - nut the sIe>
OF IN" dollar before the numcra'3 = set furif
In the instrument tic doubts the effer
Of this omission on ;hc courts. The fa<|
that all this might hare been discovere<
by him at the time lo put his o. Il. nI
the papers Is OF no moment. II nowis>
results in a lowering OF his own eslfinaf<
Of his legal attainHicnts; nor by the sasl(
token does II diminish your con licIcnce ii
him, for The simple reason that the SAND
thing or 4 like one. has occurred so Otto
III your experience That il causes no mon
OF sensation than the assault NJ a gfsa|
on the hide of 4 rhinoccroS. tfiow doe.
he lawyer cXiSt?J Your lawyer make
a few inCartations Ithat is. he taII
lcaruediy) and vou comprehend ,hai M
has consented TO look up the authoritit|
and will advise YOU later rs 10 the TeriU
OF your contention Meanwhile anoi],c|
tax as retainer is cNacted out OF itN|
interest you have not collected and IN
t,.. .t..iN
turned.
Kept in Suspense.
After much suspense and a lapse n
three or four weeks your anxiety sr1sc'
To point where II overcomcs the SEM
OF awe that possesses YOU fey him. au|
you ask. the result of his investigations
He blandly inquiries about what YOU An
talking, and when, by repeated explaua|
Lions. YOU effect q concentration OF -bI|
mind so that lie recalls the subject. III
face illumines with smile OF recog1iI
tion and his reply Is likely to be: '.'0H
yes, | did look somewhat into thn
question, Ycs-but there are some othn
authorities | desire Ia look up befou
determining finally what you should a
My present impression is that the col
lection OF the account is rather uncer
tain. | have found several cases bearin<
indirectly on the subject, but they do no
nl exactly And so it goes. Final!N
and after perturbatons OF spirit by tn
banker, and DELAYS by The lawyer. 50
are nstounded with his utterance of ~
oracular decision that I'VE have lieIit
ing chance -
Then he begins what he calls neil1
Ing Then also begins The laws dcla<
Then the question OF how the lawyer ex
lists no longer remains subject Of doubI
II the sum involved is material you
mind is as constantly in a state OF aeI
claim as his is serene and indiffercu
Why should he worry? He has made 81
laws. he elects the courts. he lectuU
the iuries, he assesses the fees.
drinks and dimes with vour enemy. "
shows his continual good naturc. Wh1
Because with him il is always a case e
"tails win and heads YOU loose foH
trlbula tions are the soil In which III
he nourishcs the seed and so makes ct|.'
tain the crop that enrichcS him b
How He Lives, ~
Talk about relations between IL
banker and the lawyer! Ask how he i've :
The conundrum Is how bankers sun
vive, If. al the end 'Hof all H
conrUmely hcaped upon the banker arR
he saves enough for decent buriaI
is because The lawyers did not know hu|E
much he had: or because. when ne u
dead. they expect 10 prove him 10 ne* !
by litigation. strip his children OF VII
he tried 10 save for them. and IN ~
doing take from him the last vestige y
a character. which. in other waKs K.
life, might at least have been lcyk = 4
a sole heritage for the children OF =,
youth and as pleasing memory In n
minds Of the few that he thought deelIE
to call him friend. a
The fable of the lamb down the stree
which the wolf up the stream deyouI
because he rolled the water the wolf = II.
drinking is among the eternal veriW
as compared with the moor banker rIt
the lawer and their relations. There V#
no lawyers in the davs OF old Solom. y
else he had not spoken as among Z \.
things that passed understanding OF ~
ways Of man with maid. HIS mX
and pcrpleXing problem woIt,
have been a comprehension Of the y a
OF a lawyer with the banker y