The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-19
BANKERS TO MEET
AT new ORLEANS
Annual Convention Will Open
Monday and Remain in Scs.
sion Throughout Week.
PLANS OF ENTERTAINMENT
Leading Financial Authorities OF
Nation Will Participate
in Discussions.
PLANS OF ENTERTAINMENT
Especial to The Times-bispa,ch


New Orleans. November la-With
the most extensive and important ar.
ray Of subjects to be considered since
its organization. the American Bank
ers' Association Will ,meet in annual
convention here Monday. TO be in SEES
sion throughout the week The bank.
ers have already begun to arrive in
large numbers. and every indication
points TO the largest Attendance in tho
history II the association
Tho Sationsl Reserve Association. a.
represented in the Aldrtch plan ana its
modihcauons. will be dealt with by
the foremost financial authorities OF
the country during tho course OF the
convention. Every phase OF the plan
VIII be covered, in more thorousn
taGhion than ever before ana (, ia .x.
pecte1 tnat DEFINITE coucius ION viii be
reached before the adjournment OF tho
convention.
Discussion of the big banking prob.
lcm mas peen dlvined INTO tna tullowing
toplcs, Tine proposed monetary plan.
trade depression and panIcs. trade ex-
Pansion ana crop movements. the or
Eonizauon ana control of the National
Reserve Association. the relation OF tn.
Nauonel Reserve ASSOCIATION to the
government relation Of the state
banks, savings banks and trust com
ranics 70 the ASSOCIATION; circulating
credits. rediscounts and book cred!ts
bank accsrtances and the reaction oil
discount market. the mouli!Zation
and control OF the reserves OF the
country. interest rates. earnings, dtw-
dende and ta%aticns; Keeping tns Ma.
tional Reserve Association 4rlart from
partisan politics and special control,
the needs of the farm and its benefrs
from the National Reserve Association.
benehts from tRe association to inc
manufacturer ana laoorer. dement's to
1.-THE country as a whole ana relation or
the National Reserve Association to
loreign trade and banks and the
wcriQs financial centre.
Formal OPENING on Tuesday.
The first work or the convention on
MONDAY Will be in committee meetings
and the executive council meeting.
The formal opening OF the convention
VIII be on Tuesday IN tho Arhenaeum,
when addresses OF welcome will be
made by tho Mayor OF New Orleans
the Governor OF Louisiana aud Others
responded TO BY officers OF the Bank.
ers' Association and followed b. the
annual address OF the president. T..
o. Watts. president OF the Firs, Ma.
ffnal Bank OF Nashville. Tenn. The
other officers OF the association. all
Of whom Will be IN after dance through.
out the convention are William Liv.
| ingstone, OF Detroit f1rst vice presi-
dent. Charles II Huttig. OF St Louis
chairman Of the executive council:
Fred E. Farnsworth, of New York.
seneral secretary; Arthur Reynolds,
Of pes Mo!nes, la. treasurer William
6. Fitzwilson. Of New York. assistant
secretary; Thomas B. Patton, OF New
York general counsel and l. VI. Gar
mon, of New York, manager OF the
protective department.
Among the prominent bankers who
will deliver addresses during the con
vention are the following: Fam NJ
Warburg Of Kuhn, Loeb d. Company
Kew York, T. j Wade. OF ST LOUIS
+. II Goff, Of Cleveland George II
Reynolds. of Chicago; James B For
gan. of Chicago; BENJAMIN strong. Jr.
of New York; Hon. L. Z Padget,. of
Columbia, Tenn Joseph g. Brown Of
Raleigh. y. &C stuart .a,terson. Of
philadelphia Arsene + Puio. ri LAX.
Of Cleveland. aud Hon Nelson w
-Al1rich. Of Rhode Island.
Special Entertainment
Arranged during the course If the
convention are many special enter.
tainm4nt functions for the banker;
ana their Visiting friends. a1n Monday
afternoon visit will be made to the
water works, and in the evening viii
he the executive council banquet, ten.
dered bY the bankers nf New Orleans
in the Hotel Grunewald Tues1ay eve
ming ig planned q. reception al the
Country club, followed bv fireworks
Wednesday efternccn there will be a
polo game a. Audubon Park aud in
the evening a recenticn and invitation
| nall ct the French Opera t,euse An
excursion around the harbor and TO
nearby plantations VIII be aivsr
THURSDAY afternoon. and he evening
will be- devoted to tire third annual
dinner of TIL. Council Club, At tho St
Charles Hotel = gala performance"
at the French Opera House will occupy
Friday evening.
Much interest is being manifested
by the early arrivals In the round
trip excursion for the BANKERS TO
Panama ana the Canal Zone. which
will begin immediately at the conclu-
sion OF the convention on next Satur-
day. There also will be n special ex-
curslon to McxicosCity at the same
time