The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09

sert that the subject of this toast Is one
almost. II not wholly, impossible OF ac-
tuaI realization. Tho mere suggestion OF
relationship indicates "A condition which
does moi obtain between tho banker and
the lawyer. It indicates Il separate on %
tity. when in truth there Is no moro such
segregated entity than there Is between
the hog and tho various food particles
that have gone TO make him a hog. II
bankers have existence. ii is by suffer-
ance and an integral part Of the lax
ycr-aud that is how the lawyer exists.
We belong TO him as the tail 20 the pig.
as the mouth TO the steer. the hoor
TO The ass; In SO far as the tail the
mouth and the hoof have relation 10
the animals named in that degree only
does the banker hold relation TO the law
yer The lawyer is-and the banker is
his'n.
The Bankers Position.
In the last analysis the banker is re-
pawnbroker only by the difference in tie
class OF securities on which monetary
advances are made. and in the insienili-
cant and wholly inadequate rates of In
tercst charged by him. Yet. were bank
eTs permitted to keep the little interest
they chargc-and heaven knows It's lit
tie enough-they might bear with rca :
sonahle cquanimity both the assaults
made upon them by ono class calling
them misers and dcsolaters of fortunes
because they demand the return OF
money. as well as the nauscatng adula :
tlon of that other class which wants to
borrow money from them This might
he endured could We hold what we get.
But do we hold il? Not on your life.
Always, like The spectcr at the feast, sits
the lawyer-unrelentingly and ncessant-
y demanding his pound OF llcsh-the tax
he levies, through the banker upon the
cursed), while Smilingly your laWycS
walks the land with head erect. purse
well filled, Grating feastinG, lcgislating.
the admiration and cynosure of the glad
dcned eyes OF all the unthinking and un-
seeing hosts that gaze upon him and fat
ten on his favor.
For a third of a lifetime my friend L.
S. Hills and | have followed banking in
this state-others for less years-and In
these less years their condition is like
our m own in degree What is our re
ccived value therefor, and here and there
kindly word and a more or less en-
during friendship. Mainly our names are
anathema, And what have we in sub
the only question tho Almighty might
not solve-bccause, until the lawyers are
done with us and our estates. no mortal
can forctell what will be left. Mind you,
/ do not mean that the heavens are
powerless to declare what a lawyer Will
do. or how he will have the law con-
not say power-on the part of Provl-
denCe TO speculate on the activities and
uncertainties OF the legal mind. | share
the misgivings Of the good old Scotch
81 hac me doots."
II must not be inferred from this that
hold bankers are wholly noucntitieS. AS
the parasite must perish when the body
1t feeds upon dies. so the preservation
Of the popular superstition that a halo
of wisdom and righteousness surrounds
the legal head and can me maintained
only by the utilization of a class of per-
SONS who do those things that would de-
stroy the Illusion were lawyers themselves
to perform the acts by which The labors
OF the masses find conversion TO their
personal uses. SO. too. bankers. like
criminals. are tolerated for the support
and honor of The legal fraternity. The
banker may say Yes" or mo" TO the
applicant for monetary assistance. lie
may be allowed 10 fix the rate Of inter
est. and sometimes he is permitted to
pass upon the sufficjency Of securities
offered. and even-in rare instances-to
determine the individual worth of the
person seeking pecuniary relief. (By way
of parenthesiS | may remark that the
word relief in this connection is in
tended 10 he viciously humorous.)
Sometimes | have known bankers dar-
ing enough to offer their personal views
upon the character of instruments and
conveyances they accept by way OF guar