The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-11
Roster of Officers.

Following is the new roster of Off
GERS: Arthur Parsons, president: NJ II.
Sowles, vice president, Joseph Johnson,
secretary: A. ID. McMullen, treasurer;
Walter Wright, assistant secretary and
manager; It. o. Sheckell, assistant man
ageE.
The report of Manager Wright
showed the following:
Number of members of association,
129; number OF new adjustments re.
ferred 20 the association during the
year, III.
'In these adjustments the total of
the claims handled by the association
was over half million dollars" the
report continues. Adjustments of in
by the association during the year
show an average percentage Of 47.3os
paid to creditors on their claims
Bankruptcy dividends paid during
the year showed only 22.S1 per cent.
which shows that liquidations by the
association pay more to creditors
One of the features of the asso-
citation is to take hold Of and close up
insolvent estates without the publicity,
expense and time required under court
proceedings and the report submitted
showed that the association certainly
made good during this year
The report of the collection de-
partment showed that during the wear
over $4,000 has been collected, Col
'lectlons are handled for members Of
the association only.
The report Of the reportinp depart.
ment showed over forty Thousand writ
ten reports have been furnished to the
members during the year, On the rating
OF merchants of the intermountaip ter
ritory.
The money actually handled bv the
association during the year is practi.
caliy half million dollars.
Presidents Address.
In the annual address Of the presi.
dent, Mr.. Parsons gave an exhaustive
review OF the work Of the association
during the year. That portion of his
address which was more than ordinarily
interesting TO the members was a sum
mary OF the association g work In con.
Dectlon with the recent legislative as
sembly- On this head Mr. Parsons said
Perhaps the greatest achieve
ment since our last annual meeting
is the success which has resulted
from the wisely directed efforts Of
your legislative committee We
have long been discussing the need
of some important COMMERCIAL en-.
actments and more than once have
endeavored to obtain them, but our
attempts in former years, while
partially successful, more general
ly resulted in failure and disap.
pointment. Commencing in Novem-
her, the Legislative committee, act
ing on the experience gained in the
past, began to accumulate the nee
essary munitions OF war in the
shape OF carefully prepared bills
on the various objects to be at.
tanned: The next step was to mar
shaI the needed forces TO success
fully invade the citadel Of the Utah
legislature, and adroitly win for
ourselves the coveted treasures we
felt sure were there to be had, pro-
vldcd our campaign was skillfully
directed, and our courage and am
munition held out
One after the other, seven of
them in all, our guns were fred
into the two branches Of the state
legislature, with such visible effect
that our leaders were soon called
INTO parley with duly authorized
emissarles otherwise called Hcom.
mltfees who desired TO know
who we were, the reason for our on.
slaugnt, and on what conditions we
would retire. Finding these ennis.
saries to be about the most reason
able and agreeable Of any we have
ever met in previous campaipns.
discovering also that all their com.
rades were mostly of the same char.
acter and disposition. we signi6cd
our great desire TO have them ex
anime our several proieotiles. and
If they found them suitable for the
purpose for which they were in.