The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-20
"BhNKEWS pNRT ~ DEVELOP.
MINT OF SiNI.SS."
By JOHN T.. LONsuALE.
President National nank ~ Commerce ~

lY JbliN L. lsDEHlIAlft
President National nnnk ~ Commerce IN
&C. Louis
Ladies ana Gonilcmeut of tho Great
Southwest:
only tho fraloncss ~ fate pro-
vented mo being one of Your carly
settlers An orphan hoy in ArNu.
saE filled with wuudorlu-' uud ad
miration for this grpnt territory I
was packed aud ~o1dy 90 louvc fpr
tho big drive that opened this rich
country back tn 1883 when my
guardian stopped me Not having
reached my majority. I bowed 10 his
Judgment. but since arriving a. the
age of discretion. ! have welded to
the Impulse many times each year
ana visited down hero \ regard
thus gained Of your people, your vast
energies and resources made the IN
vitallon TO bc with you--althouEh
received IN q busy period a most
welcome one.
The missionaries ~ trade gath
cred here In the Southwestern Bust
ness congress have had "a prototype
IN the yesterdays of this country.
Many such nutumnnl, post harvest
councils have hcen held IN this Wide.
open country ~ the west The In
dian. august indyidualist that he
was. quickly realized tho value OF
common understanding. Amid buf-
fnio robes, feathers ana oft-times
the peace pipe, his wisdom wns
swnpped with the dnuntlcsa spirited
pioneer. TO whose courage the pres
ent attainments bear tribute,
Those fantom figures Of other
days, silent and invisible are In our
midst today. Jogging nj the heel and
nudgine nj elbow. for IN our veins
runs the blood OF those train blnz-
ers. The very character OF the poo
Pile who have won this great south
west to the needs OF man had Its
genesis In the energies OF those no
bls ancestors,
Aggrc~sIvcnes- tho Keynote.
Vast piles ~ brick, casting their
diagonal shadows over hurrying
masses. huge elevators and tail der
ricks Apoutlng the hlddon resources
OF tha earth, have replaced the to-
pees and tho stuoSada, hut tho ag-
gresslveness OF the yenturesomc
hunter and trndcr---the real empire
bullders---ls easily the dominant fac
tor behind this more modern assem-
blAge.
As we clear the docks for the great
est era OF our national development.
tho sound Judgment and wise pro-
Cedure that cminates from an inter-
change OF data and Ideas cannot he
over estimated. Too long have the
commercial interests OF the country
been subservient to more spectacular
and insistcnt leadership.
This Ia the hour for business and
dominance OF tho worthy trnlts
which constitute business. Every
problem that bcsets us viii lend
itself to business treatment, Let NJ
- HN NJ aNHNA Nn VfuN
economic Eurceases, ana pannceas,
and apply the common sense OF the
long headed American mercha Mt
and manufacture.
No element OF good con influence
the present situation 50 much as the
hard headed reasoning Of men
trained in the exOctlng school OF COM
mercc. The time for business stateH-
manship has arrived. Let us accept
tho responsibility with care and dis
erection that the ultimate result may
be entirely beneficial.
Bankers Position.
Already. keen minds. whetted hy
the violssitudes OF tho past IS
months, are better equipped than
ever to cope with any known situa-
ton. am glad TO see this effort at
concentrating this type of thought
upon the besetting problems OF the
people.
AZ for banking, always regarded
as n mainstny In any situation, II II
emerging from tho most cycntlul
period or history: indeed. all enter
prlses nave shared In these cXacting
but valuable experiences. n those
lessons are applied 10 the future con-
duct Of affairs, the monaciug DAYS OF
swollen inventories ana restricted
credits will have been worth while
Tho banker Is tho hellwpther OF
prosperity, but tho book wash OF re-.
construction hls not missed him. lie
has Tx. the farmer and tho manu-.
factur'r, been butfeted by tho waves
of adversely, but now stands on firm
ground, The monetary situation g.
easy deposits are stl'l Erovlug more
rapidly then loans, hut the reserv,
being built especially IN tho con,
tlnucd increase iu Hgyiugs offer.
ample financing for expansion win
their fgunfIItHH IrU.uHI..rIl cha