Show WEST IS SlUE SAY CREDIT MEN OffiCIALS C C. fi F. E. E Meek secretary and treasurer of the National Association o of Credit Men and A A. A C Foster a director of tho the same association were the guests of honor at a banquet in tho the Commercial Commercial Commer Commer- Commercial cial club fast ast ni night bt Ira K arly arly members members members mem mem- bers of the Utah Association of Credit Men were present At the thc close of the banquet the assembly was cac called to order by Arthur H H. H Parsons president resi resident dent of tho the local or organization who in ina a brief speech outlined tho birth and growth o 0 of tho organization Mr Parsons Par sous sons told toM a number of humorous incidents inci dents of the race of creditors to get Jet to toa toa toa a failing firm first in tho days ays before such an or organization was Wit established He lie was followed by Mr Meek who told toM of the tho or organization and growth of the national association Mr Meek l ur urged ed the tho necessity of operation co-operation of local or organizations with the national body to work ork for tho 11 passage O of additional bankruptcy laws Jaws by con congress ess He urged that the members of tho the Utah Uta h association exert t themselves ves iu in trying to secure the pasa passage e of the Shirley Shir- Shir ley Icy bill now DOW in the hands of the ju ju- dietary committee of the house of representatives rep rep- resen fa thos Mr Foster who i is a banker spoke on the tho Aldrich and Fowler hills bills are pending in ill con congress u s. s Ho He said that the Aldrich bill hill would he be of little dire direct t b benefit to the west vest for the tho reason that tho west could not take direct ta tage tago e of or its conditions At the tho close of Mr Ir Fosters Foster's address addre s short speeches were ere mado made by members of 0 the tion It was decided to send six dele delo Sites jutes gates and twenty four twenty four visitors visitor to tho the De Denver er convention and that instead of in ha having the thc annual banquet the money mODey should shout be he used to pay par the tho expense of the delegates anI and visitors Before tho the banquet commenced Mr Jr Meek eek and Mr Ir Foster talked entertainingly entertain entertain- entertainingly to n a representative of THE fIlE TEL TEJ TELE E EGRA RAM of business conditions of the tho country and especially the W west Mr Meek said C I C r met Mr r. r Foster in in Denver several weeks a ago o and since that time timo we have visited Butte Spokane kane Seattle Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles We Wo have found conditions con con- improving Of course it is going going go go- o- o ing to bo ho rather slow work but butt tho e countr country is is s on too so sound nd a basis to be he hurt for an any great creat length of time by the recent financial al depression One astonishing thing is the few failures that have occurred in the thc west The business men have bae been careful cartful with the results that few have o been forced to the wall Another thing is that the business men aro arc much closer together today than they ther wore were a n few years n ago o an and they stood by each other instead f of fighting each cach other in the recent troll trouble ble MJ Foster 1 who is cashier o of the United States National hank bank at Denver S said id The banks are arc sound everywhere everywhere every every- where that hat we have visited The Thc re- re servo in in their vaults is the Jar largest est tile they ever eyer had J |