Show V EVERY REfORM WAS SAS ONCE AN OPINION OPINIO Credit Mens Men's Secretary Gues Guest I of Honor at Ban Ban- TELLS OF ORGANIZATION Members hers of if Local Affectation A ant Gather for few Pleasantly antl Informal Spread V The banquet t given Riven I cn last night at nt th thu the Commercial club by 11 tho the Utah CraWl Tens Ten's association was an nn entertaining instructive and thoroughly h enjoyable affair arCail It was given in honor of Francis Fran Flan cis cia J. J Stockwell assistant secretary of 01 the National Association o of Credit lt I men oIl Mi- Is a i le resident evident of or SL L Louis and ha has In lii New York City Cily At the dinner w were re ono one hun hundred re members of the cre credit lt mens men's organ organ- of or this state an and quite Quito a L few of f their friends All J had hall a Jolly time lime luring during the serving of or if the lie dinner r. r There Thel was WItS just enough informality to 0 savor of good gOUlI fellowship and just enough h good natured fun to every ever one V When hen the cigars cigar arid and coffee were served Arthur Aithur Parsons pi president evident ortho of or tho the local association and amI toastmaster tor for foi the arose to 10 Introduce the thc principal speaker M Mr 11 I. I Stockwell On Omi Onan an occasion of or this 1 kind I 1 am nm exceedingly ex e- happy happy happ- h began an Mr 01 Par Par- sons soils ns Ho lie was Interrupted b by John Q who sal said So are arc we to bo ho here with so mall many good gool people and ready wits went on the He lie 81 spoke l e of the benefits the lie Utah on organization would receive u e because because- of their recent affiliation with thu tho national bod body Objects amid ami Purposes Mr Ir Stockwell spoke In n a Q vcr very happy vein eln upon the lie Objects and Purposes cs of the National Association of ot If Credit Men It is a l. l stock non corporation said sahl the Hie speaker non dividend paying I and consequently has hus no schemes The history of or tho the a association is a most interesting one It was formed formell in the year ISaC and Its father was a Middle lo West Vest man Emerson said Every reform m was once a private opinion The a association as os it stands today was once th time the private opinion and almost tho the religion of or tho the founder of or the Lite organization William II Jr Preston Preston Pres Pres- ton omi of SIoUx CIt City Iowa Preston worked In that city as a 0 bookkeeper for Tor ol a hardware house lIe He handled he the credits of or the lie firm Irm and was given I cn a i L raise in iii Im pay At that time he n asked ked the thu questions we have asked since Inco I lice Found An Au Answer He lie found an answer to the problems and ind mo made flinde e a manuscript out of which wn va as evolved the Idea of or this organ- organ gallon tation he The first convention oC or the lie society was held In fn Tole Toledo o. o Ohio an and andas as attended b by sIxt sixty six cre credit lt menTO men Vo TO have now a n. membership o of 1500 different lint lines of or busl- busl ness ess In that lI list hIt t is Included ed every everyne line ne lie of oC business with the tho exception of or orme ofle ne me the making of or Christmas orna- orna t fr j r- r ot y gj 1 f r. l Ih speaker v wr nt to on Oil if t o t o 11 ot the cS Of tho the n association what It iad ad accomplished and what it hoped to o do o for tor Its Us members Matt Iatt Thomas of or Salt SaIt Lake Law City poke spoke of oC recent legislation affecting th he credit men then and proposed laws hat that would affect them II 11 P. P Clark anti and the Asso- Asso poke o of ot the Batiks Banks W. W J J- Barrette told of Com mCI Law Low Its Us Origin ln and Import Import- once knee John Q Q- Critchlow talked tall entertainingly en- en about tho the adjustment I tem em I I |