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BANKERS TO A1TEND A BALL AT BERTHANA HALL THIS EVENING Ii R. R. Irvine, Jr., of Provo Makes a Most Interesting Talk Which He Labeb "Guesses at Truth" Fred G. Taylor l Speaks on Sugar Industry .and Is Asked a Pointed H Question Ride Around the City a Feature., B of Today's Entertainment. H A bomb, containing the spiciest 1" " verbal explosives heard in many a day, burst In the midst of the delegates dele-gates to the eighth annual convention of the Utah Bankers Association this morning In the Weber Club reading K room. It was manufactured and ig- H. nlted by R. R Irvine, Jr., of Provo. H The speech was unusual for Its vari- H ety of material and effectiveness of H Its delivery. H President Browning called the tnira Hfftl session of the meeting to order at H 10:35 and announced the first speak- er. Harden Bennion, of Salt Lake City, H J a member of the state board of equal- tV i7ation, whose subject was "Taxation." H;; The subject in Itself is a dry one, but H1-' Mr. Bennion adorned It with just en- H1 ough variety to make It entertaining K and at the same time instructive. He t explained the law of taxation as it H exists today and compared its fair- V ness to the old law. Mr. Bennion went 4 into detail in clarifying the method H of taxation in rural and city communi- Hf ties. He said: k "The farmer has all of his property K in a taxable slate; the professional ' man usually owns very little real es- B' tate and consequently is not subject- H ed to such enormous amounts of tax- H I atlon as the man who is far less able. H f The man who has the bulk of his ma- H terial wealth, whether.lt be in the H form of dollars or farms, should be the H one to pay the heavy taxes; not the H farmer who has but a Tew acres of H land to subsist upon. The inheritance H tax is a big step forward in the law H of equalization." H He concluded by giving some exact H impartial methods of taxation. H , Fred J. Taylor Speaks. Hj ' The next speaker was Fred G. Tay- M f lor of Ogden, secretary of the Amal- B gamated Sugar Company. His sub- B jeqt was "The Sugar Industry " H Mr. Taylor began by reviewing the B history of the sugar industry, the Bl. hardships of its infancy due to a lack m of understanding. "The sugar busi- H ness," said Mr. Taylor, "began in the H South Sea Islands and has grown M along with other great industries un- H til it is considered one of the most H Important factors in our modern com- B, merclal field. The first time that we H find sugar being used as a separate H? product from honey the two were H, considered synonlmous for several H hundred years Is on the table of H Queen Elizabeth. H "Last year we handled one million H tons of beets and our expenses, in- H eluding purchase of beets, mainten- H ance of factories, etc., amounted to M $20,000,000." H Mr. Taylor declared that there is H so much sugar being shipped to the Hl countries at war, that there Is danger H of an overwhelming sugar shortage. 1: Why Sugar Is High. H1 At the close of Mr. Taylor's talk, 1 one of the delegates asked him why it j was that sugar was sold for less in H the Missisippi valley than here in H Uldll, IIUCIC IL lO JUwUC. 111.1. in;iui H stated that his time had expired but, H with the permission of the chair, he M would briefly answer the question. M He said the sugar companies met M the prices fixed by competition, at H home and abroad. B He gave as one reason that people H considered sugar so much higher than Hf other foods the fact that sugar is M spoken of in hundred pound lots, while H for instance butter in pounds. "A H raise of ten cents per pound on butter H is hardly noticed, but a raise of $3 on M a sack of sugar is staggering to some. H The cause in many cases is purely 1 psychological." The comparative food m value of sugar and other products j was given, which showed that sugar H was more than 90 per cent pure food. M Clever Provo Talker. H The last speaker of the morning H sesion was R. R. Irvine of Provo. His H talk was condensed into the subject, j "Guesses at Truth." Even the scope H of that broad subject Is an injustice 1 to the remarks made by the rifted H Provo man. Mr. Irvine is a very ef- H fectlve speaker, because he obeys the H I three fundamental rules of public H speaking, "stand up, speak up and H shut up." From the time he began H to the last word he said something H new. In substance some of It was 1 old, but he said it in a new way and H held the sturdy financiers charmed H for twenty-five minuteB. j He began by telling a story of a H farmer who fed his cow apples and H onions alternately to emphasize the H dellciousness of the apple by the great H law of contrast. From this he swltch- 1 ed delightfully from the play of a H care-free child to the vitality-consum- H Ing sweat of a banker at work. H 4.J'The polnt that a 'banker forgets Is H the fact that we are put here to live H ?Llife not a lIvIng death," declared H the speaker, and continued: m "The four superb qualities that a H banker should deposit into his life m are joy, love, laughter and play. Con- m , . iJ cDoouvio oi pleasure m and happiness. Never talk to bankers m on banking; nor to business men on m business. If a man Is practical, give m him some theory, and if he is learned m give him something that will relieve m h s mind for a few minutes ImC take m him Into an entirely new field tem- H porarily. H "P11 ? mIx ork Play so m that you always have time to talk m and. chat a few minutes without hor- m Ing your associates with your wor- M He recounted the substance of a m story which he bad read many years m ago, but the lesson remained and had H SJmTT01 for good- Jt s of H I t ld, Axa-l3la Prince who wanted to H I 2S50 InPavd uPn a signet ring the H words that would have the most last- H 5 JT6liteBt meanIn&. "And that. H too, shall pass away," was chosen as M the epigram. During near-plunges H into moral debauchery thte motto H would remind the prince IhaFiS that will cause financial disaster. He closod by urging the power of the word "moderation" as applied to all lines of activity. Afternoon Session. The delegates reconvened at 1:30. The iHon. B. B. Crltchlow of Salt Lake City was to havo been the first speaker speak-er but, due to an inability to bo present, pres-ent, Attorney James H. DeVIne of Ogden Og-den ably substituted. Mr. DeVine's -l Hft J II TT-. suujecL was x-topttreuueHB. xt.u stated that he disliked very much to hear a speaker appear before an audience au-dience and spend half his alloted time apologizing for being there. "But," he said, "I feel that my position justifies justi-fies an apology." After telling the delegates that when he had finished they would detect de-tect a greater demonstration of un-preparedness un-preparedness in the devilery of his speech than preparedness in the substance, sub-stance, he said: "Passing to the serious side of the subject, as American citizens, we cannot can-not but search with deepest concern into the full significance of the term as applied to our country not only from a military standpoint, but likewise like-wise from a standpoint of preparedness prepared-ness for peace. The awful sacrifices of human life now and for nearly two years past being made in Europe, accompanied as it is with misery and suffering and stupendous sacrifices of wealth and the setbacks to civilization, civiliza-tion, has halted us in our national life and caused us to take an Inventory of our conduct as a nation to see whether or not we are fulfilling our duties as custodians of the heritage for which jui iuiuid.tiim& juiu uuwn men lives." Mr. DeVIne warned against the idle boast that because we are strong we should allow our very vitals to decay. He examplified the condition of America Ameri-ca today by reviewing the history of all the great powers of the world who have become conceited over the fact that they were strong and allowed the things that made them mighty to make them weak by ignoring prepared, ness. The next speaker, Hon. A. W. Ivins, delivered a virally interesting address on the "Mexican Situation." Mr. Ivins is perhaps the most capable man in Utah to give a talk on that subject, as he spent many years in Mexico at the head of the Mormon colony. The room was crowded during Mr. Ivins talk and the closest attention given every word. The next scheduled speaker was Mr. John U. Calkins of San Francisco, after which preparations were made for an automobile ride through Og-den's Og-den's manufacturing district, and lunch at the Ogden Packing company. com-pany. An informal ball will be held at the Berthana tonight, in honor of the visiting financiers. The delegates at the Utah Bankers' association convention are: James Chipman, Bank of American i-orK, American Fork. Aubray F. Tolton, State Bank of Beaver County, Beaver. J. B. Kelly, Citizens State -Bank, Bingham. C. W. Buchholz, Copper State bank, Bingham Canyon, (Copperfield). Lorenzo N. Stohl, president First National bank, Brigham City. . J. E. Halverson, president Security Savings bank, Brigham City. W. T. Davis, State Bank of Brigham City, Brigham City. E. M. Corry, assistant cashier Bank of Southern Utah, Cedar City. James Pingree, First National bank, Coalville. F. H. Rasmusson, cashier Bank of Ephraim, Ephraim. M. D. Evans, cashier Bank of Garland, Gar-land, Garland. B. J. Slllman, cashier Fruit Growers Grow-ers State bank, Green River. L. B. RIdd, San Juan State bank, Grayson. O. B Beylund, Gunnison Valley uauK, vaunnison. Joseph R. Murdock, president Bank of Heber City, Heber City. George M. Miller, cashier, Castle Valley Banking company, Huntington. Robert Baxter, vice president Hy-rum Hy-rum State bank, Hyrura. J. W. Pelton, cashier State Bank of Kane, Kanab. John G. M. Barnes, vice president Barnes Banking company, Kaysville. L. E. Ellison, FirBt National bank, Layton. W. S. Chipman, State Bank of Lehi, Lehl. William E. Evans, Utah Banking company, Lehi. S. R. Rogers, Lewiston State bank, Lewiston. J. A. Hondrickson, Farmers & Merchants Mer-chants Savings bank, Logan. H. E. Crockett, cashier First National Na-tional bank, Logan. H. E. Hatch, Thatcher Bros. Banking Bank-ing company, Logan. P "P riWDUff IVfnv.41 nll -. i-i W z, b i,iautl "-y savings bank. Mantl. E. H. Street, Milford State bank. Mil ford. Charles Heiner, First National bank, Morgan. 'E. R. WinBtrom, Myton State bank, Myton. N. S. Nelhan, Mt. Pleasant Commercial Commer-cial & Savings bank, Mt Pleasant. H. C. Beaumann, North Sanpete bank, Mt. Pleasant D. A. McMillan, First National bank, Murray. Barton Brough, Nophi National bank, Nephi. C. O. Pierson, cashier State Bank of Oasis, Oasis. R. A.v Moyes, Commercial National ! bank, Ogden. Charlea H. Barton, Ogden Savings i bank, Ogden. J bak.PbgBa1?B!ow, asb.,er 0Eden stats n1J: H; Rjtey. cashier 'Pingree Nation- at bank, Ogden. T T71 TT ... H I ,H i"niMea bankers andi doctors atvi?,SB?5i Prtcs Comme'aI m toy saying that one Is to remind , Kw anIt Mce. h a uMjp jj. j. Farrer, cashier Provo Com- merclal & Savings bank, Provo City. J. A. Randall, State Bank of Provo, Provo City. George H. Ogden, cashier State Bank of Garfield, Garfield. Guy Ferris, Richfield Commorcial & Savings bank, Richfield. G. D. JenBon, State Bank of Sevier, I Richfield. Clarence Johnson, Roosevelt Banking Bank-ing company, Roosevelt. A. F. Miles, Bank of St. George, St. George. t 11. S. Young, Desert National bank, Salt Lake. EliaB A. Smith, Deaeret Savings t bank, Salt Lake. Charles S. Burton, Fanners & Stockgrowers bank, Salt Lake. W. S. McCornick, McCornick & Co., Bankers, Salt Lake. John PingTee, Ztferchants Bank, Salt ' Lake. ' ( George W. Hahn, National Bank of 1 the Republic, Salt Lake uU,hTSfvInga & Truat company p M. MIchelsen, cashier, Salt .Lake7' F Henry T. McEwan. Utah il' m tional bank. Salt Lake Ute Na" D. C. Beebe, cannier Zion'a Savings w ; V B TUm,i& J"181 C0mPy, Salt Lake. jl nnT. HA Parasworth, Walker Bros., T Bankers, Salt Lake. 9 Snndy WlIson' Sandy City bauk, IK Thomas B. Farr, Commercial Na- H (Continued on Page 11.) W 1 uu BIKERS TO (TIED J BILL ST BERTH THIS EVENING (Continued From Page Six) I tlonal bank, Smlthfield. P P. P. Thomas, Commercial Bank of I Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork. G. R. Maycock, Sprlngvllle Banking j company, Sprlngvllle. I George A. Goff, Sugar Banking com- I pany, Sugar. R L. L. Baker, Tooele County State bank, Tooele. 1 R. A. Leishman, Wellsvllle State 1 hank, Wellsvllle. E George N. O'Brien, American Na- 1 tlonal bank, San Francisco. I B. D. Dean, Crocker National bank, San Francisco. I James K. Wilson, president Wells C Fargo National, San Francisco. I J. G. Anderton, Anglo, London, Paris 1 National, San Francisco. I Visitors. I H. JH. Lunt & wlfo. Cedar City, I Utah. 1 Mrs. E. M. Carry, Alden Anderson, I president Capital National, Sacramen- I to, Calif. I Malcolm Crowe, cashier Commer- I cial National, Los Angeles, Calif. 1 R, S.i Heaton, president Continental jt National, Los Angeles, Calif. $ F. B. Cook, A. E. Kimball, First Na- g tlonal, Elko, Nev. j Mrs. Aubray F. Tllton, , alio, no wit,) luuxnwuu. George Edwards, president Coast Banker, Salt Lake. William L. Turner and wife, Hebor. Mrs. Joseph R. Murdock, Heber. P. M. Cushnaham Miles L. Jones. G. C. Gray. A. M. Woodbury. Grace Woodbury. John Watson, Ogden. Mrs. J. E. Halverson, Brlgham City. Mrs. D. A. McMillan, Murray, Utah. Harden Berrison. jt F. C. Jensen and wife, Mt. Pleas- a"v. T. "Wright, Ogden, director First National bank. ... M. S. Browning, Ogdon, director First National bank. J. Williams, Ogden. J P. Gosling and Lady, Kaysville. Edgar H. Hills, Salt Lako City. Mrs. Thomas B. Farr, Smithfleld. Mrs. Guy Ferris and daughter. Arthur Whittaker and ivifc. W. S. Chlpman. and wife. -a J. F. Farrer and wife. ll John U. Calkins, Federal Reserve I $ bonk. ftj George M. Miller and wife. I ft R. U Fishbum, Jr. h Adam Patterson and wife. j j jzj W. J. Parker and wife. v. Mrs. George A. Goff. l I Mrs. S. R. Rogers. I .' m A. "L. Brewer, Ogden, f ' w ' F. J. Vioks, Ogden. m Mrs. L. E. Ellison. f ' M George "W. Nixon, and wife. h W L ' fa iiSl |
