Show I 1 THINGS ONE REMEMBERS by it IL aa M in a co conversation with one of the nations leading bunkers balikes I 1 gained a i new impression of N banking this banker said 11 people leople think of me as sitting on top of the lie world on a pile of money my lily money they dont stop to think that its their own money that I 1 im am responsible for protecting it seem to enter their heads that I 1 ani am just a paid hand that I 1 lie awake nights worrying about in my Y responsibility of caring for that pile of money which can be claimed by its owners the banks depositors at any time A bank that did not loan money to businesses and industries that in maintain ain a local community would not be patronized by the people and it would not deserve their patronage this thia means that if a comin community unIty fails ft 1 bank has to carry a great share of the load lend people dent dont like bankers because they have to consider the more pessimistic side of the business picture knowing that the pi public wilt will blame the nank bank instead of itself for community failures I 1 ivsich result from froin the many causes beyond the bankers control it makes me laugh when I 1 am in pictured as sitting on a pile of money A more accurate picture would show me with a wrinkled brow trying to figure out how to make loans that will be safe from losses due to undue business optimism and all the pitfalls of bustness business risk people dont like bankers and you cant blame them for too often they have to turn down the financial requests of their best friends yes I 1 gained a different impression of the banking business after talking to this man who is a power in the financial world I 1 envy him his job he gets little for doing it well and lie he runs the constant risk of abuse and criticism for community comm uniti falln failures res beyond his hia control |