Show HARD TIMES I 1 BA former bankers chief finds much in in past year to inspire co confidence in Finar financial cial reliability lity C retiring president of the american Anicil can bank ers association declared lit an address on the expiration of his term of office the that in n travelling tra velling about imong among the banks from one end of tin country to the other during the past year he had come out of it with a rutted filth faith in the strength oi of our bard ng ture tare and our banking situ allon and a I 1 renewed filth particularly in the spirit and alid courage of or the men iti in the bal banks iks that 11 have ave enabled tile them T to rise un ancon co n over oer such as men never neer hail had to face before or to ac accept with fortitude that were v 6 bogod beyo d human power potter 0 to o prevent when he reflected he said entire human economic structure has been brought to the verge ot of ruin un der the daft difficulties unties that have hav e kiv c P tj over ove r no not t the nation but th the e entire world and that the results of events of p this kind hind react with particular ir dl di ness upon the stability of 0 our banks and yet et how few have succumbed we may well renew our confidence in the banks of america when we think also of how many of our b bankers kers have stood up under the stress and storms of these times and how relatively ively few ew 0 of them have been proved wanting in the series ot of crisis crises that have assailed them we may well reel feel a sincere pride in our fellow bankers ile he added so I 1 come out butof ot this year ot of som per her experiences not as a pessimist but as an optimist as one with a renewed falth faith and confidence in the spirit of his fellow men under overwhelming overwhelm avei whelmine whelming wh elming in r difficulties and particularly do I 1 come com ei out of this year as a banker who Is I 1 proud of his fellow bankers tor for the undaunted way to in which they have met their part ot of the great test through which the times have put the nation I 1 believe that this year has brought new honor to our banking traditions and our banking profess profession loa and has won ft on tor for the banker now new title to the falth and trust of all classes of his big fellow citizens citizen 8 11 1 |