Trust Companies

A Monthly Magazine devoted to TRUST COMPANY, BANKING AND

Vol. XV.

FINANCIAL Interests of the United States

Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter

August, 1912

Number Two

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Frontispiece-Portrait of Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co

Possibilities of Corporate Administration of Trusts.

Protecting Banks and Trust Companies Against Burglaries, Forgery and Theft
William J. Burns of William J. Burns National Detective Agency

Methods for Securing Fiduciary Business

Co-operation Between Lawyer and Trust Company

Richard Reese, Vice-Pres. and Treas. Equitable Guarantee & Trust Co., Wilmington, Del.

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Frank C. McKinney of the New York Bar

High Record Deposits Reported by New York Trust Companies

"Group Insurance" for Employees of Banks and Trust Companies

Henry L. Rosenfeld, Assistant to President of Equitable Life Assurance Society

Program Fifteenth Annual Meeting of Trust Company Section

Trust Company Advertising That Attracts Business

Lewis B. Franklin, Vice-President Guaranty Trust Company of N. Y.

The Purchase of Bond Issues.

Louisiana's Elaborate Plans for Drainage and Colonization

Walter Parker, New Orleans

New Field for Trust Company Usefulness.

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Savings Union Bank & Trust Company, San Francisco

Essentials in Building up Bank or Trust Company Business

Motley H. Flint, Vice-Pres. Los Angeles Trust Company

Legal Discussion and Decisions Relating to Trust Companies

Right of Trust Company to Act as Executor under Merger.

Termination of Trust by Agreement.

Facilities Afforded by Numerical Transit System

Construction of Mortgage to Secure Refunding Bonds.

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Purpose and Aims of Newly Organized Investment Bankers' Association of America

Special Correspondence from Leading Cities, including Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis,
Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cleveland

Trust Companies

A Monthly Magazine devoted to TRUST COMPANY, BANKING AND

FINANCIAL Interests of the United States

Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter

Bol. XV.

September, 1912

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Number Three

Frontispiece-Portrait of William C. Poillon. Elected President Trust Company Section, A.B.A.

National Progress and Prosperity-Keynote of the Bankers' Convention at Detroit

Constructive Banking Policies Planned at Detroit Convention

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUST COMPANY SECTION, A. B. A.—PROCEED-

INGS IN FULL

Invocation by Rev. S. S. Marquis, D. D., Dean St. Paul's Cathedral, Detroit

Address of Welcome by Comptroller David E. Heineman

Response to Address of Welcome, F. H. Fries, President Trust Company Section

Annual Address of F. H. Fries, President of the Trust Company Section.

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Report of the Executive Committee, by F. H. Goff, President of the Cleveland Trust Company,
Chairman.

THE MONEY TRUST INQUIRY

George M. Reynolds, President The Continental & Commercial National Bank of Chicago,

Illinois

SOME UNSCHEDULED LIABILITIES OF TRUST COMPANIES

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE TRUST COMPANY SECTION DURING THE PAST FIFTEEN

YEARS

Henry M. Bates, Esq., Dean of University of Michigan

Breckinridge Jones, President Mississippi Valley Trust Company of St. Louis, Mo.

Second Day's Session of the Trust Company Section

Report of the Secretary, Philip S. Babcock

Report of the Committee on Legislation, by F. H. Fries, Chairman

Report of Committee on Protective Laws, by Chairman Lynn H. Dinkins

Endorsement of the Work of the National Citizens' League.

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Report of the Committee on A Proposed Model Trust Company Law, by Chairman Oliver C. Fuller

Segregation of Savings Deposits Held in Trust Companies (Affirmative)

Pierre Jay, Chairman Law Committee, American Bankers' Association

Segregation of Savings Deposits Held in Trust Companies (Negative)

Robert E. James, President Easton Trust Company, Easton, Pa.

Discussion on Segregation of Deposits

THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION AT

DETROIT, SEPTEMBER 9th TO 13th- Summary of Proceedings, Addresses and Committee

Reports

Practical Suggestions for Increasing the Efficiency of Trust Company Employees

Irving L. Jones, Assistant Cashier Mercantile National Bank, St. Louis, Mo.

Estate Accounting.

The Tenth Annual Convention of the American Institute of Banking

Legal Discussion and Decisions Relating Particularly to Trust Companies

Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Savings Bank Section.

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Frederick H. Baugh and William C. Schmeisser, Authors of "Theory and Practice of Estate

Accounting

Special Correspondence from Leading Cities, including Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis,

Pittsburgh and Baltimore

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Improvements in Monthly Statement System

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