There are numerous instances of persons having risen from obscurity to wealth only by means of their moral character ,and the confidence which that character produced in the mind of their banker. It is not merely by way of loan or discount that a banker... A Practical Treatise on Banking - Page 12by James William Gilbart - 1836 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
| J S. D - 1843 - 234 pages
...by way of loan or discount that a banker serves such a person. He also speaks well of him to parties who may make inquiries respecting him ; and the banker's...smuggling transactions, or in any other way to have acted dishonourably, their bills will be taken by the bankers less readily than those of an honourable house... | |
| Commerce - 1850 - 712 pages
...the moral character of the party with whom they deal ; they inquire whether he be honest or tricky, industrious or idle, prudent or speculative, thrifty...taken by the bankers less readily than those of an honorable house of inferior property. It is thus that bankers perform the functions of public conservators... | |
| Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1850 - 736 pages
...confidence which that character produced in the mind of their banker. It is not merely by way of loon or discount that a banker serves such a person. He...taken by the bankers less readily than those of an honorable house of inferior property. It is thus that bankers perform the functions of public conservators... | |
| Commerce - 1850 - 718 pages
...banker's good opinion will be the means of procuringbimahigherdegree of creditwith the parties withwhomhe trades. These effects are easily perceivable in country...taken by the bankers less readily than those of an honorable house of inferior property. It is thus that bankers perform the functions of public conservators... | |
| Albert Sidney Bolles - Banks and banking - 1884 - 356 pages
...the pecuniary value of a good moral character. There are numerous instances of persons having risen from obscurity to wealth only by means of their moral...whom he trades. These effects are easily perceivable. It is thus that bankers perform the functions of public conservators of the commercial virtues. From... | |
| John B. Duryea - Banks and banking - 1892 - 448 pages
...that character produced in the mind of their banker. It is 'Gilbart on Practical Banking, pp. 7 and 8. not merely by way of loan or discount that a banker...whom he trades. These effects are easily perceivable. It is thus that banks perform the functions of public conservators of the commercial virtues. From... | |
| Canadian Bankers' Association - Banks and banking - 1894 - 358 pages
...large property " and inferior morals, and the banker's goodwill will be the " means of procuring for him a higher degree of credit with the " parties with whom he trades. . . . They encourage the " industrious, prudent, punctual and honest, while they discoun" tenance the... | |
| George Soulé - Accounting - 1906 - 794 pages
...the pecuniary value of a good moral character. There are numerous instances of persons having risen from obscurity to wealth only by means of their moral...whom he trades. These effects are easily perceivable. It is thus that bankers perform the functions of public conservators of the commercial virtues. From... | |
| James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1922 - 468 pages
...the pecuniary value of a good moral character. There are numerous instances of persons having risen from obscurity to wealth only by means of their moral...taken by the bankers less readily than those of an 'lonourable house of inferior property. It is thus that bankers perform the functions of public conservators... | |
| James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1999 - 674 pages
...which that character produced in the mind of their banker. It is not merely by way of loan or discouut that a banker serves such a person. He also speaks...acted discreditably, their bills will be taken by the baukers less readily than those of an honourable house of inferior property. It is thus that bankers... | |
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