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Show MEETING ADVOCATES RURAL CREDITS BANK Frank W. Wilson of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, Speaks at Commercial Club. FARMERS ARE INVITED Committees Appointed to Prepare Claims of Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Region. Representat ive business men of Salt Lake City and Ogden, at a meeting held yesterday in the Commercial club to formulate plana incidental to bringing bring-ing to the state of Utah one of tho twelve banks to be created in the United States for the benefit of the farmer, as provided for in the rural credits cred-its act of congress, were unanimous in their sentiment that tho best efforts of the citizens of this state should be directed towards securing the bank for Utah, and the matte: of which city in Utah shall be so favored left for future discussion. The meeting, which was provided over by L. II. Fanisworth, president of Walker Walk-er Brothers Hankers, was addressed by Frank V. Wilson, chiof of the division of information on rural credits, who is in advance of the federal farm loan board, which will hold a hearing in Salt Lake on September 13 and 14. Mr. Wilson requested that the committee, com-mittee, as well as the entire membership member-ship of the various civic and commercial clubs furnish all the information- possible pos-sible regarding interest rates and commissions com-missions on first mortgage loans as made to the farmers in Utah. Likes Liberal Spirit. Mr. Wilson said: We want to know the needs of the land. The farmers are the men who know these things. We want to hear from them regarding their treatment, by the various financial institutions, the interests and the commissions they have had to pay to secure necessary loans. I am glad to see the spirit which is being evidenced evi-denced by Salt Lake business men in the matter of laying aside all personal and civic feeling in the matter of securing a federal land bank for Utah. Ogden has announced an-nounced itself as a candidate for the bank, and Salt Lake, rather than jeopardize the situation by starting a campaign of its own, has left this question open. They want to see the state, not the city, get the bank. I can think of no finer spirit. Inasmuch as it is the desire of the members of the federal farm loan board to meet the farmers of the intermountain section, and if the farmers themselves wish to avail themselves of 'the opportunity opportu-nity to better their conditions, the suggestion sug-gestion was made by one of the committeemen com-mitteemen that the farmers evidence some interest by coming to the meetings meet-ings on September 13 and 14. Owing to the fact that carnival special rates have been made by the railroad companies compa-nies it will be no hardship for the farmers farm-ers to visit this city at that time. Committees Named. For the purpose of preparing the claims of the intermountain section for the federal loan bank, the following committee was appointed by Chairman Farns worth : Glen Miller, chairman; II. T. Haines, state commissioner of immigration, im-migration, labor and statistics; Dr. George Thomas of Utah Agricultural college, Francis W. Kirkbam, Jesse D. Jewkes, state treasurer; Harden Ben-nion, Ben-nion, chairman of the state board of equalization : D. D. McKay of Ogden, Preston G. Peterson of Provo and J. M. Hendricks of Richmond. Other members of the general committee commit-tee appointed from the Commercial club, Salt Lake clearing house and real estate circles were John Pingree, president of the Merchants bank; Dr. E. D. Woodruff, Wood-ruff, E. A. Culbertson, president of the National Bank of the Republic; W. W. Armstrong, president of the National Copper bank; Frank McSherry, O. C. Beebo, cashier of the Zion Savings bank and Trust company; H. Lafount and E. A. Smith, cashier of the Deseret Savings Sav-ings bank. |
