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Show FAUatllS IX UTAH. Jill. JoliN Bexl, general ma nager of tho lion ion-Colorado Mortgage and Investment Company, has been interviewed by a local reporter and reluctantly made some remarks of a business nature, his present visit here being more ono of pleasure than of work. In the course of his remarks be said, in answer to a question as to tbe field Utah made for "loaning:" -Liccllcnt; nouusg like it inUeMVjt. ETcryone there has been mating nonej for forty years ;eom tntreviorae lets. Way, the firming commnaity is simply aaiqae. It teems almott to proroke a langa In tear of farmer la tbe W citwbo are out of deLL I attrUi&te InU to ice fact tblt tht Uad has been dirldeJ. into small parcels and U wed nPed. There is plenty of room, however, for more farmers. Tfce pUndil growth of Salt Lake hu called for loan money on ImUdisgsnd will wKloatiledly cocUnne to Co so. B&t there laaraetamonntof wealtttln theory, the aecoranladon of years from mines, itoek, merchindielcg. This acccmnlaUon Is what provides a Cee margin for onteide capllaL This is good testimony to the condition con-dition of our farming community, and shon s that tho statements made concerning their "abject poverty," frequently repeated in tne ".Liberal" organ from which tbe foregoing extracts ex-tracts are taken, arc absolutely fake and malicious. "Fanners who are out of debt" are almost a new thing under the sun. It speaks well of the thrift and prosperity of our agricultural agricul-tural population that they are so well situated, as described by a loan agent who knows tho status of the farming people throughout the ceu n-try. n-try. The policy of little farms well tilled has been a good one, and bis evidence of their condition also tells loudly against the libel of the same paper as to tbe "mb-erable culture" of the soil by Utah farmers. Another thing Is suggested by this gentleman's remarks: Farmers who are out ot debt will do well to keep out of debt. Money will be brought here to lend at a low rate of Interest compared with the rates that formerly prevailed. Tbe love of dispjay and the desire to emulate will tempt many, no doubt, to give prudence the go-by and extravagance extrava-gance an inroad. We say to our firming friends who contemplate getting "easy loans," don't do til Be Independent, by paying as you go and keeping a little on band or in bank. Be economical, while you improve your homes and surroundings surround-ings all you can. Bnt do not mortgage mort-gage your farms or your homesteads If you can posslblyavold It. Keep on the safe side, and thus avoid anxiety and remain out of tbe hands of speculators who are on the look out, all over the country, for good lands on unpaid interest and merciless foreclosure. Be wise and bold your own! |