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Show I CANKERS URGED 10 CO-OPERATE WITH FARMERS B 00 U I. MATERIAL HAS ENTERED H THE DANK VAULTS OP H THE NATION. H The Dank a Financial Power Houio B to the Cumrnunlty. H Uy Peter Radford. H Oiio of the greatest opportunities fn HH tins business life of th a nation Ilea S lii pructlral co-opcrntloii of tlio coun- H try bunks ultli tlio farmer In building H agriculture mid thu adventure Ib laden H with greater possibilities than any m forward movement now before tlio m American public. 1 A fow bankers liavo loaned money H to farmers at n low rato of Interest, H and outlines without compensation, to M buy blooded livestock, build silos, WM fertilize thu land, secure better need, jH hold their products for a bctctr mar- H ket price, etc. Tliu banker In con- H trlbutlng toward ImprovInK tlio grade H of livestock; tlio quality of tlio scod H and the fortuity of tlio soil, plants In H the agricultural Ufa of the community H u fountain of profit, that, liko Tonny- H son'ri brook, runs on and on forever. B Community Progress a Bank Atiet. 'H Thu tlmo was when monoy loaned H on such n basis would severely test IH tlio sanity of thu banker; such trans f-H actloiiB would pain tlio directors like L'H n blow In tlio faco. A cashier who H would daro to cast bread upon wafers H that did not return buttered sldo up H In tlmo for annual dividends would have to givo way to n moro capable 'S)M man. This does not necessarily mean 'RS that tlio hauliers aro getting any better VH or that tlio milk of human klndnesss Is ;IH being Imbibed mora freely by our flnnn- dors. It Indicates that tho bankers aro tm getting wlsor, becoming moro nblo fin- ,M nnclcrs and tho banking Industry moro m compotont. Tho vision of tho bulldor Ib I' crowding out tho spirit of tho pawn II brckcr. A light has boon turned on II a now world of Investment and no 1 1 usurer over rccolvcd as largo returns II on tho Investment as theso progrcs- j filvo bankers, who mado loans to HJ uplift industry. Tho mnkors havo ,W always been liberal city builders, but Jr thoy aro now building agriculture llj A Dollar With a Soul. mm It Is rcfrcublng In this strenuous PSjj commercial llfo to find bo many dol- f$t lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap- Ipronchod to perform a tOBk that dres not directly yield tho highest rato of Intorest, wo usually hear tho rustle of tho eaglo's wings 'ob It soars upward; up-ward; when it dollar Is requested to return at tho option of tho borrower, It usually appeals to tho Goddess of Liberty for Us contractual rights; when a dollar Is asked to expand In volunio to suit tbo requirements of Industry, It usually talks solemnly of Its redeemer, but soul material has ontorcd into tho vaultB or our banks in and rato, tlmo and volumo havo a il new basis of reckoning In so far as l thu ability of socio or tho bankors KB permit them to co-opurnte In promot-B promot-B ing tho business of running. IB God Almighty's Noblemen. IB Theso bankors aro God Almighty's IB noblemen. Heaven lout earth thu IK spirit or theso men and tho angols BIS will help thorn roll In placo the' BB cornerstones or omplrcs. They arc not philanthropists; they nro wise BJK bankers, Tho spirit of tho bulldor Btj has given them a now vision, and B'll wisdom has visited upon them busl l iioss foresight mm Tho cackle of tho hen, the low l of kino and the rustlo of growing B$ crops echo In every bank vault In the $ nation and the shrewd banker knows Bitj that he can moro effectively Increase Bil' his doposlts by putting blue blood In B'i tho veins of livestock; quality in Kf tho yield of tho soil and valuo Into BJ . agricultural products, than by busl nrss handshakes, $ erdrafts and ! gaudy cnlendarH. TnkliiE tlio eomuiunlty Into part uership with the tiank, oiiiilug up n ledger account with progress, making thrift and enterprise stockholders and Hi tho prosperity of tho country uu BJ1 asset to tho bnnk, put behind II K stability far mure doslniblo than a H letterhead beniing iliu names of all B 'tho dlsiiiixuNied citizens ot tho coin He muiilty The bank Is tho lltianclal H power house of tho community and BJ blessed Is the locality that has an BJ up-to-date uaii..r |
