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Show Cas t'lven ftiem a new vFsion, Hi.d wisdom has visited upon thorn busi- j ne?s fureslht. I The cackle of the hen, the lew i of kine aud the rustle of grewir.s crops echo in every hank vault ia the i nation and the shrewd banker knows that he can more effectively incrtr.se his deposits by putting blue blood lu the veins of livestock; quality in the yield of the soil aud value Into rgricuitural products, than by business busi-ness handshakes, overdrafts and gaudy calendars. Taking the community into partnership part-nership with the bank, opening up a ledger account with progress, making thrift and enterprise stockholders and the prosperity of the country au asset to the bank, put behind it stability far more desirable than a letterhead bearing the names of all the distinguished citizens of the com-enmity. com-enmity. The bank is the financial iiower house of the community ami blessed is the locality tlat " an up-to-date banker. B1IBS URGED 10 ! GO-BPERATE WITH files ; SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED j THE BANK VAULTS OF j THE NATION. j i j i The Bank a Financial Power House j to the Commun.y. By Peter Radford. One of the greatest opportunities fn ill e business life of the nation lies in practical co-operation of the country coun-try banks with the farmer in baihling agriculture i,r,d the adventure is lailen with greater possibilities than any forward moi ement now before the American p:il!ie. A few bankers have loaned money to farmers at a low rate of interest, and ofttimes without compensation, to buy blooded livestock, build silos, fertilize the lar.d, secure better seed, hold their protects for a betetr- market mar-ket price, etc. The ba-nker in contributing con-tributing toward improving the grade pf livestock; the quality of the seed and the fertility of the soil, plants in the agricultural life of the community a fountain of profit, that, like Tennyson's Tenny-son's brook, runs on and op forever. Community Progress a Bank Asset. The time was -when money loaned on such a basis would severely test the sanity of the banker; such transactions trans-actions would pain the directors like a blow in the fa.ee. A cashier who would dare to cast bread upon waters that did not return buttered side up in time for annual dividends would have to give way to a more capable man. This does not necessarily mean that the Bankers are getting any better or that the milk of human kindnesss is being imbibed more freely by our financiers. finan-ciers. It indicates that the bankers are getting wiser, becoming more able financiers fin-anciers and the banking industry more competent. The vision of the builder is crowding out the spirit of the pawnbroker. pawn-broker. A light has been turned on a new world of investment and no usurer ever received as large returns on the investment as these progressive progres-sive bankers, who made loans to uplift industry. The bankers have r.hvays been liberal city builders, but they are now building agriculture. A Dollar With a Soul. ft is refreshing in this strenuous commercial life to find so many dollars dol-lars with souls. When a dollar is approached ap-proached to perform a task that does not directly yield the highest rate of interest, we usually hear the rustle of the eagle's w-fngs as it soars up- i ward; when a dollar is requested to return at the option of the borrower, it usually appeals to the Goddess of Liberty for its contractual rights; when a dollar is asked to expand in volume to suit the requirements of industry, it usually talks solemnly of its redeemer, but soul material has entered into the vaults of our banks and rate, time aud volume have a new basis o" reckoning in so far as the ability of some of the bankers permit them to co-operate in promot-i.ig promot-i.ig the business of farming. God Almighty's Noblemen. These bankers are God Almighty's noblemen. Heaven lent earth the spirit of these men and the angel3 will help them roll in place the cornerstones of empires. They are not philanthropists; they are wise bankers. The spirit of the builder |