The independent., 1907-02-21

see that county option is practfcai
way To settle the saloon question in
the small towns and villages especially,
so that the business people in these
towns will not be constantly divided
over the saloon question. The saloon
question is the cause of contention
every year in half dozen towns of
county, whereas, if the county as
whole could vote and settle the queS-
ton it would be settled fully through
out the whole county and the business
public in each town having no quarrel
pending over the wet or the dry prop
osition would turn it's energies towards
the growth of the town and the work
ing out of business enterprises There
is nothing today in the state of Ne
braska that deadens the growth and
progress of towns, and that divides the
business men more than the ever re-
curing contention on the saloon ques-
ton The county option law would
eliminate this annual strife. This
reason alone, if there were no other, is
enough to justify such law. The
town that has a quarrel on hand all
the time over the saloon question is
ret an isfittiiie, town to which good
citizens come either for homes or for
investment. The men in the state
senate who opposed the county option
bill because it would make the saloon
question an issue in each county every
two wears evidently overlooked the
fact that as it is now we have this sa-
loon question not every two years in
each county but every year in every
town Of every county in the state"
"There is a strong demand for mon
ev." saws a Lincoln banker. 1T comes
from the country but that does not
necessarily mean from the farmer.
Once in a while a farmer is found who
is specuIator and borrower, but
the majority OF them have money they
can put their fingers on when needed.
The demand will increase about March
/, when many real estate deals IN the
state will be closed. A great many
changes in ownership OF Nebraska
property are being recorded and these
take money. and the effect of the
change is being felt by Lincoln banks.
Relating to the amount of money in
! the country a banker reports stock
sale in the vicinity Of Wymore, where
81 500 worth of stock was sold and
where notes to the amount of $3.50 only
were offered in payment. He explains
this in this way: 'The farmer may
not have the money but he can go to
his banker and get it, IL his credit is
coed on his plain note. The banker
knows him, knows his resources and
his disposition to pay, and is ready to
loan him money. If he goes to the
sale and offers note he is compelled
to ask someone to sign the note with
him. The average farmer dislikes to
| ask HIS neighbor to sign a note with
him, and the result is that he gets
money OF MS banker Then, too, many
farmers keep ready money in the bank
which they check against Sometimes
their relations with their banker are
SO close that their check is good
whether they have money on deposit at
that time or not. Your country banker
knows more about the financial situ-
alton Of the people in his neighborhOod
than the city banker knows about his
patrons. The patron of the country
bank tells his financial troubles and
/ successes to his banker and the city
patron often hides these things from
his money loaning friend"
The big business concerns of Lin
coin are growing in a truly metropoi-
tan way with the new year The Hardy
Furniture company is about 20 move
! into new store on o street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth that viii
be a revelation to the people who have
been buying Of the house since 1870
4 The Ridge & Guenzel company is
! building "A four-story store on O street
4 between Tenth and Eleventh, and now
\ the tenants on the second floor of the
Miller & Paine building are preparing
/ to move out to make room for anothe,
story and bigger departments there
| There Is progress all along the line In
I the retail section of Lincoln. and JUS
as much in the jobbing district IL Is
expected that not only one but perhaps
two wholesale dry goods companie:
may be organized in the next tw,
months.
Attorney General w. I. Thompson
and Deputy Attorney General w. p
Rose. having been directed by Gov.
ernor Sheldon 20 bring a suit to test
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