Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
DEVELOPMENT MEETING

A meeting of Ozark bankers,
Frisco officials and others was held
at the Colonial hotel in Spring
field, Mo-, Tuesday, April II, and
an organization known as the
Ozark Bankers Development Com
mittee was formed. The following
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, the section of Missouri
known as the Ozarks comprises al
most one-half the area Of the State,
and has a greater diversity of agri-
cultural possibilities and to
offer than any other section OF the
central or Western States, and
Whereas, they have not shared In
the immigration and development en-
joyed by other sections more remote
from markets and less adapted to all
lines of agriculture, and
Whereas, the present lack Of de-
yelopment has been in no manner
due to the absence of opportunities,
but rather the failure to place these
advantages and opportunities before
the people of the country by intelli-
gent cooperative development work,
and
Whereas, the Bankers Of the
Ozarks are interested in having the
people of the country at large know
of these vast possibilities, varied re-
sources and the wide range of oppor-
tunities available to the man who
wants to farm for profit, but to make
these facts known necessitates an or
ganization which shall conduct its
work along conservative lines for
substantial development, rather than
follow obsolete boom methods shere-
tofore employed in many sections
which have resulted only in riotous
speculation and failure, and
Whereas, the Bankers OF the
Ozarks realize the possibilities ye'
undeveloped by the farmers already
in the Ozarks, and know that the de
velopment of the Ozarks Is Deepen
dent not alone upon the location o
the new farmer but upon his success
when he is located, and
Whereas, the Frisco Railroad
through its Department of Develop
ment, has rendered its services to tn
: Bankers of the Ozarks in formulat
ing and carrying to a conclusion sucl
plans and work as will result in tn
development of the Ozarks, ar
knowing it is only by co-operativ'
/, methods and persistent work hat re
l suits can be accomplished;
i, Therefore, be it resolved, that TIL
i body of Ozark Bankers enter into
= permanent organization to be know
- as the Ozark Bankers Development
\ COMMITTEE, and that the work of thi
t Committee shall be:
+ (1st)-IMMIGRATION.
+ To place before the country In
business-like way the advantages an
' opportunities which the Ozarks pos
t sess and are offering to the business
E! like farmers of the country.
+ ,2nd)-IMPROvING METHODS OF
l. AGRICULTURE.
To work in cooperation with tn
: farmers of our respective commun'
+ ties. and the Department of Develop
+ ment of the Frisco and its agricu
tural representatives, in bringin
t about the most advanced and impro'
+ ed methods of agriculture t~hrougho'
the Ozarks. One of u foremost oil
iects being to nave every farmer no
= in the Ozarks and those that ma
+ hereafter come, succeed on the farm
+ (3rd)-MARKETING OF FARM
f. PRODUCTS.
To cooperate with the farmers
the Ozarks and the Marketing b
reau of the Frisco Railroad In eve
-
+ manner that will result in securii
! for the producers of the Ozarks Il
maximum prices for their product
This will mean immediate assistan
to the live stock men, fruit grower
= poultry raisers, dairy farmers, ct
+ and
=. Be 1t further resolved, that In q
dition to the selection of a Presidei
: Vice President, Secretary and Tres
+ urer, an Executive Board. to be CO
i. posed of nine members, and a Bure
of Publicity. a Bureau of 1mmigl
ton, a Bureau Of Live Stock, a L
= reau of Agriculture and a Bureau
Marketing, to be composed Of sew
members each, be selected to
m~ediately carry out the details
Cs this work.
Addressing the bankers OF I
III. Ozark country, of which in the nell
m borhood of 100 were assembled at