The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-08

81 tie loan III any Time, u a. =
I'LL salents may be made monthly. y
4.r ee-,p,fatiye society has eve
ie.a tail.si ii this country Wit
| .q.ai benefit 10 the members an
rang u successful III itself.
',nLss lyania. whose great, beau
! it'll, coop, ratiNe city, Phlladeiphla
introduced these societies into tnl
, country from fn-land seNenty-hv
q eisats Years AGO. now has owe
700 ~ them IN successful opera
tlon The rich and prosperous
States of the middle west have eaci
$. vrr,i hundred of them The cit.
Ct Dayton. O.. alone. has over TWEEN
~, Md several Of these have as
SITS ranging from one ~ three ard
a half million dollars The city OF
Minneapolis. MINI las one with
..sats Of over i million dollars.
y hiea new holds top first mort
Eases, md has loaned more taIn
Sldaup uuo 10 is members in Min
nea a.s aud llcnnefi a comfy.
A should roi i.ake.and aile
faS county take "a hs. nrespr
il , use II IT, s,na raans sA
fsti, used hA thHse tiH4GN am
lan erous communities fhet MAY
VIII Ter whore Il i WI tEeia
/ i 4 way And. in order g do i
rs slylng this project a good star,
and rapid growth. even at some sac
ritlra il necessary. il is We'll WORTH
Will. The conditions for il are all
her. and many Of the right sort OF
people. and more are coming every
month not a few OF whom well know
the great good these associations
have done for their own towns an!
localities and some OF whom. in due
time will gladly take hand with
you in this good work.
Perhaps something should be said
rs 70 the fitness for the work of the
prospective secretary and manager
Ct this association. for the benefit Of
Those not acquainted with him. al
though this is his third winter in
l.akeland He is 4 man OF liberal
education and strict integrity, with
lonc and extensive legal and husi-
ness experience. who has high moral
ideals, as we'll as of social and elk Il
hctrrmcnt He has great regard
tor The dollar. and it's usefulness rs
= means Of securing human comfort
and happiness, but not as an end IN
itself, nor as almighty, nor ms the
chief end Of man" even il multi
piled by millions
lie believes that every man is en-
titled to a square deal in his "f
tort, to earn the dollar. and that
Practically all sober men, women
and children properly cnvironrd il
tins country. are entitled 10 homes
Il their own, and may have them
Y exercising proper effort and econ
my, and having the active coop
eration of their fellows in similar
and better circumstances He has
donc somewhat toward the rcalia-
ing OF these conditions in Minnesota.
aud after hayin. much to do witt
their organization and work for over
thirty wears, believes the local Go
operative SAVINGS, Loan and Build
ing association the best known mod,
and means toward securing this rrd
Finding the Minnesota winter
h"cominp too severe for his hoalis
and comfort. and Lakeland appar
entlv all that could be desired IN
lis respect he felt inclined to make
= change. But his friends in Min
Hosota protested against such break
iaa away from old ties and associa-
Ions Yet, when he saw in Lake
land Board Of Trade folder this
statement, above all, we need
building and loan association MS
there is no such institution in Polk
county" he took ii as a strong in
vitation to come here and estahlich
one. SO, for over year past, as
this sort of work also appeals to
him, he has been making a study of
the best features of these instiiu-
lions in several Of the States whor,
afrongest with the view OF organic
ing one at Lakeland that shall be
thoroughly uD-to-datc, which he
considers will do more than any 9th
81 one concern for tho unhuildipo