The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-02-21
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A LOCAL BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION
FOR, several years ago your BOARD Of
TRADE sent out folder which told Of Lake
lahds advantages and then Of her needs. and
called on the Stranger to come to enjoy the
elm ate and to supply the needs" and
SAVING. Above all, we need Building and
Loan Association, as there is no such inSti-
tution now in Polk county"
Lakeland is now twice as big as then, with
Twice as many visitors and home seekers. Too
many Of the latter are compelled to 90 else
where for homes. for lack of them here, ready
built
Lahortns men and mechanics are finding
rents getting too high for them And some
thtls must be done quickly to retain these.
who are the real foundation Of all prosperous
communities And what Lakeland SO much
needs Lakeland wants. And what the city
wants. her men, women and children need"
Lakelands advantages are quite equal to
hose Of the earlier Middle West" towns. BY
improving their advantages the people built
towns and filled them with homes. though not
long ago wilderness. Dayton o. is a typi-
cal Town, with its 20 OF these Associations,
all started in modest way, and growing
rapidly till several of them already have assets
Of from one to six million dollars These have
helped to bring her hundreds Of big factories,
whose thousands Of workers have been proyid-
ed with homes through these CO operating As
SociationS
We do not think there is a single one Of
these local cooperative associations In Florida
certainly there is none in great Polk county.
Thousands Of dollars annually are taken from
the county, by outside corporations, operating
here as Building and Loan Association, but
having nothing Of kin with what we have de-
>crhed and propose, except the name.
Why continue or permit this constant heavy
drain from this city and county, local as
| seclation here would soon become strong on
| this alone But with the cooperation of hun
Cleds who want to boost the town, and of the
| MANY who have suffered Disappointment and
| loss by the outside concerns, and Of the Other
hundreds that will help with their savings to be
applied on homes and other good purposes. II
would soon become tremendous force, In
bringing in manufactures, by providing per
| manen, homes for their workers, and in other
| wise building up q thrifty city.
| Thousand have been ruined by real estate
EQUATIONS they felt sure would make then
richer, but no man can be found who has los
4 i dollar BY these genuine, local associations
| There is III their workings no tendency to tax
| take advantage Of borrowers or savers, az
shown hy the fact that they each average bu
one and half foreclosures per year. th'
country over with their hundreds OF mlllon
| OF dollars In real estate loans. and that I'M
savers can withdraw their savings whenever
needed. by giving proper notice OF desire U
| do so
The present splendid Chautau1ua Is mad'
possible hy the fine spirit Of the men who tW'
YEAR, ago made this famed Auditorium pos
sibitv. This public spirit atriotsm, nat
much to do with bringing many OF us mere a
nernanpnt residents. We knew the building
could not at first be paying proposition, Du
We wanted to live among the men VINO nad IN
nerve, patriotism and enterprise TO Duild II
boost Lakeland and benefit her people,
We have scripture admOnition be not wear
in well doing" Here is a proposition preeml
uept in the line Of well doing, that VIII pa
every member good returns on their investment
rom the yery start in which there can De n
lave and in which no ones investment nee
he large and which can be quickly incorporat
cd and nut into successful operation on al II
greater cash capital than $5,ooo or slo,ov.
Such a proposition taken up ana prosecute
heartily by Lakeland people VIII stn , , mnu
snov hall rolling down hill, ana VIII pecoih
,ha greatest florida town and home puidel
ond uilI do far more for the material wellar
~ al nur people than even the Auditorium
Tor when that becomes too small. lhis W,
to.n right on with increasing capacity III IN
building OF Greater city, !, ,o,n
Lakeland has the envabe fame OF pen
FIRST in many things she may now pc ~
il Sc, securing one of these famed town ana nom
i,ntIders which shall be up-to-date, progressv
""d safe in all its methods and operations an
inc beginning Of better things along ' nsS
Inrs all over Florida This done ana I'M I'm
land will add greatly to .l.1, ), cla'"' 40
T si or BETTER THINGS"
MIG. WILL q RID
80 ~ pldp Phone 102 Lakeland.