The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-18
GOOD TIMES AHEAD
 IN OLD MISSION
Bankers Say New Financial System Will Increase Pros
 perity Crops Abundant :.


 St Louis, Mo, July 1s.-Bankers of Missouri. each in touch with the ac-5 tual financial. business and crop con dttions in his territory, believe that the state is on the verge of one of the greatest eras of prosperity in its his tory.
 In a number of letters to The St. Louis Republic, replying to inquiries as to the exact conditions in the state, they have declared in no uncertain terms that Missouri is entering, with the coming installation of the new currency system, on "a period of ex- ceptionaIly good business.
 The majority of letters received by The Republic asscrtbe the optimistic outlook to the bumper wheat harvest it's already, noticeable effect in hnan- cial circles in certain districts and the rbelief that the new currency system when in operation will increase the financial prosperity of the state many fold.
 Many of the writers have gone into painstalzing detail and show in their letters just what the situation is in their own sections of the state. The inquiries were sent out regardless of political creed or belief and with Q re- quest for replies in the same spirit. This has been done
 Those in the farming districts pin their faith to the bumper wheat cEops the greatest Missouri has eyer known, and the fact that. the harvest has gone on without hitch and the farm CTS are having few financial worries and are able on this crop to take up old obligations without the necessity of making new.
 Corn, too, has a good prospect In some sections of the state they have had plenty Of rain, while reports from others show that the corn has a
 L At sAR.= 1@l @la weather will join with wheat in max ing this a great year for Missouri
 Some Of the letters follow:
 R. B. Price president of the Boone County National Bank of Columbia Mo, is a typical optinnist
 s'I am an optimist in regard to the effect upon business of the currency Iaw.'' writes Col Price. It gives the agricultural districts of the country fair deal financially. something that they never had before
 ssIt is a marvel that a bill, making euch radical changes, and yet so ad- 1f1ira:bly adjusted to the wants of the whole country, could have been work ed out and have become law with so little friction and be at once uni- versally approved by the country at large.
 pspea4ring of local conditions. the 800 coo bushels of wheat now being threshed in this country will soon be changed to money in the ba.nks- The prospect of an unprecedented corn crop presagee good money conditions this coming fall. Every prospect pleases.'
 Joseph Jackson, IT,, cashier of the First National Bank of Mary'vtlie. Mo. writes:
 uAt the present time all indications .1 --I- fea1fq of corn and small grain will yield up to a ten-year average. Business con idtions are good; however, bank de- postts show a decrease from three months ago, which may be expected. but are practically the same as 12 months ago.
 '"The demand for loans is consider ably stronger than this time last year and the bank discounts are. running 25 per cent. higher.
 s-This bank looks upon the new cur reney law with favor and is of the opinion that the same will be a bene- it to business in general. J. D. Buchanannes president of the Bank of Herculaneum, says:
 Our district does. not rely supon it's agricultural products, as there is not very much farming, but manufacture ing and smelling industries are ru11- ming full time and full force, and are storing such articles as they do not care to sell at present, thus evidenc- ing the same opinion that the time is here and conditions are right and that business must come ID J. Deal, president of the South east Missouri Trust company of Cape Girardeau, Mo, writes: "An Southeast Missouri has just harvested the largest crop of wheat l known The same Is now being l threshed and converted into cash. We also have good crops. Of alfalfa and 1 timothy hay.
 sti1l uncertain on account of the ex- tended drouth, but an early rain will insure good crops"
 Henry c. Francisco. of Marshall, cashier Of the Bank of Saline says:
 '-rhe new currency law will have a. good effect and the crop conditions are fine. However. it is just little dry in this country. and if we get | two weeks we will have a. big corn crop. We are now threshtng a good wheat crop.'' J. M Kendriclz, cashier of the Bank | of Knobnoster, Mo. writes;
 'FWe are just through cutting one Of the bestvwheat crops we ever had. crop will start to market We have g fine prospect for corn and w1th con tinued rains will have a big crop. The | oat crop will be short and the grass not over one-half crop"
 J. L. Ddfrenderfer, cashier of the Bank Of Lebanon, Mo. forecasts pros II 6aV~