South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-16
FARMERS SHOULD
USE LOCAL BANKS
They Are AS Welcome AS In
Any Place of BuSineSS-The
Banks Appreciate Their
Patronage.

In conversation with the News
Times Monday evening Stanley McIn-
tosh, secretary and treasurer of the
Mishawaka Trust and Savings COM
pany. who is taking great interest in
the affairs of the city, gave out the
following interview:
I'm this age of scientific agricul-
ture, when the Importance Of the far
mer to the welfare Of the world is
being recognized more and more.
every progressive farmer realizes the
desirability of making every acre of
his land yield its maximum of pro-
ductiveness at all times. He realizes
/ that system is necessary in the man
agement Of his farm in order TO get
/ the best results.
! The necessity for system in money
matters and the great assistance
which an account in a strong bank af-
fords FOR placing ones financial af-
fairs upon a systematic basis are
sometimes not fully realized by the
farmer.
Shuns the Bank.
/ when he comes to town the far
mer finds no trouble in making him
self at home in any office or store he
may visit yet he seems frequently to
keep away from the bank, feeling that
/ il is very different from any other
esta blishment in its methods of doing
| business and in its anxiety TO please
the public If he only realized how
much his patronage is valued and how
/ anxious the banker is TO please him
/ he might give the institution more of
/ his attention, even apart from the
fact that the bank is the only place
Of business where he can get many
a
penny
Nothing is simpler than the open
| ing Of a bank account All that is
I necessary is to bring or send the
money to the bank. The money will
be placed TO your credit and you
will receive a pass book with the
amount of the deposit credited in ii,
and also a check book. When you
wish TO deposit any additional sums
you merely bring or send the money
and your pass book TO the bank. The
new deposit is entered IN your book
and added TO the balance standing TO
your credit.
I'm paying your bills the process
is equally simple. You fill out a
check in your check book for the
amount required and sign the check.
In your check book you will find stubs
with blank spaces corresponding TO
the checks to which they are attached
For your own convenience in order TO
know at all times exactly the con-
ditiOn of your balance, whenever you
make a deposit you add on the stub
of your check book the amount OF
lyOur deposit to your previous credit
balance. Similarly when you draw a
check, you deduct the amount of the
check from the balance and thus you
know at a glance how much money
is in the bank to your credit.
a fv,rw vol
and advantages OF a bank account
that can be secured so easily by every
farmer.
Relieved OF Anxiety.
"By opening a bank account and
depositing your money in a reliable
institution, you are at once relieved
of the care and anxiety that must al
ways be present when money is KEEP
, in or around the house or carried or
the person. In everyday business YOU
will find many cOnveniences in main
tanning checking account.
''It provides a perfect and sys
tematic record Of all your payments
} thus acting as a safeguard agains
the danger of paying bills already set
] tied. Ii keeps you informed, by mean:
} Of the monthly bank balance, in JUS
what condition your finances are. i
! frequently enables you to save Ions
and tiresOme Journeys. as you car
| safely and conveniently make pay
? ments by means OF checks through
2 the mails.
7 There are many other importan
ways in which a checking accOun
helps a farmer so greatly that once
he opens a bank account he will won
der how he ever managed to get alonl
without IL.
: Moreover. the farmer may Away
go 10 his banker for adv-ee with re
] gard TO his financial anu investmen
e matters. The banker approaches sucl
e questions without prejudice and con
r siders them in the light Of his expert
- ence and knowledge and as a result
! his advice often saves depositO
3. much trouble and worry-and per
! haps actual loss.
D NO depositor should ever hesitat
for a moment To make every possibl
e use of his bank and a good motto I
= adopt. before engaging in any bust
e ness transaction IS Consult you
? banker
\ Just as the farmer goes 10 his law
r yer for law, 20 his doctor for medi
= cine. so he should go TO his banke
% when he requires financial advice"
2 ENTERTAIN At DINNER
3 Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Null. SO7 "
- Third St, on sunday pleasantly enter
e tanned at a six o'clock dinner, at thei
+ home in honor of the S1st birthda
!. anniversary OF Mrs. Frank Williams
Z OF Elkhart. Covers were laid for %
= The out -of-tOwn guests were Mr.. an
| Mrs Frank Williams and son Raw