The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-02-17
For sale by Henley & Henley.
Y GU ALL WAN I
A LOCAL BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION


For, several years ago your BOARD OF
TRADE sent out a folder which told of Lake
| lands advantages and then Of her needs, and
called on the Stranger to come to enjoy the
"cln ate" and to supply the needs and
say ing, Above all, We need a Building and
Loan Association, as there il no such insti-
tuition 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 80 else
| where for homes, for lack of them here, ready
| built.
| Laboring men and mechanics are finding
| rents getting too high for them And some
| thing 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. "
Lakeland's advantages are quite equal to
| those 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 a 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 provd-
ed with homes through these cooperating As
sOciations.
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-
scrhed and propose, except the name.
Why continue or permit this constant heavy
drain from this city and county? a local as
soclation here would soon become strong on
this alone But with the cooperation OF hun
dledS 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 it
would soon become tremendous force in
bringing in manufactures, by providing per
manent homes for their workers. and in other
wise building up a thrifty city
Thousand have been ruined by real estate
speeulatons they felt sure would make them
richer, but no man can be found who has lost
a dollar by these genuine, local associations.
There is in their workings no tendency to take
take advantage OF borrowers or savers, as
shown by the fact that they each average but
one and half foreclosures per year, the
| country over, with their hundreds Of millions
Of dollars in real estate loans and that the
savers can withdraw their savings whenever
needed. by giving proper notice Of desire to
do so.
The present splendid Chautauqua is made
possible by the fine spirit Of the men who two
years ago made this famed Auditorium . pos
sibilty. This public spirit patriotism, had
much to do with bringing many Of us here as
permanent residents. We knew the building
could not at first be a paying proposition, but
VIC wanted to live among the men who had the
nerve. patriotism and enterprise to build 1t to
boost Lakeland and benefit her people.
We have scripture admonition "be not weary
in well doing. Here is proposition preemi-
nent in the line of well doing. that will pay
every member good returns on their investments
from the very start, in which there can be no
loss. and in which no ones investment need
be large, and which can be quickly incorporat-
ed and put into successful operation on no
greater cash capital than $1,000 or $4,000.
Such a proposition taken up and prosecuted
heartily by Lakeland people, will grow like a
snow ball rolling down hill, and will become
the greatest florida town and home builder,
and will do far more for the material welfare
of all our people, than even the Auditorium,
for when that becomes too small this will
keep right on with increasing capacity in the
building of a Greater City.
Lakeland has the enyable fame of being
FIRST in many things She may now he first
| in securing one of these famed town and home
| builders which shall he up-to-date, progressive
and safe in all its methods and operations. and
| the beginning of better things along these
lines all over Florida This done and Lake
land will add greatly to her claim as THE
| TOWN OF BETTER THINGS"
NJ. @. WILLARD,
II Ky. Bldg, Phone 102 Lakeland.