The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-02-14
Y GU ALL WAN !
LOCAL BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCinTle

For, several Years AGO yodr BOARD IL
TRADE sent ont 4 folder which Told ii Lake
lands advantages, and Ih'n Of her needs. and
called on The stranger To- come enjoy Jhr
'din ate aud 10 supply The "n,edS aud,
sa}iitA, iAhu'e all. sc need 4 Building and
Loali Association. as there Is no such nsti-
turon now IN polk county"
Lakeland is nov twice as hig as then, with
twice rs many visitors and h me seekers Too
many Of the latter are compelled to 20 else
where for homes for Lack Of them here ready
built.
Lahuring men and mechanics are finding
fen,s setting TOO high for them And some
hing 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
those OF the earlier Middle West" towns By
improving their advantages the people built
towns and filled them with homes. This
ego was wilderness. Dayton, o., is a typi-
cal town, with its 20 of these Associations,
! AL starred 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 hundred of biz factories
whose thousands Of workers have been proyid-
Ell with homes through these cooperating AS
sOciations
We do not think there is single one of
"'eoe iotdi Co-optTdtlNe dSsOcldtl0nS IN Florida,
certainly there is none in great Polk county
Thousands of dollars annually are taken from
the county, by outside corporations operating
mere as Building and Loan Association but
having nothing OF kin with what we have de-
scrlhed and propose, except the name.
why continue, or permit this constant heavy
drain from this city and county? A local as
ISOLATION here would soon become strong on
this alone But with the cooperation Of hun
deds who want to boost the town. and of the
nahN VINO 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
manenl homes for their workers. and in other
wise building up a thrifty city.
Thousand have been ruined by real estate
speculations they felt sure would make them
richcr, but no man can be found who has lost
a dollar by these genuine, local associations
mere 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 was made
possible by the fine spirit Of the men who two
years ago made this famed Auditorium Dos.
sibility. This public spirit patriotlsm, had
muCh TO DO with bringing many OF us here as
permanent residents, We knew the building
could not at first be paying proposition, but
we wanted TO live among the men who had the
nerve. patriotism and enterprise TO build II IA
boos! Lakeland and benefit her people
We nave scripture admonition TO not weary
in well doing Here is a proposition preemi-
nent in the line Of well doing that will nay
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 $40 600
Such proposition taken up and prosecuted
heartily 10y Lakeland people, will grow like A
Sno" 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
Tor when that becomes too small this will
Keep right on with increasing capacity in the
building of Greater City
Lakeland has the enyiable fame of heinz
FIRST in many things She may now be frsr
In securing ale Of these famed town and bomt
builders, which shall be up-to-date, progressive
and safe in all its methods and operations and
IN, beginning of better things along ,hes,
lines all over Florida This done and Lake
Land will add greatly to her claim as THE
TOWN OF BETTER THINGS"
NJ. 9. WILL ARD.
II Ky. Bldg, Phone 1O2 Lakeland.