The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-02-19
Y GU ALL wan !
A LOCAL BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION
FOR, several years ago your BOARD Of
TRADE sent out folder which told of Lake
| lands advantages and then Of her needs. and
called on the stranger" 10 come to enjoy the
"clln ate and to supply the needs" and,
SAYING, Above all, We need a Building and
Loan Association, as there is no such insti-
tuition now in Polk county"
Lakeland Is now twice as big as then with
t"lte 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
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, 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 provid-
ed with homes through these cooperating As
s0ciatiOns.
We do not think there is 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
mere as Building and Loan Association, but
having nothing Of kin with what we have de-
Scrihed and propose, except the name.
Why continue, or permit this constant heavy
| drain from this city and county? A local as
Sociation here would soon become strong on
| this alone But with the cooperation of hun
dieds 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
| abpiied on homes and other good purposes, IL
would soon become Il tremendous force in
bringing in manufactures, by providing per-
| iEanent 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
richer, but no man can be found who has lost
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 10
do so.
The present splendid Chautauqua is made
possible by the fine spirit OF the men who two
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sbility. This public spirit patriotism, had
| muth to do with bringing many of us here as
permanent residents. We knew the building
could EOt at first be a paying proposition, but
VIC wanted to live among the men who had the
nerve. patriotism and enterprise to build it to
boost Lakeland and benefit her people.
We have scripture admOnitOn 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. aud in which no ones investment need
he large, and which can he quickly incOrpOrat-
ed and put into successful operation on no
greater cash capital than $1,000 or $4,000
Such 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 al 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 enyiabe fame Of being
FIRST IN many things She may now be first
in securing one Of these famed town and home
builders, which shall be 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 1902 Lakeland.