The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-08-05
BANKERS URGED To
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
TIE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
The Bank Financial Power House
to the Community.
BY Peter Radford.

One of the greatest opportunities IN
the business life of the nation lies
in practical cooperation of the coun-
try banks with the farmer in building
agriculture and the adventure is laden
with greater possibilities than any
forward movement now before the
American public.
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmers at a low rate of interest,
and ofttimes without compensation, to
buy blooded livestock, build silOs,
fertillze the land, secure better seed,
hold their products for a betetr mar
ket price, etc. The banker in con-
tributing toward improving the grade
Of livestock; the quality of the seed
and the fertility Of the soil, plants in
the agricultural life of the community
s. fountain Of profit, that, like Tenny-
sons brook, runs On and on forever.
Community Progress Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
Cd such basis would severely test
the sanity of the banker; such trans
actions would pain the directors like
d blow in the face. A cashier who
would dare to cast bread upon waters
that did not return buttered side UP
"a time for annual dividends would
have to give way to more capable
man. THIS does not necessarily mean
tEat the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk OF human kindnesss is
Being inbibed m1re freely by our finan-
cIers. It irLicates that the bankers are
getting wiser, becoming more able in
anciers and the banking industry more
competent. The vision Of the builder is
crcwdins out the spirit Of the pawn
BROKE a light has been turned on
= -o,- :. or q. -se invest sttl--tGh. aLa T.
usurer ever receiTed as large returns
On the investment as these progress
sive bankers, who made loans to
nplift industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
It is refreshing in this strenuous
! e5tntnereial life to find so many dol
lars with souls. When dollar is ap-
| preached to perform task that does
not directly yield the highest rate Of
interest, we usually hear the rustic
of the eagles wings as il scars up
ward; when a dollar is requested to
return at the option Of the borrower,
| IT, usually appeals to the Goddess OF
| Liberty for itS, eOntraetural rights;
when a dollar is asked to expand In
| volume to suit the requirements OF
| industry, it usually talks solemnly OF
! it's redeemer, but soul material has
| entered into the vaults Of cur banks
| and rate, time and volume have a
new basis Of reckoning III SO far IS
the ability Of some of the bankers
/ permit them to cooperate in promot-
Ing the business of farming.
God Aimiuhty'a Noblemen.
These bankers are God Almighty g
| noblenea. Heaven lent earth the
spirit of these men and the angels
will help them roll in place the
eerasrstohes Of empires. They are
not philanthropists; they are wise
bankers. The spirit of the builder
has given them d new vision, and
| wisdom has visited upon them busi
| ness foresight.
The cackle Of the hen. the low
crops echo in every bank vault in the
nation and the shrewd banker knows
| that he can more effectively increase
his deposits by putting blue blood in
the veins of livestock: quality III
the yield of the soil and value into
agricultural products, than by busl
ness handshakes, oveTdrafts ane
candy calendars
Taking the community into part
rership with the bank, opening up {
ledger account with progress, making
thrift and enterprise stockholders ane
the prosperity Of the country al
asset to the bank, put behind i
stability far more desirable than
letterhead bearing the names of al
the distinguished citizens of the com
munity. The bank is the fnancia
power house of the community ant
blessed is the locality that has al