Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-06
BANKERS URGED TO
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
THE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
The Bank q Financial Power houa~
to the Community.
BY Peter Radford.

By Peter Radferd.
One OF tho greatest opportunities N
the business life OF the nation lies,
In practical cooperation OF the couns
try banks with the farmer in building
agriculture and the adventure 10 laden
with greater possibilities than any
forward movement now before the
American public.
A few bankers have loaned money
70 farmers 1t . low rate Of interest.
and Outlines without compensation. to
buy blooded livestock. build silos.
ferttlize the land. secure better seed.
hold their products for Q betetr mar
ket price. etc. Tho banker In con-
tributing toward improving the grade
q livestock: the quality OF the seed
and the fertility of the soil, plants In
the agricultural life oR tho community
q fountain Of profit, that, like Tenny.
sons brook, runs on and on forever.
Community Progress . Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
on such basis would severely test
the sanity OF tho banker; such trans.
actions would pain the directors like
blow In the face. A cashier who
would dare to cast bread upon waters
that did not return buttered side up,
In time for annual dividends would
have to give way to . more capable
man. This does not necessarily mean.
that the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk Of human Kindness L.
being imbibed more freely by our finan-
ciers. 1t indicates that the bankers are
getting wiser, becoming more able I'm
anciers and the banking industry more
competent. The vision OF the builder 10
crowding out the spirit OF the pawn
broker. A light has been turned on
q new world Of investment and no
usurer ever received as large returns
On the investment ~ these progress
sive bankers. who made loans to
uphft industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, but.
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With q Soul.
1t is refreshing in this strenuous
commercial life to find SO many dol
lars with souls. When . dollar is ap-
preached to perform q task that does
not directly yield the highest rate of
interest, We usually hear the rustic
OF the eagles wings as It scars up
ward; when q dollar IL requested to
return at the option of the borrower.
1t usually appeals to the Goddess Of
Liberty for it, contractural rights;
when . dollar Is asked to expand In
volume to suit the requirements of
industry. 1t usually talks solemnly of
ito redeemer. but soul material has
entered into the vaults OF our banks
and rate. time and volume have .
new basis of reckoning in 30 far -
the ability Of some Of tho bankers
permit them to cooperate in promot-
Ing the business Of farming.
God AlmIshty's kehIsmsn.
These bankers are God Almighty's
noblemen. Heaven lent earth the
spirit OF these men and the angels
will help them roll in place the
cornerstones of empires. They ara
not philanthropists; they are wise
bankers. The spirit Of the builder
has given them q new vision, and
wisdom has visited upon them bust.
ness foresight.
The cackle Of the hen. the low
Ct kline and the rustic of growing
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
thV veins of livestock: quality IN
the yield of the. soil and value into
agricultural products, than by bust
ness handshakes, overdrafts ana
gaudy calendars.
Taking the community into part
nership with the bank, opening up q
ledger account With progress. making
thrift and enterprise stockholders and.
the prosperity Of tGt6e country an
asset to the hank, PIT behind II
stability far mort desirable than q.
letterhead bearing the names of ALI
the distinguishes auxsne q the COM
munity. Tho baak q the financial
power house OF txs Sohnunity and
blessed il. tho. locality that has ami
up-to-date banker.