Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-08-20
URGED TO
| COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
eouL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
TIE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
rbe Bank a Financial Power House
to the Community.
BY Peter Radford.

ny FCkCF ndutOEus
One Of the greatest opportunities m
HE business life of the nation lies
81 practical cooperation of the coun-
Nv banks with the farmer in building
Horticulture and the adventure is laden
With greater possibilities than any
zorward movement nov before the
american public.
A few bankers have loaned money
Ii farmers at a low rate of interest,
And ofttimes without compensation. to
zbuy FLOODED livestock, build silos,
lei Utilize the land, secure better seed,
hold their products for a better mar
let price, etc. The banker in con-
ributing toward improving the grade
81 livestock; the quality of the seed
Ind the fertility of the soil, plants in
he agricultural life of the community
fountain of profit, that, like Tenny-
IONS brook, runs on and on forever.
Community Progress a Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
bp such a basis would severely test
he sanity of the banker; such trans
ctions 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
n time for annual dividends would
have to give way to a more capable
man. This does not necessarily mean
hat the bankers are getting any better
br that the milk of human Kindness is
being imbibed more freely by our finan.
biers. 1t indicates that the bankers are
setting wiser, becoming more able fin
bnciers and the banking industry more
competent. The vision of the builder is
providing out the spirit of the pawn
broker. A light has been turned on
a new world of investment and no
bsurer ever received as large returns
bn the investment as these progress
live bankers, who made loans to
hplift industry. The bankers have
hlways been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
It is refreshing in this strenuous
! commercial life to find SO many dol
ars with souls. When a dollar is APP
preached to perform a task that does
pot directly yield the highest rate OF
interest,"; we M rally hear the rustic
BIZ the eagles wings as it scars up
yard: when a dollar is requested to
return at the option of the borrower,
/ usually appeals to the Goddess of
liberty for it's contractural rights;
when a dollar is asked to expand in
Folume to suit the requirements of
Industry, it usually talks solemnly of
Its redeemer, but soul material has
inferred into the vaults of our banks
nd rate, time and volume have q
ew basis of reckoning in SO far as
he ability of some of the bankers
permit them to cooperate in promot-
ng the business of farming.
God AImighty's NobIemen.
These bankers are God Almighty's
hoblemen. Heaven lent earth the
pirit Of these men and the angels
yin help them roll in place the
ornerstones of empires. They r
ct philanthropists; they are wise
sankers. The spirit Of the builder
Jas given them a new vision, and
Fisdom has visited upon them busi-
|ess foresight.
The cackle Of the hen. the low
kline and the rustic of growing
rops echo in every bank vault in the
alton and the shrewd banker knows
bat he car more effectively increase
is deposits by putting blue blood in
Pc veins OF livestock; quality in
Pc yield of the soil and value into
gricultural products. than by bust
ess handshakes, ov~erdrafts and
audy calendars.
Taking the community into part
lersnip with the bank, opening up a
Pdger account with progress, making
prift and enterprise stockholders and
Pc prosperity of the country an
Pset to the bank, put behind it
ability far more desirable than a
Ptterhead bearing the names of all
Re distinguished citizens of the COM
unity. The bank is the financial
pwer house of the community and
essed is the locality that has al
Pto-date banker.