The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-08-26
BANKERS URGED. TO
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
SOUL MATERIAL HAS sENTERED
TIE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
The Bank a 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 sbefore the |
American public
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmers at low rate of interest
and ofttimes without compensation, to
buy blooded livestock, build silos,
fertilize the land, secure better seed,
hold their products for 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
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 a basis would severely test
the sanity of the banker; such trans
actions would pain the directors like
a 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 a more capable
man. This does not necessarily mean
that the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk of human kindnesss is
being imbibed more freely by our finan-
ciers. 1t indicates that the bankers are
getting wiser, becoming more able fin
anciers and the banking industry more
competent. The vision Of the builder is
crowdins out the spirit OF tho pawn
| broker. A light has beer turned on
a new world of investment and no
! usurer ever received as large returns
On the investment as these progress
/, sive bankers, who made loans to
! uplift industry. The bankers have
F., always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
| 1t is refreshing in this strenuous
! commercial life to find so many dol
! lars with souls. When a dollar is ap-
preached to perform a 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 dollar is requested to
return at the option of the borrower,
it usually appeals to the Goddess OF
Liberty for it's contractural rights
when dollar is asked to expand in
volume to suit the requirements Of
industry, it usually talks solemnly of
its redeemer, but soul material has
entered into the vaults Of our banks
and rate, time and volume have a
new basis of reckoning in SO far as
the ability Of some OF the bankers
permit them to cooperate in promot
ing the business of farming.
God AImghtys Nobemen.
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 are
not philanthropists; they are wise
bankers. The spirit Of the builder
has given them new vision, ane
, wisdom has visited upon them bust
ness foresight
The cackle of the hen, the low
of 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 IL
the veins of livestock; quality il
the yield of the soil and value int
: agricultural products, than by busi
ness handshakes, overdrafts an
gaudy calendars
e Taking the community into part
| nership with the bank, opening up ;
l ledger account with progress, makin'
thrift and enterprise stockholders an
: the prosperity Of the country al
= asset to the bank, put behind
stability far more desirable than
letterhead bearing the names Of al
q the distinguished citizens Of the con
. munity The bank is the fnancla
2 power house of the community an
v blessed is the locality that has a
up-to-date banker.
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