Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-06-19
URGED TO
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
TIE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
The Bank a Financial Power House
to the Community.
BY Peter Radford.

nv PGICT nEUiCTus
One of the greatest opportunities IN
the business life of the nation lies
in practical cooperation of the coun-
try hanks 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 4 low rate Of interest
and ofttimes without compensation, 10
buy hooded livestock, build silos'
fertillze the land, secure better seed'
hold their products for better 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 /
a fountain of profit, that, like Ienhy-
sons brook, runs on and on forever
Community Progress a 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 net return buttered side up
in time for annual dividends would
have to give way TO more capaDIe
man. This does not necessarily mean
that the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk of human Kindness Is
froa1Hy nv fInAn-
ciers. 1t indicates that the bankers are
: getting wiser, becoming more able nm
anciers and the banking industry more
competent. The vision of the builder Is
crowding out the spirit OF the pawn
broker. A light has been turned on
a new world Of investment and no
usurer ever received as large returns
l on the investment as these progress
| sive bankers, who made loans to
uplift industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
Y A Dollar With a Soul.
II Is refreshing in this strenuous
commercial life to find so many doi-
lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap-
e preached to perform task that docs
II not directly yield the highest rate OF
, interest. we usually hear the ru5te
of the eagles wings as it scars up
ward: when O dollar is requested tc
return at the option OF the borrower
it usually appeals to the GODDESS q
Liberty for its contractural rights
y when a dollar is asked to expand II
x volume TO suit the requirements @
III industry. it usually talks solemnly o
its redeemer, but soul material ma
- entered into the vaults of our bank
is and rate, time and volume nave
IL new basis of reckoning In so lar
9. the ability of some of the banker
". hermit them to cooperate in promo
ing the business of farming.
God AImighty's Noblemen.
These bankers are God Almighty
nd noblemen. Heaven lent earth III
~ spirit of these men and the ange
- will help them roll in place u
n corperstones of empires. They al
la not philanthropists; they are WIS
!, - bankers. The spirit of the bulid'
has given them a new VISION al
III wisdom has visited upon them DUE
an ness foresight. >.
,o The cackle of the hen, the 10
20 of kline and the rustic of grown
pie crops echo in every bank vault In u
,ey nation and the shrewd banker know
DAT that he can more effectively increa
:, his deposits by putting blue piooo
Ike the veins of livestock; quahty
as the yield of the soil and value IN
tbe agricultural products, than by pu
:, ness handshakes, overdraIts
II gaudy calendars. So.
sc, Taking the community into Pa
e nership with the bank. opening up
ledger account with progress, maxi
nat thrift and enterprise stockholders a
on the prosperity of the country
- asset to the bank, put behind
stability far more desirable than
nat letterhead bearing the names OF
tri- the distinguished citizens OF the &C
id murity. The bank is the nnah'
ncvcr house OF the community
IN blessed is the locality that mas
use ur-to-date banker.