Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-15
BANKERS URGED ID COOPERATE WITH
 FARMERS
SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED TIRE BANK VAULTS OF
 THE NATION.
The Bank a Financial Power House
 to the Community.
By Peter Radford.

One or the greatest OppOIluultlub III the business life of the nation Hes 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 low rate of interest, and ofttimes without compensation, to buy blooded livestock, build silos, fertihze 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 anC the fertility of the soil, plants in the agricultural life of the community a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny- 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 not return buttered side up in time for annual dividends would have 10 give way to more capable man This does not necessarily mean that the bankers are getting any better or that the milk of human hndnesss is being imbibed more freely by our tinan- ciers. It indicates that the bankers are getting wiser, becoming more able fin 1 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 on the investment as these progres. sive bankers, who made loans to uplift 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 commercial life to find SO many dol lars with souls. When a dollar is ap preached to perform task that does not directly yield the highest rate o interest, We usually hear the rustic of the eagles wings as it scars up ward; when a dollar is requested tC return at the option of the borrower it usually appeals to the Goddess o Liberty for it's contractural rights when a dollar is asked to expand 1T volume to suit the requirements o industry, it usually talks solemnly o it's redeemer, but soul material hal entered into the vaults of our bank and rate, time and volume have { new basis of reckoning in so far a the ability of some of the banker permit them to cooperate in promot ing the business of farming.
 God Almishty's Nobemen.
 These bankers are God Almighty noblemen. Heaven lent earth tn spirit of these men and the angel will help them roll in place tn cornerstones of empires. They ar not philanthropists they are wis bankers. The spirit of the builde has given them a new vision, an wisdom has visited upon them bus ness foresight
 The cackle of the hen, the lo' of kine and the rustic of growth crops echo in every bank vault in tn nation and the shrewd banker know that he can more effectively increas l his deposits by putting blue blood i the veins of livestock; quality the yield of the soil and value int agricultural products, than by bus ness handshakes, overdrafts an gaudy calendars.
 | Taking the community into par i nership with the bank, opening up
 ledger account with progress, makin thrift and enterprise stockholders an the prosperity of the country a asset to the bank, put behind
 stability far more desirable than
 letterhead bearing the names of a the distinguished citizens df the cor munity The bank is the financi
 power house Of the community an blessed is the locality that has a | up-todate banker.