Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-07-15
BANKERS URGED TO
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
THE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
the Bank a Financial Power House
to the Community.
BY Peter Rsdford.

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 before the
American public.
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 a 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
u fountain Of PROFIT. that. like Tenny-
sons brook, runs on aud 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 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 IL
being imbibed more freely by our finan
ciers II indicates that the bankers are
getting wiser. becoming more able fin
anciers and the banking industry more
competent. The vision OF the builder II
crowding out the spirit OF the pawn
broker A light has been turned OF
new world OF investment and M
usurer ever received as large return
on the investment as these progress
sive bankers. who made loans T.
uplift industry. The bankers hav
always been liberal city builders, bu
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
II is refreshing in this strenuou
/ lilO " INV ~ A@0HS
lars with. souls. When dollar Is al
preached TO perform task that doe
not directly yield the highest rate
interest, We usually hear the rustl
OF the eagles wings as II scars VI
ward. when a dollar is requested |
return at the option of the borrowe
II usually appeals TO the Goddess
Liberty for its contractural rights
when a dollar is asked TO expand
volume to suit the requirements
Industry. It usually talks solemnly
its redeemer. but soul material ht
entered into the vaults OF our banl
and rate, time and volume have
new basis OF reckoning In so far
the ability OF some of the banker
permit them 10 cooperate In promo
Ing the business OF farming
God AlmIghty's Noblemen.
These bankers are God Almighty
noblemen. Heaven lent earth Il
spirit OF these men and the ange
will help them roll in place Il
cornerstones OF empires. They
not philanthropists; they are wi
bankers. The spirit OF the build
has given them q new vision, al
wisdom has visited upon them bu
ness foresight
The cackle OF the hen. the ie
OF kline and the rustic OF grown
crops echo In every bank vault In {
nation and the shrewd banker kno'
that he can more effectively increa
{ his deposits by putting blue blood
the veins Of livestock; quality
the yield Of the soil and value In
agricultural products, than by pu
, ness handshakes, overdrafts
gaudy calendars.
Taking the community into pa
nership with the bank, opening up
ledger account with progress. maxi
thrift and enterprise stockholders a
!. the prosperity Of the country
- asset to the bank, put behind
stability far more desirable than
letterhead bearing the names OF
r the distinguished citizens of the &C
munity. The bank is the fnano
power house OF the community .
blessed is the locality that has
q up-to-date banker.