The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-26
BANKERS 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.

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.
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmers at a low rate of interest,
and ofttimes without compensation, to
buy blooded 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
anc 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 a Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
on such basis would severely test
the sanity of the banker; such trans
actions 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
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 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
crowding out the spirit of the pawn
broker. A light has been turned on
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
always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
It is refreshing in this strenuou!
commercial life to find so many dol
lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap
preached to perform task that doe!
not directly yield the highest rate o
interest, we usually hear the rustic
of the eagles wings as it scars up
ward; when dollar is requested t
return at the option of the borrower
it usually appeals to the Goddess o
Liberty for its contractural rights
when a dollar is asked to expand IL
volume to suit the requirements o
industry, it usually talks solemnly o
its redeemer, but soul material ha
entered into the vaults of our banks
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 Almighty's Noblemen.
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 buide
has given them new vision, an
wisdom has visited upon them bus
ness foresight
The cackle of the hen, the lo'
of kline and the rustic of CROWN
crops echo in every bank vault in tn
nation and the shrewd banker know
that he can more effectively increas
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
q gaudy calendars.
: Taking the community into par
nership with the bank, opening up
ledger account with progress, maxim
thrift and enterprise stockholders al
: the prosperity OF the country q
:, asset to the bank, put behind
= stability far more desirable than
letterhead bearing the names of Q
/, the distinguished citizens of the col
g munity. The bank is the financi
!, power house of the community al
= blessed is the locality that has (
up-to-date banker.