Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23
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 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 low rate of interest,
and ofttimes without compensation, to
| buy blooded livestock, build silos.
fertilize 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 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 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 Kindness is
being imbibed more freely by our finan-
c1ers. 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 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 OF
interest, we usually hear the rustic
of the eagles wings as it scars up
ward; when a 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 a dollar is asked to expand In
volume to suit the requirements or
industry, it usually talks solemnly OF
it's redeemer, but soul material mas
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 AImIghtys Noblemen.
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 a new vision, ana
wisdom has visited upon them busl-
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 IN
the veins OF livestock; quality in
the yield of the soil and value into
agricultural products, than by busl-
ness handshakes, overdrafts and
gaudy calendars.
Taking the community into part
nership with the bank, opening up
ledger account with progress, making
| thrift and enterprise stockholders and
the prosperity of the country an
asset to the bank, put behind it
stability far more desirable than
| letterhead bearing the names of all
| the distinguished citizens of the COM
munity. The bank is the financial
power house of the community and
blessed is the locality that has an
up-to-date banker.