Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-08-27
MIXERS URGED TO
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
|lL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
THE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
Bank a Financial Power House
20 che Community.
BY Peter Radford.

one OF the greatest opportunities m
business life OF the nation lies
practical cooperation Of the coun-
banks with the farmer In building
iculture and the adventure lie laden
kh greater possibilities than any
ward movement now before the
aerican public.
few bankers have loaned money
farmers at q low rate of interest.
4 ofttlmes without compensation TO
FLOODED livestock, build silos,
tilize the land. secure better seed.
Ia their products for better mar
. price, etc. The banker In con-
buting toward improving the grade
livestock; the quality Of the seed
d the fertility of the soil, plants In
agricultural life OF the community
fountain Of profit, that. like Tenny-
bns brook, runs on and on forever.
Immunity Progress a Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
such a basis would severely test
he sanity Of the banker; such trans
ctions would pain the directors like
blow in the face. A cashier who
kould dare to cast bread upon waters
mai did not return buttered side UP
Ia 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 kindnesss ID
being imbibed more freely by our finan-
cierg. It indicates that the bankers are
Ketting wiser, becoming more able nm
mnciers 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 NC
usurer ever received as large returns
on the investment as these progress
sive bankers, who made loans e
uplift industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, bu
they are now building agriculture.
A pollar With q Soul.
It Is refreshing in this strenuoui
commercial life 10 find 90 many dol
lara with souls. When . dollar Is ar
preached to perform 8 task that doe
not directly yield the highest rate o
interest, We usually hear the rustl
Of the eagles wings as It scars "
ward; when 9 dollar is requested t
return at the option Of the borrower
It usually appeals to the Goddess Q
Liberty for its contractural rights
when q dollar IL asked to expand L
volume to suit the requirements Q
industry, 1t usually talks solemnly Q
its redeemer, but soul material ha
entered into the vaults OF our bank
and rate, time and volume have
new basis OF reckoning in 30 far Q
the ability Of some Of the banker
permit them TO cooperate in promo
ing the business Of farming.
God AlmIghty's Noblemen.
These bankers are God Almighty
noblemen. Heaven lent earth th
spirit Of these men and the angel
will help them roll in place th
cornerstones Of empires. They 81
not philanthropists; they are wis
bankers. The spirit of the buiide
has given them q new vision, an
wisdom has visited upon them bus
ness foresight.
The cackie of the hen, the 10
OF kline and the rustic Of GROWN
crops echo In every bank vault in Il
nation and the Hhrewd banker know
that he can more effectively increai
his deposits by putting blue blood
the veins Of livestock; quality
the yield Of the soil and value In
agricultural products, than by bui
ness handshakes, overdrafts o.
gaudy calendars.
Taking the community into pal
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
the distinguished citizens Of the CO..
munity. The bank is the financi
power house OF the community a
blessed is the locality that has
up-to-date banker.