The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-01-12
BANKERS URGED TO
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
souL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
THE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
Tho Bank Financial Power House
to the Community.
By Peter Radford.

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Ono OF the greatest opportunities IN
tho business life OF tho nation lies
in practical cooperation of the coun-
try banks with tho farmer In building
agriculture and the adventure is laden
with greater possibilities than any
forward movement now before tho
American public.
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmers at a low rate of interest,
and Outlines without compensation, TO
buy blooded livestock, build silos,
fertilizo the land, secure better seed.
hold their products Tor betctr 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
tho agricultural life OF the community
fountain OF profit, that, like Tenny-
sons brook, runs on and on forever.
Community Progress Il Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
on such basis would severely test
the sanity OF tho banker; such trans
actions would pain the directors like
blow In tho face. a cashier y'o
would dare to cast bread upon w IS
that did not return buttered side up
in time for annual dividends would
have to give way to q more capable
man. This does not necessarily mean
that tho bankers are getting any better
or that the milk of human kindnesss is
being imbibed moro freely by our finun-
ciers. II indicates that the bankers arc
getting wiser, becoming more able fin
anclers and the banking industry moro
competent. The vision OF the builder is
crowding out the spirit of the pawn.
broker A light has been turned on
q new world of investment and no
usurer ever received MS largo returns
on the Investment as these progress
siye bankers, who made loans to
uplift industry. Tho bankers have
always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
a Dollar With Soul.
1t is refreshing In this strenuous
commercial life to find go many doll
lars with souls. When q dollar is APP
pronchod to perform task that does
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interest, We usually hear tho rustic
Of the eagles wings as It scars up.
ward; when d dollar is requested to
return at tho option OF tho borrower
1t usually appeals TO the Goddess OF
Liberty for It's contraotural rights;
when e dollar is asked to expand in
volume TO suit the requirements OF
industry. 1t usually talks soiemnly OF
It's redeemer but soul material has
entered into tho vaults OF our banks
and rate, time end volume have Il
new bnsia 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 AImiahty's Nobemen.
These bankers arc God Almighty's
noblemen Heaven lent oarth the
spirit OF these men and the angels
VIII help them roll in place the
cornerstones OF empires They arc
not philanthropists; they are wise
bankers The spirit OF the builder
has given them new vision, and
wisdom has visited upon them bust.
ness foresight.
Tho cachle of the hen. the low
OF kino and the rustic OF growing
crops echo in every bank vault in the
nation and the shrcwd banker knows
that no can moro 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 bust
ness handshnkes. overdraits and
gaudy calendars.
Taking the community into part
nership with tho bank, opening up n
ledger account with progress. making
thrift and enterprise Stockholders and
the prosperity of the country an
asset to tho hank, put behind II
stability far more desirable than &
letterhead bearing tho names of al
tho distinguished citizens OF the com
munity. The bank is the hnancia
power house of the community ant
blessed is the locality that has NJ
! up.to-date banker.