Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
'ANKERS HELD GOOD MEETING
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right in our midst are young fellows,
born and raised here, who are salts
fed with the climate, young men with
character and ability, who could be es-
tablished. on farms and who would
thrive here. Many pf these young
men have no money and no horses.
These young men, however, cannot go
to the teachers or to the storekeepers
for help, as these cannot capitalize
them, and it is up to the bankers who
can, to- do so. There should be great
pleasure for banker to know that he
has established some young man on
the farm and made him a permanent
and valuable resident of the commun-
ity. -: !. 1901 : -. as. g.
Mr.. Hay suggested that the bankers
employ q field man, whose duty would
| be to go out and visit the. farmers III
his community and make them feel
that the banker has the interest Of the
former at heart, try to find out their
needs and arrange to assist them.
The speaker also pointed, t:out the
need Of giving more attention to immi-
grants. He said that in most cases
the men with families usually leave
their families behind until they have
their new home in readiness for them.
The people in the neighborhood Of
which these immigrants are moving to
should take it upon themselves to meet
such newcomers at the station and to
help them get comfortably settled.
This would be a good thing for the
women's clubs to take up, Mr.. Hay
said. He also suggested community
/ clubs, the membership of. which should
be composed of, both city and country
people, to help foster a spirit of friend
ship and cooperation. .,.--...
Other things suggested by Mr.. Hay.
were soil surveys, summer community.
picnics, stock picnics and farm club
picnics. in which the bankers should
take an interest.
Mr.. Hay stated that the multiplicity
of banks, especially in the small rural
communities in this territory, is caus-
ing suspicion among the farmers, who
think that the banks are enormous
money producers. The only way to al
Law this suspicion, he said, is to 60
right to the farmers and get thorough
" acquainted with them.
In closing Mr.. Hay said that he be-
lieved the banker could afford to lose
little interest in the bank and, his
money if he would take q part of his
time and spend it outside. He said he
believed it would pay the banker to
take his car and 60 out to the farmer,
not to talk business, but to talk about
things that interest the farmer as
concerning his farm, and in this way
AlnA r. S,fn
in him. He should also treat the
farmer as O social equal, as there is
nothing which tends more to bring
the two together. g..
Mr.. Won Der Wyer, president Of the
State Bankers association, was called
upon and he gave a short talk. He .ex-
tended an invitation to all the bank
ers to attend, tho convention in st.
Paul on June 20 and 81. :~5
Mr.. Richards, secretary Of the state
association, was called upon next. He
spoke largely about banking 1egisla.
ton and expressed the hope that the
federal reserve bank laws would besso
amended az to permit the small state
banks to join. If this was done, The
said, we would have the finest kind of
q financial system in the. world. ="
William e. Lee, banker of Long
Prairie, was the last speaker. He
mentioned the fact that he was resi-
dent of this city in the pioneer days
and he compared the. village Of that
day with the, Little Falls Of today, re-
marking that wonderful development
had been going on here. He said a
more substantial city cannot be found
in this state. -.
Mr.. Lee spoke in favor of the con-
servation of food, especially grain; and
he advocated prohibition to- help this
cause, telling Of the immense amount
Of grain used in the manufacture of
liquor which he considered wasting it:
Some, he said, pershaps. might feel
that it was not proper to bring this
matter before this meeting, but the
Sbankers as body ought to be in favor
of this manner of conserving the food
supply as it is highly important.
Mr.. Lee suggested that bankers in
this district help solve the farm labor
problem this fall by going home and
urging the business men to spare as
many Of their employees as possible to
help out with the harvest for two
weeks.
Before the meeting closed the bank
ers passed resolutions extending a vote
of thanks to the bankers and citizens
of Little Falls, expressing their appre-
citation for the courtesy, hospitality
and Kindness shown the visiting bank
ers during their stay here, to the P.
O. f. lodge No. TO for the use of their
hall for the meetings and to the officers
and speakers.
afternoon our local band will give a
copcart in tho mark after which an