The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-21
A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE BANK

Do you believe in home rule?
Would you want the state to tell
you what kind of barn you should
build, or to what crops you should
plant your farm next spring?
Who pays the school and township
taxes in your township?
Do. you think the people at Bis
marck, or your own local officials, are
best qualified to decide where your
local tax money should be deposited?
Do you think that law that does
not allow the people to pratice local
self-government is consistent with the
doctrine Of American freedom and
popular government
Are you satisfied with the way the
Bank Of North Dakota has handled
the funds of your school district?
Has it cashed your warrants as
the local banks would?
Has it paid you the same interest
on deposits as you could get from
your local bank?
Do you realize that there is bound
to be change in state government
every once in a while?
Would you want to be forced to- de-
posit money in an institution managed
by government that you did not APP
prove?
What kind of loans do you want to
see your state bank make?
Would you prefer to have it loan
money on lands held by spectators?
Did you establish it for the benefit
Of people of this state, or of people
who live somewhere else?
Who needs loan most, the BONANZA
farmer or the small farmer?
Did you realize that the Bank of
North Dakota has made large loans
to big landholders, Spectators and
men who do not live in the state?
Do you want this kind of thing to
stop?
Can you think of any possible ar
gument against making law to stop
Has it occurred to you that, if the
present state government objects to
such a law, they might have some
selfish reason for objections?
Did you know that the present law
about examination of the Bank of
North Dakota provides for examina-
tion> of its assets, its property, but
makes no provision for examination of
it's liabilities?
Do you fhink anyone can tell how
much an institution is worth without
inquiring how much it owes?
Would you buy alarm without find
ing out if there was a mortgage on
it?
Do you know that the bank examin-
err, under the law as it now exists, is
ed by the same powers that
appoint the management of the Bank
Of North Dakota
Don't you think he wouldn't be quite
human if this fact didn't influence
him? 4
Wouldn't you feel better satisfied
with an examination by three state
officials that you have yourselves
elected?
Do you think any honest business
needs to fear examination or pub
What do you think of a business
that objects to it?
If your neighbor We're pasturing
your COW, and you went over to take
look at her, and he wouldn't let you
into the pasture, how would you feel
about it?
Have you read the three initiated
laws about the bank?
= Will you read them for yourself
now?
Have you figured out that what
they propose to d 10 to give local
: officials the right to decide whether or
not to send their money to the bank,
TO provide for its, examination by inn
partial examiners, and to prevent it
from making real estate loans to non
residents
Do you see anything in these laws
that would kill the bank?
4 Don't you think they would make it
to serve you better?
Don't you think the right kind of
management would welcome the pass
age Of these laws?
Do you see any good reason why
you should not vote eyes" on them ?