The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-28
FARMER, BANKERS REAL ASSET

A new day has dawned for the
banker in the agricultural section. After
some agitation and discussion he comes
to realize that his real asset is the farmer
who is near him. AS one Texas banker
put it recently, the farm is the safest
loan on earth and the farmer is next.
A farmer will work his nails off to
meet his interest payments, while some
others will take advantage of the bank
ruptcy laws and let the banker hold the
sack. A better day for both the banker
and the farmer is here, if the true rela->
tionship is felt. Agriculture is the basic
industry and the banks that underwrite
that industry underwrite the prosperity
of the country. The new attitude of the
banker toward the farmer is noticeable
in every section of the country where
you will find bankers taking a hand in
the formation Of livestock and better
farming associations Of all kinds. In
practically every case you hear the
banker admit, too, that it pays him big
to help make the farmer more prosper
Gus. The more dollars the farmer has
the more dollars has the banker in his
deposits. 1t is reciprocal relationship,
the relationship of the banker and the
farmer.-Farm and Ranch.
For years and years the farmer of the
has been recognized by the most
people as the man who feeds the world
In prose, poetry and song, in public speech
and on written and printed page he has
been held up and acclaimed as the greatest
of all producers, as the man upon whose
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man who is primarily responsible for the
wealth and the prosperity of the country il
which he lives.
Communities prosper as prosper thu
farmers who till the soil, raise the crops
garner the ripened fruits of their toll anC
disperse the same to the people who earl
their livings through the pursuit of othe
avocations.
But, unfortunately, through an Oversight
which lacks understanding, the commercia
institutions have failed to recognize the far
mer for his true worth, while the bankers
particularly the bankers of America, hav
overlooked the fact that the farmer is
business man, and a business man who's
success depends upon the proper financing
just the same as depends the success of tn
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tributor of automobiles, automobile supplies
trucks and different lines of manufacturer
machinery.
1t is the farmer who wrests from tn
bosom of the earth the spoils with whic
nature lays the foundation upon which
constructed the superstructure of CONNIE
cial success. 1t is the farmer who produce
every item of raw material from which til
finished product is made. 1t is the farmC
who, in more senses than can be conveye
in words of rhetoric or ripping rhyme,
the bone and sinew of the land, and it
the farmer who should receive the assis
ance {" the banking institutions in his hot
of need.
=, AS stated in the reproduction from Il
editorial columns of the Farm and Ranc
which leads this article, the farmer. taken
a class, compose a whole who are inherent
honest, who will work their finger-tips
the quick IN order that their creditors ma
be paid, who think not of a~vailing ther
selves of the open doors of the bankrupt
courts, but who will turn heaven and ear
in superhuman effort and endeavor to pi
the honestly incurred Indebtedness.
Quoting anew from the Farm and Ranc
we call attention to the statement hat "a
r~iculture is the basic industry and banks tn