Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-21
RANKER-FARMER
EXCHANGE PLAN
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; Wh build up those lands even to q
| higher degree of productivity.
@59. North Dakota needs more ma
tlonaIl advertising Of her resources
! and possibilities.
These-sare but a few OF n man
! phases OF the great problem winch Is
\ ahead. namely, to develop North Da-
kota 70 such a.3degree agriculturaly,
! where every farm will be in the high
4 est state of production, where every
1 farmer's account will be on the right
/ side OF the ledger. where soil fertlEty
will Increase rather than decrease
! and where community life in its apS
& sorption Of the farmer, the oankel:
3 and he business will represent
4 the highest ideal in development.
Money and Leadership.
10 meet this problem calls for sew
err. q. rss. ,nlei or which are nnanc-
ing and leadership. AND IN loosns
I for financial aid what should be more
logical than to turn to the bankers
OF the state? 1t is with full reahza-
ton Of this fact that Walter l. FORBES
of Gilby, chairman of the North Da-
kota Bankers association committee
Of agriculture. has put the matter up
to his Organization and is hlmse'i
Il SlNJI1S CIV u pdoiS
! North Dakota is UNNECESSARILY rich
K in agricultural resources; the farm
i ers of. the state know how and are
Z anxious to turn these into
n consumable wealth; they need but n
I nancing and assistance in handing
i their financial problems. The bank
ers of the state want those
turned into wealth: their business Is
/ financing industry and solving .
- rhnra rnnnainC ONLY
the question Of the banker ana the
farmer getting together.
In thinking of how bankers ana
! farmers; can get together one is re
Y minded of a recent happening. one
of the leading publications Of the
country wired to Secretary OF Labor
\ Davies, asking him for a three-thou,
sand word article on how capital and
labor might get together. Mr.. Davis
replied, Three thousand words too
4 much. Way for capital and labor to
get together is to get together
Mr.. Forbes. while being a bit more
explicit, gets at the base of the NortA
5s Dakota farmer-banker question IN
Just about the same name propos-
ing that a farmer-banker exchange
be established.
How to Solve the Problem.
After.a great deal OF careful study
4 and Thought, Mr.. Forbes suggests tina
the most appropriate method for soly-
ing the various phases of this prob
Il lem is through the creation of a spe-
cial department of the North Dakota
u Bankers association, to be known a.
i the Department OF Agricultural De
velopment. In Wisconsin. for eS'
u ample. such a department is known
as the Wisconsin Banker-Farmer Elk
change. Similar departments exist IL
"a = a ,,n1nT q va YlptC of frames
81 Such A department. properly created
q and supported by the body polite o;
the North Dakota Bankers aSsocia'
IL ton would quickly become n O.
u the associations strongest depart
III ments, chiefly because tof the char
acter Of the work that it would haV'
to handle. :.
q CORRESPONDENCE with bankers i,
- many sections of the state indicate
n that the creation of such a depart
~ ment would be in line with thel
"a wishes and expectations. Such a de
III partment is needed not only to SOW
some of the problems enumerated
but in addition. to help ana assls
IA the individual members of this as
ISOLATION in their banking problems
81 as those problems relate themselve
b to rural conditions
Such department would work UP
AK on the following objects as the bas'
parts OF its proposed program:
L.. 70 cement the relationship be
tween the farmers n the banke
of North Dakota.
2. To analyze rural problems a
affecting farmers, and bankers.
8. TO offer practical solutions t
such problems.
IA L.. To propose plans for bringin
city and country people more cPsel
"a together.
III So TO offer expert and specialize
solutions for problems in rural bant
ing.trural marketing, rural education
rural social lie and rural town bus
Nv ness.
u 6. To get the farmers on the rigl
basis OF thinking with reference,
I the man in town.
va T., To offer am analytical clinic
bankers and farmers pertaining
their business.
8, To handle community advert
G ing. +,
8. To outline plans for communi
organization. immigration and deve
opment, and to put those plans in
execution.
10. To~act as consulting expert {
problems of rural education. rur
community building, rural develo
ment, cooperative marketing, cor
1R modify organization and rural pu
licity.
II. To furnish and interpret agl
tI3 cultural data, particularly with refe
ence to farm products.
II. To advise farmers sanely al