The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-05
!, The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn


Joseph Blose cashier of the Center
vile State bank, sounds a cheering
note in his statement that 1921 was
the best year for net profit this bank
has ever had"
That sounded mighty encouraging,
as also did his optimistic predictions
for 1922. The annual stockholders
meeting is to be held Tuesday, Jan. TO-
The First National bank of Camden
Ohio, has just installed large new
burglar proof vault, with safety de-
post boxes, and has otherwise fitted
up the banking room J. E. Randell,
cashier, said that their annual stock
holders meeting is set for JAN 10.
after that date.
The stockholders of the First Ma
tional bank at Green's Fork will meet
in annual session Tuesday, Jan. TO-
1--WE hold our annual meeting on the
second Tuesday in January" said Will
Lewis, president of the First National
bank, at Williamsburg. This means
that the meeting will be held next
Tuesday We are not complaining of
how we Jared in 1921" said Mr.. Lewis,
on Wednesday, land are hoping for a
decided improvement in all lines of
business this year"
The Farmers bank at Boston will
hold its regular annual stockholders
meeting on Monday, JAN g. The bank
reports doing more business last year
than in 1920 1.-THE loans were not
quite as large in 1921 as for the pre-
vious year, said an official of the
bank, ''but were very satisfactory in
amount"
Farm Meetings in Prospect.
Members of the Milton Grange will
present a good program at their reg
ular meeting next Saturday evening,
in Grange hall.
An oyster supper will be served by
the farm bureau of Wayne township,
Randolph county, on Friday evening,
Jan. g. Randolph county owns NOV
ing picture outfit which will be used
by the county agent at the meeting.
Everett Hunt, of Wayne county, has
been invited to address the gathering.
F. NJ Allen of the Ohio university,
will meet with the officials of the
Preble county farm Institutes, in the
court house at Eaton, on Friday after
noon, Jan. 6.
The following with relation to the
postponing the reduction in freight
rates on farm commodities has been
mailed us by the American Farm Blu
reau, at Chicago. The statement is
printed in full, because of the COM
ments on the loss to farmers, on ac-
count of the Today delay in making
the reduction ordered:
sfrTha TntprStat Commerce. cnmml s.
sion has extended the time when the
tariffs naming the reduced rates on
grain, grain products and hay in the
west shall be made effective from
Dec. 81 to Jan. 7. This extension was
granted to the railroads upon their
showing that it would be impossible
to have the tariffs ready at the time
the commission originally specified
The principal reason why these tariffs
are not ready is that some of the rail
roads made no attempt to get them
ready until after the commission re-
fused to N,cept their suggestion that
the 10 percent reduction be substitute
ed for the reduction in the grain rates.
The 10 day delay will cost the farmers
a million dollars, at a conservative eS-
innate. A number of the railroads an
nounced that they would voluntarily
put the new rates into effect on Jan
l."
The deficiency appropriation bill
carving 100000 for payment of in
demnity on federally tested cattle con
demned as tubercular, has been signed
by the president The funds for such
payment had become exhausted in
Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New York,
Month Carolina Texas Vermont and
Virginia, and are running low in sew
eral other states.
All farm organizations took a hand