The Washington times., 1923-04-23
Here's a Savings Bank
Editorial
It May Sound Little Radical But SOME Banks Side
With the Farmer. So

Mr.. G. r Martin casher of the Parnen Savings Bank Of
parnell Iowa, writes:
would you have any objections to our using the
closed copy of editorials in the Chicago Herald and
I'VE consider your editorials the best ever written
and would like few others to read them also.
y tours "' &c. F, MARTIN,
Attached to the letter published below made
up Of extracts from the Today column published in the
Washington Herald and other Hearst daily newspapers
Some bankers may surprised find their brother banker
Of Parne Iowa. deciding decidedly with farmers using as
almost radical" to Oldfashioned bankers.
Here the Iowa Savings Bank editorial that the Parne
Bank win out to farmers and others with whom does
business Some bankers including Of the biggest and
Wisest side with the average little
P THoMEH y f Ps.diSs E 6. MARTlN
Parnell Savings Bank
The following appeared in February and April in the ITO
day column written by Arthur Brisbane the great
and noted editorial writer and might be well for the
Is notice before rejecting many good farmers notes offered
FOR rediscount by country banks It has been next
possible in many cases to get absolutely good farmers notes
From, That asToday" Column.
Mr. Dawes earnest and emphatic Chicago financer, is
agtated about the bocs in the Senate He thinks they
are unpatriotc and breed demagogy. But Mr. Dawes,
practical as well as eloquent must know that only one
bloc has any power in the Senate That is the financial
bloc No need getting excited about other than that
block which in the long run has its way with legislation
to question the supremacy of the Wall Street bloc
keep the Discontentment in
the stomach. It's the stomach the BRAIN that rebels
Stability is in the farms and what they produce Farm
ers prosperous give free business insurance High
Finance great temptation to tap the farm wealth.
It can be reached so easily and legally through rail
road rates. fertilizer trusts agricultural implement trusts
high mortgage rates. gambling in farm products hun
dred ways
"Don't yield to- the temptation. Don't fight the farm
bloc any agency friendly farmers Divide little
Don't be too sngy with your defenders Farmers your
defenders. A full stomach rebels-t's busy di-
costing
When farmers butcher their mIching cows, cut their
crop acreage let their year-round co. because they
can afford pay them let potatoes rot in the ground
sence of unrest much.
The human being patient creature and hates the
agitator by instinct for he hates thinking. He won't
listen at all while he is fed But let him get hungry
then he'll listen Remember Russia"
"The farmer is your insurance He will do for you
what corporation lawyers can't do Food and plenty of it,
cheap, is the great opiate.
'Nurse the farmer along Don't force him out Of
of the people by the people and for the people has
appeared complete. But this the kind of
ment you have now depends a people WELL regularly
and reasonably fed.
eff you stand before the high priests of finance today
and tell them that the present system last with the
majority worried and poor you not thrown into WELL
but apt to be thrown into convenient Jail for
seeking to upset the Government
The above appearing at different dates in
papers by Arthur Brisbane the best editorial writer
world today highly appropriate and should great
consideration G. p MARTIN,
Cashier, Parnen Savings Bank