Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — FARM LOAN MEETING CALLED [ARTICLE]

FARM LOAN MEETING CALLED

Farmers From Over County Will Meet Here January 27. Simultaneous with meetings in the other counties of the country to study and discuss the federal farm loan a®t, a meeting has been called in Rensselaer for the last Saturday of this month, January 27, at 10 o’clock a. m. This meeting will be held at the court house and it is expected that many farmers and others interested from all over the county will be present. The hour has struck for the American people to realize their new opportunity. A new 'era of thrift and prosperity is at hand. The federal farm loan act is broad in its scope and affords unlimited opportunities for the farmer who would employ it to Improve and enrich bis farm, and for the

Fanners From Over County Will Meet Here January 27.

farm tenant who would make use of it tp enable him to own a farm of his owji. It safely and profitably employ's the people’s Savings, no matter how small or large, in building up the agriculture and industry, manufacturing and commerce, of their own community. It is the , ripe fruition of America’s century of co-operative thrift, and of 200 years of associated finance in Europe. These and other possibilities are afforded by' the federal farm act of 1916 and are within the reach of every person and each community. As a means of h'telp to self-help it is the great charter of rural credits, popular savings sand .thrift investment. This new system is now about to go into effect and this meeting is called for the purpose of acquainting the people of Jasper county with the full possibilities of the act and thus enabling them to benefit therefrom at once. One other thing that will be accomplished at the meeting here on January 27 is the perfection of a federal loan association for Jasper county, with officers, etc., as is provided in the act. Some twentyfive or thirty residents of Union township have already started such an organization, and this will be made to include the entire county. Indiana is in the fourth district, together with Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and the federal farm loan bank for this district is located at Louisville, and all of the county locals established throughout this district will be under the supervisiofT of the federal bank at Louisville. If yop would know of this matter and if you are at all interested, attend the meeting in the court house in Rensselaer on Saturday, January 27, at 10 a. m.