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much as the merchant 's. No one need think that 

 the packers and other great mercantile houses 

 go to tremendous expense for fine horses, har- 

 ness and rigs for nothing. The financial pros- 

 perity of any firm may usually be gauged by 

 its horses and wagons as turned out in the 

 street. So it is with the farmer. Show me the 

 farmer Who drives to town a finely conditioned 

 pair of horses, geared with good leather and 

 hooked to a clean well cared for rig, and it is 

 the one best bet that you are showing me a man 

 whose credit is good at the bank and store. The 

 banker, mostly a shrewd judge of men and man- 

 ners, knows that the same qualities in human 

 nature, which are reflected in such an outfit, 

 make for success in business. On the other 

 hand tatterdemalion harness and ramshackle, 

 filthy rigs indicate qualities and character which 

 bankers do not cotton to when it comes to lend- 

 ing money over their counters. 



