3. Reliable and competent real estate agents have an important place in the State. They are against promoters and promotion values.
4. No one should deal with an agent who is not favorably known and is not good at the bank.
5. See the land you purchase. Also get a reliable report upon it from a competent, disinterested party. Base your transaction on facts—not on opinions. Get a good title and not a mere promise to deliver.
6. Keep out of the “get-rich-quick” schemes. Quit chasing the ends of the rainbow. If your fever gets too high, consult a banker.
7. As a rule, it is best to avoid the “home seekers’” excursions and “boom” literature, unless you are sure of your footing.
8. Consult disinterested old-time residents whose places show that they are actual, successful tillers of the soil in the locality where you are to buy. They will give you the farm value, and not the promotion value.
Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to support in this important movement? (Applause.)
Chairman Wallace—I am sorry we haven’t half an hour longer to give Dr. Condra to skin those skunks.
We will hear from Mr. Charles S. Barrett, President of the Farmers’ Union, and finally from Mrs. Lund, of California. I want these speakers to show their appreciation, their gallantry, by giving her the last five minutes, and I am going to call them down unless they do.
Dr. Condra—It has been suggested that we close this discussion in one minute. I am very sorry that neither Mr. Barrett, or Dr. Bateman can be heard.