The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-01
J0TTINGS.

The ia ory Of Savings Banks seems to
have originated in Switzerland, about
1888.
In 1861, the capital Of Savings Banks
in Great Britain and Ireland had reached
the immense sum of forty-two million
pounds, (S2l0, coo, ,0GO.D However large
this vast sum invested i'm British Savings
Banks may seem to the reader, it is only
about on" ii',li oi tie sum on deposit in
the Savings Banks OF the United States
The deposits in our Savings Banks
have accumulated bcyord the round sum
Of one billion of dollars, Isl, 900, 600, OOO,)
this sum beng fourteen times greater
than the capital of the "Bank of En-
gland, with ali its branches. This should
take the brag out of John Bull.
A prominent clergyman of Philadel-
phia recently said that certain Savings
Bank of that city was, lie believed, ex-
ercising AN amount of good equal to any
single Christian congregation.
And if money saving is not principal
OF ethics, it nevertheless exercises pre-
ventive influence against evil communi-
cations; and the Savings Bank, as an in
stitution, is, therefore, a moIal agent,
because it encourages men and women,
young and old, to make wise provision
for the future, and thus furnishes COM
mendable motive in life.
Convince a young man or young wo-
man-teach it in your Sunday school if
you wiIl-that it is to his or her interest
to have something in the Savings Bank,
and you have laid a foundation upon
which you may build substantial moral
ediiice.
In Scotland, the Savings Ranks re-
ceive the patronage and influence of the
clergy and educated classes, and thus
many more persons become directly in
terested in the subject of savings there
than elsewhere; and in no country in the
world are the people more comfortable
or better educated.
Money, as the means of procuring the
necesSaries and comforts of life, is a
blessing; and to be careful of il is duty
incumbent on all.
TO lay iy an time of youth, and
whilst we enjoy good health, a portion
OF the fruits OF industry in store for fu-
ture wants, is "a mark OF wisdom; and
considering that all are liable to imiiini
ties, provision to alleviate them is OF
the g eatest Importance.
Il is a great mistake to suppose that
small sums are not worth saving. by
the habit OF saving in little matters,
riches are acquired; dollars saved soon
accumalatcs TO large amounts.
"For are and want save while you may,
No morning sun lasts a whole day.
A savings bank is one Of the best sym
boIs of civilization. Last year the de-
posts in the savings banks of Masachu-
setts amounted TO the enormous sum OF
S2I7. .OO0, OO0 The States which possess
the lprgcst number Of these institutions
in proportion to population are Masaehu
set 5 and California, and the compara-
tive comfort and wealth of the laboring
classes in these two States fully answers
every question rs 90 their influence for
good. A parallel confirmation is to be
found in their relative number, proper
toned TO population, in the Northern
and Southern States, going to show that
where the sayings bank is to be found
there is also comparative comfort, re-
spectability and progress, and that where
it cannot be supported there is crime,
paGprrism and decay.