Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-23

that, though | would not like to pro-
phesy. such boards are usually
greater than Ia supposed some OF
them amount to hundreds ana some
to thousands Of dollars. / remember
the case of a woman In Baltimore,
who lived in a little house, and was
supposed to be worth nothing. When
she died four thousand dollars in
notes was found sewed inside her pill
low. She had slept on the pillow at
night and locked 1t up in trunk dur
in the day time. | doubt whether we
are as saving as the frehch people
our boards are probably not cqurl TO
theirs. but you will remember what
the French did after the Francp-Irus-
sian war. Germany demanded suth an
immense sum that the other nations
Of the world thought that France
would be bankrupt. Not one thought
she could Yer pay IL. StH' the money
was raised within a few days and
France is stiu one Of the financially
sound nations OF the world. Where
did the money come FROM II came
from the boards OF the common peo-
pic. who brought II out TO puy the
government bonds"
BETTER TIMES.
bringing this money into circula-
tiun would make times better, would
1t not, gonerGl?'
AZ should say So" replied General
Gary, eff we had three hundred and
fifty million dollars thrown into circu-
lation. we would have an era of pros
perlty such as the country has never
seen. As it is now these boards are
like the water in great dam which
has no outlet. The water Is doing
nothing. but let mill race lead on
from 1t and the power will run factor
les, helping everyone in the neighbor-
hood. Make a race out of which this
damned up money can go, and 1t Will
start the business Of the country"
but are you sure that such savings
banks would bring the money out
general? Would the people not be
afraid of the government
NO" replied General Gary, "the
people of the United States believe in
the government, Even those who are
crying loudest against the stability of
our currency are glad to get and
hoard 1t. l have seen these very men
packing away greenbacks in safe de-
post boxes when they were saying
that greenbacks would soon be worth
nothing. They pretend that they have
no faith in our currency, but their ac-
tons show that they tell what is not
true.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
"Can you tell me. general, in simple
NNlhN what Sphl pbnNhi ANAlAbo bdAAh
scheme is?'
81 have no special scheme" said
General Gary. "The subject Of postal
savings banks is not new one.
only urge that the system be organized
and be put into operation. The details
are a matter for Congress to settle.
Several bills have been introduced but
l doubt whether the ideal one has yet
been proposed. ] am now having in
formation upon this subject collected
from all parts of the world. Nearly
every nation of Europe has postal
| savings system of its own These sys-
tens have been in operation for years
and by looking them over we can take
the best elements of each and form n
new system for ourselves that would
be especially adapted to our conditions.
i think, perhaps. the Canadian system
| is about as near what we want as any
thing that is now in existence. / am
| getting a great deal of Information
from the postofIice department there
| and when Congress meets / shall be