Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-17

l ing is VOuched for by the commercial
and financial bureaus, and who are also
recommend to us by banks and reli-
able authority in the towns where they
are located. You can be sure. therefore
that when we recommend to you one OF
our merchant-members. that member
/ is properly vouched for, and is thor
oughly reliable.
I'VE believe you will be pleased or
your first purchase, as you practically
save the interest on your money each
| time. In these days it is an object to
do that.
THE names of the members in your
district will be made known to YOU
when your card is sent to you. We do
not tell you in advance who the mem
! bers are. as this is confidential infor-
nation for our SUBSCRIBERS ONLY,
and not for the public.
The subscription price is $ year.
You will be notified at once after you
subscribe, who the members in your
locality are and you will receive from
time to time, usually monthly, bull
letin of any changes in membership, or
ot special matters of interest.
Send your name. town and county at
once on the enclosed slip together with
Il draft, postal or express order. for ST.
or a dollar bill securely sealed, and we
will at once enter your name as sub
scriber, and send you the card and
merchants names. together with other
information necessary.
You will find that you will save n
great deal of mony thru this card-it
may be that in few months you Will
save 80 times it's cost. The sooner you
send the better Send at once; you can
not afford to wait.
Yours for Economy"
And then inside on a separate slip
Of paper is a
Special Offer to You.
Send us your own name and three
others with SO and we will send you
your card FREE!
1--WE will allow you % per cent COM
mission on every dollar over 81 that
you send in.
Form clubs and make money! It's
easy to dol"
AS you" consists of probably $4,000
or 100000 persons. according to how
many 2-cent stamps this concern is
willing to put on number of letters,
the special offer seems invaluable. This
offer to the consumer. Now after a
half million. more or less, men send
III dollar for membership in this phil
society, undoubtedly store
keepers and dealers will have a chance
to belong (for one dollar) to the asso-
citation of business men, who will al
low individuals holding these cards to
buy of them less than the other fellow.
Talk about trading stamps, this scheme
makes them look silly. And this is also |
such n good thing for the promoters.
Some time ago in this column was
published the figures of bank in Glad
brook, showing $4,000 on deposit in
that bank, and supplemented by d |
statement of the president, that 80 per |
cent of this large amount belonged to
the farmers. Here are some more fig
ures taken from the statement of the |
State Savings Bank at Kanawha. The
reader should remember the town of |
is only years old.
"Commenced business July 1889
Deposits,
S14, 406.57 Sept. 7, 1899 |
19,675.54 Sept. {, 1900
26,251.S4 Dec. 10, 1000 /
42,O13.6O Apr "a, 1901
42,S15.46 June 90, 1901
50,277.s4 Sept. 80, 1901
66,206.3S Apr. S, 1902
$4,000. June 4, 1902
Undoubtedly the other bank in that
town can make an equally favorable
showing. Carry it farther, probably T
Every bank in Iowa has made just such +
gains in deposits. And then assume
hat we have another big crop in Iowa,
and continued good prices, will our
,ank vaults be able to hold the farmers
What seems to be ahead of
is, is not to enlarge the corn cribs of
iowa, but for the banks to increase the
lie of burglar nrnnf safns