Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-03-06

+ice on its employees that NJ one in the
0mploye Of the bank receiving a salary
Of less than $1,000 a year shall marry
without first consulting the bank Off
cia]s and obtaining their approval. Of
fcials Of the institution explain with
the statement that it is foolish for a
man to attempt in Chicago to support
wife, to say nothing Of a family. on
less than the income named.
Thus the old old theory that two
lean live cheaper tnan one is tC be
Exploded by some of the big financiers
cf the country who perhaps allow their
wives more pin money per week than
some men earn in a years time.
1t seems natural that in a bank
where money is the whole thing the
brine essentials of a happy marriage
Should be reduced to dollars and
rents, but those who have yet some
Sentiment left think different. With
This in view the Graphic has obtained
Interviews from several bankers
bf the city as to what they think Of
&he Chicago banks ruling and whether
Ii should be applied to Pine Bluff or
bot The expressions are as follews
Il H. H. Hum. president of Merchants
And Planters bank-.lt is a good rul-
8ng when applied to bank clerks. A
young man who works in a bank must
|heeds be careful in his personal ap-
bearance and this costs money 1t
6epends a god deal on the young cou-
Die and some do live on less. but ST.
POO per year is little enough. The rul-
Mng of the bank is a wise one
N H A. Mccoy, cashier of Peoples
Sayings bank and Trust company: My
observation is that it costs young
man more to live singly than when
married. | believe In young men get
ling married when they marry the
Wight kind of girls | think a young
man who earns that much is foolish
lot to get some good girl to help him
4epnd it,
vi n. B. Sigh, cashier Simmons Nation
II bank: Il think young men shold
BARRY just as soon as they are able
"a take care o. wife. Just what
I hlary man needs e, support a wife
epends largely on the wife as we'll
s the husband He ought to be sure
his ground. Banks, like other large
lstitutions, wary to be sure their
hployes live within their income
W. D. Hearn, cashier Bank of Pine
huff. "1f | was young man working
bank and the board CT directors
pould attempt to interfere with my
latrim cnial intentions by such a rul-
g, I'd get another job at once. Bank
erks in Pine Bluff generally get
ore than $1,000 per year as salary,
at they could easily support wife
ld live comfortably on that amount.
think it rests entirely with the fellow
ID his girl
W. II. Langfcrd, president Citizens
nix: 1T is always to the interest OF
e bank to have it's employees marry
settle down but the salary Of the
nploye must be taken into consider
pon Our bank has increased the
lary of the employees who married.
Ps' man can support family on
Fs than $1,000 a year in Pine Bluff
~ {. Bell. cashier Pine Bluff Trust
Nnmpany: II believe all the women in
kne world ought to get married and
sl The men ought to stay single. OF
use this couldn't work out very
H. and men do marry What a man
wife can live on is a mooted ques-
~ Some can live on
Voo per year and scme can
should leave it entirely with the
ing people,
g. +. Pugh, cashier Citizens bank:
fie Bible says it is not good for
II TO live alone, but that $1,000 a
u ought to be his salary before he
per'akes to live with wife,"