Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-02-28
How Bills of Carter and Hitch
cock Differ from Madden
Snapp Measure.
DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS.
Democrat Provides for Board Of
1nvestment-All Fix Deposit
Limit at $1,000.

upon the Endorsement by Postmaster
General Meyer and later by President
Roosevelt of the postal savings bank
system for the United States, three
separate and distinct plans have been
proposed to Congress as the proper pro
cedure for establishing and putting into
operation such banks. In the House
of Representatives Representatives
Madden, Of Chicago, and Snapp, of
Joliet, Ill, have introduced similar
measures. Representative Hitchcock,
Of Omaha, a Democrat, has introduced
another House bill, and Senator Thorn
as Carter, Of Montana, is the father of
senate bill. The main differences in
these bills lie in the protection afford
ed depositors and deposits and in the
investment features Of the funds of the
postal savings banks.
All these bills place a limit on the
interest-bearing deposits which can be
made by any individual within any sin.
gle calendar year and finally. The
Madden-Snapp bill provides that $500
may be deposited within one year and
that no interest shall be paid to any
depositor upon a deposit in excess OF
$1,000. The Carter bill makes the lin.
, it Of annual deposit $500 and the final
limit of interest-bearing deposit $1,000
while the Hitchcock bill has double.
barreled provision which is more com.
pick. 1t provides limit of monthly
deposit of 500 and the final limit OF
any single deposit at $1,000. In ad.
ditlon it provides that no interest shall
be paid on more than $500 to any de
positor and that If any depositor de
post more than 5000 in any one yeal
interest shall not be paid on new de
posits in excess of that amount.
Both the Madden-Snapp and Garter
bills provide an interest rate of 2 pei
cent on deposits, while the Hitchcock
bill stipulates that the rate on 5000 OF
less shall be PA per cent, and ovel
that amount and up to $500 the rats
shall be fixed by board of investment
composed of the Postmaster General
the Secretary Of the Treasury and the
Comptroller of the Currency.
In establishing postal savings banh
adjuncts to post Offices there Is also
difference between the Madden-SnapT
bill and the others The Madden-SnapT
measure gives the Postmaster Genera
discretion in the selection Of offices fol
postal savings bank purposes; the
Hitchcock bill is mandatory In that all
money order post offices are madt
branches of the postal savings banl
system, while the Carter bill makes al
first, second and third-class post of
fees branch postal savings banks and
gives the Postmaster General some dis
erection as to further extension into
the fourth-class post offices.
In administration the Madden Snapr
bill provides general superintendent
Of postal savings banks, with such as
sistants and clerks as may be neces
sary, while the Secretary of the Treas
ury is authorized to increase the audit
1r's force in the Post Office Department
The sum of $4,000 is set aside to start
he banks in operation. Both the
Hitchcock and Carter bills stipulate
hat the head Of the postal banks shall
'e an officer known to the Fifth AS
'istant Postmaster General, and ask
100000 to establish the banks.