The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
rOR rOsru SONGS H,NhS.
Forty eight small CitirS. One In Each
STATE. DesiSnaIed fer TRIAL Omees.

wAsHIS0IoS. Oct. .. The new sys-
tern Of postal savings banks will be- triet
out A. FIRST IN forty ght cities. On. ~
each Stat. and Territory ~ the United
Siat"'. These cities were ignAted to-
day by M" hoard of trustees of ia" postal
savings system consisting of Postmaster
General Hitchcock Secretary MacNelGh
Of IN" Treasury Depart mont and Attorney
General NICke-Sham Contrary to"Npec-
tationS no large cities werr selected for
trial offices In New York State Cohes.
mill town. IN selected No date has
be~1 hE@d for the hanks D bcgin business
The amount appropriated for the first
year Of tho postal savings hank sysism
was only $40 90. and from this sum
must come all the expenses OF equipment
including the engraving and printing Of
forms. certificates and bonds. as well a.
the cost Of clerical assistance for the
conduct Of the postal savings business.
Owing to the snallne-s Of this appropria-
ton u has been impossible To establish
postal savings banks during the first year
in the large city post offices Of the coun-
try. The Offices designated are all of tho
second class
ton. tried 10 choose communities in which
the conditions were exceptionally favor
able for the development Of post.
savings business Most 81 the places
On the list are industrial centres where
wage earners will he especially benefited
nv the kind q hank ing facilities afforded
A large patronage ~ the service IL ex-
pected from foreign born Americans
in fsNenA vrhA hna2
considerable sums to their native cotIn-
tIIes. usually In the form 81 money orders
Many q the places selected. particularly
tho-e In the West. are not adequately
provided With other savings institutions
Tho work u furnishing the necessary
equipment IN the post Offices selected and
having N" postmast@rs and their assist-
ants thoroughly instructed in the opera
tions q the system will probably con-
sumo several weeks, but every effort
will he made 20 have these designated
offices ready to receive deposits at the
earliest feasible date
" - probable that the plans devised
Tor tho now iOeiai savings system will lJe
given AZ l'PEi a months trial IN the orgi-
nal fort eight Offices before ut hern are
al He'd 10 the lisi. although II ~ expected
hat m" number 81 officps will be largely
Increased before the end OF the current
fScal year. The Offices designAi ed by the
hpari 81 trustees At its meeting to-day
are a. follows
lse~semer. Ala Globe. Ariz s,uttGart.
Ark. Ornville. cal IeadviIe. col. An
sonia Conn Dover. Rel. Key West, Fla
Ga i.pur d Aiene. Idaho.
P~kln III Princeton. Ind. Decorsh.
la PIu-burg. Kan Middlesbcro. Ky
New iberia. La. Rumford Me Frost
burg Md Norwood. Mass Houghion
Mich B@Tnidji MINI Uulfport Miss
{ Hrhag". Mo Anaconda. Mont Ne.
braskA city. N"b Carson city. Nov
Perrin. y II Rutherford, y J Ration.
y VI IohUe> y. Y Salisbury. y e.
WhhT"'on y ~ Ash'abuIa, Ohio. Guy.
mon. Okla kIAma'h Falls. Or~ D,ibnis
Pa Bristol X | N"vherry. =. g Dad.
good. y Johnson city. Tenn Pprt
Nrhpr. T"N. Provost T'ah Mont
aiIaS ~ Clifton Frrge. Va Olympia
Wash Grafton. " Va MAnuowoc. Wis
arlrpt, Nv,