The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-20
.WHATCONSTITUTES A
Sou d, Safe, Strong SAVINGS Bank

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LIST. The principles governing Its
management should all conform 70
the principles governing the manage
ment of successful banks
end The directors must direct.
ard. They must have sufficient re-
cuniary interest in the institution 10
nrompt them to be careful and pains
taking in the examination OF every
loan offered.
4th. They must not be indifferent,
inert or slothful A good banker mas
said that he would not give plea,
vnne for bank treasurer who hd
NOT take his bank to bed with NM
In short not only the treasurer put
every one in any way connected WIN
the conduct of the bank must be TIRE
less and sleepless whenever It's IN
terests are in jeopardy.
5th. The managers OF the DahA
must not be spectators. Many
fairly good man with purposes pure
and honest has been tempted TO
take a flyer" in the stock market
and when he is "pinched," to use
Wall street slang-in other words
when the market goes wrong ana ne
is called upon to make goodhis mar
| gins"-he steals the money from his
/ bank. He does not call 1t stealing
he simply borrows ii and is going 10
pay IL back tomorrow" but quite
often tomorrow never comes and
the bank official is disgraced and the
/ bank ruined.
The careful man who thinks OF max
ing a deposit naturally asks Are
there any banks which size up &c
the model above outlined?' We lie
ply Certainly; the great majority OF
Vermont banks do" The Hyde PARK
Saings Bank fills the bill in every one
of the above particulars.
The person who contemplates plac
ing his or her hardearned savings IN
the bank should adopt this motto.
THE safest bank is none too safe
and the best bank is none too good
for ne"
Acting upon this motto the first in
qg.ry is How careful. how painstak
ing. how conservative in making IL
investments and loans has been the
bank where / contemplate placinl
my funds?' for this is the highest pos
sihle test 70 which a banks manage
ment can be subjected.
Measured by this standard, th'
Hyde Park Savings bank stands al
the head and can truthfully say. wha
few banks twenty-five years old any
where can say, namely, that durini
It's entire existence Il has never los
a dollar by a poor note.
Results are what tell the story. "i
pound OF fact Is worth ton of the
Dry" The best evidence that banl
viii nursue the safest possible cours,
In banking is the fact that Il hal
done t.
That the depositing public hay,
come to have practically unlimito,
faith In the safety of the Hyde Parl
Savings bank is shown by the FAC
hat for the past four years the Ne
posits have averaged to exceed tn
Withdrawals by more than $500 fo
every business day. It's deposits cx
ceeded its Withdrawals last montl
by S2d.95457.
II pays per cent and compound
the interest semi.annually, pays al
the taxes, and best OF all. Il earnest
ly courts a careful examination OF III
assets aud business management b,
every depositor-yes, by everybod,
interested to personally know thI
bottom facts.
Deposits made by mail are show
to be perfectly safe by the fact tina
in its entire existence not a slngl,
dollar has ever been lost In transmits
sion to this bank through the mails
The proper way Is to send by Regis
tered Letter, Postal Money Order
Express Money Order. or by Check
Receipt Will be returned the day fo
lowing It's arrival at bank.-News AM
| Citizen.