The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-13
WHAT CONSTITUTES A
Sound, Safe, Strong Savings Bank

1st The principles governing It's
management should all conform 70
the principles governing the manage
ment of successful banks.
End. The directors must direct.
Ord. They must have sufficient De-
cuniary interest in the institution to
prompt 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 has
said that "he would not give plea
yune for a bank treasurer who lid
not take his bank to bed with him"
N short, not only the treasurer but
every one in any way connected with
the conduct OF the bank must be tire
.ess and sleepless whenever its in
terests are in jeopardy.
5th. The managers Of the bank
must not be spectators. Many a
fairly good man with purposes pure
and honest has been tempted to
take flyer" in the stock market
and when he is "plnched," to use
Wall street slang-in other words
when the market goes wrong and he
IS called upon TO make good his mar
gins"-he steals the money from his
bank. He does not call it stealing. q"
he simply borrows il and is going TO
pay It back tomorrow; but quite
often tomorrow" never comes anil
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 to
the model above outlined?" We Is-
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 hard-earned savings In
the bank should adopt this motto
THE safest bank is none too safe
and the best bank is none too good
for me-"
Acting upon this motto the FIRST in.
quiry is How careful, how painstak-
ing, how conservative in making It's
investments and loans has been the
bank where contemplate placing
my funds?" for this is the highest pos
sible test to which a banks manage
ment can be subjected.
Measured by this standard. the
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 durinr
It's entire existence IL has never losI
a dollar by poor note.
Results are what tell the story. ~
pouLd OF fact is worth ton of the
ory,' The best evidence that n bank
VIII pursue the safest possible cours,
In banking is the fact that II ma,
done Il.
That the deposIting public hav,
come TO have practically unlImite,
faith In the safety OF the Hyde PAR
savings bank is shown hy the FAC
that Tor the past four years the dc
poslts have averaged to exceed IN
WITHDRAWALS by more than 5000 10
every business day. Its deposlts eN
ceeded It's Withdrawals last mont
by SS4,95457.
II pays 4 per cent and compound
the interest semi-annually, paws al
the taxes, and. best OF all. Il earnesI
~ courts a careful examination OF n
assets and business management b
every depositor-yes, by everybod
interested 10 personally know m
bottom facts. "
Deposits made by mail are show,
70 be perfectly safe by the fact tbs
IN its entire existence not n sinyI
dollar has ever been lost in tronsnsi,
SION to this bank through tho moi
me proper way is to send bv p.si.
tered Letter. Postal Money OIL
EXPRESS EXPRESS Money Order, or by cbcc,
io.,.s, VIII be returned the da, 70
Citizen. Nu"s an