Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-31
Money in Savings Banks.

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Massachusetts. with a population OF
2, 0O0. Geo, has $72s 100000 in savings
banks. which Is an average Of $3.50 for
every man, woman and child in the state.
There are more than 2.0OO individual &C
counts in the savings banks. which rep
resent two-thirds of the population. The
depositors are mainly working people
and Of limited means individually. but
combined have enough money to buy the
capital stock of all the United States
and have enough to pay off the depost-
tors OF all the savings banks south OF
the Potomac and Ohio rivers.
It is a noticeable fact that foreigners
coming into New England soon adopt the
habits of the natives and when they draw
their first months pay they leave part
OF 1t in the savings banks. Ninety per
cent Of the wage earners Of Massachusetts,
have bank accounts ard 81 Per cent OF
them arc either foreign born or are the
children Of foreign-born parents. These
conditions prevail to a certain extent in
other portions of New England, and are
wholesome safeguards to the Industrial
peace and prosperity of the section.
You often see It asserted that religion
people are losing their faith and are
running of after false lords, but the
statistics prove the contrary and show
that the increase In church membership
IN every new EnkIdnQ STATE mas DeSIi
more rapid than the increase In the pop
ulation. Comparatively few new churches
are being erected. however. which Is
probably due to the fact that those al
ready standing are SUFFICIENT. The
larger number erected in the western
states is due to the fact that new towns
are springing up that require churches
and that in many Of the old towns the
original churches have to be rebuilt or
enlarged.
Roman Catholics Strong.
The Roman Catholics have by far the
largest number OF members in every one
Of the New England states. In Massa-
chusetts 69.o per cent Of the population
confess to that faith, and only 7.6 per
cent belong to the Congregational Church,
which represents the faith of the Pill
grinns: only 81 per cent Of the people are
Baptsts. only ~ are Methodists and
only 3D. per cent are Episoopalians.
In Rhode Island - per cent OF the peo-
pie belong to the Catholic Church, 10 are
Baptist b.s are Episcopalians. 81 are
Congregstionalists. and only 3 per cent
are Methodists.
In Connecticut 50.6 are Roman Catho-
lies. 10 per cent ConsreEationaiists. rs
per cent Episcopalians. 60 per cent are
Methodists and 5.5 per cent are Baptists.
In Maine 1913 per cent are Roman
NdtnolIcs LOS a1S nsptissS w." :Ic Sou,
Gregatioonalists. 90 are Methodists and
90 are Episcopalians.
In New Hampshire 56.3 per cent arc
Catholics 10 per cent are Congregation
aiists. 81 per cent are Bapt'sts, SO per
cent are Methodists and 2.6 per cent are
Episcopalians.
In Vermont $50 per cent are Catholics.
Is per cent are Congregationalists. II per
cent are Methodists and 6.S per cent are
Epiecopaltans.
The preponderance OF the Roman
Catholics Is due to , large foreign popula-
ton, and also to the circumstances that
they include every child that has been
baptized, whereas the Protestant deHom-
nations only count those who have been
| formally admitted to communion.