The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-27
WHAT CONSTITUTES A
Sou d, Safe, Strong Savings Bank

LIST The principles governing its
management should all conform 10
the principles governing the manage
ment of successful banks.
End. The directors must direct.
Bird. They must have sufficient re-
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 The would not give plea
yune for a bank treasurer who lid
not take his bank TO bed with him b"
In short, not only the treasurer but
every one In any way connected with
the conduct OF the bank must be tire
less and sleepless whenever its in
terests are In jeopardy.
9Th. The managers OF the bank
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 sthe market goes wrong and he
Is called upon to make good his mar
gins"-he steals the money from MS
bank. He does not call 1t stealing;
he simply borrows 1t and is going 10
pay it back tomorrow; but quite
often tomorrow" never comes aud
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 re-
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 ne"
Acting upon this motto the first in
quiry is How careful, how painstak
ing, how conservative in making its
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, what
few banks twenty-five years old any
where can say, namely, that during
It's entire existence II has never lost
a dollar by poor note.
Resrl,s are what tell the story. "A
pouLd OF fact is worth ton of the
Dry" The best evidence that a bank
will nursue the safest possible course
in banking is the fact that 1t has
done 1t.
That the depositing public have
come to have practically unlimited
faith in the safety OF the Hyde Parl,
Savings bank is shown by the fact
that for the past four years the de.
! posits have averaged to exceed the
Withdrawals BY more than 5000 for
every business day. It's deposits ex-
ceeded It's Withdrawals last month
by SsA.95457.
II pays 4 per cent and compounds
the interest semi-annually, pays all
the taxes, and. best of all. Il earnest
ly courts a careful examination OF its
assets and business management by
every depositor-yes. by everybody
interested to personally know the
bottom facts.
Deposits made by mail are shown
TO be perfectly safe by the fact that
IN It's entire existence not q single
dollar has ever been lost in transmits.
sion to this bank through the mails
Inc proper way Is to send by Regis.
tered Letter, Postal Money Order
Express Money Order, or by Check
,heoeipt VIII be returned the day fol
iowins us arrival at bank.-Nows ana
/ Citizen 'i'V