American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1916-08-05
A BOOKKEEPER WITH
STEEL BRAINS
gets Voluntary Sentence for Life at
The Bank of American Fork.

The Bank of American Fork.
Tho volume of business transacted
Inv tho Bank of American Fork had
crown to point where more clerical
assistance was absolutely necessary
Cashier W. 5. Chapman called the d.
rectors together and explained the
situation
we need more help on our books
no stated. Business demands we
speed up the handling Of our accounts |
/ if for no other reason than to give the
best service to depositors'
When the cry Help Wanted" was
sent out, one application received In
response compelled attention becauHo ,
of it's originality and evident merit |
It reads as follows:
! ITO the Officers and Directors Of the
Bank Of American Fork, Gentlemen: !
desire to present herewith my appli
cation for employment as bookkoepor
/ in your institution. | am of mature
Iage and of steady habits do net
drink. smoke. chew or use prorarc
language and | am not given to run
ming around nights. My associates are
always of the highest character and !
have the best education that money
can buy. I am steady, unencumbered
and want only permanent position.
was never known to make an error
and II anything goes wrong with me
you need not pay me a cent. Here is
my propositions Buy me outright for
less money than II takes to pay an
ordinary bookkeeper's yearly salary
and I'll get to work at once in your
accounting department and remain
there lifetime without further re-
Enumeration. Clerks may come and
clerks may 60 but I'll keep on forever
Yours for better service.
A. BURROUGHS.
The reading of that application re-
suited in bringing Mr.. A. Burroughs
before the directorate.
Burroughs came in arm in arm with
several close friends.
Gentlemen" said the agent repres-
entng Burroughs, ALLOW me to make
you acquainted with the most remark
able accountant in the business world
today. It's machine whose life blood
Is an electric current. but whose
brains warrant II to be assumed to
have human Intelligence and to be
even more correct than the human
brain"
The directorate sat forward with
keen interest.
The operation of the Burroughs Bank
Bookkeeping Machine was then eX-
planned in detail. The attachment of
a connection sent an electric cur
rent whirring through the veins" of
the machine and it became alive. II
demonstrated its ability to post lcdgers
and make out dcpositors' statements
Wv" 'h""' ld'llllN' IL showed how
II lists and subtracts checks. lists
and adds deposits and computes III,
new balance automatically and in
practically one operation.
The machine is known as the Bur
roughs Adding-Subtracting Ledge,
Posting and Statement Machine and +
certainly wonderful bookkecper. /
- prints dates, adds deposits, subtract
i, checks and does all the worl
~ ordinarily done by hand in mucl
less time, with a great deal more nc
curacy and noatncss II is impossible
for the machine to make a mistake :
the operator gives It the correct n
id CURES
m In addition 20 posting the LEDGER
s making out dcpositors' statements. (,
ot short. keeping the banks books. Nm
ID machine can be set simply for use 70
a an adding or subtracting machine. tn
bank managemont invites the publ
TO call and see the new Burroughs 4
- OpgrDtiOu