Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-24
'ExcELs ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN STATE IN phopoarronAre
DEPOSITS.
NlNETY.THREE DEPosIroRs
CREDITED WITH eazos2
Mason City Second Town In List
Several Cities Of First ctass Make
Peer showins-se Senator cummins D.
gins Fight to lep Oh som. Of Heavy
Salaries 81 Rail Officials.
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inhabitants.s excelled all other com
munities In Iowa in postal savings de-
posits during the, past fiscal year. tho
postal saving division OF tho postenics
department made known to-day. with
q total OF 132,os3 ON deposit, and only
ninety-th deposttora. Madrid OUT
ranked other communities in this sav-
ings scheme. with each depositor hav-
Ing approximately 3sAl.7s TO his credit.
Mason City was the second town n
the list Of 1s3 Iowa ctties that have
postal savings branches. The li4 de-
positors in Mason City have a total
credit OF $3s. 2ss. being . little less
than $344.50 per man.
Des Moines headed the list OF all
cities in the state in the total deposits,
with her 526 depositors having banked
$13s,202. Sioux City Was second large
" with HS.S39 to the credit of ITO de-
positors. Other cities having large de-
posits included Abba. 342.943; Centef-
vile. ~. col; Council BluRA $3s.374:
Dubuque. 377. 700 and Ottumva, S11,A32.
Other cities Of the nrst clyaas IN iowa
allowed only small deposits q follows:
Davenport. 1854: Cedar Rapids, SIS.
szS: waterloo. 1867 ana AarshAN-
town, $2.l33. 81
Iowa was the thirty NTH state In
the union in the number Of depositors.
with $40. The Havkeye state ranked
twenty ninth in the amount Of deposits
toeaAtng $Sz1.4SS. or An average OF 37S
par dsposatorA ne withdrawal Of
aeposits, however during the year
totGeo
Aseee tte Heavy Salaries.
senator Cammtns hAS started out to
induce the government TO hop OF top
heavy railroad ohicials salaries dur
Ing the psziod whale the roads aTo NM
81 government control. Tho senator
knowe sometping about the salaries
palo railroad executives. manA9eee and
sattotneyS 1of No Wes himeele on
iaalroAd le9ai stan bsfore sutsFing poll,
tac1 10 hss asked Director General
AcAooo @ furnish the senate with q
pressing tor . reduction Of some Of the
top notch sums Tor which tho governs-
mens VA havs tosstand sponsor.
TheN WAs-an interesting <oaloQuy on
this point while Mr.: HcAdoo Va be-.
Ing manned BY the senate cosnnnittee.
q which senator Carnmin1s isaaeu nhan-
bsr. + want Ike this: as-s.s is.
senators CgmMins;I assuns tlAs::
zen Intend % eonttnps-t 10 elnpeeg he;
osSan1sat lons which hays hsrstce0EN
manASed ana operated the Iai1roodsy Y
Secretazy NcAdoo-I expect to do,
that SENATOR. - far e. they peove to-
be- satisfactory. Of course. In the opera
tion Of the properties. and hope they
WI ~ prove satisfactory.
9enater cummins What II any
thing - provided for with regard to;
the compensation 81 onicess and high
priced employees. whose compensation
= charged up to the cost Of operation?
Secretary NcAdoo-In what way do
You mean. Senator7 s.
Senator Cummins-Eve big rails;
road has q president who receives a
large salary. and, vice presidents and
general managers and attorneys. what
ara you going to do with regard to
these salaries which have heretofore
been paid by railroad companies which
are charged up to the cost Of operation
and which. OF course. we guarantee
under the proposed bill
s. Secretary McAdoo-Ne Necessarily I am
not going to employ anybody who L.
not essential to the operation OF the
railroad. for the governments account.