The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-29

finally conclude to be the best managed strongest
and safest. My motto shall always be:
Safety First Safety Last - Safety Always
THE BEST is NONE TOO G0OD--THEE .puzv,.
STRONGEST NONE TOO STRONG"
In emphasizing the fact that the Lamoile
County Savings Bank carried larger proportion of
its assets in United States Bonds than any other
Vermont Bank, and therefore preeminetly
strong, we made use of the following language:
THERE ARE FIFTY-NINE SAVINGS BANKS
IN VERMONT. WITH A SINGLE EXCEPTION,
NOT ONE OF THEM CARRIES AS LARGE A
PROPORTION OF ITS DEPOSITS IN UNITED
STATES BONDS AS THE HYDE PARK BANK
We wish now to refer to another strong feature
of that Bank, viz: its very large surplus as shown
by the last printed report of the Vermont State Bank
Examiner. Here are the facts as shown by that
report
OUT OF THE ENTIRE THIRTY-THREE YER
MONT SAVINGS BANKS ORGANIZED SINCE
THE INCORPORATION OF THE LAMOILLE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST CO.. IN
1889, THERE ARE BUT TWO WHOSE PERCENT
AGE OF SURPLUS TO DEPOSITORS EQUALS
THAT OF THE HYDE PARK BANK.
from this fact? Every experienced banker knows
that there are two kinds of bank management. One
insists that the surplus of the Savings Bank be con-
served and laid aside a safety fund to guard
against and care for any and every possible loss to
the end that the absolute safety of the deposition
shall always be the paramount consideration and
first care of the bank management. The other kind
of management would distribute this surplus, pass
ing it along from time to time as dividends to indi-
viduals 1T IS UNNECESSARY TO SAY THAT
THE HYDE PARK BANK COMES IN THE FIRST
NAMED CLASS. &
The conservative banking methods of the Hyde
Park Bank for nearly two generations have been
known and read of ali men and when the prospective
deposition grasps the import of this unusual
caution and conservatism he is inevitably forced to
the conclusion that the Bank which stands out fore
most and preeminent for conservatism is, other
things being equal, the one where he would deposit
part at least of his savings
Having now ampifed upon two especially high
points of financial strength in the Hyde Park Bank,
its high quality of bank assets and its large surplus,
we purpose in our next article to give the reader
third reason why Savings Bank depostors should
prefer to place portion of their savings in the Hyde
Park Bank. '
Meanwhile perhaps we can do no better in clos
ing this article than to repeat what we said in our
last Here it is: s-----.----,
Finally, if the reader does not deem IL good
policy to place all his eggs in one basket but rather
concludes it to be the wiser and better way to divide
his savings among the different Vermont Banks, we
are sure he will deposit part of those savings in the
old Hyde Park standby
We again cordially invite a share of your de-
posts and again suggest that no deposit is so small
as moi to be thoroughly appreciated. We would be
most happy if we had at least a small deposit from
every Vermont family.
What finer thing can you do than to start a
small account with the Hyde Park Bank by making
a Christmas or New Years present of $l00, $1,000
or larger sum? Let the deposit be in the name of
yourself or better still perhaps in the of your
son or daughter, wife or husband and commence the
New Year by becoming banker.
REMEMBER THAT ALL TAXES ARE PAID
BY THE BANK
Banking by mail is now regarded as absolutely
safe Your deposit should be sent by check, postal
or express money order or by registered letter
In more than thirty-One years of business
not dollar sent by mail TO tho Hyde Park Bank was
ever lost to deposition.
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