Show Jr Twelve Years of Saving t 1 1 TOTAL sayings deposits of the the people people of IF r n a nation ire are re any ny indication of thrift Americans Americans Americans' Amer Amer- J i ans' ans need not bow their heads before any iny other people During puring the last tast twelve years the total savings deposits in banks of this cd increased from to S according to a s survey ry y just I completed by the savings bank division of i 11 American Amerlean Bankers' Bankers This This' gain 3 jr f per cent in more than a Decade e ade is interesting due due- to to the fact that l prohibition t has been in effect all aU of the time timey f y a great many states while it has been effective effective nationally for the greater part of time The survey goes oes into detail and shows tt- tt that hat since 1 9 12 12 the ne Per capita savin savings sin in the I United States expanded from 89 to an 1 increase of 97 or ur per cent More i p have savings accounts than ever be- be ore ore re In In the period covered by the survey tle- tle he total number of savin savings s depositors grew jm m to indicating h- h hat 1 savings depositors today number more ithan d an three times as many as twelve years ago This record is remarkable to say th the least With With t almost every family owning an automobile automobile automo- automo bile bile for pleasure purposes and sales increasing every ever year it cannot be said that the auto auto- auto I mobile nobile has checked the habit of the American r people eople of putting away part of their carnin earnings s si i for a rainy day The survey seems to uphold the contention that the automobile by taking p people ople out into the fresh air and providing one of the keenest pleasures ever offered is ising efficient and king n ing people more increasing l earning power of the nation |