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Show roar DANK- Or OnlTAIN. i ,n.: r A c- -tic Tncn Their Q rj it 2 t Nc.iany Worries. n I a ,' c.t..l: The postofllcl i ' r..ii.i of Groat Drltaln aro n -call .IrailvcLt. Their deposits i ." rrJ cf (ho year were ?70G,000,-i ?70G,000,-i , the.r a jt only about $070,000,-t( $070,000,-t( . NoboJy Vforrles about a little tblrg lllo that; the government Is re-Ep.rslble. re-Ep.rslble. Of coa.ao tho discrepancy rce lrm tno high prices the depart-m"'at depart-m"'at wai forced to pay for national !cnds bsfoic.to Hoer war. The lowering low-ering of the rnte of interest allowed Is an obvious euro. The postal banks v,rrn authoilzed In 18S1 and nearly $10 000 000 was deposited tho flrst j tar. Some later developments aro curlcuw. By the "slip" sjstcm a sum so small as two cents lan bo deposited. Deposits ran bo withdrawn by telegraph. School savings bankj aro recognlcd, but aro not very sue cestui, owing to the superior attractions attrac-tions of sweets ns a medium of Investment. In-vestment. A feature of tho postal bank Is that, through their agency, do-pcsitors do-pcsitors ran buy enill fractional nor-tlcni nor-tlcni of government bond?. New York Woild. |