Show AMERICA lEADS THE WORLD IN II SAVINGS SAVINOS The rhe past year car saw the greatest gains In savings In a single twelvemonth twelvemonth twelve twelve- month ever recorded in the United States bringing the total savings saYings deposits deposits de de- posits In banks to over on June 30 30 1928 held in more than Individual accounts it is reported by the American Bankers As As- These are the biggest figures fig fig- figures ures In this field shown by any country country coun coun- try In the world These figures are indicative of prosperity prosperity pros pros- more general than any time since the business depression of ot 1920 tho the report declares Only three states failed tailed to show a gain and the tho 1928 volume of savings constituted an increase increase in in- crease of more than above the 1927 figure The gain per inhabitant for tor 1928 over 1927 was 17 and the gain In number of savings depositors de was an increase of 52 as against a growth in the population of or the tho country of at 12 The gain in savings per Inhabitant In New England and the Middle Atlantic At- At antic lantic states tho over previous year was 36 These groups of states with of the population of the United States and Of at the total savings deposits have bave the largest savings rate IGI per per Inhabitant of at any area in the world The per capita savings for tine the United States Slates as a whole this year stands at as compared ared with last year I |