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Show Savings and Autos Statistics are not very entertaining as a rule, but a comparison of ' how people of different sections of the country save and spend is rather interesting. in-teresting. Based on figures compiled by the Department of Commerce, a tabulation tabula-tion has been made of the propo. -tionate amounts represented by savings sav-ings deposits and automobiles owned in various sections of the United States. Sta-tes. It is shown that the New England states have 16.56 per cent of the savings, sav-ings, but only 6.07 per cent of the automobiles auto-mobiles of the country. middle Atlantic At-lantic states 35.71 per cent of the savings and 25.25 per cent of the automobiles; auto-mobiles; west north central states 9.70 and 15.51; south Atlantic 6 and 8.59: east south central 2.30 and 4.02; west smith central, 1.91 and 8.35; mountain 1.55 and 3.53; Pacific, 8.22 and 10.71. These figures appear to indicate the greater thriftness of the East as compared com-pared with the West and South. Whether cne section or another is happier because of the tendency to save or spend is difficult to determine. Some folks contemplate a savings account ac-count with great satisfaction; others fill up the old gasoline buggy and east care to the winds. It all depends on cne's point of view. |