Robinson Crusoe's father : the projector of savings banks / . ts $53,615,446 of deposits stands out in bold con-trast to the 40 and 50 cents per dollar it usually costs toconduct other philanthropies. But savings bank philanthropy, while cheaper than anyother, is also better and truer, for it is a philanthropy thatteaches people to help themselves. It is the highest form of self help and in the words of oldDaniel Defoe, about whom we talked in the early part ofthis booklet, we may exclaim: For who, indeed, would ever pity that man in his distresswho, at the expense of two pots of beer a month,
Robinson Crusoe's father : the projector of savings banks / . ts $53,615,446 of deposits stands out in bold con-trast to the 40 and 50 cents per dollar it usually costs toconduct other philanthropies. But savings bank philanthropy, while cheaper than anyother, is also better and truer, for it is a philanthropy thatteaches people to help themselves. It is the highest form of self help and in the words of oldDaniel Defoe, about whom we talked in the early part ofthis booklet, we may exclaim: For who, indeed, would ever pity that man in his distresswho, at the expense of two pots of beer a month, ought tohave prevented it and would not spare it? We have appended to this little treatise a series of tableswhich will show you at a glance the development and growthof the Williamsburgh Savings Bank. You should open anaccount to-day. It is not necessary that you live in the vicinityof the bank or in Brooklyn. You can open an account bymail. Write for further particulars. ROOM OF THK HOARD OF TRUSTEES Robinson Crusoe*s Father, the Founder of Savings Banks. I. Table Showing the Deposits and Drafts of thewllliamsburgh savings bank by decades. 185 1-621862-72I 872-821882-92I 892-1902I902-I91O Total Deposits. $5,902,60226,086,07242,932,713 8i,9°5,35986,526,574 101,823,774 Drafts. $4,404,136«21,940,63 139,720,115,78,601,,895,609,102,834,056, $345,177,094. $334,396>264- II. Table Showing the Growth in the Number of OpenAccounts and in the Amount on Depositat Ten Year Intervals. No. of Accounts. Due Depositors. 1862 10,287 $1,916,041. 1872 19,977 8,941,769. 1882 42,459 18,384,053. 1892 71,870 30,175,650. 1902 88,923 41,254,024. 1910 99,438 53,615,446. The Wtlliamsburgh Savings Bank of Brooklyn
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