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POSTAL SAVINGS 
about 75 per cent of the native whites were 10 
years of age or over, and 97 per cent of the 
foreign born. Multiplying the crude figure 15 
given above by 75/97 we arrive at 10.9 as the cor 
rect figure showing the ratio of the per capita de 
posit in postal savings banks of the foreign born 
10 years of age or over to that of the native bom 
of the same age group. 
Viewed by countries the figures show striking 
differences, the natives of Greece being well in 
the lead with a per capita deposit of $11.70, or a 
figure 51 times as large as that for native bom 
Americans. The natives of Russia and Italy 
follow closely with per capita deposits of $7.85 
and $6.95 respectively, then come those of Hun 
gary with $5.69 and those of Austria with $4.86. 
The per capita deposits for the natives of other 
countries fall far behind these figures, that for 
the American born, viz., 23 cents, coming up in 
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the extreme rear. 
Any satisfactory explanation of this situation 
would require a thoroughgoing investigation 
among the depositors themselves in the different 
communities most affected. With such evidence 
as is at present available, most of it coming from 
communications sent by postmasters and others 
to the Postal Savings Division at Washington, 
the best one can do is to name a few of the forces