ADMINISTRATIVE  ORGANIZATION  55

made  by  the  writer  shows  that  1,648  of  the  8,421
postal  savings  banks  had  deposits  of  less  than
$100  each;  and  of  this  number  509  banks  did  not
have  a  single  dollar  of  deposits,  259  had  only  $1,
447  between  $2  and  $10,  299  between  $11  and
$25,  and  581  between  $26  and  $99.  These  figures
seem  to  show  that  there  is  still  ample  room  for
the  use  of  the  pruning  knife.