TO THK EDITOR OJ THK TRESS. Jjir.-— '\Hn»ry," 1 '*»i sorry to see, is an goved at my levity in re overtime in banks. jjoino tow.-*-lun Mt-iii. to have come into (if I iniiv c_.ll it so) tins contioversy, in includ ing u'ther otli.es outside oi bunks. 1 leave "r.-h.r oftices" to ix; written about by joiiuHiiit* cK'. "• ivplying to "Qufiy" jh p.!tiviH- to banks and bauK t'.uciais, and th-.i"' VII T il " itura * (,r human capacity for i»;i*ki:«4 w '" at llt ' ca ' is blundering inistaW— may _"_-_■ lum *' ' le * las evol ' heard ot "lost bii!_iiu'_. ' Some not found for year-.. Has }*• t-vt-r heard of '".piciul staffs'" looking tor in<-n-e.'-enti_i tTro |' s , h.naneially speaking". lla- li- w .' K * ,u ot t ' lt - 'UU-tuit oi bother c_us'.*d in bank balancing of the one day, »a.v. c_u_-_ hy the villainous iigtires of oank cu_tum_-S, lii-urts that can be taken by two different pairs of eye., us two diti.rent fig ure.- I )ues lte klmw l^iKt any bank office of importance is composed ot the exptri s*k**_> l»*hexperienced, and non-experie-.ced, and that each one's work affect., tlie other. H_. he ever heard ot work that balances and nl the same time taken in with other work i» proved false? As for "Query's" sneer about being proficient in one branch instead of blurdenng through one hundred (. twenty-five), there is Httch a thing as liaving in twelve iiuytths worked in ten different branches, and 1 have yet to learn that if a bank -tliuy.l does his work in a blundering manner lie is jnuwed on from oi-_ branch to another to recover his lost brain power. All tho management in the world will not prevent clerical errors where a numbar of different people have to depend upon one anothei's capability for correct working, W id as the Mitallct, eiror, or v.oise still, cross error, will creep in occasionally in the best regulated office, you have- the only rea iou, outside of guldhdd ruslie... for ai'y ex cessive night work. In conclusion I would like to say that in mentioning the number of branch... I have b.en in it was not men tioned in any vainglorious spirit, but rather to give some reason for niy own opinion hy my own experience.—You... etc., EX-BAiN'KER. August 20th, 1900.
