How Shall the Family Invest its Savings

Today saving and investment go hand in hand. No one tries to build up a private hoard of gold coins and bank notes, hidden under the heartllike Silas Marner. Both for the sake of safety and of income we take advantage of one of the many ways by which we can get our savings into the hands of those who wish to use them productively. Thus individual savings become social capital, and factories are built, railways are extended, farms are improved, as a result of the family's desire to provide for the future.