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* CECKis, so.common a. Aconvenience that it i seldom. realized what it means to modern business or just how much worký is entailed in handling it. Ta'ke, for example, the simPl case of giving a.checkto somneone in another City. Let us follow it., The, person,,to whom you give the check'deposits it in bis bank. Here the teller looks it over for date, amount and endorsement;, checks it on the deposit slip, enters it in the passbook and lists it on his records. Next it goes to the Proving Department andi& listed and sorted. From there it is sent to the Transit Department, is listed, sorted, written up in a Transit letter and mailed to the Federal Reserve Branch. ýHere itris a-gain 1listed, sorted and then ma iled to the Federal Réserve Branch serving: the City upon which it is drw. hn it, gets tere, it is listed., charged', and. sent to the bankupon which it is drawn. At last:,the check bas arrived home, but its adventures aenot over. Here: it is again lisedsort-, ed and: sent to the bookkeeper s who post it- to the account. Lt is then cancelled andfiled under the customer's name. At the end of. the month a clerk compares the check with the listing on the statement, notes -the number of checks enclosed, folds the state- ment and sends it to the State-, ment Department where it is filed -ready for the customer to cali for it. This is the true story of a,. check,, rather a long story, but an enlightening one >to those who may wonder why it is necessary to make'a charge for tbis service.. t 1 5t , e .,ecj