The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-16

AZ exchange aaya nm abstract has re-
Gently been furnished 10 the press Of the
reports made ~ the comptroller NJ the cur
renCy, showing the conditions OF the nat
ional banks nj the close OF business on the
2]d OF June last. Notwithstanding ihe
business depression indicated by denim.
ished exchanges ut the clearinghouse and
by the increasing number OF failures, the
abstract shows larger amount OF loans
and discounts than was ever before re-
ported. The amount was, In round iignres,
81 ,2S5 600, 900, against 81 2i3 100000 on the
81 OF October last 81 ,l73, 10000 ON the LIST
OF October, 1881 81 0il ,000,0Do on the lst
OF October 1850; $S78,6OO,OOO on the "a Of
October, 1870, and 1894 000, 900 on the LIST OF
October, 1878. The figure for 1878 was the
lowest within the past twelve years, ana
since then there has been constant In
crease, as the foregoing figures show. Inc
increase over 1878 shown by the June re-
port is no less than 81 per cent. The in
crease over the return for last October was
$40, 400 600. The amount OF bonds on de-
post TO secure circulation was 1854 ,OO29OO,
against 1857 100000 last October. The
specie on hand was $ll5, 354 1874, against
SlO2 900 600 in October. In October, 1870,
the amount of specie held was only $S, lOO
000. Now they hold over fourteen times as
much, and an amount equal to 1866 per
Their specie in June consisted OF the fol-
lowing items:
Gold coin 1859, sig
God IT. asury cert Icates 90 go go 9SE
Gold cleafins house ceruhcates z15 30S sc
i,,er oortiGc is 3l2l' 100
1t thus appears that they held about
$105, 600 900 in gold and not much more
than $40 000.00 in silver. Probably when
statesmen OF the Bland variety get together
Al. xw,.l ttHHn IN a
- I;so;niins tba hanks for not holding
u,ora s,Ivar In jsoal.tender notes the
h LIE Sa,S s7s $40 AKA in lime. AGAINST s63,
9SI 5G7 IN octoner Under the head of la
hii,ies tbe canital stock was $500, 39S, 312,
anai,'st sasa in 0Oo. the surplus was Si3S.-
SSi ono spainst S133 600 600. and the other
,',,di;w;daS nrotifs sgS 34 liz against SGl,-
9a nu aN1 p,o an in The two last items
n ~ scont "a f0O oOO The amount of
hsnk nntes issned was s317 43l $50. and the
on,i nr r Nn hand was $5 468 I48. leaving as
I'LL o,nt ontstandipp Sail 1858 1903. The
o,Ho " nntstandins in October was S3l4,-
a11 Ok The amonnt due to Individual de-
nos;,ore was S1 242 az. 1853. against 81, 122,-
10 $50 the increase having been over $780,
0oO 600 The total liabilities were $2,364,-
S99' 100 aaainst 60 800 S33. 676. During the
;ptervs, 1he number or banks increased
t tn'u, s . 1e9 to . Ala gain of 148,
'iT The ,otsi yaine of gold and silver re-
oeiv nG at o the envernment mints in Mexico
for the nast year was S24 1874 279.
w HAM, tn Claws a. %. review the DAVIS mar
bot ss folInws:
Thera 10 M discussing the fact that this
10 a very great country. But there is such
th; ;oas as orowine too fast, as will be ex-
a,uni; Ed bv the IolIowinp showing: The
Nnltharu Psciiin svstem OF roads embraces
territnry nOnulated bv / SOC, 900 of people
a.twaan rs p stsrIine point and termination,
uesT 3 600 miles OF railroad VS.. New
W"rh S1ote which contains a population Of
Z So oo1 nnonie and &. 600 miles of road. A
S Sssn"s;s 9th of The region of the former will
bn tonnd wa fear. difficult to sustain prot.
; ne unIer the circumstances of theiI
, neoSont ertended railroad system,
pi Tha CIas9nw Scotland. :Herald remarks
..Tha rate at which The United States is re-
daanoinS ito debt ia marvellous. and reflects
orea, cEeait mon the people. 1t may be
s "a onS nv dpuht with truth. that the re-
o",u, nf dsht ia purchased too dearly
hU n'a;nteinine an exorbltapt taxation
~ yt nnwsuar that NAV be. the existing
n muv, of Americans may well bt
5roud of the fact that they have taxeC