Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-05
MORE STATISTICS
THE MONEY N0WM rms COUNTRY.

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Washington. Oct. 5.-Comptroiier Of
the Currency Eckels has issued q state
ment giving In results of an investi-
OAtton made by him Of the srnount
of all kinda Of money held by the bank
Ing tnsti -itions of the country on July
L The number OF banking houses and
trust companies inquired u were IA
So. and OF a. clearing houses. over
ing all OF such institutions In every
state and territory and the District Of
Columbia Reports were received from
5.s23 banks and trust companies and
Sc clearing house associations. The tn
formation. although incomplete. 10 Of
such a character in the comptrollers
opinion AZ to enabl q fair and cor
rect result from all to be Appropriated
or the 5.723 reports received Sass were
of national banks. 1.4s4 Of STATE banks.
451 of savings banks. go OF private
banks. and "a of loan and trust com.
panies.
Total Amount of Cash Held.
The total amount OF cash In the S.
s23 institutions reporting was $4l3. 124.-
S4S. 1t is divided as follows: Gold
coin. 1874. OF. .0O3: gold certificates. $751;
4sl. 1873: silver dollars. Ss.254.s le: frac-
tiOnal silver. $7.39s.073: silver certif-
Gates. SIS. s6s. $50: treasury notes Oss0).
$13. 12S. OILS: United States notes. Sll0.-
46s.315: currency certificates. S20.s5S.-
coo; national bank notes. 500. 795. s34. Of
this total cash the 3.45s national banks
reporting held $685.. Ia. 1916. and the g.
Us state banks. etc. 81. $50. 2s3. The
amount Of gold coin and gold certif-
Gates held by these national banks
was $l55. 013. 604. and by hiss state banks.
etc. .$24. asa, s31. In this connection II may
be stated that the total number of
national banks .6Ss-held on July Il.
the date Of the last oficial call. $751;
65S.4s5 cash. of which amount there
vas In gold coin and gold certificates
$161. $50. $50.
Geographical Holding Of Gold.
The total cash and the part thereof of
gold certificates held by reporting
hanks in each geographical division 10
as follows: New England states. total
cash $3.50. 272. amour of gold and
gold certificates SIS. 403. 76s: eastern
states. total cash $132. 129. 5s6. amount Of
sold and gold certificates SIS. $50. l33;
southern states. total cash $29. OS6. Sol.
amount of gold and gold certificates
e.55S. 1873; western states. total cash
00l SGA az o, - r~ll - =
certificates $685. O.42a; Pacific states
and territories. total rash SIS. s34. 1ss.
amount OF gold and gold certificates
$19. COS. $40. Total-total cash SaIs.l24.-
flS: total amount Of gold and gold GER
tificates sls9.55s 341.
Comparison - to Sections.
A comparison Of the money holdings
OF these geographical districts shows
that the szs reporting banks In the New
England states held 80. Coz. 81 more to-
tai cash and s.. ss5 SIS more Of gold ana
gold certificates than the Sc reporting
hanks In the southern states. the l.z75
banks In the eastern states held Sle3,-
ga. 1924 more total cash and So. l6S. zoo
more Of gold n gold certificates than
the 2.434 banks I'm the western states:
the CSC banks in the southern states
1851. s41 more total cash and $40. or. el7
less gold and gold certificates than the
sos In the Pacific states n ter.
ritories. the SO hanks In the New Eng
land states $10.054.510 more cash and
y .202, o. less gold and gold certificates
than the 500 banks In the Pacific states
and territories.
shown by the Clearing Houses.
The eturns from s6 of the IS clear.
ing house associations of the country
show that on July ! the total clear
inss amounted Q S22s. s35. Ssx. The
balances of these total clearinxs settled
In cash or cash exchanges were but
$40. la. S34. or but little more than 8
per cent. of the whole. OF the balances
settled S1.s25.015 were In gold. ssss.-
600 In gold clearing house certificates.
-. Isl. 161 In United States notes and the
remainder in other forms of money
and commercial exchange.
Amer His Record Breaking Day os Re.
sepaioas aaA spsseh~&
Canton. O.. Oct. 6.-Affer n veek
closed with sixteen speeches on Satur-
day Major Mckinley arose ut the usual
hour yesterday morning entirely re-
freshed by the nights sleep. and morn
ing service at his church found him
In his accustomed pew. Engagements
with delegations are now booked Al
late as Oct. "a. with but two open dstes
between now and then. The schedule
mad ont last night for the ensusne
e shows more delegations than an
nounced at the beginning of any preyi-
Gus eel Definite arrangements have
been made for thirty-four distinct par
ties. Michigan. Indiana and New York
being conspicuous In the list. with
about the usual quota from Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio. The south Will be
represented by two crowds and the
week opens with n from Missouri
Saturday broke the c Of presi-
Dental campaigns. II was the most
notoble day for delegations % far az
~perienced. In the enormous crowds
present twelve states were represented
by delegations ranging from smsu
clubs Of wheelmen to many train loads
Of citizens representing all interests.
The demonstration began early and
continued until late. special trains ar
irving at hort Intervals from early
morning I'LL late In the afternoou. Ma.
3or Mckinley addressed sixteen audi
ences on his lawn. All day the streets