The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-10-07
MORE STATISTICS
THE MONEY NOW IN THIS COUNTRY.

showing Its Kind, Its Geographical Distri-
button and Other Facts Deduced from
5,723 Reports-McKini~y Breaks the
Record In the Deieg alton Rece ptior.
Line and Speaks sixteen Times-Bryan
Arrives at 81. Louis - His Reception
There and En- Route-Accepts the Popu-
list Nomination.
Washington, Oct. 5.--Comptroller OF
the Currency Eckels has issued state
ment giving the results OF an investi-
cation made by him of the amount
OF all kinds of money held by the bank
ing institutions of the country on July
l. The number of banking houses and
trust companies inquired of were H.
$685. and of II clearing houses, cover
ing all OF such institutions in every
state and territory and the District OF
Columbia. Reports were received from
5,723 banks and trust companies and
Sc clearing house associations. The In
formation, although incomplete, is OF
such a character in the comptrollers
opinion as to enable a fair and cor
rect result from all to be Appropriated.
of national banks, 1,494 Of state banks.
457 of savings banks, 230 of private
banks. and 81 of loan and trust COM
panies.
Total Amount of Cash Held.
The total amount of cash in the g.
1923 institutions reporting was $413, 124,-
$40. 1t is divided as follows: Gold
coin, s134 or, 003; gold certificates, $685.
ell lnl1 &c OLA e1O s-frao o.
tional silver, $7,399,073; silver certifi-
Gates, sS9, 663, 500; treasury notes Qs90).
$13,126,01s; United States notes, $780,
46s,375; currency certificates, s20,S5s.-
600; national bank notes, $23, 795, SS4. OF
this total cash the BASS national banks
reporting held SS5.174.616, and the O.
265 state banks, etc.. s77.950,2S3 The
amount OF gold coin and gold certifi-
Gates held by these national banks
was s155, ora 604 and by these state banks
etc, SS4, 4S4,137 In this connection it may
be stated that the total number of
national banks-3,6 s9-heid on july H.
the date of the last official call, $751;
65s,4S5 cash. of which amount there
was in gold coin and gold certificates
$161, s53, $50.
Geographical Holdings OF Gold.
The total cash and the part thereof Of
gold certificates held by reporting
banks in each geographical division is
as follows: New England states, total
cash s35, 6s9,272, amount of gold and
gold certificates 15,4O3, 1853; eastern
states, total cash 1882 ,129, 1886. amount of
gold and gold certificates sSS,5s0 1873;
southern states. total cash $29, 0S6, sol,
amount of gold and gold certificates
$955S, 1888; western states, total cash
s109,5s4,645, amount of gold and gold
certificates s56,410,427; Pacific states
and territories, total cash s25, 634, 762.
amount of gold and gold certificates
$19605, $50. Total-total cash s413 124,-
$40; total amount of gold and gold GER
tificates S1s9,55S 341.
Comparison as to Sections.
comparison of the money holdings
of these geographical districts shows
that the S29 reporting banks in the New
England states held $500, GIL more to-
tai cash and IS, S45, 5S5 more Of gold and
gold certificates than the GO reporting
banks in the southern states, the 1,275
banks in the eastern states held $103.-
544924 more total cash and $50. 1863 706
more of gold and gold certificates than
the 2,434 banks in the western states;
the Go banks in the southern states
SO, 451, S41 more total cash and 1904, 647
less gold and gold certificates than the
509 banks in the Pacific states and ter
ritories the 500 banks in the New Eng
land states $10,054,5 $40 more cash and
$4,202, 062 less gold and gold certificates
than the 500 banks in the Pacific states
and territories.
Shown by the Clearing Houses.
The returns from 66 of the rs clear
ing house associations OF the country
show that on July l the total clear
ings amounted to 1927. 935, 464. The
balances OF these total clearings settled
in cash or cash exchanges were but
$40, 1874, or but little more than s
per cent. OF the whole. OF the balances
settled s1,325,0l5 were in gold $685.
600 in gold clearing house certificates.
s3,451, 761 in United States notes and the
remainder in other forms OF money
and commercial exchange.
THU ION a KENc DEEDEcuEn