New-York tribune., 1901-03-22
BANKS SHOW PROSPERITY.
THE CONTROLLERS FoRTHCoMlN"
STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN REC
ORD BREAKING FIGURES.
TRY TFI. GRAPH To THE TRTRr NE.l

Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTRtNE-
Washington. March 2l.-The Controller OF me Cur
rency will soon publish complete statement OF re-
ports from all the rational banks in the United
States as this statemert is made in answer 70
the first call 1901 the results are being awaited
with much interest. The time between Decenlper
Is and February ;. the date of the call Is ssld III
industrial circles be the duh season But hgures
already obtained from abstracts reflect surprisingly
large gains as compared with the previous state
rnent which a record breaker
The aggregate resources Of the 3s5 banks I'm New
York state as shown by the Controllers accounts.
are sOo 1853 5 which is 1926 96l less than the amount
recorded in December. but is substantially greater
than the figures OF the first statement in 1900 which
did not reach the s900Oeo Opo mark The new state
ment shows the amount OF individual deposits o.
the Empire State national banks which is consic-
cred the bankers barometer, 10 be sl2SSso'''o' d
gain Of 81 63i S6 The reports OF the forty-four ma
tionaI hanks in New-York City indicate that thelr
total resources and Individual deposits are N'-'-
s47 81 and 1853 $50 657 respectively which exceed te
preceding official figures by the enormous sums ~
2s7 1877 and $50 649l23 respectively Remarkable
gains have also been reported by the Albany ana
Brooklyn banks. whose aggregate holdinss anu
individual deposits amount to s2S4SSe6i ana s'Slo
45l and S2l 49, 75s and l23. respectively Inc
total resources Of the national banks in the state
Of New-York including the three cities mentioned,
are shown he Sl,506 65S $50 while the indiVidual
deposits amount SOC. .07G Goa u is estimated that
with the savings hank resources and individual de-
posits combined with those of the national banks
the total bank assets in the entire State would he
approx rnately S20l00oOO0o and the deposits slV'1-
o5OG10.
Flourishing bank conditions exist in other sec
tions of the country. where in cases the per
centage Of increase In accounts is greater than that
in New-York. Texas is conspicuous example OF
the great prosperity enjoyed throughout the South
Since January J. 1900 ifty-nine new banks have
been esta bished in this district, most of them IN
accordance with the % March H. 1890 The
number recently reported TO the Treasury was ~
about the same as from New-York The resources
and deposits reported by The national banks OF the
Lone Sl36 6s. .5l2 ana S1i51l-5 exceed
ing the December record by $iSGl.SN ana S-siS2Si,
respectively. Probably the most remarka bic re-
ports have been sent TO the Controller by the OK
iahOma national hanks. whose abstracts rerect
the substantial increases in deposits and resources
one national banks have been established since
January -. 1899.
In Pennsylvania. Massachusetts and Illinois, IN
GLIDING their principal cities big increases In ma
fional bank assets have been observed. ana the
same encouraging reports are made concerning
the bank statements for other states ana cities
whose accounts have been balanced. Judging from
the general Of the completed abstracts. off-
cials predict that the grand total OF aggresate
and individual deposits OF all the national
banks in the United States including those in Alas
IA and Hawaii will exceed by many millions lhe
high water mark which recorded on Decem-
er l3 when the resources were S.lA2os96S2 and the
financial cities in the United States as reckoned
by the Controller Of the Currency reports, rank at
present as follows: Newly Ork. Boston, Chicago
Philadelphia Piftsburs and 81. Louis.