New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
IMMENSE BANK RESOURCES.

"A total of 7,145 national banks in the
United States responded to the call of the
Controller of the Currency for reports on
their condition ut the close of business on
June 80 last. This is an increase OF Z1S
banks since June %. 1909.
THE latest returns, announced by the
Treasury, show that individual deposits
have increased s3ss.639,e16 during that
period. loans and discounts increased 1884,
275670, total resources increased s424,Ss2,-
033. capital stock increased s52,5e3.07s.
and the surplus and other profits Increased
s5432O2S3 Circulation increased sS4,-
320,2
The stated aggregate of resources and
liza bilities is s9,s96,e24,697 The percentage
of legal reserves to deposits is 21-22. and
percentage of deposits of cash on hand, re-
deulption fund and due from reserve agents
is 2444 The grand aggregate capital
stock paid in was ssse,5s7,114; surplus
fund, S644, undivided profits, less
expenses and taxes paid, s216.546,125 ma
tional bank notes outstanding, s67o,662,-
SOS. and individual deposits. 1928, ,216,s12
The total loans and discounts were s45o'-
l59.1S7; United States bonds to secure ci--
culation, s6s3.990.o0 bonds, securities,
etc. ss4s.s31,71s. and lawful money re-
serve in bank. sS20.772,S93.
For the first time in the history Of
Philadelphia an issue of city bonds at par
was disposed Of by popular subscription by
being sold over the counter at the Office
of the City Treasurer. The sale ended
when IT was announced that the $5,000.000
per cent thirty-year bonds had been
largely oversubscribed.
Cotton, copper, Illuminating oil and
wheat, in the order named, formed the
most important articles exported from the
United States during the fiscal year just
closed The value Of the cotton exported
was s459,000, 600; of the copper, ss3,5oo,00o;
of the Illuminating Oil, Ss2, 10000 and OF
tie wheat, si7,000,060 Other articles of
export ranked in value as follows. Flour.
lard, tobacco, lumber, upper leather, corn,
bitur1inous coal and lubricating Oil.
In nearly all of the articles of natural
production there was a marked decline in
the exports of 1910, as compared with pre-
vious years, while in certain manufactures
the figures for the year are larger than for
any previous year. and the total for all
manufactures probably will exceed that of
any earlier year.
THE falling off is most marked in cornr
wheat -four and meats, wheat falling from
slsI 100000 in 1892. the highest year. 10
s47, 900 in $780, corn, from SIS. 600, 900 in
1900 TO s25, 800. 900 in 1910; flour, from s75.-
100000 in 1893 TO $4,000, 900 in 1910; lard.
from 100000 900 in 1906 to $43, 900. 900 in
1910; bacon, from s46, 900 900 in 1898 to SIS
100000 in 1910; fresh beef, from s32, ,00o. 900
In 1901 to s7,75o.ooo in 1910. and cattle. from
s42 900, 900 in 1904 to sl2 .o0o 900 last year.
THE Department of Justice. through
Special Attorney Edwin P. Grosvenor.
began a suit in Baltimore for the dissolu-
ton of the so-called Bathtub Trust, which
is engaged in the manufacture of kitchen
and toilet articles of enamelled ware. The
alleged trust includes seventeen companies,
and these, with he individuals named in
the suit, make up total OF about fifty
defendants to the suit filed In the Circuit
Court Among the defendants are three
New York companies-the ColwelI Lead
Company the ]. l.. Mott Iron Works and
the McCrum-IIoweil Company