The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-12

S1&TSA IN TIE SIX N%AEE GtANC A1AN -
Stf.5S5 0610 coo or 1nT per cent.
In the twelve months endlng June
So 1879. the gross earnings of tire ma
ticual banks. which are ul-~er supervi-
ssoa Of the Comptroller. were Ss16Fe9.-
0t0 and their net earnings S@40,SG6-
0d1 The ret earnings Tor the year
ending July /, 1914, we're si49,276.lTI.
Therefore the increase for lgla over
1al4 ts s9l,025.S29; the increase IN
Csc Ave years exceeding BY s4.49L1ss
the increase which took place in the
forty years preceding 1914.
The banking power OF the country IS
represented by capital. surplus. depos-
IFS and circulation OF all banks. as OF
June 80. 1918. was s&5,75e. oeo COO. an
Increase over the year before OF Se,s73,-
100000. This makes the present bank
ing power of the United States nine
times what II was in 1880. thirty years
ago, and three times the total b.nS,rE
power o: the world for that year.
The comptroller says, however. that
1t lie his duty to note that the pros
perity ard activity Indicated ST those
nEQres may become artificial and de-
csptive, large volume Of money, ne
r;CCF5Tress cannot f1Fz u s==4
wg Attn while there is decrease u pro
GAction. and the accumulation eaa
r2ovement of securities and currency
represent abnormally inflated values
put on diminished supplies tf essen
tAe F~4.-~' - to}3ss,. ~, -
ch auEes for 1913 as compared Win
~ l'y,|Us seA' 81 - ,o,s
anthracite coal. Il ds0. 6e0 tons redgc-
tson from 1915, stee! tBe9ts. 905a 100
tons reduction from 1913: cotton
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