The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

Of state-supervised banks and trust
companies when the facts and figures
Of such institutions revealed by the
last call Of 1920 are compared with
9othe same call in 1914, four months af-
ter the commencement Of hostilities
in Europe. On October 81, 1914, to-
tai Of 1852 such financial establish
ments had resources which aggregated
$4eO,527 1922, and six years later, on
Dec. 7, 1920, the resources Of 1885
state-supervised institutions had in
creased to $685. ,343. a gain Of
$404,875, o21, or nearly sS per cent.
The recent call of Bank Commits
sioner J. G. Hughes on all state finan-
cial institutions for a general state
ment as to their assets and liabilities
as they existed on February n, 1920,
now available for publication, reveals
that 1882 such establishments, con-
sisting of 1,431 Missouri Incorporated
banks and 101 trust companies had
assets which totaled $3.50, 432, 026, and
deposits and similar moneys aggre-
eating $6s4,57S,9s1. In addition three
private banks had resoufces which to-
tailed $683,169
OF the 1852 Missouri banking insti-
tutions included in the February, 1921,
call, forty-one were in st. Louis with
resources totaling 320,45s,797; forty
three in Kansas City with resources
totaling $127 ,1S0,001; and fourteen in
st. Joseph with resources totaling
$18,143,234.
Missouri's Leading Banking Cities
Springfield in December, 1920, had
nine state banking institutions. A
Missouri city to be in conspicuous
position as financial, commercial and
Industrial center ought to have at least
five state banks or trust companies,
not including national banks. Such
moneyed communities are Joplin, In
dependence, Butler, Poplar Bluff, JEFF
ferson City, Cape Girardeau and Mo-
berly.
Missouri cities with four state banks
and trust companies are: Sedalia, Col
umbia, Edna, Lexington, Brookfield,
Maryville, Richmond, Marshall, Kinks
vile, Trenton and Salem.
Missouri cities with three state
banks and trust companies are: Han
nibal, Rockport, Mexico, Lamar, Fair
fax, Cole, Camp, Warsaw, Fulton, Car
rollton, Garden City, Salisbury, Ozark,
Kahoka, Excelsior Springs, Cameron,
Boonville, Buffalo, Jamesport, Mays
vile, Ava, Kenneth, Pacific, Union,
Hermann, Stanberry, Bethany, Gin
ton, Monroe City, Fayette, Glasgow,
West Plains, DeSoto, Warrensburgt
Aurora, Canton, Higginsville, Odessa
Browning, Linnens, Chillicothe, La.
Plata, Macon, Fredericktown, Charles
ton, Mound City, Neosho, Perryyille
Bowling Green, Louisiana, Dixon, os-
ceola, Pennington, Lancaster, Mem;
phis, Sikeston, Milan. Fully sixty
Missouri cities and towns have two
Istate-supervised banks and trust COM
panies, not including national banks.
Missouri counties which have at
least twenty state banks and trust
companies, not considering national
banks, are: Saline, st. Louis, Buchan-
an, (including st. Joseph) Cass,
franklin, Greene (including Spring
field, jackson (including Kansas City
and independence, Jasper (includine
Joplin, Carthage and Webb City,
Linn, Macon, Montgomery and Noda.
way.
st. Louis being the chief manufac
turing and commercial center, has
four state banks with resources which
exceed $20,000,000 each, and two trus
companies with resources which ex
coed $37 100000. One Of the latter re
ported resources totaling nearly SCI,
SOC, 900. One national bank has re
sources which in late 1920 alone reach
ed $751;, $4,000; another nearly SGT,
10000; third nearly $31 ,000, 900;
fourth nearly $97, SOC, 900 and the fit
nearly s23,O0O,000. The total resourc
es of these five gigantic national bank
ing establishments in late 1920 alon
aggregated $345, 9,787.
| Kansas City has trust compan
with resources which at the com
mencement of 1921 reached $25, 900
600, and another with resources whc
reached $24,00O,OO0. One nations
bank, this city in late 1920 had re
sources totaling $79,0O0,0OO, seeon
$4s, 500, 900, third $44,0OO,000, and
fourth $26,SOO,O0O.
Missouri is the only state in the III
ion fortunate enough, chiefly becaus
of it's advantageous location and man
diversified industries, to be the heat
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