Evening star., 1922-11-05
WASHINGTON GAS COMPANY
MEETS CONSUMERS NEEDS
Has Expended Over $750,000 in Better
ments-National Capital Grows Apace
$2,OO0OOO for Christmas.

on September Is of this year they
totaled $1S7.572.000.
These figures speak volumes.
So too with the bank clearings. the
practical reflex of business. From
monthly averages of $35,000.000 to
month of October just closed to $685.
00O. 900.
Washington real estate Is good
security for any amount Of money.
The great war increased the i'm
portance of Washington, just as it
made the United States the leading
solvent nation of the world-with the
money of the English-speaking peo-
pie the most valuable mediums Of ex-
change.
Washington will maintain its pre-
cedence and will continue to grow in
greatness, and those merchants and
business men generally, who have
faith in her future. will be the sue
cessful men of the future.
Washington is all right!
Christmas Savings, $I.978,0O0.
Revised figures, increasing the
Christmas savings fund of the Mer-
chants Bank and Trust Company by
$50,000 and crediting the Exchange
Bank with $4,000 savings. will make
the grand total of disbursements for
this account s1.976,900.
II Will 20 making the ShOD-
ping season better.
Another New Firm.
Munds & Wiuslow, members of the
New York stock and cotton exchanges
and the Chicago Board of Trade. have
opened offices in this city at eli 18th
street northwest. in the Edmonds
building. Washington is an jmpor-
tant factor In the investment and
speculative markets these DAYS and
there Is more competition for a share
in the business
"Buxiness IL Better"
Armour G. Co. packers. send out this
encouraging announcement.
Ana from the south and the west
comes the confirmative information that
.he cotton planter and the farmer will
nave d little more money to spend this
year, that their yield will give them
something to get square and to care for
their needs at the same time
Business is good. Throughout the
De up TO the average. 1t is a buying
tiine when even those that have difficulty
IN making both ends meet will have
money to spend
The prosperity that is coming to the
farmer and the planter is the greatest
FACTOR for good in the situation. Ten
days ago both were complaining ard
the farmer was looking longin2ly at
the big wages of labor
Today the situation is changed, Tho
rural buying movement is making itself
felt.
The National Bank of Commerce says:
Business is better. There is grow
ing undertone of confidence that ap-
proaches optimism"
The National City Bank of Chica 90
says; There is better undertone to
business in the west. The purcha sing
power OF the vast territory served by
lhe Chicago market has been recently
greatly increased by advances IN the
gram market. This is highly encourage
ing and means much for the who,c ooun-
Try: The wage trend is upward
AT home conditions are improving
abroad they are not.
1850 Shares Sold.
Eugene +. Thompson, of Crane. Par
rlS q Co, acting in the interest of ..in
festors, yesterday bought the e1.50O
SHARES of Railway common largely
owned by group of banks here
NO information as to the price maid
was available nor were any names given
IN connection with the buyers, other than
investors" '''e''
Local bankers interested. while they
may nave considered their investments
Sale, are more than pleased to have
ilquloated an account that looked at one
time like big loss