Show NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT unexpected large increase la in the th cash unhand on hand new york feb 20 weekly bank statement res reserve erve increase loans loan decrease tl sper iii ecle ae increase c legal iceal tender increase i deposits increase circulation decrease the banis banki now hold in ox ex i of require requirements menis the financier 8 Tho statement of 0 the cleat ing house banks ot of new york city for or tile week meek ending february i Ls lit in direct contrast raal with those of 0 the two neeka previous after a decrease of over in the cash held field by the banks during that period there was it a gain of as reported by the current statement for tho the wk the heavy of gold from the pacific coast had a great deal to do with the increase in specie and perhaps affected aff c doted the lepej tender told hold inge inga which also show a train th currency deposited ith the treasury to cover retired circulation may also alao be returning to snell siv ell the idle cash in banks then too thi financing of one or two heavy railroad tiong has undoubtedly directed affected several items of the statement the failing off in loans it Is disappointing the loans loana of the banks bank in boston ond and philadelphia have a ten denev recently to expand and it was hoped that the movement here her would continue in similar volume the plethora of idle money Is ia not confined to new york A dl dispatch patch to tho the financier from chicago state that the banks there are seriously considering si a reduction from 2 cpr ier cent to 1 2 per cent on country bank boa bal knees and that a a meeting of bankers will bo be called this week to decide dell bitely on the matter the south seems to lo be on the verge of a genuine recovery in trade and reports received during the week are of a 0 most encouraging nature the open ing of 0 tho season there it la Is believed will he bo the boft ewt auspicious nance the panic and the rest of the country will witness a similar awake n ing ine of tho the lethargy of the past few years the unprecedented orders ordera for steel ralls the heavy foreign graah balances which are being augmented now by an enor enormous mong export of norn all tend to one conclusion that the th dawn of cannot lie be long ions delayed |