Show r t Ghipago Is I a bin city Her trade last i year amounted to 700000000 as against i 160300000 In I 1S3G Her manufacturing I prpducls amounted to 740000000 as I against 51832351000 In 38DG and the produce j pro-duce received and disposed of In Chl I cago lust year amounted to DOO000000 almost double that of 1896 As given by the Tribune of that city a year ago ihe local l deposits In State and national banks wore In round numbers 255000 000 They are now tl7000000 a gain of over 20 juir cent Looking back ten years the growth in the bank deposits I It l much morn striking they having 1 r been 1SJ000000 smaller In 1890 than at I the present time The Tribune says I I t C l i 4 y F r i t i that tho trade expansion Is something wonderful that many of the Southern States have been added to the list of Chicago customers Texas alone sending send-ing several millions of dollars to that city during 1900 for different kinds of goods formerly bought at New York Philadelphia St Louis Tho territory terri-tory covered by Chicago traveling salesmen has Increased onethird In l I ten years and Its final conclusion Is that Chicago commercially spcaldng I is now a Two Billion city I |