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Show Review of Week by tho Financier. NEW YORK. Jun. 21. The Financier, discussing dis-cussing the weekly bank statement, says: Tho Htitoinnt showed a good balance, the sum of the gain In louns und of cash being only $237,000 greater than tho Incrcauo on di.-poiilts. di.-poiilts. Tim xpimslon' In loans of $34 I7fl 7u0 was most likely largely duo to syndicate borrowing, bor-rowing, though tho principal banks wero utmost ut-most dally In the market with offerings at lonnH at call, sono conslderublo portion of which must havo been placed: possibly, also, tho rutei for collatorul loans for fixed periods nuiy havo Induced borrowing by stock exchange ex-change operutors. If not by commission houses, the latter, however, to a moderato extent. The cash guins wero doubtless augmented through BUb-trcaury operations, Including iho rvturn to tho banks from Washington of tho proceeds of national bank notes redemptions, which have lately been qulto large. Tho movement of currency from thn Interior also contributed to the cash gain. The stulcment only partially partial-ly reflected tho surrender of 10 per cent of the public deposits under tho November call, which matured last weok. tho reduction In this Horn bolng only $1,532,50) compared with the previous wook. Interior banks have, however, effected surrenders of tholr quotas of publlo funds through their Now York correspondents. That th statement was favorable, considered from tho buyeru" point of view, goes without saying; lenders, hownvcr, regarded it an unfavorable, un-favorable, for tho reason that It contributed to greater monetary congestion. Comparisons show that eight bonks expanded loans bv S214 millions net. flvo banks gained 9 2-5 millions not cash. Ona of tho banks showed an ln- crt-ILSe of 1C rnlUlnno In Inuim |