OCR Text |
Show BUSINESS IMPROVING. Favorable Showing Made by National Banks of tho Country. Washington. Treasury officials nro grootly encourhgod In their belief Hint tho business conditions aro gradually but certainly Improving, not only by tho Increnso In recolpts from tho cus toms nnd Internal rovenuo, but by tho fnvorablo showing made by tho national na-tional banks throughout tho country. A comparison of tho last Bummnry of conditions of tho nntlonal banks, made by tho comptroller of tho currency cur-rency on July IB, 1908, with tho cor-icspondlng cor-icspondlng period for 1907 shows an Increase In spcclo nnd legal tondors hold by tho banks of 1147,395,217. There also has been an lncrcaso In tho surplus of 115,711,120, and In circulation cir-culation ,pt 1,71 4)00, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing tho activity which has boon displayed dis-played lu tho reduction of circulation slnco tho panic of last fall. |