| Show FACTS OB OF INTEREST I CONCERNING BANKS HR lie total In the hI pr T of or the tilt State 1 have hate the thC fifteen billion dol do T Yet t le 1 toss than lhnn on of I r mark m In r the th hard money mone of or the th country countr In I to be he h found there and add only of or U It ItIn UIn IlI In I the federal treasury 1 more m than hall I of or the bask balc ac clr ctr Ir cul i of nf the till country well even the th t tr ry experts cannot tell tn you nu whet here It I la e Of or 0 ce r Mme ome of or It ItI ItIn l I In in old and tin sans ran nl song ome m of nf It Ie I in newer end and nd In peo po people 0 rl p and ami nd some ome of or It I la lout it feels f that Bonner nr nr or 11 later latr every P C 1 u rr Rd a chance bane of getting hark R it a It man nn n was wan arrested ar t In tr Ki gi itI do i i md and d he II hk asked to be bi to Ids hl money mOl out of the UK bank The Theli li r him up the th aide aid d of or th Ih 11 and nd In hi the th under II I nip M tree t he be found round hi bl hta bank He Ha Hen Han H Hw w n p r cushier depositor and andt li Ii t l i ern were wars we thousands of tin In ht gold old In Ns hi little bank There ore are ro over aver blink bank and true truit en p In the tho tit State Ill I t with Uh nn aggregate ate nr ot nearly narl two Iwo ilin In dollars liar There Th are arc tate state hank lIk nil trust truit i 1141 nt cate l Inks ink It bank banka and andi i 44 national nal hank The Th banking of nf the th I la II M l n wo that for the th rest of the world Is t I 1 The Th banking bankin power of t r tb nr I la nearly early double that or of any ny other othor country Countr The Th bank for he Stale In l 1101 0 II 11 tr to nearly nearl thone tho of 1900 LeM Lesa Lf than U 4 In I money mony changed hand handa In the banks bk for tor vary every 1100 worth of bul gning through the tb clearing house Th of or the national bank banks of nf c York City rity aggregate at more than the Ih i H of nil all II the bonk bank of or Penn Penni i win m in Philadelphia Included put to tn tnt t ih II i They Th total more mor than two wo end ami 4 H n 1 Ir times time the th of all the th irk of the th state of with I hi ngo Included They are a more than thant t hn e of t all II the bank In the New Nw Hag 1 IMI state olat with everything south couth of Mason A R Pi Dixon ion line thrown In for good Knod measure They Thy amount to more mo than of the grand and total for fort Ihl t ht whole hl United States State The TI He bunk bank In the United States Stale I la Ie the National City bank of Ne New York It has ho resources aggregating ing lug It la JlII c t rival rhal I t Is the National lank Hank of Commerce with re sotiri nur i re n amounting to tn The III National Notional bank of New Now York mill recent rent reorganisation n had the st 1 priced bank stock In America Amera A V h ha ire the thC value of which h wm waa 1100 W HH north 1360 The Th Chemical has ha hu always Iwa In very every stringency nr teemed re r t md it its obligation In Bold The Th n k of oC the 1 h flank Ank of at Va VIt In I now new about the moat mot In America It I is about 41 per r share har Small bank banka are ar alway atway glad Iad to get pt the Ih small a well aa as the th big bigone bl one Oil Hut Bill tot not all allot of the large rife one on ore arr Recently a bank buk with H R goodly lint litH of f deposits a as II far aa as numbers number go o went w enl Into liquidation In Chicago ChlIO An hank bank thinking Of taking over it iti Its Ita i louI s found round the th account lit very small ground derided decided not to todo todo todo do KU so 0 On the It other hand the Pint rat National allo nn I bank of ot Chicago pride Itself on nn being a It bank for t ci nod and no Is IM I beneath Ite nudge e It 11 ha hR depositors depositor IH tH eald 11 to be bea a larger number thau tha rely any other bank In i the In Hta atan N M A prominent r that hit an active ac ae account a count of ot lea I than 50 don doe not dl 41 pay py It its Ita way ay It I s only through I the hope that It will get t to be mow more mOMa and ami a 1111 that It will brim brtna other business buln that It 1 become hrom worth while L Tor banker han been brn lit at t lh thIr lr lri I i II end nil to II d dI l e proof 10 wife fPH A hundred time the th safe rate r h ha that at et t last but he be hu ha and for et cut the tile burglar lIr tar out nut of or bli lne ln nn R as a a mane InTI times m the Ih burglar his hn h ulI disputed hl ht Lately latel the th have hv evolved three iMen or of Mmes of that are re said mid Id to 10 be he b proof one of these Ih I la the cannon naff afe f It 11 I 1 of nf manganese mann the hardest t thing there I Is to be b procured and nd resemble the th breech or of I a gun n Another la In II i isle afe with an out door and and timer Inner 1111 one the former Im to tu the drill and the th latter tn to electricity The Th I d Is ls the I h plate plat valid Iut built bu 11 I like Ilk n battes bette th i iThe The Th makers maker stand ready to 10 set net cm 1111 11 M to the tM safe breaker t akl who can en c 1 through thle one The TIc a vault In the world j the latter action and ha t b recently put Into the tM First Nak NUri bank of Chicago It I 2 U feet het In lo 24 feet wide wi and nine feet high blah bI g h T r Day and Night bank of New Hew York fork ork h an ait uro m bile with which to collect collet the 1 of It late lat patrons patron tron The collector R g Rout geat n out eat with the safe re locked lock H Ht He ha hi hats number numer of or boxes box which be h livers liver empty lo to the tbt customers The ThO tomer put puts hi hl money mon Into the tho tog I x 1 together with the th deposit slip Klip II and n t r In Ip I locked and deposited depo In the Ih lid are fe v W Wh to all the collection arc made mad the h no to goes goe a back to the bank thing ate air un 1111 unlocked unlocked locked lockert and the th deposit checked tip ut II I and ratted checks check m ini III time catch the bantu bank napping app Sr ne time ago the th Hath Halh y gave a cheek check for 1100 In the hI amount In a wa sow lent left hf ih th I h word one and In making the th nj e ethey they the were not written u 11 us low lone up I to In Inthe the dollar Iollar mark a II they IM 1 been Men A heck check raiser got hold of th l I iii check heck Inserted the word d I before the th one and the n nuro t the Ih dollar mark and the Ih th 1110 r figures and he h had a check hk for far inn innon it iton on which he be got the t money mone In to M case cae all be the 11 bank fared fa better beUr than thai II th t 1 often do the courts court holding that thai u it it wa was due u to 10 the gross of the th drawer drar that It could eold be Iw rained ral d dand and the th drawer had to stand eland the th lass The Th larger larer bunk bank of the h country practise praet the most rigid d economy In Intact fact tact If some nome of the ordinary unar citizens It of this town were ware to practise such uch economy they th would be bl called stingy and mean man and nd charged d with counting the th coat cost of a postage tamp stamp The Th National nf of Chicago worth million mil ml million lion Ito of dollar dollus never fIer malls mall It let 11 letter letter ter te for the day until the th close lOll of busi busl business ness nea ne Then It hat haa h them gone lIOn over and where there them I Ia more than one on com om communication to one correspondent they thy all go 10 In the same came envelope A two cent nt tamp sump U le thu hu alway always made to 10 todo todo do it tt Ita full rull duty This like lib a alUlU small lUlU economy but on a day bul buln bulnes ness It foot fonts up from U to ISO 10 In that bank W t banks bank spend money lavish lavishly ly I for tor home hom There Th Is In I a marked tend tendency ency ney to have a palatial build buildIng Ing In eating coating hundreds hundred of thousand th of ot i dollar dollars The Th American Trust company building In Washington and the tilt Knick Knickerbocker k building In New Ne York Tork are shining ebbing examples of ot this The hank of England Is III housed In a large triangular building with Ith not a window but sky skylight k lights light The dormant account i is on of the Interesting Interacting thing in the t banking bus bul busness buln ness n It I estimated that there then I more mo than In such accounts In the bank of or New Nw York alone The ac ae account accounts counts count are carried forward from rom yen year yento er erto to year r and nd where Interest 1 I Is paid thle hall haa ha to be compounded every ery year though tho the deposits dep may ma never ner be I claimed A 1 sailor puts Into Inlo port porI and deposit his hie hi wags wage Jt He lie Roe goes It out again and never navel returns return UIs He Ue becomes a dor duro dormant dormant mant amount account A friendless miser riles dies and leaves leates lea no to t show how that he hii hIli hair money deposited I 0 1 t I lIe He bei becomes omes IJ IJa a dormant account A wife was puts pula aside a little of or her spending money by b self Hlf denial dental thinking some time to surprise her husband She Mh dies dlee dl and her hr pas pa book l It Is not found She b thus thu crates reatea atH atHa a dormant account Akin Allin to this Ihl IH Is the th failure allure to claim dl m dividend dividends Dividend on a share aba of ot stock Mock In 10 the tb Chemical National bank of or New Mew York standing landing landingIn In the th name nam of or a woman have hav here been unclaimed since In 1 25 and await her hr Probably I she eke U la afraid the Ih presentation of her claim dalm will reveal reseal al her hr age Hanking I Is every day being made mad an en anIer easier Ier tak tusk The advent of ot the adding machine the tM coin oln counting machine and the th machine for writing collection letters has haa simplified the Ih operation of ot L a e bank to 10 a remarkable degree de In Inthe Inthe the th adding machine mahln the hardest tank Ik a k of the th banking room has ha h ben been made an antray tray one on The TM 1 holder of the record for speed peed on rat the tIM adding machine Is I Vii WIl WIlliam u ullam liam llam A Stuart of Oakland Cul e al who recently tI handled bandied checks on oat it In two minutes and It seconds The oln role counting machine takes taIt tire the 0 pennies nl fickle dimes dime dim quarters quarter anti and tan lar la and them out and wraps them up Ul giving the total I when the tho th job is I done lion A machine was a formerly required for each tach denomination Now one machine does doe for tor all The collection collection tion letter writing wilting machine writes the Ih letter leUr add adds the t e collections In each and foot foots up tip the Ih totals The fhe Bank Bunk of at England the th Hi he t In the world having a 0 capital of nf ha has not one on of ot these things If you OU writ wilt a letter eUr to it you ou will get 81 an urn answer anew written out by hand Some gome em employ employs ploys ploy have been there th more than Ihn pies pie have been there ther more than Ihan Ihanto 40 to years year eR and have large lar bumps bURI 8 on Oil their forefinger from use we u of nf the pen Chicago ChU ago Farmers end and Drover Drovers ers er Journal |
