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Show Banks and Life Insurance Companies Prospered During Past Year. It will bo shown by tho returns of tho various banking and trust companies com-panies thnt 1902 has bcon ns profitable na 1901. Tho westorn Institutions report re-port greater progress than in tho previous pre-vious yenr, and tho several commercial commer-cial agencies in tho United States and Canada make gratifying statomonts as to tho gonoral business of tho country. Tho flro lnsurnnco companlen will show hotter results tiila yonr than last |