TV ptrattrrai o m m e t r i a INCLUDING Bank & Quotation Section Railway & Industrial Section Electric Railway Section Railway Earnings Section Bankers’ Convention Section State and City Section VOL. 92. SATURDAY, MARCH 18 1911. NO. 2386. Week ending March 11. Clearings at— Site Clxrcmidje. In c . or PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 1911. 1910. | D ec. 1909. 1908. Terms of Subscription—Payable in Advance 3 S % S S 287,688,624 307,946,590 — 6.6 261,436,607 For Ono Year ......................................................................................... ..................$10$10 00 00 Chicago................ 236.428,355 Cincinnati........... 23,236,700 23,812.450 — 2.4 26,268,600 24.086,150 For Six Months.......................................................................................................... (5ti 00 — 2.7 European Subscription (Including postage)................................................. 13 00 Cleveland........... 16,133,399 16,574,938 14,707,517 12,303.464 13 17,072,003 15,837,150 + 7.8 13,437,592 European Subscription six months (including postage).......................... 7 50 Detroit.................. 12,153,242 Milwaukee______ 12,827,485 12,677,496 + 1.3 11,831,468 9,856.136 Annual Subscription in London (including postage).................. £ 2 14 s. 8,786,606 — 3.7 Six Months Subscription in London (including postage)........... V 1 11s Indianapolis____ 8,460,655 7,424,988 7,119.154 5,966,300 5,992,900 —0.4 5,472,200 rtanndiun Subscription i m ehidinv nnstnsroi .$11 50 Columbus............ 4,708,000 Toledo__________ 4,972,686 4,485,998 + 10.9 4,744,261 3,785,008 Subscription includes following Supplements— Peoria................. 3.550,132 3,577,097 —0.8 3,371,555 2,790,309 2,431,983 2,545,398 — 4.5 2,205,382 1.997,852 B ank and Quotation (monthly) State and City (semi-annually) Grand Rapids___ D ayton________ 2,095,889 2,182,396 — 4.0 1,929,357 1.318,267 RAILWAY AND INDUSTRIAL (quarterly) E lectric R ailway (3 times yearly) Evansville_____ 2,428,379 2,212,987 + 9 .8 2.106,301 1.468.005 Railw ay E arnings (monthly) B ankers’ Convention (yearly) Kalamazoo 755,256 1,288,780 — 41.4 1,086,884 906,278 Terms of Advertising— Per Inch Space Springfield, 111.. 1.607,740 1,190,586 +35.0 1,262,573 960,759 Rockford ______ 1,073,343 1,120,472 — 4.2 895,055 826,127 Transient matter per inch space (14 agato lines)............... ................... $4 20 Lexington........... 1,278,692 1.020,749 +24.3 684,989 785,399 Two Months (s times)........ .................. 22 00 Youngstown____ 959,996 1,002,322 — 4.2 985,423 755,698 Standing Business Cards Three Months (13 times)....... ................... 29 00 Fort W ayne____ 1,228,935 1,123,346 + 9.3 1,001,746 686,723 Six Months (20 times)........ .................. 50 00 Quincy.................. 1,158.300 929,929 +24.6 764,927 . 688,625 Twelve Months (52 times)........ .................. 87 00 Akron................. 814,500 872,300 —6.6 735,000 650,000 CHICAGO OFFICE!— Pliny Bartlett, 513 Monadnock Block Tel. Harrison 4012 Bloomington____ 896,544 823,218 + 8 .9 753,794 621,462 LONDON OFFICE—Edwards & Smith, 1 Drapers’ Gardens, E. O. Springfield, O___ 622,011 542,089 + 14.8 473.387 446,005 South Bend......... 438.336 515,165 — 15.0 389,029 420,928 W I L L I A M IE. D A N A C O M P A N Y , P u b l i s h e r s , Canton........... ...... 1,009,197 962,837 + 4.8 654,130 381,037 P. O. Box 958. Front, Pine and Uepcyster Sts., New York. Decatur _______ 492,310 596,906 — 17.5 500.521 357,530 Danville________ 632,289 589,970 + 7 .2 407,354 357,385 Jackson ________ 345,000 330,000 + 4.5 324,185 300,000 Published every Saturday morning by WILLIAM B. DANA COMPANY. Mansfield......... .. 541,499 402,723 + 34.5 326.670 285,989 Jacob Seibert Jr., President and Treas.; George S. Dana aim Arnold G. Dana, Jacksonville, 111. 453,198 400,826 — 13.0 338,544 241,043 Vice-Presidents; Arnold G. Dana, Sec. Addresses of all, Office of the Company L im a___________ 454.216 292,501 + 55.4 263,321 250,000 Ann Arbor______ 181,275 223,831 — 19.0 137,616 142.488 Adrian ________ 40,712 40,712 + 0.07 29,728 28,000 CLEARING-HOUSE RETURNS. Saginaw............... 605,000 550,000 + 10.0 Lansing................ 384,571 Not Included In total The following table, made up by telegraph, &c., Indicates that the total Tot. Mid. West 402.452,411 421,451,268 — 4.5 365,950,704 328.105,418 bank clearings of all clearing houses of the United States for week ending — 10.6 34,439,606 Mch. IS have been $3,087,302,076, against $2,091,490,754 last week and San Francisco... 40,613.489 45,442,889 31.707,841 17,371,649 — 2.1 12,556.557 9.971,602 $3,502,057,084 the corresponding week last year. Los Angeles____ 17,000, 00 Seattle .............. 10,677,134 12,891,412 — 17.2 11,597,864 8,109,768 Portland............ 11,602,500 10,824,454 + 7.2 8,000,000 6,995,219 Clearings— Returns by Telegraph. Per Salt Lake C ity.. 5,308,707 5,623,345 — 5.6 5,253,237 4,228,180 Week ending March 18. 1911. 1910. Cent. Spokane........... 4,619,227 4.842,494 — 4.6 3,545,902 2,748,781 Tacoma............ 4,438,123 6,222.229 + 28.7 4,901,585 4,062,794 New Y o rk ___ $1,472,831,055 SI.807,653.316 — 18.5 Oakland................ 3,569,869 3,444,623 + 3 .6 1,748.170 1,488,835 Boston______ 137,083,630 136,690,678 + 0 .3 Sacramento.. 1,384.926 1,293,321 + 7 .0 849,467 987,071 Philadelphia . 117,364,90 9 149,086,975 — 21.3 San Diego___ 1,433,769 1,194,171 + 20.0 911,865 750,000 Baltimore____ 26,013,125 25,298,928 + 2.8 Pasadena____ 843,700 800,000 + 5.5 Chicago......... 232.252.2S0 246,264,199 — 5.7 Fresno............ 669,998 761.638 — 12.0 490,780 St. Louis____ 64,364,579 66,788,986 — 3.6 Stockton ____ 522,184 528.347 — 1.2 473.206 413,040 New Orleans. 14,931,559 16,756,158 — 10.9 San Jose......... 436.377 456.709 —4.4 378.160 360,854 North Yakima.. 487,728 500,000 — 2.5 390,152 Seven cities, 5 days__ 32,064,842,136 32,448,539,240 — 15.7 R en o_______ 267,798 249,634 + 7.3 Other cities, 5 days_____ 497,043,649 499,968,473 —0.6 Total Pacific.. 103.875,529 112,446,915 — 7.6 85,536,551 71,823,985 Total all cities, 5 days. 32,561.885,785 S2,948,507,713 — 13.1 Kansas C ity____ 53.891,154 60,103,535 — 10.3 48,046,273 34,117,865 AU cities, 1 day______ ... 525,416,291 554,450,271 — 5.2 Minneapolis.. 18,583,920 20,620,083 — 9.9 17,143,509 19,940.254 Omaha.................. 18,664,104 21,452,917 — 13.0 16,461,924 12,991.658 Total all cities for week______ 33,087,302,076 $3,502,957,984 — 11.9 St. Paul......... 11.882,314 11,637,231 + 2.1 9,904,528 8,843,092 Denver........... 7,928,172 9,626,671 — 17.7 9,230,592 7,196,932 The full details for the week covered by the above will be given next Sat­ St. Joseph........... 11,396,363 10,445,855 + 9.1 7,869,764 5,785,203 urday. W e cannot furnish them to-day, clearings being made up by tlm Des Moines____ 6,234,251 6,011,237 + 3.7 4,062,553 2.314,786 clearing houses at noon on Saturday, and hence In the above the last day of Sioux City......... 3,878,659 4,044,365 — 4 .1 3,198,149 2,573.118 the week has to be In all cases estimated, as we go to press Friday night. Wichita.............. 3,276,248 3,250,498 + 0.8 1.894,278 1,443,118 ■ VVc present below detailed figures for the week ending with Saturday, Duluth.............. 2,176,996 2,845,796 — 23.5 noon, Mch. II, for four years. Lincoln .............. 1,932.456 2,075,790 —6.9 1,530,382 1,432,144 Davenport......... 1,881.479 2.040,824 — 7.8 1,263,737 1,233,686 Topeka _______ 1,717,879 1,474,864 + 16.5 1,541,575 1,169,083 Week ending March 11. Cedar Rapids.. 2,110,410 1,969,953 + 7 .2 1,231,364 1,028,329 Clearings at— Colorado Springs 713,802 750.008 — 4.8 646,679 622,209 In c. or Pueblo ......... 639.393 639,352 + 0.0 590,533 546.114 1911. 1910. D ec. 1909. 1908. Fargo ______ 719,271 1.050,158 — 31.5 629,425 747,652 Sioux Falls.. 1.511,987 1,300,000 + 16.3 810,000 570.000 S 3 % 3 3 601,769 597,275 + 0 .8 419,574 352.346 Ncw^York......... Fremont____ 1,695,535,873 2,026,163,519 — 16.3 1,512,736,319 1,244,089,489 W aterloo___ 1,575,000 1,500,000 4-5.0 Philadelphia____ 143,129,399 141,511,945 + 1.1 114,546,762 103,355,518 942,181 1,064,590 — 11.5 731.498 576,221 Pittsburgh..........