The. jittandal elitinattal$J INCLUDING Bank & Quotation Section Railway & Industrial Section Electric Railway Section Railway Earnings Section Bankers' Convention Section State and City Section VOL. 95 SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 1912 NO. 2462 Week ending Aug. 24. Clearings at w he Throuide. Inc. or 1912. 1911. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Dec. 1910. 1909 Terms of Subscription-Payable in Advance $ Chicago 266,964,570 239,675,544 +11.4 235,264,903 247,607,099 For One Year $10 00 6 00 Cincinnati 22,251,250 21,080,900 +5.6 19,728,650 22,093,050 For Six Months Cleveland 20,587,628 17,410,032 +18.3 European Subscription (including postage) 13 00 16,721.513 14,589,920 six months (including postage) 7 50 Detroit 20,886,774 16,396.915 +27.4 14,267,890 12,532,373 European Subscription Milwaukee 12,048.667 11,596,142 +3.9 Annual Subscription in London (including in stage) 22 148. 11,206,723 10,423,547 Subscription in London (including postage) £1 118. Indianapolis __- 6,312,889 8,72o,153 -27.7 8,175,262 6,668,187 Six Months Columbus .. 5,506,400 4,712,200 +Mb Canadian Subscription (including postage) $11 50 4,902,300 6,001,600 Toledo 4,707,136 3,500,904 +34.5 3,355,652 4,469,508 Subscription includes following Supplements- Peoria 2,237,828 2,839,889 +140 2,644,090 2,372,759 Grand +21.1 (monthly) RAILWAY AND INDUSTRIAL(3 times yearly) Rapids 2,636,265 2,175,966 2,079,941 2.120,908 BANK AND QUOTATION Dayton 1,783,953 1,601,909 +11.4 1,611,885 1,489,088 RAILWAY EAR, INGS(monthly) ELECTRIC RAILWAY(3 times yearly) BANKERS' CONVENTION (yearly) Evansville 2,006,659 1,857,229 +8.0 1,874,349 2,495,780 STATE AND CITY (semi-annually) Kalo.•razoo 594,022 600,115 -1.0 530,835 557,866 Advertisind-Per Inch Space springfleld, Ill_ 1,060,149 976,164 +8.6 857,000 1,000,000 Terms of Fort Wiyne 999,690 892,962 +12.0 778,937 856.923 Transient matter per inch space(14 agate lines) $4 20 Youngstown __.._ 1,367,120 1,023,962 +33.6 857,844 922,334 Two Months (8 times) 22 00 I .exington 775,755 793,154 566,845 570,658 Three Months (13 times) 29 00 Akron 2,212,000 Standing Business Cards 1,267,400 +74.6 845,000 600,000 Six Mnthso (26 times) 50 00 Rockford - 790,999 706,183 +12.0 702,331 595,269 Twelve Months(52 times) 87 00 Canton 1,108,018 916,006 +21.0 037,044 665,291 CHICAGO 0yricE-Geo. M.Shepherd, 513 Monadnock Block;Tel.Harrison 4012. South Bend 1,208.409 477,666 +152.0 482,491 435.248 Springfield, O._ 516,090 412,281 +25.1 LONDON OFFICE-Edwards & Smith,1 Drapers' Gardens, E. C. 395,918 381,471 Bloomington ___ 488,495 641,571 -23.9 56:1,077 405,941 WILLIAM 13. DANA COMPANY, Publishers, Quincy 609,579 533,191 +14.3 560,683 413,573 Decatur 333,745 430.951 -10.9 P.O. Box 058. Front. Pine and Depeyster Ste., Now York. 468,509 363,856 Mansfield 597,943 355,841 +68.0 499,815 280,629 Lansing 325,000 316,000 -1-32 350,000 Published every Saturday morning by WILLIAM B. DANA COMPANY. Jackson _ 542,399 400,000 +35 6 305,000 287,188 7acob Seibert Jr., President and Treas.; George S. Dana and Arnold G. Dana, Lima 375,664 334,791 +12.1 373,590 192,591 Vice-Presidents; Arnold G. Dana, See. Addresses of all, Office of the Company. Danville 345,765 388,128 -10.9 331,126 309,129 Jacksonville, Ill_ 289,653 259,684 +11.5 261,717 249,634 Ann Arbor 132,277 130,631 +1.3 139,324 149,196 CLEARING-HOUSE RETURNS. Adrian 50,276 24,110 +108.5 31,595 25,564 Owensboro 318,152 370.435 -14.1 319,680 made up by telegraph, &a., indicates that the The following table, Tot. Mid West.. 384,021,129 343,824,069 +11.7 333,012,451s 341,221,260 total bank clearings of all clearing houses of the United States for week ending Aug. $1 have been $2,745,200,765, against $2,830,021,521 last $2,717,630,095 the corresponding week last year. San Francisco__. 47.599,043 41,454,436 +14.8 41,794,704 33.339,486 week and Los Angeles 19,498,897 15,240,358 +28.0 14,111,051 12,653,225 Seattle 11,247,945 10,296,203 +9.2 11,624,602 11,785,723 Clearings-Re)urns by Telegraph. Per Portland 9,013,908 9,294,201 -3.0 7,900,809 6,078,543 Week ending Aug. 41. 1912, 1911. Cent. Salt Lake City 5,907,942 5.373,605 +9.9 5,005,553 6,597,093 bOokane 4,017,541 3,530,053 +13.8 3,686,359 4,459,026 New York *1,284,283,966 $1,202,873,214 +6.8 Tacoma 3,783,701 3,869,945 -2.2 5,461,279 5,223,028 Boetou 101,607,125 103,870,438 -2.2 Oakland 4,086,443 2,784,609 +46.8 2,478,858 1,561,128 Philadelphia 105,032,944 111,655,040 -5.9 Sacramento 1,589,251 1,568,656 +1.3 1,193,461 1,035,135 Baltimore 27,043,767 24,099,061 +12.2 San Diego 2,428,872 1,550,000 +56.5 1,213,38 914,000 Chicago 215,717,062 205,947,731 +4.7 Stockton 874,997 802,122 +9.1 690,357 600,064 St. Louis 58,008,722 52,400,632 +10.7 San Jose 714,583 517,194 +14.3 510,999 444,684 New Orleans 13,095,773 14,260,423 -8.2 Fresno 763,171 627,516 +21.6 717,488 451,215 Pasadena... _ - _ 667,071 . 632,288 +5.5 547,056 450,000 Seven Cities, 5 days $1,804,789,359 $1,715,106,539 +5.2 North Yakima_ 306,499 344,981 -11.2 405,086 298,529 Other Cities, 5 days 480,246,483 439,464,817 +9.3 Reno 277,175 278,514 -0 5 229.621 225,000 Total Pacific 112,777,039 98,184,681 +14.9 97,567,563 86,115,859 Total all cities, 5 days $2,285,035,842 $2,154,571,356 +6.1 All cities, 1 day 460,164,923 563.058,739 -18.3 Kansas City__- 46,639,818 42,573,761 4-9.6 44,500,211 44,322,345 Minneapolis 17,762,109 16,781.414 +5.8 19,172,894 13,891,414 'rm.i nil ninon for weck c/.745.200.765 S9.717.630.095 +1.0 Omaha 15,215,569 13,028,134 +16.h 14,071,869 13,496,395 St. Paul 10,213,335 9,655,816 +5.8 9,625,231 10,393,753 The full details for the week covered by the above will be given next Denver 7,764,084 7,750,116 +0.2 8,003,735 6,989,552 Saturday. We cannot furnish them to-day, clearings being made up by the St. Joseph 6,724,709 5,697.682 +18.0 5,125,651 5,373,451 clearing houses at noon on Saturday, and hence in the above the last day of Des Moines 3,693,895 3.371,407 +9.5 3,049,350 3,136,761 the week has to be in all cases estimated, RS we go to press Friday night. Sioux city 2,800,081 2,204,947 +27.0 2,456,750 2,238,644 We present below detailed figures for the week ending with Saturday Wichita 3,435,559 3,139,874 +9.4 3,090.601 2,412,432 noon, August 24, for four years. Duluth 2,829,795 3,313,642 +14.6 3,871,669 3,122,616 Topeka 1,340,241 1,455.903 -7.9 1,079,830 1,176,677 Week ending Aug. 24. Lincoln 1,498,101 1,260,155 +18.9 1,257,738 1,133,959 Davenport 1,294,288 1,213,258 +6.7 1,231,000 1,130,207 Clearings at- Cedar Rapids__ _ 1,106,582 978,274 +13.1 749,468 776,519 inc.or 755,622 +22.0 918,466 1912. 1911. Dec. 1910. • 1909. Colorado Springs 619,609 664,189 Fargo 312,968 636.219 -50.9 540,426 569,077 +12.1 497,614 $ $$ $ Pueblo 612,027 547,363 456,617 1,696,530,169 1,366,353,327 Fremont 272,528 289,647 314,777 308,705 New York 1,428,214,962 +%.8 1,806,230,545 1,213,573 +12.1 899,202 Philadelphia 127,995.581 113,747,778 +12.5 118,646,361 115,813,877 Waterloo 1,082,459 52,972,512 44,418.291 +19.3 47,923,752 42,754,713 Helena 792,581 936.783 -15.4 1,038,714 823,726 Pittsburgh 342,753 260,812 +31.5 350,00 Baltimore 32,287,637 28,495,337 +13.3 26,942,169 24,918,727 Aberdeen 10,388,321 8,559,178 +21.4 8,042,434 Hastings 190,764 156,884 +21.6 200,000 Buffalo 8,312,905 289.161 254.017 +13.8 112.591 137,469 Albany 6,351,168 6,414,882 +17.3 4,598,077 5,263,503 Billings Washington ___.