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Washington, 354,245; New Yoik, 5,376,577; Chicago, 2,425,664; St. Louis, 796,421; Kansas City, 512,471; San Francisco, 450,464 Boston, 724,251; Pauleapolis, 602,202. w M m Xi Percentage growth according to census 1900 to 1910, V/ashing-ton, 19$; Few York, 38$; Chicago, 28-7$; St. Louis, 19-X/4& Kansas C ity, 51$; San Francisco, 21-6$; Boston, 19-6& P a u le a p o lis,3 9 -l/2 $ . In ton yoars at same ra tio of incroase o f population. WasMngton, 423,829; . lew York, 5,376,577; St. Louis, 965,836; Boston, 860,814; Chicago, 3,083,849; G u ' Kansas C ity, 768,703; San Francisco, 511,519 Pauleapolis., 767,858. ’ . tuywu W (v t»V \ | m © > V o n o r i ^ c. v l V v w o r e ^ * K^00. 1. 133 00 ..00 00 u0 .. 0 0 ^W C t* « || ^ Z S O - QQ q. 0 .^c.«>.bwoK ^ ll^,998 ocooo s-v\°oVt Population in twenty ^ears, estimates census 1900 to 1910. 3 arrB Kansas C ity, 1934, 1,151,957 S t. Louis, 1934,, 1,160,741 i } . 9 8 o . oonc\ oooo r a t io as pn,»oo.ooaoo it\n g t o n K A N S A S O IT population of Kansas C ity ’ s Federal Heserve Bank ’ te f^ ite r y , 1914. [no«foUC PUEBLO 12 , 000 , 0 0 0 . WE'Vk - *&*' 20 , 000 , 000 . ^ NASH] f lC c ^ i i : c v \ ^ o ^ X ^ u £ , 4 f ^ ^\oncvl3fli\K 6 0 >«mb<nc>4 JO P L IN f^n"frcvnc/\|sco At same ra tio o f increase as la st census, this te r r ito r y twelve years hence, w ill be; ( JtK § i d ^ UNOVVILH ^Mnkb ^ 2>J(. 9 8 0. Oo o OO 3^, lv 8 ,o o j . o o T -l/.^O -O O O .oo ^LOTT ANOOQ1 * Xf l ( o 0 , 0 0 0 . C 0 \ X ^ Vo 0 O 0, 0 o ;MPHtS £1 | NOTEi That the te rr ito ry given the Kansas City D is tr ict is absolutely in harmony with natural currents o f commerce, present trends o f trade. ^ 1 oU C «wl ^ 5 |^ \« b * I _ H,,^ b o - o o o^g_o_ tl,^ u C ^ iU lfe A .fl^ l^ ^ ^ O * i- >•:'f■ ‘ ■: t'ImWj muft'--r •1 i,■ & o lo. O 0 O. o 0 |*V U ? , o o o. o o *1. H ^ (o- OO o . oO 0 5" Cl' Oo 0 • 0 O ^ 1 6 8 ,9 1 & o o o o o i M \ OOO.O 0 OHARLEJ ^sfiwcit«4])e\>os'fft[^ 109 030,000.00 Tre&ent iMAOON |q 6 r|, 0159,300,000.00 NOTE* Shat the resources of tho te rr ito ry included in the Kansas City D is tr ic t, are ag ricu ltu ra l and undeveloped. Groat portions of Kansas, Col oral o, Oklahoma and the Panhandle o f Texas are now used as grazing lands. With the discovery o f drouth resistin g plants and the s i l o , re-enforced by tho agricu ltu ra l awakening- this te r r ito r y w ill be doubled in population and wealth in the near fu tu re. Sec’ y Coburn affirm s that a c ir c le of two hundred miles with Kansas City as the center, contains the acreage and the s o il that 7 /ill furnish when fu lly developed one-fourth o f tho food supply o f the United States. ^ savan1 FO R T WORTH, C U u \\^ CamrtriV "^C & trV * ----- •' C 'S *1, - o'thtp JYar^i»n(i/\ KArWjtbU 6t&Hbi •.'trxAfr^ Co* J\\X ^ 13-^' Ip elpaso mrjp\ub tVife.bW M-3K& -fr Co’ 0 ' • il a ( P ' , *3 10 0 M- ^>b \. \ Z O o O {-sl'imn+ed Dc-tiobi-t-t, fnt.reWi+.r^ M o Z * jACXSONVtU a ^ o \c X O kJC $ r> 0 0 ,’ 0 00 . S o m m m rn W Sk h o u s; NOTE: That the te r r ito r y west o f the M ississippi is only given two out o f eight banks, when the acreage is twice as large and contains greater resources in ag ricu ltu re, fo r e s tr y , mineral wealth and water power, tqnio [tAWPA • CITIES HAVING AN ESTIMATED POPUIATSQN OF 3 0 ,0 0 0 AND OVER IN 1511. - f CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 50,000 AND OVER, AS SHOWN BY CENSUS BULLETIN. ----- oooooooOoooooooN0TE: Kansas City is a western c i t y serving naturally western t e rr ito ry , while S t. Louis is a southern c it y serving naturally southern te r r ito r y . RESERVfc BANK ORGANIZATION CO M M ITTEE WASHINGTON, D. C. ■oooooooOoooooooNOTB: That tho Kansas City te rrito ry is dependably s e l f supporting, s e lf - s u f f i c i e n t . The backing resources o f this d is t r ic t can take care o f its needs. It might not be out of place to remark, that St. Louis has been advertising and emphasizing tliat in t he system there would be three great central Regional Reserve Bank Centers, New York, Chicago and St. Louis. When the le t t e r and tho s p ir it o f the lav absolutely and e n tirely does away with a ll Central Reserve and Reserve c it ie s , annihilates 1hem and . lacos at the and o f three years a l l required reserves in the Federal Reserve Banks, and the place of honor, impor^fcance or p riv ileg e o r wiH^be absolu tely equal wi^th a l l Federal jEteserve^^nks, there w ill be no oonU-al or reserve c i t i e s , only Fedo-'V Rese i've"'ilfe-es * I ca ll your attention to f e large figures showing the 18;j required by the system thao w ill be deposited by the Central Reserve City Banks into Federal Reserve Banks. Also to the feet that these large deposits now pyramided In central reserve c it ie s under the wojfcing o f our present?’ -law, are to a groat measure forced there by tho present banking law aa& not because thoy are the natural magnet f o r the te rr ito ry ttd m whibh theyjsa?^, For instance, tho f o r t y - 3 even reserve c it ie s with a: deposit o f $1,600,000,000 w ill no longer be compelled to k ^ ^ ^ e i r r e s e r -j In S t. Luuas,, Chicago or Hew York. There fo r e , the, Topeka, .M chlta, Oklahoma Git* aid. Muskogee now forced &»1>t !n St* Louis,: w ill naturally come to Kaisas City. The figu res given on map do not include a l l tho barks o f the United States. It includes the 750? national Banks which must enter the system ~r d en ta ion a lize . I am sure th a «. more State Banks and Trust Co*s w ill accept tho requirements anl enter into the n i:i system than there w ill be National Banks, who surrender t h e ir chapters. It contains only 5Of- or one-half of tho ^tatc Barks and Trust C o's. I b elieve, however, th.it more than 9,000 o f tho 18,167 State Banks and Trust Cof s w ill enter tho system ,- tho:/ can’ t a fford to ramain outit w ill pay them a l l to enter this g i-a n tic economic organization winch has m obollzel and made u t iliz a b le America*s money, so tin t the man who is dependable need not worry about securing the funds to carry on his enterprise i f it is a worthy one. S 0 0 -0 0 0* 0 0 2 .0 3 , tVoo 0 0 0 , 0 0 The immensity o f this ne>/ Banking System viewed as a great unity, s t a i r s the im agination. I p re d ict that w ithin twelve months substan tially the ^entire banking power o f the Uni bed States w il l be brought togetlier in th is °dgantic co-operation aid co-ord in a tion o f America's monetary re sources. I b eliev e that w ithin W o years p r a c tic a lly a l l State Banks and Trust Companies, as w ell as National Banks, w ill enter the System. It w ill then have a paid up c a p ita l o f about two hundred m illion d o lla r s , with a to ta l o f c o n s o l i d a t e d and co-op era tiv e resources of twenty b i lli o n d o lla r s . Its paid up c a p ita l w ill be greater than the combined ca p ita l o f the Bank o f England, the Bank o f France and the Imperial Bank of Germany.. The ca n ita l and surplus o f the Bank o f England is 887,500,000 Bank o f Germany, 61,500,000 Bank o f France, 41,500,000 It w ill reprosent a gold stock o f one b i l l i o n , fou r hundred m illio n d o lla r s . This i s fiv e percent, more tlian tho present gold holdings o f the three greatest European nations. This Banking System re-enforced by earth’ s w ealthiest nation, w ill co n s titu te the most powerful fa c to r in the' world’ s fin a n ce. -• loOO-OOOiOO |»V 0 0 O £>