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Released for publication Sunday morning May 25, 1919 J n°t earlier,

Pt-399.

PRESS STATEMENT.

May 24, I9I9.
\

Below is given the Federal Reserve Board's regular weekly statement of total
debits to deposit account, reported through the Federal Reserve banks by about 150
of the country's more important clearing houses. Transactions cover the weekly
periods ending Wednesday May l4 and May 21, 1919*
In connection with the large payments on account of Victory loan subscriptions
debits to individual account, and even nx>re so debits to bank accotint, show consid­
erable increases in all Federal Reserve districts.
Of the large centers Pittsburg!
Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and New Orleans show more than average gains in debits
to individual account.
Increases in debits to bank account while relatively larg­
er than increases in debits to individual account, show on the whole less variation.

The statement closes with a recapitulation giving comparative figures by
reserve districts for 152 centers reporting complete data for both weeks. Fig­
ures for reporting clearing houses by Federal Reserve districts are as follows;
Debits to individual
Debits to banks' and
Account
Bankers1 account
May 21
May 14
May 14
;
May 21
(In thousands of dollars.)
1-

2.

BOSTON
Bangor
Boston
Fall River
Hartford
Ho lyoke
Lowell
New Bedford
New Haven
providence
Springfield
Waterbury
Worcester
NEW YORK
Albany
Binghamton
Buffalo
New York
Passaic
Rochester
Syracuse
PHILADELPHIA
Altoona
Chester
Harri sburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
phi lade lphi a
Reading
Scranton
Trenton
Wilkesbarre
Williamsport
Wiin-^ngton
YorVfc




3,354
■ 245,172

8,689
20,799

2,026
4,072
6,492

16,579
33,517
13,614
6,714
15,753
22,336
3,392
55,526
4,668,252
3,627
24,718

11,913

163,566

8,302

419
1,955

23,058
3,376
5,011
7,733

16,518

34,513
15,979
6,390
19,194

3,860
8,555
3,299

399
596
7,932

432

l4j66

60,817

11,024

12,106

992,539
4,125
30,040
11,181

1 , 601,231

2,855

4,859
12,384
9,790
6 ,6 l l

515
l, 644
224

1,243

11,612

31,357
3,522

4 , 813 .

296,010

166

566
1,927
914

755
l,7«3

4,393
4,527
5,059

442

64i
217,23S

660
1,308

2, 980
3,206

396

3,501
293.S25

4,386
3,714

327
521

1,803,586
4i 3

718

602

853

2
12
160

33
3

631
>
30

5,260
30 1 , 60s

195
337,842

4,372
11,854

344,675

1,910

1
2 , 15 s

171
95

6 ,4is
3,356

1,231

S54

4,ogg

694

1,683

11,110

125

Debits to Individual
:
Debits to Banks' and
______ Account______________ •
Bankers' Account.____
May 14 ~ ; ' May 21
May l4.
;
May 21
(In thousands of dollars)

4.

5*

6.

CLEVELAND
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Erie
Greensburg, Pa.
Lexington
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Springfield
Toledo
Mieeling
Youngstown
RICHMOND
Baltimore
Charleston
Charlotte
Columbia
Norfolk
Raleigh
Richmond
ATLANTA
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
@|iattanooga
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Macon
Mobile
Montgomery
Nashville
New Orleans
Pensacola
Savannah
Tampa
Vicksburg

CHICAGO
Bay City .
Blodmington
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Davenport
Decatur
Des Moines
Detroit
Dubuque
Flint
Ft. Wayne
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Milwaukee
Peoria
Rockford
Sioux City
South Bend
Springfield

Waterloo, la.

20,427

49,745
129,950
24,694

10,814

6,252

21,616
59,204

l 4 i ,096

26,513

l4,0SS
6,299

95
37,765
S9.212

s5

46,230
122 199

5,057
513
77

5,4i5

2,900

2 , 6^
2,663

674
51

2,750
5,020
3,940
172,256
2,752
36,077
8,465
13 ,021

270,593
2,112
810

1,018

82,195
^■417
5,900
6,811

36,053
2,018
9,300
9,64s

45,813

21,110
3,300
29.635

21,514

23,79S

27,274
6,629

9,029
11,134

12,388

25,792
5,434
4 , 27s
4,299
9,700

? •$

5,977
7,312

11,634

4,390

80S

23,751

17,337
34,774
887
8,067
3,539
129

2,575

4,930
3,02 s
150,524
2.941
26,572
7,994

12 ,424
78,666
7,257

5.600
6,627
i s ,477
3.600
20,732

6,503
12,545

1 2 , s 46
11,487

5,892

6,370
4,274

22,323

55,411
2,465
11,751
5,387
1,804

68,505
1,924

V

s ll

1,752

2,753

8,917
5,992

2,700
51,104

1,599
l,i4 i

7«



1

2,456
2,762
5,636
574,933
5,229
3.391

12,760

111,422
2,329
3,522

4,237
17,030
31,311
3,557

,107
,345

52,262
1 3 , §20
4,304
17,035
2,912

2,526

3.391

2,340
2,454
4,969
644,653
7,922
3,322
17,4 i 6
135,082

2,402
9,379
6,124
i4 jo 4

328
626
8,546
595,022

2,693
526

6,s4s
I '6,352

1,260
22

?
U ,'767
27U

27,206
23

3,329

4,817
57,400

12,037
4,555
15,595
3,417
5,797
3,429

514
122
3 3 ,275
1,774

192

15,442
1,IP?
l ,§46
l ,4so

345,303

1,927
10,076
6,474

3,111
9,500
11,160
19.962
2,600
57,6to

30,899
6,602
4,721
9 , 6s 6
9,339

1,762
11,405
943
925
20,366
40,126
1,326
2,191
3,7po
l4 i

450
246

10,122
634,625
2,124

3’° ^
32,746
55,274
1,912

26
2,127

5,466
29,072
559
572
3,391

32,202
2,332
i 5, $

2 , 2l4

2,495

1,321

St. 399b

Debits to Individual
Debits to Banks’ and
_______ Account
__
Bankers1 Account
May :'l4
May 2i :
May l4
:
May 21 ■
thousands of dollars)

(in

S.

9-

ST. LOUIS
Evansville
Little Rock
Louisville
Memphis
St. Louis
MINNEAPOLIS
, Aberdeen
Billings
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Forks
Great Falls
Helena
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Superior
Winona

4,746
7,953
35,353
26,3i4
120,255

DALLAS
Albuquerque
Austin
Beaumont
Dallas
El Paso
Ft. Worth
Galveston
Hduston
San Antonio
Shreveport
Texarkan a
Tucson
Waco




33,683
23,3 25
124,683

1,926
2,360
22,517

1,616
2,331

1,167
1,306

2 ,6 i 4
1,817

3,307
1,631

4,757

2,597

2,271
2,561

2,169

75,751
35,4oi
2 ,c4s

77,637
4 i , i 42

1,145

892
66

'

64,965
4,473

20,742
5,178

19,928

9,864

1,491
3,863
3,631
29,534
7,447
13,94s
5,571
26,420

m
4,032

35,642
3,214
3, 556
95,147
3,124
12,587

1,676
4,507

4 ,o n
33,665
7,639
22,595

6,502

*

1,724
6,383

44,367
27,069
139,394

1,720
975

2,367
1,049

2,184

4,714
3,331

4,118

44,121
iso

49,039

970

1,093

652

6so

2,324

7,180
1,424
26,038
474
5,701
189,712

68,936

99s
26,575
622
I*, 768
*17!*,635

1,403
3,327
85,591

2,460

2,343

9,590
66 ,380

1,300
69,474

347
l6,4si
1,819
8,594

12,770
4,430
2,232

390
49,863
9,146
46,340
5,803
4 9 ,104

1,023

18,025
6,371
9,790
l 4 ,m

4,267
3,3 50
44i

59,890
10,229

46,186
6,532

50,004

5,672

29,395
(a) 7,170
6 ,os6

1 , 66l
2,750

1,920
1 , 72s

l,36l

5,130
535
1,446

2,941

1 , 63 s

2,165

{a) 7,196
1,813

*Air.ended diisxres.

*

7,013

27,954
151,045

I1
?. KANSAS CITY
Atchison
1,055
Bartlesville, Okla , 2,390
Colorado Springs
3,291
Denv er
34,313
Joplin
2,964
Kansas City, Kan.
3,034
Kansas City, Mo .
*88,625
Muskogee, Okla.
3,116
Oklahoma City
11,740
Omaha
59,147
Pueblo
5,192
St. Joseph
2 1 ,4 %
Topeka
4,766
Tulsa
: 2 0 , 62i
Wichita
9,792
11.

2,317

5'1*53
, 7 ,“*l6
40,323

3 ,900
494

:
Debits to Individual
:
Debits t6 Batiks1 and
:____________Account____________ :______ Bankers* Account
_____________ ____________ :
May
l4
: May 21
:
May l4
:
May 21
(In thousands of dollars)
12*

SAN FRANCISCO
Berkeley
Boise
Fresno
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Oakland
Ogden
Pasadena
Portland
Reno
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Seattle
Spokane
Stockton
Tacoma
Yakima

2,77^

6,809

3,527
64,340
13 ,4si
4 ,002
5,09l+
4i,3i4

165,537
3,501

47,212
11,597

276

5,3S4
3,365

6,43.7
3,426

68,903
15,500
4,591
3 ,5 01

44,274

4s,s6l
3 ,4l6
6,346

1+6

3,202
5,666
15*+
22,595

42,457

2,366
12 ,1+23

15,049
5,309

502

2,404
6,835
3,104

2,236

2,216

2,351

'

12,597

2,352
5,750

66

196
29,413
2,532
5,176
19,314

17,362

17,225

4,851
-^ 70,654
3,554
1+6,906
io,i44

114,539
1,672
23,121
8,152

135,795

8,031
194

8,095

6,090
12,314
2,170

6,573

11,934
2,239

1,156

422

2,129
25,126

3,412
3,27S

4,035

249

Recap i tulat ion showing figures for centers reporting both weeks.
Federal
Reserva
Di strict

1.
2.
3,
4.
5.
6.
7.
39.
10.
11.
12.

:
;
: Number of:
: cent ers :

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
GRAND TOTAL

12
7

12

14
7
15
23
5
9
15
13

Debits to Individual
Account
May
l4
:
May 21

376,781
4,789,764
355,743

452,870
l4 l,559
185 , 10s

390,743
194,621

437,750
5,133,631
363 ,834
513 ,697
157,368

208,256
999,031

Debits to Banks1 and
Bankers'1 Account ’
: May 21
May 14

171,394
1,625,317
342,l4i

427,096
132,337
129,418
723,083

20

427,175

129,835
439,246

191,521
127,961
330,015
174,756
270,731

152

8 ,328,853

9 , 035,120

4 , 705,770

126,446

272,041
116,002

232,691
133 ,322
286,459

:
:
:

234,426
1,832,442
350,193
544,769

149,756
150,252

838,624
21s ,937

149,450
361,701
190,175
309,679

5,330,4o4

(a) Figures comprise debits to individual account as well as to banks' and bankers'
account *