\ Volume XXV THE CHICAGO BANKER 2 The Commercial National Bank of CHICAGO Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $7,000,000 Deposits, $40,000,000 ERS GEORGE B. SMITH . . Ass>T Cashier HARVEY C. VERNON . Ass׳T Cashier H. ERSKINE SMITH . . Ass’T Cashier WM. T. BRUCKNER . . Ass׳T Cashier OFFI GEORGE E. ROBERTS . . . President JOSEPH T. TALBERT . . . Vice-Pres. RALPH VAN VECHTEN, 2nd Vice-Pres. DAVID VERNON ... 3rd Vice-Pres. NATHANIEL R. LOSCH . . . Cashier This bank is pleased to place at the disposal of its customers the facilities gained during forty years of continuous service and ¿rowth Deposits $70,000,000 THE CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO Capital, Surplus and Profits $7,000,000 OFFICERS GEORGE M. REYNOLDS, President ALEX ROBERTSON, Vioe-Prest. WM. G. SCHR0EDER, Cashier HERMAN WALDECK, Asst. Cashier BENJAMIN S. MAYER, Asst. Cashier F. H. ELMORE, Asst. Cashier WILBER HATTERY, Asst. Cashier J. R. WASHBURN, Asst. Cashier Respectfully Solicits the Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corporations Mercantile Firms and Individuals AMPLE RESOURCES COURTEOUS TREATMENT SUPERIOR SERVICE The Live Stock Exchange National Bank of Chicago Capital - - - $1,250,000 Surplus - - - 250,000 OFFICERS S. R. FLYNN, President J. A. SPOOR, Vice-President G. A. RYTHER, Cashier G. F. EMERY, Ass’t Cashier DIRECTORS J. A. SPOOR ARTHUR G. LEONARD SAMUEL COZZENS GATES A. RYTHER EDWARD MORRIS J. OGDEN ARMOUR JAMES II. ASIIBY S. R. FLYNN R. T. FORBES, President WM. A. T1LDEN, Vice-President GEORGE M. BENEDICT, Cashier JOHN FLETCHER, Assistant Cashier J. C. MORRISON, Auditor DIRECTORS: Edward Tilden M. F. Rittenhouse R. T. Forbes Wm. A. Tilden Wm. H. Brintnall THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MILWAUKEE UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Capital - - $2,000,000 Surplus Profits 700,000 FARMERS 6 MILLERS’ BANK, 1853 FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 1863 FIRST NATIONAL BANK (Reorganized), 1882 FRED VOGEL, Jr., President WM. BIGELOW, Vice-President OSCAR KASTEN, Asst. Cashier FRED T. GOLL, Vice-President A. W. BOGK, Asst. Cashier HENRY KLOES, Cashier E. J. HUGHES, Asst. Cashier W. C. HAAS, Mgr. Foreign and Savings Dept. H. AUGUST LUEDKE Charles l. McIntosh ROB T NUNNEMACHER FRED T. GOLL WILLIAM WOODS PLANKINTON DIRECTORS FRED VOGEL, Jr. JOHN I. BESGS WALTER ALEXANDER ALBERT O. TROSTEL EDWARD A. UHRIG CHAS. F. PFISTER GEO. P. MILLER WM. BIGELOW NATHAN GL1CKSMAN A. K. HAMILTON Bankers National Bank MARQUETTE BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Capital, Surplus and Profits $3,250,000 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT SHOWING INCREASE IN DEPOSITS: MAY 14, 1900 . . $9,465,695.70 MAY 14, 1904 . . $13,431,017.80 MAY 14,1908 . . $20,248,161.43 OFFICERS President FRANK P. JUDSON . , . Cashier Vice-President CHAS. C. WILLSON, , Asst. Cashier Vice-President RALPH C. WILSON - . Asst. Cashier EDWARD S. LACEY JOHN C. CRAFT ROBERT M. WELLS CHARLES H. WEAVER CHARLES T. BOYNTON FRANCIS A. HARDY JOHN C. CRAFT DIRECTORS DANIEL H. BURNHAM RICHARD C. LAKE ROBERT M. WELLS EDWARD S, LACEY MILTON H. WILSON MICHAEL CUDAHY HEBBERT F. PERKINS JAMES W. STEVENS FOREIGN EXCHANGE, COMMERCIAL CREDITS, CABLE TRANSFERS, CIRCULAR LETTERS FOR TRAVELERS, AVAILABLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD New Business Desired and Unexcelled Facilities Offered