-------------------------------------- | | Per Cent | Bank Deposits | Change Year | Total | from 1913 -------------------------------------- 1913 | 11,390,918,596 | 100.0 1914 | 11,974,760,593 | 105.1 1915 | 12,282,097,638 | 107.8 1916 | 15,398,090,701 | 135.2 1917 | 18,444,103,496 | 161.9 1918 | 20,425,067,839 | 179.3 1919 | 24,971,784,000 | 219.2 -------------------------------------- It will be accepted at once that the volume of bank deposits must grow with increased commodity production and therefore we may roughly examine into this as well. If we combine the tonnage productivity of agriculture, metals, coal, salt, cement, lumber and the quarries, we shall cover the great bulk of our products. These figures also must be taken as merely indicating the tendencies of the times. ------------------------------------- | | Per Cent | Production | Change Year | in Tons | from 1913 ------------------------------------- 1913 | 1,081,293,417 | 100.0 1914 | 1,019,018,207 | 94.2 1915 | 1,073,472,988 | 99.3 1916 | 1,162,489,530 | 107.5 1917 | 1,241,173,806 | 114.8 1918 | 1,247,787,883 | 115.4 1919 | 1,117,181,233 | 103.3 ------------------------------------- If we attach the index of prices during these periods and compare them with the per cent variation in commodity production and bank deposits, we have the following interesting parallels: ------------------------------------------------------ | | | Department | Per Cent | Per Cent | of Labor | Change in | Change in | Wholesale | Production | Bank Deposits | Index Year | from 1913 | from 1913 | of All | | | Commodities ------------------------------------------------------ 1913 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 1914 | 94.2 | 105.1 | 99.3 1915 | 99.3 | 107.8 | 100.5 1916 | 107.5 | 135.2 | 120.5 1917 | 114.8 | 161.9 | 175.9 1918 | 115.4 | 179.3 | 196.6 1919 | 103.3 | 219.2 | 214.5 ------------------------------------------------------