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OMAHA BANKS SHOW BEST Local Toup tutions Make Statement hadows Kansas City. ENVER CAN COMPARE " 1⑉ country Deposits Formerly Held by Failed Bank Available to Omaha, but Not Acceptable Until Conditions Settle. Banks of Omaha are shown to be In far better shape than the banks of Kansas City by the statements of the nine clearing house banks of that city which were recelved Friday. In cash resources, deposits and total resources, the five national banks of Omaha and three national banks of South Omaha are far ahead of the nine financial institutions of Kansas City. While the deposits of the Omaha banks have decreased but $18,054. as compared with the statement of November, 1906, the banks of Kansas City have lost $12,283,000 during the year and more than $22,000,000 since the August statement. Cash resources of the Omaha banks have increased $3,337,685 since November of last year, while the cash of the Kansas City banks have decreased $5,415,000 in the same time. Loans of Kansas City banks were but $472,000 less than a year ago, when the statement was called at the close of business December 3. Loans of Omaha and South Omaha banks are $1,971,000 less than when the statement was called in November last year. What the Records Show. Despite the fact that the Kansas City bank which falled has boasted that it carried more deposits than all the national banks of Omaha combined the statement of the Kansas City banks, which was somewhat of a surprise to Omaha bankers, shows the total resources of the nine institutions have decreased $6,634,000 since November a year ago, while the total resources of the Omaha clearing house banks have increased $1,103,592. With the possible exception of Denver, it is expected the Omaha banks will make the strongest showing of any banks in the west and justify the remark of Chairman Hepburn of the American Bankers' association currency commission that "Omaha has been the one bright spot on the financial map since the flurry." Other New York bankers have been extravagant of their praise of Omaha banks, but in a recent map published in New York and given circulation by daily papers, Kansas City was shown to be "in the clear" and a black spot as big as a horse blanket was spread over Omaha. As a result of the Kansas City failure, banks of Omaha may secure a number of new accounts from the country banks of southeastern and southern Nebraska, which have been carried by the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City, because of the Interest and free collections which that institution offered. But the accounts will not be acceped under any condition by Omaha banks, until after the flurry is over. It is not the desire of Omaha bankers to take deposits from country banks which are withdrawn from other banks during a financial Danic, and those which have been have-beer-doclined with thanks. It is believed that to such an extent banks in Omaha and St. Joseph have assisted the Kansas City banks in retaining many balances. Sympathy for Dr. Woods. Many Omaha bankers know Dr. Woods, president of the National Bank of Commerce and sympathize with him and other officers of the bank, who, they believe, did "make the fight of their lives" when the institution was threatened. 'The National Bank of Commerce was the only 'high finance' bank on the Missouri river," said Victor B. Caldwell, in speaking of the institution. But the bankers do not believe the "promotion" schemes of Dr. Woods were as much to blame for the failure of the bank as the high price paid to secure accounts, which were quickly withdrawn as soon as suspicion rested on the bank. The president is known up and down the Missouri river where he has been interested in many banks. In the panic of 1893 the "Woods" bank at Sloux City, known as the "Sloux National," failed. The institution was in charge of a relative of Dr. Woods, named Chandler. The same year the "Woods" bank at Wichita, closed its doors. It was also conducted by a relative of President