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Show BIKERS CONTINUE TO SEEJWISS Kepi irt Financial Situation to Be Maintaining Its Gratifying Grati-fying Improvement. BANK CLEARINGS GROW Daily Figures Show increase; Agricultural Prospects in I: very Way Satisfactory. The i:i-t week was iinov ent t Ul in to cai financial circles. Bankers report a busy six days, with a steady domand for money r out!rel legitimate pur poses, siu h as imrrrove'rodnts and construction, con-struction, with a plentiful Supply. With one accord linaii'ieis declare that the. loaning of mouey for purely spe illative objects or projects that would entail great risks, has been re duced almost o the vanishing point, due to watchfulness and conservatism in the past. There is HO change in general business busi-ness conditions that have existed for some weeks past. and opinions ox pressed Ofl ecry Bide are :i- optimistic as ever. Bank Clearings Gam. Th bank dealings continue to show ftoady, healthy improvement The increase in-crease of the week over the corresponding correspond-ing period last year again runs close to the $2,000,000 murk. Vesterda 's clearings amounted to $1,317,645.76. as compared with $1,117,- 563.86 for th( oorreB ling day last year. The week "s clearings amounted to $7,888,173.32, as compared with $6,-265,449.86 $6,-265,449.86 for the corresponding weefc of 1911. The actual increase $1, 622.723.46 The comparative statement of the clearinghouse association fol For the week ondinjr April 20. 1912. April Ifi 1 988.233.98 H,50S,8l8.11 April 17 1,620,232.39 1.299.2S1.S3 April JS 1 ,453,203 . I L.285,276 27 V Ii it 19 .. . . 1,628,855.55 1,107,609.99 April 20 l;31?,64SL76 1,117,668.86 Tut n is .7ss. I T".::: J6.26S.449.S6 Increase, 81.622,723.46. Bank Merger Complete. The mersin of the state Bank of Utah, the Dtall National bank and the I tab Commercial & Savinps bank, ex-clusive ex-clusive pf savings departments, into the Utah state National bank, is now close at hand, and Zion's Savings Bank & Trnsl company will begin to iirnrove its Quarters on an elaborate scale, as .-non as the State bank vacates. Reports are to the p.ffocf that erop conditions remain exceptionally encour-aging encour-aging Precipitation has continued all over the country and the season has growp late, but it is declared that, the soil is in excellent condition and that a fevr davs nf sunshine and warm weather will quickly compensate for all known drawbacks. In the east, according to report" the steel trade is in tar better condition than it has been for months, wilh low prices prevailing; Fundamental conditions condi-tions in the money market are reported to ho sound. It is asserted that a pood HreneTal harvest is all that remains to brine about a rapid and wide improve-incut, improve-incut, in the COltnl r . |
