Show BANK CLEARINGS REFLECT IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS Bank clearings s In April reflect considerable Improvement in general business business busi busi- ness nesa conditions the total at all aJl leading cities In the tho United States according to the statement st complied compiled b by R. R G. G Dun Co which Includes returns from leading center centers making the most favorable comparison of ot an any month so far Car this year ear and amounting to 1 an Increase of ot 07 per cent as compared with the same month last year ear and and of or 50 per Iler cent as contrasted with the month In 1913 Much the most notable Improvement ement appears at New York CIl City that center reporting Increases of ot 38 and antI 94 per percent percent cent respectively respective as as compared with tho the two Immediately preceding years cars While a largo large proportion of or this gain goin Is doubtless due to the revival of ac activity activity nc- nc on the stock market to some extent It Is also owing to an expansion in ordinary business operations The cities outside New York still show considerable Irre Irregularity and und while the general tendency is towards improvement improvement improve improve- ment numerous centers continue continuo to report more or less contraction so that tho the aggregate at all points Is 25 per cent smaller than last year and 08 per pel cent less than thon two years ago The figures in detail for the month to together to- to gether Kether with the dally daily average b by months for tho the year ear to dato date are given Iven below below below be be- low for three years ears April 1913 1911 t PC 1913 PC X N. England 05 S 29 Middle 64 74 S. S Atlantic 65 47 1168 37 u Southern 23 Con Cen West 41 12 Western Vestern f 12 Pacific 75 6 u 9 95 Total Total 25 5 61 08 Now New York City 1732 S 38 8 94 United States 07 50 60 Average daily April 07 3 32 March tarch 65 5 5 February 75 January plus S minus |