Show ENVIABLE POSITION OF SALT LAKE from figures agures gures recently released by bradstreets it is noted that the bank clearings of salt lake city for the year 1919 reached the enormous total of an increase over the figures for 1918 of per cent this gives the capital of utah thirty second place among the cities of the united states dank bank clearings are one of the foremost indicators of a cites prosperity and when it is taken into consideration that salt lakes total places it ahead of so many larger cities such as washington indian apolis birmingham t toledo columbus providence and oakland some of which are reputed to be twice and even three times metropolis the showing as large as made is much more gratifying spokane washington which claims a much greater population than does salt lake ranks as number forty two with a combined listing of a little more than a half billion for matters of comparison spokane is used for it too is the center of a wonderfully rich country and depends largely upon the mining industry for its claims to greatness As a distributing point for a large territory the city of salt lake is hardly without a rival in the united states true it is that great stretches of this country are wholly or only partly developed the above figures would indicate the presence of a more thickly populated and more completely developed territory than they do with the present showing it is not difficult to conjecture the wonderful future in store for this natural gateway to a stretch of country hundreds of miles in extent in all directions |