| Show Salt Lake Bank Ba Cle Clearings rings Are S. S Forging Steadily Ahead While Others Slip Down the Grade f Unusual 1 Showing Is Made for June and for First FirstS S Half of Year When Compared With Other Oth r Cities and Other Years COMPARATIVE T TABLE ABLE SHOWING GREAT S GAINS MADE IN LocAL BUSINESS J S June Six Months S Ct Clearing I For ClUes i 1912 1911 1911 1012 I 1911 an FrancisCo Los Angeles Beattle BeattIe Po Or Denver Salt Lake City CIty Spokane I Tacoma I Oakland San Diego Cat Cal 6 Sacramento CaL Helena 13 Boise Ida IdL Ogden Ogdon UtAh Stockton Cal Tota I 1 I I S Salt at Lakes Lake's bank clearings gained S steadily throughout throughout the first six ix months of t this year and showed a a. big gain for June une 1912 over June 1911 says the weekly trade review a although al though the tha tb total clearings of f the United States for tor the month of June Jun June 13 13 reflects a a. loss lOBS of 12 per percent percent percent cent from June Jane 1011 1911 at nt which time business was rather inactive Salt Lake Lak City is one erie of the few large cities cit eit ies fes C of ot the country that t stands out witha with a gain In her bank clearings not only for Jor June 1912 over June 1911 but also for June TUna over May and for tor the first rat six ix months of ot this year o over r tho the corresponding period last year The local bank clearings ts for tor last month amount to as compared com corn pared with for June 1911 iOu Th This shows a an increase ease of ot At the end of ot the first half of ot this year year June 30 the local Iou cle clearings amounted to as aa a against for tho the corresponding period pe pc ri nod d last year S This hi shows a gain ain of which is a remarkable increase t taking kin into int consideration business conditions generally en rally Comparing Comparin these fl figures with the clearings of other cities inthe in inthe inthe the United States it is seon seen that Salt Lake Jake City is one of tho stron strongest est cities financially in the tho country West Is Prosperous roUB The bank clearings s of the tho country for Just last month fell 81 per cent from th the figures s set up in the preceding month Man Many of the tho big gains gams ins that tha have bave been noted this year ear w were re made in the tho far western states in in which group roup is included Salt Lake City But even in this section losses were reported re ro ported from some sorno of the important clearing houses Salt Lakes Lake's gains ma may bo ho taken as conclusive evidence of the city's rapid pro progress Thirty five out of or cities in the United Unit ed States report losses from Juno June last year Six centers In New England appear In this category these being Boston Hartford New Haven Portland Fall River and New Bedford Bedord Eight cities clUes in tho middle la division suffered decreases wIt to New York Philadelphia Albany Alban Scranton Syracuse Reading Beading Wilmington and barre and in the west an anual equal ual number of cities reflect declines the list Including Detroit Toledo Evansville Evans- Evans yule ville Dayton Fort Lexington Kalamazoo Springfield and Mansfield Only Onh one city In the northwest Fargo Far N. N D D. shows up on the down grade In Inthe Inthe inthe the southwest four cities record decreases I these being Kansas City Oklahoma Topeka Topeka Topeka To- To peka and and in ln the south a similar number register resister declines the nam names name of of the Ule cities being being- New Orleans Little Rock Mobile and Portland Portland Port Port- land Or Spokane Oakland Cal and Boise Ida also have decreases Heavy Decline in East New York City's total of bank clearings for the month of ot June June reflects a loss Iou of 93 per POl cent from tho the i preceding month and barring the tho return made for February it Ills Is the smallest regIstered registered reg res since October 1911 At the same time last months month's aggregate I is 3 per cent cont under that of June 1911 it is 48 8 parcent per par percent percent cent below that of the tho like month In 1910 and it is per cent less than tho the total for June 1909 Outside of New York cl clearings for June aggregated tOO a a. decrease of ot 63 83 per cent from fromMa May and saving savins February the smallest smalle t total reported since September Septem Septem- ber of 1911 However Howe last months month's total exhibits an Increase of or 14 p per r cent over that of June Juas 1911 and it is 18 the best ever registered for an any corre corresponding month For the first half halt of the year vear all 1111 cities s contribute an aggregate of an Increase t tat of at 76 16 per cent over o the like time line in 1911 which sum is but slightly under the heaviest total ever er reported for r any c six months month that set setup setup setup up in 1910 New York City's share of the grand total total exhibits arise of 76 per cent over the first erst half of or 1911 of New York the half years year's total totals Is s a agaIn gain of 77 per cent over th the same period lost last year |