Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-03-23 | Page 5 | Barometer Shows 'Fair'

Ide ade ade Barometer Shows F Fair Tair FairBy ir By Ira C. C Tichenor made on several occasions within recent weeks Tat the general trade and industrial situation in the United vas s as highly satisfactory as a whole are borne out by the merits of bank clearings in the leading trade and financial the country to Duns Dun's Review notwithstanding exceptionally severe sever weather 1 impeded transportation and restricted operations In commercial commercial and and aid trial Ei channels an and In spite of ot reports of ot a a. growing tendency toward sm In general business business bank clearings In February make a very i er comparison with those thoc of ot the tle same month monti In earlier years the t total 2 cities clUes In the United States amounting to an an anlie lie lse ot of per cent over o the hc figures of ot the corre corresponding month last and of ot per cert cent In comparison with those of ot February 1918 he returns of ot New York City only moderately reflect the recent conon con con- on n activity In the stock and other speculative markets the metropolis ting which 1 Is not the largest amount ever recorded but represents Increases of ot and per cent respectively Q of ot similar periods In the two Immediately preceding years equally satisfactory exhibits appear at the outside cities clUes for atTa Ta a. a few points a a. declining tendency is 18 noted tho Josses are far tar more offset t by the pronounced expansion at other centers so that the ex of ot New York Is or or- 93 per cent In excess excess of ot ho same month last year rear and per cent more than for tor Fe February ar ears 8 ago ires from Far Western trade and Industrial c centers show that this a fot of the country is keeping pace with the remainder of ot the United 11 the march of ot progress and prosperity