Show BANK RANI E MAI NEARLY GRIN AIN WITHIN A FEW rEW MONTHS Business men and investors have lave two practically unfailing methods of Judging Judg judg- I Lag ing the prosperity of a city One of of the first questions that the would be investor in vestor vector asks Is What are aro your bank clearings If he wants to ask a a. see sec second ond question it will likely be What Is the volume of business done by your post postoffice office These two institutions give him a a. abet bet bat better t ter r insight into the tho business of the town and the possibilities of the fu future future future ture than almost anything else Last year the bank clearings of this city showed an increase of nearly 80 over 1905 and were nearly I double the clearings of 1904 With the tha exception of January and February of this year the clearings show a big increase increase in in- crease for each of the first seven months of the year Despite the falling off in the clearings for the two first months the clearings for the first seven months of 1907 show an increase of over tho the first seven months of last year which was the greatest in the history of Salt Lake Laka City to that time The bank clearings of the last five months of last ast year were nearly 27 greater than than in the similar period peri pen od oil the year before and showed a d de de- heavy neavy increase over the corresponding corre mouths months of an any previous year rear Bankers Bankers are are unanimous in th ir opinion that the last five months of this year ear will be fa fat far in e excess cess of those of last year One banker asserted that he looked for for an increase in the clearings of j r nearly over the clear clearings I of the last five months of last year Every day so far in August the tho clearings clearings clear clear- I in ings s have been far ahead of the same samo I day last ast year y ar The bank clearings for Salt Ls LaKe 9 City for the first seven months of this I year and by months for the tha last ast ast five year are as follows follows I January fJ F February I March n. April 4 4 2 May Hay May 2 June July S 3 Total I I Month I 1906 I 1906 1905 I 1904 1903 January 6 I 19 l February e j March 7 21 April 1 1 11 May June July August September October November I 1 December I Totals Totals' i 1 |