The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
IMMENSE BUSINESS.
Il Shown by the Record Of Bank
CIearings Since January /

New York. Nay 5--Bradstreet VIII say
tomorrow
widespread business activity and heavy
financial transactions. resulting from or
consequent upon the large number OF IN
51striaI combinations planned or executed
during the month OF April. seem 70 have
been largely responsible for the heavy
bank cIearrngs reported for that uoGlh
because stock speculation was rather
cuferer than II March or the preceding
months The April elear1Igs, N Iael e-e-
serve special notice because, though trey
were smaller by Per cent than the az
Eregale Tor March Cnls was oNlTls emery
70 Che smaller number OF business days n
aga for the month Of March IN percent
April 4 year ago was the heaviest noted
this year and The result Is a further en-
I4rgemen- Of the gain reported for the
calendar year over recent preceding peri
month just closed were Ss-2h6. +59, 1h9. 4 gain
of SIS Per cent over April j year ago. an
April 1897. 4 gam OF IL per cent over the
Correspo ndIug month in 1884 and an IN
Of 1892 The heavy gain for April COM
pares with an increase OF 74-5 per cent
cer- n F7ebruary and Of az per cent II
January over corresponding periods Of
Relatively the best showing for April
- s - - - ---f95Te =. . 5---1--r, -
cities. n this section the increase re-
ported over April q year ago was II ex-
being that reported oy the New England
other Considerable gains are those Of .
Ger cent II the southern cities. b. per
cent II the western group II-3 Per cent IN
the uorthwesteru- As for some time
past the gains II the southwest and the
Tar western groups have been comDara-
creases have ranged from 10 pe- cent
4 rather better showing Is made by
the individual cities than was reported II
March The gain Al New York Is heavier
llan L vas n -n4L n1olLn - PR cent n
April against = Per cent II March and
the increase II the rest OF the country n
April was - Der cent AGAINST = per cent
n March IN the southern group the
go ~ = = 20 49, :.
largely ACCOUNTABLE Tor the increase II
that group q whole although fewer
S9urhern CITIES snow decreases nan II
March II the west the heavy 1sCrea 50
reported by Omaha - per cent due 70 the
current totals L d notable feature Bos-
ton CIe4r11gs IN April Were heavy and
notable one The gain shown BY PhiIa-
delpfist equals this however Chicago
ago AcCIv1ry IN the iron trade Is reflect
81 BY the gain Of 3 per cent At Piuts5urg-
3 LOUIS SLOWS a gan OF L per cent as
For the four months period Of the caIer-
40 SO, a gain OF 46.4 per cent over Isss.
OF a. per cent over 1885, Of 30 per cent
In the four months compilation as in
that for April the middle states group
g. = $500 e g - "a - -. z4-- - =
the increases IL the northwest and south
exceed 20 per cent IN each case The gain
in the far west for the four months close
" aCpr0ZICa1eS that shown for APRIL 81
per cent while The gain n the southwest
/ also 4 moderate one. 81 per cent
Canadian bank cIearings- while smaller
than these Of March note I heavier Cre-
porrionace gain II April than Tor q Nun
Der Of months past The CiearingS at six
Canadian cities for the month aggregate
Sis sd. 564- Increase Of % per cent COM
pared with i gain OF only Z per cert II
March or less chan : per cent IN FTabrTI-
1rv ard less tran 10 per cent II January.
while for the four months the Ciearings
aggregate $4S1. 364. 80. Increase Of - per