Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1882 — Bank Clearings in 1881. [ARTICLE]

Bank Clearings in 1881.

The year just closed has been one of unexampled prosperity throughout the business and industrial circles of the country. This is reflected sharply in the clearings at the clearinghouses in the large cities, all but one showing an increase in the year’s business over that of 1880. It is a striking evidence of the growth of our country that the total gross earnings of the large citifies have increased in one twelvemonth from #50,688,934,098 to $64,409,580,967, or 27.1 per cent. Last year the increase over 1879 was 31.6 per cent. Tested by these records, the business of 1881 appears to ha ve surpassed that of any previous year by between 1-5 and 1-.6 in volume. The most remarkable increase of the year "was that of Louisville, with 33 per cent gain, followed by Kansas City, 32.9; Chicago, 30.5; Pittsburgh' 30.6; New York, 28.6; Boston, 27.2; Cincinnati 23.7; San Francisco, 23; Indian.pniia, 22 4Cleveland, 21.8; Springfield, 17.9; St Louis, 17New Haven, 16.8; Worcester. 16.5; Philadeb phia, 15.3; Lowell, 14.©; Milwaukee, 13.8, Syracuse, 10.5; Providence, B.S; Baltimore, 7.6, New Orleans, 7.2; and Memphis, with » ds- - of