The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-18
MANUAL OF STATISTICS.
A Stock Exchange Hand Cook O.
xa1ue te Investors and Operators.

stock Exchange Hand E0ek of
Value to Investors and Operators.
Others besides investors and operators
in the stock markets can appreciate ehe
convenience Of a reliable and not too
bulky guide to the affairs Of railroad and
Industrial corporations, and to the past
course of quotations for stocks, bonas
and commodities The 1901 edition OF the
Manual of Statistics, which Is the twenty
third annual issue, has Just appeared, and
is the book which best fills these require
ments In 1t all the facts and hgures
about railroad, Industrial and street rail-
way corporations whose securities are
known on the various stock markets are
set forth lucidly, intellgently and &C
eurately There are records OF prices IN
the stock, grain and cotton markets, and
all the statistics Which nave any I'M
portant bearing upon transactions in the
latter commodities. The book is remark
able for it's fuIness of detail as to sucn
matters, and the care and accuracy with
which they are presented, as web as for
the convenience, Of its arrangement, the
handy size of its pages and It's handsome
and legible Typography. At this time
the conditions affecting all classes OF Sc
curties and the state of the stock mar
kets are uppermost in the minds OF the
public, and the Manual of Statistics Will
serve as a convenient reference authority
and an accurate guide to the position OF
such matters.
The department Of the work devoted To
railroad securities embraces SUMMARIES Of
ali history, organization, capital, bonds
dividends and physical features of the
railroads of the United States, including
tabulated statements of their earnings
for a series Of years. A variable feature
is the presentation Of the comparative
freight traffic statistics Of all the prin-
cipal railroads, which affords an index
to the relative efficiency of their man
agements, as we'll as to the earning rover
of the properties
BY far the most important section of
the book is the 800 pages devoted to IN
dustrial securities. In this department
information is presented in regard to all
the manufacturing, Industrial mining
and miscellaneous corporations which
have assumed Importance In the financial
and speculative world. This part of the
book has been greatly enlarged, embrae-
ing data in regard to practically all. the
companies whose. securities are traded In
at New York; Boston, Philadelphia. Chi
cago, Cleveland, Cincinnati. ST. Louis,
Baltimore, Louisville and other cities
whether the same are dealt In at the
stock exchanges or on the so-called "our-
side markets. Particular efforts have
been directed to this part OF the work,
Which it is claimed is the most complete
exhibition ever given Of Industrial and
miscellaneous corporations
Street railways constitute another de-
partment of particular interest to- IN
vestors furnishing complete accounts OF
the capital, organization, earnings and so
forth Of the traction companies and
street railway lines In the important
cities of the country.
A notable addition in the 1901 Manual Is
a complete record of banks and trust
companies of the leading cities. covering
a period Of several years. The figures
showing the dividends paid for five years.
in connection with an accurate record or
stock quotations. which is also given. are
a valuable as well as interestines Ar deg
to the position of the company's great
banking institutions, and an exhibition OF
the standing of class of securities
whose interest to conservative investors
is constantly increasing with the progress
Of the country In wealth. and accumu-
lated capital
American mineral Industries are en-
braced In the statistics Of mining w,th
mining stock prices at New York. Boston
San Francisco and Colorado Springs
In addition the book contains large
amount of general inform alton RELATING IN
financial. corporate and speculative mat
ters. No effort has been SHARED RI re
tain its reputation as the best publication
of its character. To this is due the fact
that its circulation is the largest or anv
book in existence treating of the same
class Of subjects 1t is, in fact. the wade
mecum of the investor, banker and
Speculation
The Manual of Statistics, 1901. S1s
pages, 51sx8. Price IS. Charles II NicoIr
TlIbiiSiher. 900 SPraa{7yx-a- 80