New-York tribune., 1903-08-13
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt in
10000 shares in the local market, buying 5000
shares. In London outside Of American issues. the
market was featureess and consols were a shade
easier Money was harder in London, which may
be interpreted the expectation there that New
York will call for gold in the near future. Ex-
change in Paris and Berlin was steady and feature
less.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper, Anaconda, American
Ice Atchson common and preferred, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common, Col
orado Fuel Delaware and Hudson, Erie common.
first and second preferred. Louisville and Nash
Vile. Aanhat ttan. Missouri Pacific, Norfolk and
Western, Metropolitan Street Railway Pennsyl-
vauia Peoples Gas. Reading first preferred, Rock
Island. Southern Railway preferred. Southern Pa
ciic Sugar, Tennessee Coal and Iron. Union Pa
ciac common ana preferred, United States Steel
common and preferred. United States Leather pre-
ferred. Wabash preferred, IL per cent; Canadian
Pacific and Western Union, fiat; New-York Central,
u per cent, and St. Paul. e per cent and fiat
ROCK ISLAND CROP REPORT.-The Rock
Island crop report for the week ended August
states that the ground throughout the territory
served by the system was in good condition
There is sufficient moisture in the ground to ma
ture early corn In Iowa corn is showing daily
Improvement. From some sections cool nights are
reported somewhat retarding the growth Of corn
As a rule small grain has all been harvested and
on the whole the yield above the average. In
Oklahoma rain is needed, but in other sections
sufficient has fallen
HEAVY RAILROAD EARNINGS--In the first
week in August railroads reporting earnings show
uniformly good results compared with a record
breaking period a year ago Among the more i'm
portant gains were: S7S.060 made by the Norfolk
& WESTERN SIC 094, by the Chicago Great Western;
$40 OOo by the Missouri Pacific; $4,000. by the
Southern Railroad 81. .2S5, by the Louisville &
Nashville and S12O 900. by the Denver & Rio Grande.
Improvement is not confined TO any one part OF
the country. Railroad managers are looking for
ward 10 an enormous volume of business this fall
and car famine despite the fact that every
road in the country has increased its equipment
WALL. STREET SENTIMENT-WaH Street
sentiment was intensely bullish yesterday. owing
IN great part to the presence Of substantial in
terests in the market and TO the publicly expressed
views Of the leading bankers the situation.
Tso,ters see nothing but good times ahead and
thew apparently are convinced that the Wall Street
situation has been thoroughly cleared OF all its
weak points and that the stock market has seen
the lowest prices of the year.
RAW SUGAR FIRM.-The reduction in list
prices for refined sugar did not AFFECT the market
for raw sugar and the undertone for the latter is
still firm with light offerings here and in Cuba.
The action OF reners in reducing their list prices
was something of a surprise to the trade, it
supposed that refners would continue to sell at
cut Of 10 points until they had filed up their trade
and then hold firmly at the list rates. Now, how
ever. prices are on steady basis.
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN.--he statement
that there is pool in Chicago Great Western is
authoritatively denied. Control of the property is
held in London; and the buying of the stock the
cut of 10 points until they had filed up their trade
GATES CROWD BULLISH.-John Lambert, who
Is supposed reflect pretty closely the sentiment
of the so-called Gates party, of which he is a
prominent member, yesterday announced publicly
that he was a bull the stock market
LARGE BLOCK OF DELAWARE AND HUD-
son PURCHAsED.-It is understood that one of
the larger insurance companies has purchased by
private sale within the last few days a block of
10000 shares of Delaware and Hudson stock for in
VestIneut