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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-19
PIG IRON TRADE.

In their weekly report Of conditions in the pig
iron market Rogers Brown * Co. saw:
The history of the pig iron market for the last
week can be summed up In the statement that
orders have been very numerous. nearly all for
immediate delivery tonnage moderate. prices praC-
here and there Consumers. almost without cx-
ception, expect lower prices still and buy only a.
market. and the lower the prices 90 the greater
Is the UuwiIliI % buy on the other hand the
higher prices on a boom the heavier is the ton
mage placed An increasing number OF furnace in
terests have pulled out OF the competition for
lowest P-iced business and actually advanced
prices one Eastern furnace which has been me
lowest seller for week past put up its price a
dollar "a ton the close Of the week. One OF
the largest interests has advanced prices half a
dollar ton. and viii not concede a penny from
its schedule Much to its surprise orders keep
coming in IN fair volume at full prices The lowest
prices made by furnaces anxious realize n
stocks. in some cases with view cleaning up
be slow. owing % the necessity Of working up raw
material contracted Ior. but it viii be sure.
with closest interest Reports are as onaicting as
those regarding crop damage. Judged. however. by
the actual shipments Of pig iron. the falling OF in
melt compared with a wear ago is very su1af m
10 l. even question If there is any dimi0utiOn IN
To this time TAKING the entire country Together
II foreign import tons Of various kinds iron aud
would still be- dealing with a scarcity i'm most
lines. Producers or many forms OF finished ma
terial are again turning their eyes toward foreign
markets This IS atpEtthrr logical and from This
time on exports viii be in increased volume There
IS large tor'lsu trade in iron and steel which has
been klitt 10y the excessive home demand Of fbn
last two wears ~ can be- quickly revived agoi,
however II the home demand slackens F0rriI-
uatey. American steel and iron DO not need 10 co
No htls-t rs Simply a question OF price Those
acquainted with international trade believe thai la
TIE next t"g years We Will give hack To- the for
two years e
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look for fan and winter business contains r,uc,
that f. eucOura gfng Speculation halts and stocks
average lower yet the financial situation Is naS
disturbing Well known special conditions sro-
duced n poor statement OF foreign trade for An
gust. yet exports OF manufactured products were
larger than a year ago. Railway earnings thus f7-
reported for september show average gain %
1913 per cent last year. Bank exchanges az
New-YOrk for the week fD3 Ter cent loss
than a year previous while NJ other leading cities
there was loss OF per cent. Conditions IN the
iron and steel Industry were succ'nctly stated BY
n high authority when James VI SwaDk IDnCuncad
that the end % the boom does not mean the end
Of prosperity"
"Bradstreet's' says.
Conditions still display irregularfty. but except
where crop and weather Developments have been
distinctively unfavOrable. the tendency IS sti 20
take a favOra bic view OF the general outlook f,r
fan ard winter trade. Heavy rains and killing
frOsts Northwest and IN portions OF the West with
drOuth followed b. unseasOnably cool w~at her and
destructive wind and rain storms along she At
lanttC Coast. have tended 20 retdrd expansion IN
fall trade in wide sections OF country. All sec
lions. however, have not been affected alike the
Northwest returning relatively the poorest reports
to current distrbUtive trade while the south
west and Pacific Coast and some sections % tle
South give excellent reports OF business airea -
booked or In prospect.
damage may be given undue weight. 50 far the
damage done 70 corn. except IN a few sections 4
the Northwest has been matter more Of grading
than OF quantity. and the Is true % sur o. 2
wheat The outlook for average crops Is stlI a
good one. Nothing IN the nature Of actual short
while trade opinion probably inclines % the vi-w
that the boom Is over in several industries mona
the less the belief - maintained that good aver
age fan and winter trade IS in prospect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-19
SOUTHERN RAILWAY REPORT.

Samuel Spencer. president Of the company, states
that the Industrial development OF that portion Of
the Southern States served by the company has
continued i'm "a most satisfactory and encouraging
way. The following summary taken from the
records Of the immigration and industrial depart
ment. Will serve as illustration. The number %
new industrial plants completed III the year was
49, and I45 were under construction June 81 last
Previously existing plants 10 the number Of IS
were also materially enlarged. There were TWEEN
ty-nine cotton mills under construction on June
81 Of this year being eight than on the CORE
spending date in 1892. These new mills when COM
plctcd Will place i'm operation 1851 looms and
$4,000 spndles. There were large investments made
I'm the year along the companys lines iu new
mineral developments and IN enlargement Of oio
ones. The tons Of mined products hauled in the
year increased 11Go166 16SJ per cent over 1892.
In the year investments I'm wood working enter
prises completed amounted 10 over $5,"Jo0e and in
additions to existing plants to S25oe0oo There is
aso 500 p1 capital invested in tanneries completed
I'm the year besides additions amounting TO S2S)oO
to existing plants. The sales for Northern and
Western purchases for investment development or
settlement Of timber. mineral and farm lands
contiguous to the companys line aggregated over
100000 acres. valued at about 100000.
The main features Of the Southern Railway re-
port were published in The Tribune yesterday. The
balance sheet of June 50 follows:
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CONDITION OF TRADE

BUSINESS mas made moderate progress during the
l4sl week ,T'Stlte unusua opposition from the
elements. when all other industries Pre- 20 - -
siderable degree de1entent upon agricultural con-,
uitL-hS IrtnIlS or serious injury to crops by ola
ana wet weather are not calculated 10 stin,uta -
confidence subsequent corrections indicator tbSt
IN" amount or damage had been eXaer-erats.t -
usual. ana prospects, frightened Tratllc was i'm
Peiea 20 extent. especially by water
ana al most or the large cities there Wa ,,,-- -
less interruption 20 trade by storms or 1T-e,s,,
dDy hlEN temperature Labor troubles Jirniufebs4
az the East nut new ones are threatened ar ~
Ntst ana a Texas mining town was Iep0pr,l,toJ
by the emigration OF strikers. The car shorf.C-
- heklnnlnS 20 p" fet especially "a The pittsb,,Sc
9I-tlct Whert SUFFICIENT labor cannot be secTt-sj
- manning irti2ht manufacturing plants are
Vel ocCHnle6 as rule even the textile mills r.
porting less Idle machinery and Chicaco tfer. a.
notable pressure Tot implements and bo~,iy-.-t.S
Lumher Is In better Cmand structuraI s-ffSity.
Ite4Nes Payments are seaaOnahlv pron- ~ excst,r
"hefe late crops delay settlements arr ;hs out
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OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

While the trading In outside securities va
somewhat broader. the transactions IN most in
stances amounted % only few hundred shares.
Prices continued % move more or less frregu.sr-
although a somewhat steadier tone manifested
IN spots. Northern Securities. on Compare lively
light purchases. gained Il per cent. Iate-ratl1raI
Mercantile Marine sold up q. per cent while E.ec-
trio Boat preferred advanced 3 Der cent IN ne
early trading but lost II all before the close Amer
lean Can preferred lost "a per cent. United states
ShiF building sold the low prices established On
the Stock Exchange on Thursday.
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FOREIGN TRADING Foreign houses dealt in
s"" shares IN the local market, selling 1900
shares on balance. In London consols opened weak
on the strained Cabinet situation II England and
the rest Of tho market sympathzed. hut improved
when consols recovered 70 sS5s the closing pr,c.
OF the previous night. American stocks were gen
orally = 10 = cent above parity. with The OK
ceptolI OF the Steel issues where some selirg for
Neg-York account was reported. The mining
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-19

RAILROAD BONDs-Marl1et lower. Total sales
amounted IN par value TO s. $4,000. against SL4Sse5
or THURSDAY. The heaviest dealings were in the
Atchison general -. Baltimore and Ohio gold ss
chicago Burlington and Quincy ss. Northern Pa
CHIC e. Pennsylvania convertible 3ias, Reading gen
era &c. ST. Louis and san Francisco refunding As
Southern Railway first IS. Union Pacific drst and
convertible 4s United Railroads Of San Francisco
,eflnding e. and wabash debeuture BIS. Colorado
Vuel and Iron convertible IS. CONSOLIDATED Tobacco
a. and United States Steel IS were also active.
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MONTY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET.-Mouey ora cali opened 81 n
per cent highest, ~ per cent. lowest %, per cent.
l-et loar. = yer cent. closed 2d2ia per cert;
ru,.ns rate, 2ia ger cent. Time money was quoted
per ernt ~ th-ty JaTs. a. per cent for sigt.
- ninety days. : per cc.t for foCr months and
tiaQG per cent for I've and six months. CONNER
cial pyer vas quoted 8 PEI cent FOR sixty 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-19

Adding to the above surplus OF s195692 the previ-
GUS surplus OF S7s6s63, and premiums on sales OF
Cincinnati New-Oreans and Texas Pacific Rail-
way Company preferred stock 10 the amount OF
SZ57 gives a total surplus June 80, 1903, OK
SgS2 So. against this amount there charged
during the year dividends the preferred stock at
the rat Of per cent declared on unfunded ar
rears TO the amount Of sl23.62 Deducting this
amount leaves the balance TO the credit Of profit
and loss on June 80 Of SS59ISS.
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INDUSTRIAL SHARES BREAK.
SHARP DECLINE IN CAR BUILDING md STEEL
STOCKS.
Sterling Erchang Strong Point idoapceBanks Shoe Hea1y
Loss Cash Holdings
Banks Shoe HedOy

ninety DAYS Endorsed bills sds4 Per cent for choice
four 10 six months bills and per cent for others
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Market closed firm.
Actual closing rates follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-19

Chicago. Lake Shore and Eastern nrteen Heisht
cars. Chicago and Eastern Illinois. 900 box ana
100 side DUNN cars; Mobile and Ohio 1000 coal and
eCO box
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hnlancs - as 81 80 % shovs.
DELAWARE & HUDSON SYSTEM.

The Delaware and Hudson system has fled its
annual reports with the Railroad Commissioners
for the year ending June 80. as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-19
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. sept. IS. p. m.-The market FOR Ameri
can securities was irregular. ~ small nnal changes
asst quotations follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-19

After deductng from the surplus OF s296255l
preferred dividends amounting 10 S2220G0 ana
$4,000 set aside for renewal fund there stlll re-
mains 1922 ST. or 1.s3 per cent earned on the COM
stock.
The general balance sheet as OF June o. -'''
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ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN REPORT

The Alabama and Great Southern Railroad Com
pany has issued its pamphlet report for the year
Cd T1ro
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MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES
STOCKS.

Furnished by Frederic H Hatch. No. 30 B-saasJ
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VII AAAte NJ
quotations were

Closing prices yesterday 81 the principal active
securities and net changes from Thursday
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DENVER AND RIO GRANDE.

Denver and Rio Grandc has issued It's fun parnpn-
let report for tho year ended June %. 1916 ana We
make the following comparisons:
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BANK STOCKS.

reported by Clinton Gilbert. No. : waH-,,)
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WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES

3D. 2as Total sales FOR ,h- Ia, .t-nr-te5
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rHE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.

GOVERNMENT BONDs.-Market nrm. Final
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AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY

.sSss. ~. sI7 SaG2. $50. toe In. $2d1se al
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quotations follow
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

which those who do not already know
them are to learn the rudiments of that
more advanced grade of suavity that Is to
characterize the St Louis Transit con-
ductor when the Worlds Fair arrives. II
is a very good school in which to start
out.
An exceedingly bright young girl from
Ste. Genevieve. once set standard for po-
liteness which he TO whom 1t was given
has probably never forgotten.
The Ste. Genevieve miss was q type
writer operator in a large wholesale es-
tablishment of this city.
A young man Of the smart aet was q
clerk in the same house. he was OF ex-
ceiient family. and in his leisure time hob
noDoed with the exclusives. One day he
answered brusquely a question put to him
by the girl from Ste. Genevieve.
She had heard OF his Chesterfieldian
manners away from business ana. resent
ing his brusQueness to her. drew herself up
TO her fullest height and said:
"folitness Is poiitenesa whether to O
West Ender or a typewriter girl"
1t is this quality Of politeness to the cul-
tured as well as the uncutured splitter
Transit conductors must employ.
The Transit Company itself sets the ex-
ample of politeness by putting a very brief
notice in its cars.
This notice reads as follows:
Splitting upon the floor. platform, sides
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Courtesy classes" are now being held in
all the car sheds OF the various Transit
Company divisions. where conductors con-
gregate for their days work.
These courtesy CLASSES" are necessary
by reason OF the antispitting ordinance
which went into effect last Monday
THE kind word that turneth away wrath
is to be the order of the day. The conduc-
tors who assemble at de BalivieiS avenue.
as well as those of the extreme North and
South End sheds. where more trouble Is
expected than in the West End are all
charged by their division superintendents 10
use only the most polite language in put
ting the nonspitung embargo on their car
passengers.
In every case trouble Is to be averted.
Only the most faerant Offenders are TO be
turned over TO the ponce autnorites.
wherever il is possible, the conductor will
use persuasion ratn.r than command 10
have the splitter cuilaiT ,ne habit while on
his car.
MEN WILL. HAVE
LEARNED BY 1S0i.
Under the late ruling Of Superintendent
Grant politeness must be acquired By all
Transit men.
The enforcement of the antispitt!ng ordi-
nance by the conductors Of the Transit
Company is looked upon by the manage
ment as a sort OF primary department. in
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

anything but civil in asking Transit Com
pany patrons to stop splitting. When spit
ting is going on 1t is almost impossible 70
keep a clean car. L think Americans ought
to do like Englishmen and spit in their
handkerchiefs. The clean-car' rule works
both ways.
Passengers are not nearly so apt to de-
file a clean, tidy car as dirty slovenly-
looking vehicle.
SWEEPS CAR THOROUGHLY
BEFORE 1T LEAVES SHEDS.
II can tell any man how to keep his car
clean all day. Early in the morning. when
1 come 20 the shed. l See that I have a
broom, and then 1 give my car a thorough
sweeping. With piece of newspaper I wipe
all the windows of the car. and then l
proceed on my schedule.
Near the end OF the route. when pas
sengers have all alighted. l 60 over the
floor again. in part only. leaving the other
half for the next terminus. and so on all
through the day. II a car is once Clean II
does not take much work during the day
to keep it so.
Il have been running a car for many
years, and know a good many of our best
people my passengers, and I would be
ashamed to have either my superiorS or my
passengers catch me with dirtv car.
"One Of our West End lat:es once tore
up lot of paper and scattered 1t all over
the floor. 1 approached her politely and told
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

her that had just finished cleaning my
car and was sorry to see 1t all Uttered up
again.
She not only apologized. but herself
picked up the scraps OF paper which she
had thrown on the floor.
This goes to show that ST. Louis street.
car passengers are inclined to help a con-
ductor along when they find he takes pride
In keeping a clean car"
I. A. Wayne Is another conductor with
a record for politeness. Mr.. Wayne has
thought out little method Of his own by
which he will overcome the unpleasantness
Of stopping splitting in his car.
''If l find a man splitting said Mr..
Wayne. II go up to him quietly and ask
him II he did not think he could get along
without 1t. 1 then ask him kindly to obey
the rules which prohibit splitting in street
cars. Before turning over offender to
the police / would first see how great the
offense is. II man spits only little. I
would not be very hard on him the first or
the second time 1 would certainly try to
win him over with patience. As do not use
tobacco In any form myself, can't be quite
SO lenient with chewers who expectorate all
over the floor. but ! won't let my disgust
get away with me too far to cause trouble.
Patience and polite perseverance will win
out with most men, l think"
PRINSTER BROTHERS ARE
PARAGONS OF POLITENEsS.
The Prinster brothers. George. N NJ and
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08
THEATER AND CHURCH COMBINED

FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Church and theater are no longer in oppo-
sition. In one parish. at least. The Rever-
END Forbes Phillips. vicar Of Gorleston nea,
Yarmouth. England. has a fourishins thea.
ter In connection with his church.
His parishioners are the actors. and thei,
modern pieces as The Runaway Girl"
Mr.. Philiips's first move in this d.rec
uon was to have Mrs. James Brown Potter
recite from his pulpit
Much comment was made on this innova.
tion. but the vicar followed up this opening
ny forming company of his own parish
ioners and fitting UP stage in a building
near his church.
His idea Is based on the fact that man Is
q social animal. and that he needs a club
where exercise may be given to all his So
cial and intellectual faculties
A theater. he thinks in which all may
take part as performers, comes the nearest
to the ideal club. for in 1t men, women and
children may meet together and, the pIay
being an epitome Of life. gives an oppor-
tunity for the inculcatio of every form of
truth, while. rightly managed. 1t satisfies all
mental, moral and physical requirements
Mr.. Phillips purposes to revive the close
union that once existed between church and
theater. as evidenced by the survival II the
Passion Play.
Even the Punch and Judy show Is sup
posed to have had Its origin in the desire
OF the church to extend Biblical knowledge
by object lessons. Punch being none other
than the Pontius Plate and the name Judy
being corruption of Judas
In Mr. Phillipss opinion every church
should have its own theater. with the vicar
for manager and the parishioners for per
formers
Taverns and public houses, he thinks,
would be depleted by this means. and the
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08
RITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

| WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
| At last Doctor Orestes Augustus Brown
| son. New Englands distinguished theo-
| logian, editor and sociclogist. is to have
| a public memorial in New York. The
massive bronze bust OF the famous public
| ist. by Samuel ]. Kipson. the we!l-known
| sculptor of Boston. now on exhibition AT
| the Catholic Club. in West Fffty-ninth
| street is attracting much attention and is
| considered a fine work Of art When the
| rapid transit subway is completed. 1t Will
1 be erected on an imposing granite pedes-
| tai at Sherman Park, Seventy-second street
and Amsterdam avenue.
This monument to Doctor Brownson was
| first proposed early in 1886, by the late Bish-
op Gimour Of Cleveland, O.. and seconded
by the Catholic Young Mems National
Union. at the national convention held in
Philadelphia. that year. Mr.. NJ ]. Harson
of Providence. r. l., chairman of the
Memorial Committee. through the co-operu-
tion of prominent Catholics. Cardinal Glib
bons, Archblshops and Bishops. the late
John A. Sullivan. president of the Catholic
Club. and its officers. who isued a general
appeal. brought contributions from all
parts Of the country.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
A summary of the facts in the life OF
Doctor Brownson is thus given: Was born
In Stocllbridge, VT. September l6. 1903
Though reared in poverty. he secured an
academic education by his own exert!or.
Was preparing for the Presbyterian pulpit.
when he embraced Universalism and en-
tered the ministry In 1925. Was pastor OF
churches in Vermont and New York for
seven years. AS editor of the Gospel Ad-
vocate he wrote and worked earnestly for
the improvement OF the laboring classes
In 1882 Mr.. Brownson was converted TO
Doctor Channing's views. became a Unita-
rian. and two years later founded church
Of that denomination In Boston. THE
Society for Christian Union and Progress.
During his .ninistEation of six years he
published his first book. New Views CT
Christian Society and Church." Next he
established the Boston Quarterly Review.
writing most Of the articles himself. In
1874 he sold the magazine and Joined the
considered remarkable. All his life he had
declared against clerical control. but now
submitted himself unreservedly to Catholic
authority. He revived his magazine under
the name of Brownson's Quarterly Review
and began spreading Catholic doctrine. He
also continued his lecture tours.
Doctor Brownson was bold. forceful. sdn-
cere writer. and no layman OF his time did
SO much In popularizing Catholicism in
Protestant country. He was always coura-
geous, always intensely patriotic. During
the Civil War he espoused the Union cause
with his powerful pen, and wrote a novel
that appealed strongly to the conscience of
all Americans in behalf Of the Government.
1t is a curious fact that all his life Doctor
Brownson had been a Democrat, and that
wuen ne advocated the war he lost many
subscribers to his Quarterly Review.
He leaned toward the humanitarian views
of Comte and Fourier. and was deeply in
terested in social and labor problems He
wrote noted essays and reviews on religion.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-03-08

John. are models Of politene0. N. NJ. ana
John Prinster are conductors on the Jeffer-
son avenue line. and George Prinster ham
dies a Laclede car. John was written up
some time ago for having been kind and
polite to an aged lady who made a trip
on his car George Pr1nster believes IN be-
ing very sure that an onense has been
committed against the new ordinance before
he will speak.
IT must first catch a passenger In the act
of splitting" he says. before I can accuse
him Of it. That will be very hard to do.
There may be three or four eyewitnesses
to the offense, yet not one Of them would
be willing to come forward and testify to
that effect II a man admits to me that he
has been splitting. will most politely/ask
him to cease It. but under all circun-
stances 1 intend to keep good peace with
my passengers"
Another conductor whose record for po-
Iteness is commended by his superio-s and
the passengers who ride with him Is Tom
Cannon, who has been pulling bells and
ringing bell punch for fourteen years.
Like the rest Of his polite associates. he
anticipates no trouble with the public from
the enforcement Of the new ordinance. "A
little coaxing goes q long way" says Mr..
Cannon. and he promises to employ tho
coaxing method in the antispitting crusade