The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-08
MANUAL OF STATISTICS.
Admirable Edition Of Stock Exchange
Handbook Out

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Marking the completion Of a quarter
century Of useful and prosperous exis-
tense the 1903 edition of the Manual of
Statistics more than ever. commends it.
self to financial commercial and indus
trial circles The current issue is a
substantial volume replete with informa-
ton in the special fields that are en-
Draced within Its scope, in which the
MaLuaI always has been prominently
distinguished Last year 100 pages were
added TO it. This year a further addi-
Jon 70 It's size has been found Imperative
and the present volume numbers 1914
pages. The book is not bulky. however.
and the surprise Is that its editors have
oeen able 70 make It so comprehensive
ana Nolumlnou5 IN ITS subject matter
As IN previous issues a large amount
or space IN the volume is devoted to
railroad securities. This department offers
the most complete and most trustworthy
information ever collected regarding the
organization, history. capital, bonds,
earnings and other details Of the great
transportation systems OF the United
states, canada and Mexico.
In that section OF the book devoted to
industrial securities are grouped manu-
featuring, Industrial, mining and miscei-
laneOus corporations Of all kinds, as well
as the street railways. the most complete
exhibition shat has ever been given Of
contemporane0us industrial and misceI-
laneous corporations. Mere than LOCO
corporations are here. assembled and 494
pages are crowded with information in
tiVitles and financial conditions. Such q
collection of facts and figures regarding
the wonderful business advancement Of
this generation has never before Deen
made. This setting forth OF the cOntem-
poraneOus Industrial movement IN ali its
details will undoubtedly be q revelation
to the general public and scarcely less so
to the observing student of public affairs.
1t is. In fact. the tangible evidence Of the
greatest revolution in industry and finance
that the world has ever known In the
Manual Of last year this list was impos-
ing in regard TO numbers and the infinite
variety of Industrial enterprises that
were then CorpOrately controlled, as well
as the enormous amounts OF capital and
securities involved The 1903 edition IS
more complete in this respect and shows
TO what magnitude this business develop
ment has attained,
While the greater part of the present
volume is devoted TO railroads and in
dustrials including the street railways,
statistics IN regard to other financial in
terestS are features Of the work Inc
stock and bond quotations cover transac-
tons in practically all the securities detil
in at all the great cities Of the United
States and Canada
Summaries of the bonded debt of the
United States and of various foreign gov
ernments, whose bond issues are dealt IN
on the American market. are presented
in the section entitled Government ae-
The produce market department con-
tains an abundance Of tabulated 1ntorma-
ton that is Of exceeding value TO those
cereals and provisions.
In the same manner the petroleum mar
ket is reviewed as TO the production de-
livery and stocks of Oil prices, shipments
and so forth
In the section devoted to mining are
tables showing the highest and lowest
quotations of all the mining stocks. gold.
silver, copper lead. iron and quick silver
dealt in at the New York consolidated
stock exchange and petroleum exchange
In 1901 and 1902, and OF the stock eN-
changes in Boston. Colorado Springs and
and par values and amounts of capital
stock Other tables give the copper pro
duCtion and exports in the last i've years
including 1902; monthly supplies; del1v-
cries of European copper stocks, the
copper production of the United States
and London; average daily prices Of lake
copper in New York during 1902. the pro-
ductiOn of gold and silver in the United
States and in the world since 1873, and
vOluminOus statistics regarding the ship
ment and production Of anthracite coal
since 1920 and the trustworthy infOrma-
ton regarding the formation capitalize
tion and general condition Of the mining
companies appears in the department of
industrial Securities.
The lists of the banks and trust COM
pauies in the leading cities of the United
duced in the 1901 Manual, has now be
come a permanent feature of the book
The tabulated statement shows the capit-
alizatiOn surplus and undivided profits.
the rate per cent of dividends paid in
each of the last FIVE years. and the quota
tious for the stocks in 1902
The Manual Of Statistics, 1903. l,O44
pages. 55sxS- Price So The Manual of
Statistics Company, 90 Broadway. New
York.