New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-20
WALL STREET AVID EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt in
5000 shares in the local market selling bal
ance- In London consols were steady and feature
less and the copper stocks held their recent rally
The mining market improved after some early I'M
certainty. Money harder in London and in
better demand in Paris also There was no feature
in exchange IN Paris or Berlin
STOCK LOAN QUOTA CIONS.-Loan quotations
We're: Amalgamated Copper. Anaconda. American
Ice, AtchsOn common and preferred, Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, Baltimore and Ohio common Colo
RADIO Fuel, Delaware and Hudson. Erie common,
first and second preferred, Louisville and Nash
VILE. Manhattan Missouri Pacific. Norfolk and
Western, Metropolitan Street Railway. PennsyI-
vania Peoples Gas Reading first preferred, Rock
Island, St. Paul, Southern Railway preferred
Southern Pacific Sugar, Tennessee Coal and Iron
Union Pacific preferred, United States Steel com
mon and preferred. United States Leather pre-
ferred Wabash preferred. 11Ea2 per cent; Canadian
Pacific and Union Pacific common, I per cent;
New-York Central, Il per cent, and Western Union
fat
STRONG SUGAR MARKET-About 1900 bags
of raw sugar have been sold. mostly for shipment
from Cuba, at 3-32c cost and freight terms. That
is figured be equal to better than 13-16c for
96 degree test sugar duty paid basis and that is the
quoted price spot. Muscovado is quoted at
5-16c and moasses sugar at 1-6c. Refners, 1t is
said, are buyers at those prices MEETINGS for the
week are expected to be fully 5000 tons.
COTTON EXCHANGE CLERKS.-The amend
nent to the bylaws of the Cotton Exchange, where
by members would be allowed TO have clerks on the
floor to send kilograms and attend to other duties
on payment of annual fee of $500, defeated
by 50 affirmative to 80 negatives Amendments to
bylaws requires t7vo-thrds of the number of votes
cast in order to be carried This motion was lost
by about ten votes.
PIG IRON PRICES LOWER-Prices in the New
York market for Southern pig iron have been re-
duced . points following the decline at the South
Tuesday. Local prices for Southern pig iron are
now SIG 80 to SIS 70 for No. l foundry and No.
soft and SIC S16 . for No ! foundry and No .
soft. Prices for Northern iron were not reduced.
HEAVY SALES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE
H A Harrison & Co were the heaviest sellers of
stocks yesterday. The amount estimated at
900 shares scattered throughout the general list
The largest sale was 1000 shares of Erie.
MISSOURI PACIFIC-Earnings of the Missouri
Pacific for June show an increase in gross of
s239 1886 and an increase in net of S2364 comparison
being made with the same time year ago. From
January gross earnings have increased $29l5, 229
and net earnings S11S05o6.
SOUTHERN RAILW AY.-Earnings of the South
ern Railway continue 10 make large gains over the
record breaking earnings of year ago. For the
second week in August gross income increased
S5956O making a total increase from July l of
S303779.
SALE OF STOCK RARELY DEALT IN.-There
a sale in yesterdays market OF 100 shares of
the Central South American Telegraph Company
q 90. There has been sale of this stock in re-
cent years until yesterday 1t is per cent
basis.