New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
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FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt in
5000 shares in the local market. buying 5000
shares. In London consols were steady. and the
copper stocks and mining issues were featureless.
Money was harder in all the European centres.
and Paris exchange on London notceably
weak. Bar silver sold off rather easily.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATTONS-Loan quotations
were: Amalgamated Copper. Anaconda American
Ice Atchison common and preferred Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Baltimore and Ohio common, Colo
RADIO Fuel. Delaware and Hudson. Eric common.
first and second preferred Louisville and Nash
Vile. Manhattan. Missouri Pacific. New-York Cen
trail Norfolk and Western. Metropolitan Street
Railway. Pennsylvania. Peoples Gas. Reading first
preferred, Rock Island. St. Paul. Southern Rail
way preferred Southern Pacific. Sugar. Tennessee
Coal and Iron. Union Pacific common and pre-
ferred, United States Steel common and preferred,
United States Leather preferred, Wabash pre-
ferred and Western Union. per cent. and Cana
dian Pacific, nat.
MARKET GOSSIP.-An active interest connected
with Metropolitan was buyer Of the stock in the
morning. The Hartman and Morgan brokers all
had buying orders, and materially helped to check
the break The stop orders in Illinois Central were
probably for a weak Western holder. and merely
indicated the narrow market for such forced
liquidation. The heaviest of the selling orders in
Amalgamated Copper and American Sugar came
from Boston The Keene brokers we're sellers OF
stocks early, and seemed to have a good deal Of
Reading common to realize. The arbtrage buying
of Canadian Pacific was in noticeable quantity and
of the most pOWeF1Ol lnnuenCfS IN tue
early market Atchson common seemed to be
very heavily oversod. and further hammering by
traders did not 1isodge any long stock
ROCK ISLAND CROP REPORT-The crop
port of the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Rail
way for the week ending July shows that the
condition of ground is favorable for crops I'm most
divisions while few sections need rain 10 bring
the crops up to the average. Oats are in good
condition generally but some divisions report oats
rusting and that they will have to be harvested.
-rt,a iS mic and
orally favorable for good yield. The reports
to wheat barley and rye in the divisions where
raised extensively are good While the weather Is
generally favorable, rain is needed in some
tions.
NORTHERN PACIFIC CROPs-The crop re-
ports of the Northern Pacific indicate conditions
not so favorable as last year. The Minnesota. Du-
luth, Dakota and Black Hills divisions report
rains but in sufficient volume TO overcome
drouth. Red River reports good rains IN north
and south. with greatly improved conditions. but
wheat and oats suffered severely in the early
drouth and are beginning to head out half grown.
Prospects on the jamestown and Montana branches
are for about an average crop Of wheat and a
heavy output of fax. Washington expects better
than an average crop. but not a bumper year.
ANTHRACITE STOCKS-The anthracite issues
held well anything in the market and even
advanced a little on the day under the lead Of
Delaware and Hudson. The investment buying in
the high priced issues was good, and was extended
in some quantity to the Reading and Erie pre-
ferred stocks. There Is good for saying that
the two last named roads will both show earnings
for June least as good those recorded In May
CORN PRODUCTS.-An excellent class Of buy
ing Is reported i'll the securities Of the Corn Prod
ucts Company 1t is q fact worth recording that
in the recent violent declines the Stock Ex-
change Corn Products has exhibited remarkable
resistance to the downward movement, and is now
selling only few points under its best price of
the year. The oompanys earnings are reported
heavy and far above the dividend requirements of
both the common and preferred stocks
MOVEMENT OF GOLD.-Kidder Peabody & Co
will ship $4,000 in gold TO Paris on Thursday
The steamer Humboldt arrived on Saturday at
Seattle from skagway. with s1O5,OOO In Klondike
gold, consigned 10 the Canadian Bank Of Com
merce