New-York tribune., 1903-07-09
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING-Foreign houses dealt in
1900 shares in the local market buying on balance
In London. consols firm and there was a
marked Improvement in the copper stocks. The
mining issues were generally more cheerful
Money was easy in all the European centres but
exchange continued weak in both Paris and Berlin
and fully accounted for the renewal of gold ex-
ports from New-York.
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 Erie common
first and second preferred Louisville and Nash
vile. Manhattan. Missouri Pacific, New-York Cen
tral, Norfolk and Western Metropolitan Street
Railway. Pennsylvania. Peoples Gas, Reading first
preferred Rock Island St Paul Southern Rail-
way preferred. Southern Pacific, Sugar. Tennes-
see Coal and Iron. Union Pacific common and pre-
ferred United States Steel common and preferred
United States Leather preferred, Wabash pre-
ferred Western Union. per cent: Canadian Pa
ciic, per cent.
MOVEMENT OF GOLD-Iazard Freres have
engaged 81 100000 gold and Barring, Magoun & Co.
have engaged $500o0O gold for export to Paris to-
day The gold viii be carried La Touraine
This makes the total exports for the week amount
TO S3 2S7.6G5 The steamship City of Seattle has
arrived at Seattle from the KIondike with $4,000
in gold The steamer Dolphin which arrived in
Seattle Tuesday. had S56S000 KIondike gold aboard
The gold consigned to the local assay Office
from Dawson banks. The Bank of British North
America has received advises tro1f san francisco
that consignment Of s26ooOO KIondike gold has
arrived there for the banks account. II is eX-
pected that the gold Will he transferred to New
York within day or two
INTERNATIONAL. MERCANTILE MARINE
The Wall Street Journal reports that the net
earnings Of the Interna tional Mercantile Marine
COMPANY for the half year ended June 30 exceeded
fixed charges and sinking fund of sl592 co by $3.50
go, which is at the rave Of per cent the 81
100000 of International Mercantile Marine preferred
stock The company able to make this show
ing in the face of probably the worst six months
in the history OF the transa tantc service. These
earnings are ~ the rate of 81 85G0OO a year, or
81 81 for every ton represented in the tonnage Of
the International Company's feet of lS7 vessels.
and. considering the general stagnauon in ocean
Shipping the earnings are considered very salts
factory.
THE CROPS Primes Crop Bureau. Chicago
reports as follows. The whole corn belt is now
beginning TO need rain. The mercury is again
rising a very extended ana thorough investiga-
tion during the last three days with regard to
conditions of corn reveals unanimous opinion that
corn is very irregular and backward. We shall
do well if We make average crop. Reports
from important spring wheat counties in North
Dakota show that the rain came in time TO save
the crop from absolute destruction. Very early
sown wheat in Dakota is headed out less than
twelve inches high Harvest reports from Indiana
show the weather favorable and the crop fair but
not up 70 expectations
ST LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN is report ed
that the underwriting syndicate in the ST Louis
Southwestern refunding As has been dissolved and
the unsold bonds distributed among its members.
It is probable that about 50 per OF the issue
was taken by the public. At the last quotation the
bonds would show some loss 10 the underwriters.
FIRMER SUGAR RMARKET-Sentrnent in lower
Wall Street favors the sugar market owing TO a
quicleened demand for refined as result Of the