New-York tribune., 1906-04-04
are refusing orders for promp,

,na many producers are refusing orders for pronp,
Shipment.
:, she CRANKY Consolidated nave declared a o,xs
Send OF per cent. payable May Is. The first divi-
send paid by the company was December l6
,sss when per cent was dishursed. and per cent
v,ss paid January l6, 1906
NAT1ONAL RAILROAD OF MEXIco-At the
rnusl meeting Of stockholders OF the National
railroad Of Mexico, only one new director was
slscted Roberto Nunez elected TO take the
s,a,e OF James 9. Mctcan
RI-TTE & BOSTON.-At the annual meeting Of
.ho rurte & Boston Consolidated Mining Companv
- which Alnslgamated owns practically the en-
,re capital stock. directors We're reelected
NNFW RUSSIAN LOAN.-It is understood that
,se new Russian loan viii be S2soOOaOeO five ner
-, bonds al - II is expected that Paris viii
.ste NeaOO0o0. the balance 10 go elsewhere
GOAL AID IRON NATIONAL. BANK.-Stock-
,,s5ers Of the Coal and Iron National Bank have
voted 10 increase the capital stock from s3aO0OO to
suDa The SaN000 new stock. except 10 per cent
~ hs offered 10 shareholders pro rata AT 90
Te 10 per cert and fractional shares will be depos-
es with tbs executive committee be sold for the
best interests OF the association al $50.
henry r. WORTHINGTON DIRECTORS RE
III TCTED.-At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of Henry r. Worthington. Incorporated the
-ei-ne directors We're reelected.
MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL the annual
,ose,inc of the Mexican International Railroad all
.orr,er directors were reelected.
STRICKEN FROM LIST.-The capital stock OF
Sc Detroit city Gas Company has been stricken
r-om the stock Exchange list.
srB-TREASURT TRANSFERS. - Local banks
have transferred through the Sub-Treasury $500 600
"a San Francisco and S4500o0 10 New Orleans.
FAILURES N FIRST QUARTER.-Commercial
,rsolyencies in the United States in the first
opsrtcr Of lss. as reported by r. G. Dun & Co,
rsre sloz n number. with assets OF S7.lSs.os4 and
,isbnlties OF SSS 76l,l0 compared with S.44S fail
- IN 1901 when there were assets OF SIT 5zs 64S and
,s.u.{ee of Ss0l62 500 Manufacturing defaults were
80 an number and S0S2.l III in amount against 776
,s, wear for 81 40 69l. Trading failures numbered
ous with liabilities Of sl4e4s4 422. against 1856 fail
ures for S6G767S5, IN l96. other commercial fail
,res numbered q and involved Sc 6SOl4 whereas in
,sf the 81 failures in this class embraced la
bIities of only N.S9NS. Banking failures made a
,,s, satisfactory comparison with the correspond
r three months last year ls failures for 81 26O0 094
,eina only about half the % suspensions. for 81
5ga7 year ago I'm many respects the CONNER
al death rate thus this year gives further tes-
,rorv 20 the prosperous condition Of the nations
industries as is also indicated by statistics of bank
,Dr exchanges. railway earnings and other well
known standards of measurement. Fewer failures
occurred I'm the first quarter of 1906 than in the cor
responding three months OF any year since 1900.
and the amount involved was less than in most re-
cent years although about 10 per cent greater than
N ls6. Moreover, the increase in liabilities over
The amount recorded last year not IN strictly
commercial occupations. but provided by the
miscellaneous class. which embraces real estate,
insurance. brokerage and commission. branches OF
business in which speculative operations frequently
provide large disasters that not representative
Of the legitiIs8te business situation