New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

/ FOREIGN TRADING houses dealt
10000 sharess in the local market. buying on haF
ance. In London cousols were strong and the -,a'
eral market was firm and generally higher. VIE
fair strength in the American department Money
in good supply the British capital with ras
tendency toward lower rates The Bank % ENG
land secured further amounts OF gold from t1s
Continent There was no change IN Continental
discounts and no movements Of importance IN So
curities the Paris and Berlin bourses
RANKS GAIN CASH-The reported movements
of currency this week indicate gain On cash Do
by the banks of $2255.0.0 which was due 90 -.- ia-
tsri,r ya-an,anr Tho hanks received from the il.
terror S7.I74no sud sent 10 the interior S-1ste4
including S2.22ito0 national bank notes sent %
Washington for redemption. The gain from tla
interior was S2.52tyU0 Receipts of Uew gold vera
$l7s5.0t0 namely. on New York ASSAY once en- cNs'
S1,324,O0o; san Francisco Mint checks, SiiLet,
and OF Seattle Assay Office checks. $4,000. Cold -z-
ports amounted 20 $9'',"' IN coin % Argentina
Ordinary disbursements by the Slb-Trsasury wers
S23 81 600 Paym5 by the banks TO the SIaIreas-
ury for customs. internal reveuua, per cent re-
demptiOn fund. etc, We're S25,36s "t1- The loss N
Sub-Treasury operations proper was N.5IAo't- Re-
c=ipts from the interior wer- noteworthy as show
ing considerable falling of from last week. being
about $2sttNJ less in the aggregate The source .
the receipts shows little change from how they have
been coming recently-that is. from the Middle
West. nearby and Eastern points, and also from '-s
Atlantic Coast states of the South on the whole,
II might be said that the receipts from the south
lust now constituted the largest portion Of the total
from Texas. Shipments To the interior were p-ac-
ticaUv about the same as last week Most OK tha
shipments 10 have gone 10 the South The
number Of national bank notes seut % Washington
for redemption about $4,000 less than in rs
preceding week
GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDATS.-NIembers OF thu
Coffee Exchange have petitioned the board OF man
ayers 10 close the exchange on Good Friday, April
g and Saturday. April 10 II Is customary close
the exchange on those days The Stock ExcEangs
generally susqeHds business on Good Friday. and i
IS not improbable that the members viii petition
the governing committee 10 close on Saturday f1l-
lowing.
DIVIDENDS Observation-Disclosures have 1eea
declared as follows. American Car AMI Foundry
Company. regular quarterly 2. OF ! per cent On
the common ana regular quarterly ia per cent on
the preferred. payable April Swift * Co. regular
quarterly - per cent. payable April .. Mutual
Trust Company. Of Fort Chester. Y Y. qJ.4rlsrl7
wanna * Western, regularly quarterly Ia per cent
PAYABLE APrJl = New York Central. regularly quar-
terry IL per cent. payable April l.. Chicago 3
Northwestern regular quarterly per cent, payable
April l.
GOLD EXPORTS-In local foreign exchanges
circles the question Of gold exports Europe 8
being discussed. and it is believed that shipments
Of the metal VIII be made next week Tn supply
OF bills in this market is light while the demand
is active consequence OF heavy sales OF Amer
lean securities fog European account ana increased
imports Of foreign merchandise. Demand stertnS
advanced 20 points yesterday.
NEW COTTON EXCHANGE MEMBERS
Jacob Garcia BiancQ OF Barcelona. Spain. n s.
John Caro-. OF Augusta, Ca. and James Carstairs
of Philadelphia, have been elected members OF the
New York Cotton Exchange
COTTON EXCHANGE SEAT SOLD-Ths Cot
ton Exchange membership Of John L. Peter has
been sold 20 b Schley. IT.. for S11500 This 500
less than the last sale, reported March :.