New-York tribune., 1909-09-01
TOPICS OF THE STREET

-.ovu-7,.>, TRADING Foreign houses dealt IN
q, ~ shares IN the local market. evenly divided
bstveen sales and purchases. In the London mar
,e-,s decided strength The general list was
-. ma featureless. In the American depart
-. T-ron Pacific was Conspicuously strong. call
HeI. H a. The British capital was ia fair demand
>. unchanged quotations. Discounts remained at
ai s.,'s ie,el Paris discounts were lower while
:. berlin q slight advance was recorded. Paris
e,cbange on London was easier.
zoCK ISLAND CROP REPORT.-The Rock
,,s,s crop report shows Illinois in excellent
-5it,on oats Welded forty-five bushels 10 the
~ With large. heavy berries and thirty-ive
-. 20 the huShcl Tho wheat Yield on tho
pou..~. is thirty bushels an Iowa corn is
ee.-sssing fsvorably, and there is no damage
- Nebraska corn suffered 10 TO n per cent
;-sre from drou,h I'm the southern part OF fhe
&c minnesota ana the Dskotas report all crops
a. nerfect condition The Missouri and kansas
- :. c-op is damaged to the extent of 20 per cent
TPoN PRODUCTION.-The production Of pig
80 IN the month OF August VIII probably reach
ooo tons an increase OF about 10000 tons com
--e6 with the preceding month. The output IN
1r,,St VIII be at the rate of 25,4OoOO0 tons year
- banner year in pig iron production was 1871
-, QS 7Sl 900 tons OF all grades were produced
~, record monthly production was in May, l9l
yhen 22e6Wo tons were produced. Lhese li, ns -
stcate that all lost ground during the depression
- been recovered. Pig iron prices In Western
p~-nsylvanis sre tending upward, and very niue
r,.-.roer can be obtained below S7 ton.
D-~,-TTFD STATES 6TEEL.-The United States
-, co-7ooration Is now operating "a per cent OF
- .anscity. In other words, proouCjloh or Slc'l
lrnrl
arraton OF the corporation. Iron proouC'.,o' ',
Eet-s1s Al least per cent ahead cf oapaciiF re-
I.ss IN 1907 During the panic the steei 60.
P.-sflo.s production represented aDoui ~ I'i -
pce~nscitv and before the declaration of an oPeh
o.rset I'M February the corpoIauon was oP'Ia'-
AR Is per cent OF capacity.
"STyrDENDs DECLARED.-Dividends have been
..lores as follows: Railways Company. genera
a. ner cent payable September H. AMERICAN -.
Company. quarterly u per cent on tRe p1,,,s,
nevshIe October I: Philadelphia Trscuon oman.
rsrr,lar seni-annual s. share, payable cctooer =
7ojsts,,rg Fort Wayne & Chicago IA per cent o.
the guaranteed stock F. / da Pont os Hein%" enc N
Powder Company, regular quarteI'S l''
the common. payable September 10.
PENNSYLVANIA RELIEF PAYMENIS--A =. =
cording 10 reports issued yeslerosE. t -. +-e,,,
sunds OF the Pennsylvania system have n 1",'S -,
three wears psid out total Of S6lo2H4i N IT 49,
FITS TO employees OF the railroad OF 'als aI''o 49, =
ti6 se6 lo5 50 were paid 10 members w. W. " "a -.
he 70 work while the remainder. sloSoe5Z2 ls was
paid 10 the families of employees who diea.
CHICAGO MONEY HIGHER.-Several Chcasn
hanks have marked up call money rates rom ;
80 AZ per cent. while other insutuuohs ~ 80, -
centre have announced that they VIII take fln''-
Jar action to-day. -. -
QUOTATION DISCONTINJ ED--The stock -
rhange has discontinued quotation on AlChlssh
central Railway Company, J. p morgan q
trust receipts for twenty-year per cent oeo'h-
EycEAIGps TO CLOSE sATURDAT.--The
governors Of the New York Stock bXcnanee NAV
granted the petition Of the members 20 sesI1e Re-
business on SATURDAY, next preceding LABOR De-
The Produce Exchange also has voted 70 ciose Oh
that day. -
BROKERS BOSTON OFFICE Thonlas hsl.-
,,,.5, --no,rr~es thar he has opened new Boston
oaces a. no. 81 Devonshire street immedlate'! az
5olning the Boston curb
PROXIES OCT FOR ILLINOIS 9 II ~ f'-Hl'
s.rrrTN-C, Proxies for the annual meeting of the
stockholders OF the Illinois Central Railroad 70
l,e held on October 9o, have becn sent out hE me
,nanagerneut in the name Of James 7. Harahan-
ale,sr6er q psckstaf John Jacob Astor. John
~ Auchtncloss and Cornelius vanderbilt
LISTED OK STOCK ENCHANGE.-The A-"l-
a6 e-s+ mortgage ffty-vear per cent coupon bones
~ The Snolane international Railway Company
Ss,,s beer listed on the New York Stock Exchange.