New-York tribune., 1909-12-18
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses
dealt in upward OF 1900 shares in the local
stock market. all purchases. The trading
was without feature.
BANKS GAIN CASH. - The reported
movements of currency this week indicate
a gain In cash held by the banks Cf s.
1Os.o90. They, gained on all counts ms
week. including nearly 100000 from the
interior. The banks received from the IN
terror SO, 191, 900 and shipped 10 the interior
s7343. .OOO including $4,000 transferred
cisco. and s.. $4,000 national bank notes
sent TO Washington for redemption Ths
gain from the interior was S2.SS.G0 Re
ceiptS OF new gold were SI2OUp. namely
on New York Assay Office checks S2Saa
and on Seattle Assay Office checks S20m
Ordinary disbursements by the Sub-Treas-
banks to the Sub-Treasury for customs,
internal revenue, per cent redemption
fund, etc. were S2I04l.ooe, showing gar,
on Sub-TreaSury operations proper Of
s20l, COO The total gain from the interior
by new gold and on Sub-TreaSury Oper-
atoms proper therefore amounted 10 s.
769 Odo. This weeks currency movement Is
remarka bic in that il shows that the banks
nave gained on all counts for the drSt tms
in several weeks This IS largely due %
the fact that during the last week there
were no actual gold shipments. The whole
movement. however, is much smaller this
week than for several weeks past Re
ceipts were nearly 100000 less than u
the previous week and shipments outWaru
were 5000 900 less, making the saln from
the interior about $3.50 eco more
DIVIDENDS DECLARED - Dividends
have been declared as follows Mortgass
Bond Company, regular quarterly l4 peE
cent, payable December 81. TOnOpah Mn
ing Company, of Nevada, regular quarterly
20 per cent and an extra 10 per cent pay
able January II; West Side Bank. regular
semirannual per cent, payable January .
Hudson Trust Company, regular Sernl-an-
nual 8 per cent, payable January 5. IL
City Railway and Light Company. regl-1..
quarterly 1l2 per cent on the pTeIeFrea'
Long Island Loan and Trust COMPANY.
quarterly per cent. payable January :.
Fulton Trust Company, Semi-annual . y.
cent. payable January 3; United Cisa,,
Stores. regular quarterly H per cent aaa
an extra y OF l per cent. payao.e Jall@-s -,ss-
ment Company. regular quarterly y. -
cent on the preferred and $ on the SSm,
mon, payable January 5, Cincinnati ~. ~
Orleans x Texas Pacific Railroad res-..
semi-annual 2l2 per cent on the c0IllnS9- c0III.Ss-
payable December o. American Woos.
Company Ia on the preferred. paysN'
January 1S-
GOLD EXPORTS.-Gold coin 70 -
amount of S75o.0O0 was engaged yestsr.sxx
for shipment 10 Argentina. Since Janus.
! gold exports from the United states -ss,t.S sa
amounted to $lOS S6t0CO0 OF which NesS-s
has gone TO Argentina. $0.O50.tO0 70 brs-a1-
$lS.90o0t0 To Paris, $l5.I5O,0CO 70 Loncol, -.
250. .(t0 10 Japan. 10000 10 the West thsas
and 100000 TO Holland Sterling excaaS
for next Wednesdays delivery was a i
level yesterday at which gold coC- o,,s
sent to London. and IL was thOuSht 49,
BILE shipments would be made on thal Ss''
GRAIN EXPORTS FOR THE WEEnt,
BradStreet'S reports the exports oL - IN
for the week. with comparisons, hsuiIsss
bushels, as follows: Whea', Hour Hle-ISrIS HlS =
S.S45.25S against S.S9S. +57 last week anu
645,2S in this week last year: nSSat S'.Ss ~
s.. .27O TO5. compared with l0i.S--s+o' ~ II X
corresponding period of lS0S. Corn 5VS'::ssS 80
! cOntraSted with 569 924 last week ana 4Ssssl
l2e In the same period last year. .Is-SSi
year. 5.694. .iSS against S6+S,SS0 IN TINS pei''
in 1905
APPLICATION To LIST.-AppliCSSto.<
has been made TO the New NorA I.s~n Sn
: Exchange by the ChicaSO Great w eSS,orx
Railway Company To list Su,e-LFN s'snI
trust certificates for preferred StoCS -
SIS. .245.6t0 stock trust certificates lo1 &
mon stock. and by the Houston e a.
Terminal Railway Company 70 ~ s-s n
O0 first mortgage . per cent oohdS' U~~
1867. ,rs
Il L I T r. y r. w q = = S-S.S,y n
/ FUNDS.-It is stated that az a me- evS Tog-
the directors OF the BUttc-NeW lStS wls
per Company the necessary cap''Ss here
raised and contracts aSTStd uEon ~ln-
/ by the company will be enabled te,srty ~
tiuue the development work on Us p'.f -
, COPPER EXPORTS. Exports Sl *
per fur the week ended DeSeil.Sera- T.
amounted 10 5,415 tons Since LeNss.-t ensi-
exports uf the metal have been lteo.s go Ils,
I pared with Is. S6t in the same 'i''~
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