New-York tribune., 1909-12-16
TOPICS OF STREET

rnRrrc~ TRADING Tor
,,reign account IN the local stock market
A--s light IN volume. amounting 10 less
- M 10 shares. ali purchases. The chief
sasiinrs were in United States Steel COM
s,Sn and Amslgamated Copper
DrVTDFNDS DECLARED. - Dividends
.s,,e been declared as followsc Standard
~-urler Company, regular senl-annual I
- cent on the preferred and per cent
y 'he sSS SSmS ana sSssi company. re regaisr s
ssarri-aunual 8 per cent on the preferred.
rsvahie January 2; Mesunghouse Air
Erake Company. regular quarterly - per
- 81, Der cent extra and Per cent spe-
-. Manila Electric Railroad and Light
as Corporation, regular quarterly per
American Iron and Steel Manufactur-
az company, regular quarterly Ia per
.e1f or fhe common and preferred. paya-
Sie January T. Hudson Realty Company.
reruIar quarterly per cent, payable De-
cer7ber 81 l. New York Trust Company. reg
piar quarterly per cent, payable Decem-
eusrterly 1ia per cent on TIE preferred.
SeTable January rs. Uniled cigar Stores
foruuany. quarterly ~ s. e q share on the
,,-eferred PAYABLE January g
GOLD ENPORTS.-A further advance "a
srernng rates yesterday. carrying demand
a. gsl6s 80. and cables 20 4-SSS5G 4.SS4e.
/. -ise ID % points in the latter from the
s--ecediug day. encouraged discussions m
t-anciai circles OF the possibility of gold
Sirions gold exports 20 the British capital
could he arranged with demand sterling at
- though there would he no profit in the
49, = hove Yesterdays level exports
ssorbrless would be made m volume There
As an active demand for remittance incl
Sort ~ enc Of the year requirements, A
sasflre az the movement being the sharp
frquiry for cables.
MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANN--At
she annual meeting Of the Mercantile Trust
,i-mnsr1y Gates ". McG arrah, president
~ the Mechanics National Bank, was
,iectec a director The directors of the
go di,idend Of 3 Per cent and an extra
4 ~ cent payable December 81 The sum
al s. oa0ooo has been ADDED 70 me COM
-F~vrs surplus account, making the pres
81 capital and surplus Ss.hhoot
FRISCO BONDS ABROAD the Of
ece I'D <ueVer A. Co. IN d. stated r1at some
81 TIE srronEest private bankers pa renee
are associated WITH the banqle le mon
Fa-isieune and the Societe Financis-ge
Franco -A Arlerlcalne IN the syndicate Mil-rh
hes vG~- -astG Sf.os-uln - Louis ano san
Trsrcisc5 general lien . per cent bonds.
COPPER MARKET CONDITIONS -
sac rf eIeclr0.guc copper We're mace
YESTERDAY between lai- and laas cents a
roGud Local consumers are taking fairly
D. aF that Tie action ~ the producers il
curtalll-- production VIII p followed ~
--rr.e--art Is under way tv the large pro-
frcer- and selling agents % dispose or
cCpuer FOR delivery iu the first quarter or
rexf wear They seem convinced thar the
rneraI wlu sell much higher within the
rexf two o. -hree months.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
PCNU~-N W. Harris a. Coz j. II. knl-
fi-e Al sons and Perry. CeftiL A. Burr have
r1rc. asel s. .es. 900 Southern California
EdtsCr C0ulU1i1.- general nlortEage 3 per
cer- bonds. due November = 1888
Er ErTED NICE-PRESIDENT.- John F.
Wallace. chairman Of the board Cr Cl-
reet0r- ~ II MeSriD-hOuFF. church. Kerr *
CO.. las been elected Klce-Ires-cenr of the
Ea-sa- Ift- Mexico aud orient Railway.
a. succeed --F late George Crocker.
ST PAUL BONDS The National city
Tark and kuhn. Loeb a. 60. announce that
fht larger Rar- ~ The S-5.1l0Dof Chicago.
Milwaukee u - Paul Railway Co. general
mo~-ga-e Der cent bonds having heOn
sold. tie selling price for the remaining
bonds las been advanced per cent
81 EGEN p EIM COPPER MERCER
Same I'utermEer saws that the negOrIa-
t0rs for the consolidation 81 the GuEEen-
helm copper properties are sun IL progress