New-York tribune., 1910-11-03
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING--Foreisn houses
dealt in less than 6.elD shares buying On
balance.
OCTOBER CLEARINGs. Total bank
cIea rings for the month OF October a.
COTding 10 the regular monthly Statement
compiled by r. &. Dun y Co, WI.cn n
Cludes returns from 1i5 leading centres ~
the United states, aggregate Sl5,I.s. 49,
a decrease OF f3.l PEI cent as compared
with the corresponding month laSl yea -
The loss j. due II greater part 70 tue cot
tinued reduced volume Of exchanges a
New York City, although IN this reSilt-i
some Improvement is dlscernloie Over "
outside New York are cOmparallNel! "a
v0rabIe, the gain in tire total or these, COIL
pairing with loss IN SepteIn1eII /! llelt =
is however. more or less 1rreguiarltt, il
being noticeable that y nile IN praCtlcaliy
every section exchanges at some OF lie
leading centres SHOW decided increase a.
others there is little or 10 Improvement u
or losses are reported. As the points
where the volume Of exchanges Il II ut-
creased amount are IN decided ILllaorlls minor r !.
# would appear that the losses IIlaT -
due tC special causes and reflect DuL HlllT
the business situation a. q whole. III Lilr
New England states the returns Stlli eA-
hibi- loss. due IL large part TO decreased
exchanges AZ Boston and several manu-
featuring centres a few cities repoTt
gains among them Worcester POrLlanu-
Hartford and New Haven In the Mldoie
Atlantic states gains are reported Dy q
number OF important ciJit'. anois mem
PirTFburg. Scranton. Buffalo AlDdn\'
Rochester and BingnantOn. 0Ut az NJ
merOUs points there are losses IN
creases reported over last year By nu-
lantic states reflect conLlhueG pLo. -
throughout the greater part OF that SecIlCn,
Baltimore, Washington Atlanta ana JACK
sOnville all reporting good gains. WINE N
no instance where there Is loss Is u
especially significant. Generally SatlSIdc-
tory conditions throughout the Certrai
South are indicated by Increases az many
POINTS, though al the larger cities cOndl-
lions in the cotton market contribute 70
a slight reduction IN the volume or oank oan
clearinEs. In the Middle " est the tOlat
OF exchanges shows small decrease De-
cause Of the losses al Chicago, cincinnati
and z rev less important points uut dS a
~IIIp they are smaller than ir Septem5er.
COPPER MARKET FIRNER.-The COP
per metal market vas nm mere anu
abroad yesterday There was an advance
Of over Is IN London, ana SHlal SairS
of efprrrOlvtiC were reported IN this mar
ket at Is cents a pound. According 10 one
manufacturer consumers WI4O nave peell
some difficulty r. securing the metal, due
70 sold up conditions OF the producers ana
selling agencies
available for delivery in the remainder o.
the year Is smaller than IN any 5ill-ia-
period in TWO years. The demand for cor
compared with the two preceding days
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - Dividends
have been declared as tOltOVS: American
SmeIters Securities Company. regular quar-
1Ia per cent on the preferred 4. payable
December I. American Tobacco COMPANY,
regular quarterly ~ per cent and IL per
cent extra on the common. payable De
cenber ], the Crex Carpet Company, semi
annual per cent, an increase OF Z Ot
per cent, payable December %, the But
terick Company. regular quarterly a o.
per cent payable December l. and Me
chanics and Metals National Bank. regular
quarterly 8 per cent, payable November 10
SECURITIES LISTED. The following
securities have been added 70 the Stock
Exchange list The Cuba Railroad $500. .0te
additional first mortgage per cent frtv
wear coupon bonds, and 3, ,45S 800 additional
capital stock of the United Fruit COMPANY,
making the total listed S27.00S.9 500
INTERNATIONAL PAPER.-GeOrge II
Parks has been elected a vice-preSident OF
the International Paper Company, NIr-
Parks formerly was general manager of
the Great Northern Paper Company.
COTTON EXCHANGE SEAT SOLD
The Cotton Exchange seat of H T sb-
cock has been sold 20 Marshall tieer for
S15.o00. an advance Of 800 over the last
preceding sale.
ADMITTED TO PARTNERSHIP w el-
Hngton +. Bull has been admitted 70 part
nership in the firm Of SwartwOur a Appen-
cellar. at No. a Pine street