New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-14
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

/ FOREIGN TRADING-Foreign houses
oealt ia upward of ten thousand shares in
! the local stock market, sales and pjlT-
/ cnases being about evenly divided. Sell
! ing developed on the advance
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - Dividends
/ have been declared as follows: The Ma
tonaI L1corlce Company, regular quarterly
II per cent on the preferred, payable Sep
TENDER 80: the Pittsburg Plate Glass Com
panTy' regular quarterly "a per cent. pay
| able October =; United Fruit Company, 10
! per cent IN stock, payable November 4;
United Merchants Realty and improve
ment Company. regular quarterly IA per
cent on the preferred. payable October 10.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chemical Company, regu-
lar quarterly per cent on the preferred,
F4yaDle 11ctopef 10; the FIRST Natlohal Bank
OF New York. regular quarterly per cent.
! payablee October ]: the Sloss-Sheffield
Steel and Iron Company, regular quarterly
Ia per cent on the preferred; the American
Surety Company of New York. regular
quarterly 2t2 per cent, payable September
So the NergentlaleT Linotype Company,
regular quarterly 21c per cent, payable Sep
TENDER l.. and the Knickerbocker Trust
/ Company, quarterly per cent, payable
September 30.
EXPORTS OF COTTON.-The point was
made yesterday by careful student of
affairs that the report of domestic exports
/ for the month Of August. which had been
made one of the chief arguments for the
advance. was deceptive. The gain was al
most entirely in the item of cotton. and il
was pointed out that the shipments Of cot
ton in that month were to a considerable
order of bears who needed the commodity
TO make deliveries. 1t was even asserted
that. deduCting the value of these extraor-
binary imports of cotton from the value
OF the shipments, the exports might show
q net decrease.
To ATTEND AMERICAN MINING
CONGRESS--E. S. MeudeIs, jr-. will leave
for Los Angeles on September 20 to attend
the American Mining Congress to be held
in that city on September Is The CONGRESS
is expected to attract the attendance of
mil
from all oerts of the United STATES with
q view 70 discussing matters pertaining
TO mining of metals. oil, etc Mr.. Mandels,
II Is UNDERSTOOD, VIII represent many large
and influential Wall Street firms having
N mind the placing on the New York curb
OF properties Of good value.
COPPER TRADE CONDITIONS. - The
tendency Of copper prices continues down
ward, due largely to the weakness abroad,
where . decline of more than Is occurred
yesterday. Spot copper in London is now
down close TO TOO. The various compa-
MES consuming copper report a shrink
age Of from 10 to L per cent in new bust
ness Sales of electrolyttc copper for e&-
port We're made yesterday as low as 12l2c,
but the large producers and selling agencies
continued &c quote 12Ssa12$4c a pound.
POCKET DICTIONARY AND CLOS
SARI.-A book of convenient pocket size,
enbra cling q condensed English dictionary,
has been issued by HOTnblower & Weeks.
Of this city and Boston. Attached to it
Is & financial glossary, together with many
valuable tables Of reference with regard
to the worlds monetary system. production
Of the precious metals, population returns
and other interesting statistics.
ATCHISON CHAIRMAN. Walker d
Hines, who has been acting chairman Of
the board OF directors of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway since the re-
tirement Of Victor Morawetz, has been
elected chairman of the board. Mr. Hines
also is general counsel of the company.
MONEY FOR NEW ORLEANS, - The
sub-TreasGry transferred Yesterday. for the
account Of local banks 100000 TO New
Orleans
STRICKEN FROM THE LIST. - The
stock Of the New Amsterdam National
Bank has been stricken from the Stock
Exchange list.