New-York tribune., 1910-08-18
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADfNG.-Foreign house;S
dealt in 2o0O0 shares In the local hoI,t ssoTs
,nartet sales and purchases being ABOUT
evenly divided. the heaviest 'e'n"s
In Amalgamated Copper ..,o
CROPS. FARMERS AND AuTOMO-
RIT,ESG.eThe Wall street Journal duo,es dss
Herbert Meyrick, president of The Or2Iilse
Indd Earrrer" as follows. Southern stIn
nesota and Eastern and Southern Souu.
Dakota will raise enormous crops hecsnes
rains have helped fall feed and mean M ,,d
to dairy and livestock interests, 10" and
prices are fairly we'll maintained evsIy
where. Direct reports from :,10 autoi,iV-
bile dealers show from January J !" uesro
made to farmers West of New York the
proportion ranged from SO to % per cent. cent
know the farmer too Wen 10 oeiieVe 'ns, "a,
he ever rnortgagcd anything to buy an
auto.
COPPER PRTCES-producers and seh-
ing agencies continue TO report a good ne
mand for copper. although sales are hd,u- ,,
rally smaller than they were late IN "uty .h-
and early in August. The large sales oFsI
the last three or four weeks nave Hhaie :.
deep holes In surplus stocks carrled III L..3 ~
AT f25s, and 123.c a pound, but most OF the
business Is being done on basis OF - i11IC-
f. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS tMQNI- M
PANY.-A special meeting of stocKnotossa-- : :
Company is to- be held in Hoboken on SU-
gust % to approve certain TecoIninendd-
tions to be definitely decided upon Dy tue
directors on August 2 stocHHoiughrs -, .h cnT1i-
mon stock and also a further issue OF pr
ferred stock may be authorized ~ " f9S
ent: of the s3oogoGo con common NJ The sooS 90
07Sf48 Is outstanding, ana OF tIie S-"''V's|'
preferred $13, $1,000
INTERNATIONAL &. GREAT NOlSI II
FRN.-Notice has been pubitshed OF 1,.e
pending sale of the properly anu nrtb-
ern Railway Company under 1orecIo9uIe
of the second mortgage dated June To-
1857 William II. Flippen, master colIlinis =
sioner will on September 10 at noon II.
the passenger depot at Palestine, TEX, SsiI
at public auction 10 tho highest Dldossi
therefor the property In its ehllre,S. ~ ~
out valuation, appraIsement. redemption
or extension.
VISIBLE GRAIN SUPPLIES II
CREASE.-Stocks of grain at the chiel
grain receiving points In the United StatsS
are materially larger than reported at tnlS
time last wear The five chief cereals, at
cording to the latest weekly report. sho"
27133000 bushels. as compared with T.
1877 900 bushels at the same time IN SV3.
a gain of more than so per cent Wheat
Is being rushed 10 market
UNION COPPER MINES.-The follow
ing have been elected officers OF the Union
dent; Joseph swift, vice-president; Wood
ruff Leerning, secretary and treasurer
The executive COMMITTEES Is as 1oIIoWs'
Erastus NJ Cravath. AlexandeE Roma, ia 10 20
win H. Swan, tr.. and MI Osoeh' the ia'
ter serving eX-officio.
LAKE SUPERIOR Corporation
The Lake Superior Corporation has de
900 outstanding income bonds, payable
october l. This payment amounts to one
half the annual interest and is the hrst
declaration since October l. 1906 at "hlch
time per cent was declared.
AMERICAN GAS AND ELECTRIC
Henry L. Doherty has resigned as preSl-
dent of the American Gas and Electric
Company, and r. F. Breed, formerly vice,
president has been elected to succeed
him Mr. Doherty remains director.
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL.-The
directors of the Republic Iron and steel
Company have declared the regular quar-
ferred stock payable October ].