New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-09
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING. - Foreign houses
were not active in the local stock mar
ket, dealing in less than six thousand
shareS- Sales and purchases appeared to
| be evenly balanced
IRON AND STEEL STATISTICS
annual statistical report of the American
Iron and Steel Association for 1903 is now
ready for distribution The statistics of
the production of iron and steel in the
United States for that year and preceding
years are fun and complete. Tables are
given which show III detail our imports
and exports of iron and steel, tinpIateS,
| iron ore, coal, etc. Full details are given
OF the shipments of iron ore from the Lake
superior and other mines, the imports OF
Cuban and other iron ore, the prices of
and prices of ConnelsViile coke, the inn
ports and exports Of coal and coke. the
tonnage Of steel vessels built in 1909 and
1910 Immigration in 1909 and previous
hensITe- The usual tables showing the
production Of pig iron by grades are given
IN full. The tables relating to our pro-
duction Of steel give the annual growth In
recent years of all kinds OF steel. incIud-
ing basic and acid steel castings. The
statistics Of rail production in 1903 show
the great advance that has recently been
made in the use of Opeu-hearth steel rails
Tables showing the production of struct-
information concerning railroad mileage in
the United States Is also given Canadian
coal. iron ore. and pig iron statistics are
complete. Detailed statistics of the coal.
iron ore, and iron ana steel industries OF
Great Britain, Germany, France. Belgium
Spain Italy Austria, Hungary. Russia,
! Japan. India, Australasia, etc, IN 1908 Or
1909 are also given; also the railway
mileage Of the world
GOLD IAIPORTS--Local banking inter
ests secured f350,0a0 of the 100000 South
African gold offered yesterday in the open
London market. BaZaTd Fere5 Will re-
ceiVe 100000 in gold from Mexico this
had secured 1850 coo Of the $500 go laid down
in the open market in London had little
effect upon the local exchange market yes
teTday. The transactions incident to inn
porting this gold We're completed in the
early part of last week. when exchange
was at a lower level than it IS now. De-
mand sterling closed unchanged from
Saturdays final level.
THE COPPER ET.-Copper pro-
ducers report the metal q shade dr1ner as
a result Of the fact that instead Of an in
crease Of between 1900 600 and 10000, 600
pounds in stocks on hand, as many eX-
pected. there was an increase OF not much
more than 2,C000gG pounds. Sales OF the
metal were reported a shade above FPS
cents q pound. IN the event of a further
falling off in stocks for the current month
producers believe copper viii be selling
above u cents a pound before the close
of August Exports are reported 70 be
heavy as d result Of the large sales to
Europe on d basis of 12l24l29s cents
pound.
NEW DIRECTORS FOR UNION MINES.
At special meeting Of the stockholders
OF the Union Copper Mines new directors
we're elected as follows: Joseph Swift Of
Wilmington, Del; Charles a. Heckscher.
Erastus Cravath. Louis NJ. Ogden: Alex
ander Konta, Douglas Green, Woodruff
T.eening and Samuel n. Lever, Of New
York Mr.. ogden probably will be elected
president
JJ-I.Y ANTHRACITE SHIPMENTS.-Th
JuIy shipments Of the anthracite roads were
( 212 G5q tons as against 1920. 765 tons in
1uly, 1909 an increase Of 10, 294 tons. For
the seven months ended July q the ship
rnents were 27.ol8. S05 tons, against 35.3l2 435
tons in the corresponding period OF 1905, an
increase of Oil BIZ tons
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. - Dividends
have been declared as fellows: The Amer
Jean Stogie Company, ] per cent on the
preferred payable September ]. The Gen
eral Asphalt Company. regular quarterly
IL per cent on the preferred, payable sep
ter7lb /