The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-25
SEE FU TURE IN
 MEXICAN MIx-UP
Financiers Relieve Stable Gov ernnent Will Aid Amer
 ican Industry

New York. April 5Prolninelltl among American corporations which have extensive mining and milling in terests In Mexico are the American s3melttng & Refining Co. and the Phelps, Dodge Go. The United States SmeIting Refining 6 Mining CO., tn e BatopIIas Mining Co. and the Corra- gan Mckinney Go. also have extensive mining property holdings acress tho southern border. Operations at the plants of the comH Hanies have been conducted under the most trying cir cumstances for the last year or more. ana each has sufrered more or less through the chaotic political condi- tIors that have prevail ed throughout the country. The decisive step taken by the administration is hopefu1ly re-
 garded by the stockholders of these mining concerns, as 1t is felt that while there may be sharp conflict between the nations it really marks. tEe fore runner of an era of peace for Mexico. All plants of the American Smelling & Refining Co.,, which are located Tn both rebel and federal territory have closed down and 50.0O0 American ern- ployes have been told to leave the 1 country No effort will be made to. nesume operations at any of the plants. until conditions assume more nor
 maI aspect.
 Notice is being sent to stockholders
  ! lining Company of "a special meeting I to be held in Jersey City on May 2e. for the purpose of considering and I determining whether a sale and trans fer of all the properties, business, as I sets and rights of the company shall lbe made to the Anaconda Copper Go, i and upon what terms and Conditions
 such sale and transfer shall be made if the same is authorized. StockhoId- CTS will also be asked to vote whether Tor not the company shall be dissolved
 and it's business and affairs settled up l and ad justed, and distribution made Ito its stockholders.
 Announcement of a stockholders protective conmftfee of which Presl- 4 dent Allison of the Ohio Copper Go. is chairman. introduces 9. third party in the fight to manage the Stewart
 Mining company The committee, s Icircular says that it is seeking to pro- tect the interest Of such stockholders
 as are fndependen Of both the Heinze Il and Assets Realization forces The organizers of the committee are said
 to represent approximately 150s00e
 shares.
 1 Bears on United States Steel com mon are predicting reduction in the sf dividend rate ct the dividend meeting sl to be held three months later than the
 next board meeting which occurs next
 Tuesday. There seems to be no doubt ' in the mind of anybody in Wall Street
 that next Tuesdays dividend will bs 1.-the regular one, but it is the genera notion among the traders that unless the steel business shows marked i'm provement soon the Steel Corporation may find exped1ent to reduce common
 dividend disbursenlea1ts The fact thaa
 the price of the stock is now about $ at the lowest of the year reflects the leattitude of the training element.
 <1Henry C1ews.
 Much as the Mexican outbreak il to be deplored. it will have the effec : of starting new activities and divertfnl
 public attention from ills upon whicl } l 1t has been brooding far too long. Tht , 1 nation, it is true, has serious domestic
 problems to solve. This has aIwayi : been the case and always will be
 Business, however, must go on Food ?. clothing and shelter must be providet : : under all circumstances. and whi1 Fl enterprise and new development hay, been te1nporariiy restrained the regu lar activities of life are going on nlucl as usual It must be remembers ! that the market has very literally dis 2 counted the unfavorable conditions 2 and in case of favorable developments ! we would see a general recovery fl 2 this market President Wilson, it i , to be noted. still insists at this writin l that our Government has not as ye
 declared war against Mexico. Never Q theless the outlook is far from cleal t and in view of our possibly driftin 6 into deeper affficultIes we repeat ou r former advice of caution in fnancIa = operations.
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