The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-29
NEW YORK EXPERT
 REVIEWS SITUATION IN FINANCIAL WORLD
Boston & Maine Continues to Show Loss In Its
 Earnings.
oRarron Financial News.)

NBarron Financial NeWS.) New York, Aug, 2s-Boston S Malne scoatinues to lose in gross earnings as compared with last year In the third week in August. operating revenues Hell to about per cenf- unoeI 1yio- .,1s. For the first three weeks or tn1ss month the decline has been nore lnssn nan &2eoO0O or seven per cent below last wear William J. CunninghsIn, as sasistant professor of transportaf1on al H5arvard, has been appolnteds assestant to President Husts ana IS now t work helping the former to get a brrs<zn on the road s revenue ana op- Eeratin<r needs. When Harvard re- opens next month, Mr. Cunningham plans to devote alternate days to his t1a31rosd work He was associated { ssr0fth MT. Hustis when the latter was Ian charge of Boston & Albany ana iNew Eleven.
 F1axnings of the At1aptic, Gulf & IrWegt Indies Steamship Go. have been e,s,,s rather a. sad comparison with tlast year but they picked up a little lirs June This Is the first month Of s-fSf1e year to show a comparative gains ant5ssdts amounted to $s5000. This in l..resss, twas made in the face of a de4 cline in gross. showing that the man agernsnt has at last got a firm grip lon the operating expenses
 sz The annual report of the American Agrfcufeural Chemical. Go. for the year kended June 30, shows misunderstanding lprodts amounting to $3,866, ,874 against le4 0661zO in 1S1e Surplus after divi- Edends totaIled $1s s407, ,457. which Is equal Ito z.s on Nthe common stock, against 62s per- cent. in 1913 and 7.SS per cent dn 1912.
 Brasss manufacturers have been buy ling copper during the past fortnight lon a 19 1-7 cent 30-day basis Dehv- kaY-v has been chiefly for August and EEsza,s-,ie,r with a few inquiries for. tOctober Producers believe that they have the market well in hand and that kssecond a1aIrds'' and dealers have sold practically all of their stocks
 i IA II business in the United States has not been blfghted. by the hot breath : Eof the war god. The United States .bVroTsted co. continues to operate its kyarn mills night and day as it has all Eyear Since August the entire plant lsystern including worstedy and yarn In1ills, has gone <on full capacity. Prices have been up in syEpathy with the sadvarfce in wool The company Is t1ndersoood to be well covered In re- IKard to raw material
 Under the plan of readjustnent of Efer6d by the firm of s. H. PeM & Co., to it's creditors, those creditors hot members of the Cotton Exchange Twill receive series ss A, notes of the hzed for the full amount of their claims tota1ling $509, ,573 These "A'' notes are 10 be payable one-half in twelve,
 months and one-ha1f in twenty-four
  bear g. per cent interest.
 Cotton Exchange creditors. to whom as owed $1sT4O,OO0 will receive $550, GOO 4ara the series "Ap notes and the balance elm ser4es ssBr notes which, however, will be issued under the agreement Ethat neither principal nor interest shall be paid until the series "A'' notes have been retired.
 CHenry CIews.9
 There is much interest displayed in Eouth Anerfcan trade. Germany had developed an enormous commerce with Eouth America, which is entirely sus- pended There is no other nation at lpresent able to nil this vacancy bet 4er than the United States This fact Hs fully appreciated by naanufac- I9urers and exporters. Ample Aneri- kcan banking facilities have recently keen established with South America, and it so happens that there is no lack bof ships
 The west apparently feels the bt1si- mess depression less keenly than the least and reports from the agricuItur- ta1 sections are generally encourage 5 hing. Current railroad earnings are Ia1ot entirely satisfactory, but this was Ito be expected in view of the ennbar- sof the war. The retail trades in that section of the country however, ap- hoear to be fairly active for the req Ison that the consuming capacities of Hhe people have not yet been seriously Impaired
 must be the only policy to follow in iRll business affairs This country Twill weather the storm better than hny other, and when the strain is pass led we should be able to lead in real prosperity-