Show I Wall Street Briefs j I NEW NW YORK YORK Jan 26 AP AP new investment trusts seekIng large amounts of capital stock offerIngs this week totaled agaInst lat last wee week I The total now new stock offerings sInce January 1 has reached 28 compared with wih In the corresponding 1928 period Increase of manufactured manufacture products prod prod- nets to 70 per cent of the United States States' export trade was outstanding ing in this country's international business last year says James Janes A. A Farrell Farrel chairman of the national foreign trade council He has called cale the sixteenth national foreign foreign for for- eign trade convention to be held at Baltimore April Apri 17 18 and 19 all Wal street understands directors of Per Pere Marquette Railway company corn com pany at theIr meeting next month trill wi discuss an increase In the quarterly dividend dividend rate from to 2 Sylvester ester Roll Rol former secretary of the American legation at Stockholm Stock Stock- holm hoim Sweden has been appointed a Paris representative ot of the InduStrial Indus Indus- trial Acceptance corporation subsidIary sub sub- ry of the Industrial FInance corporation The rhe Pressed Presse Steel Car Car company has orders for tank cars from the North American Car company and for ore oro cars from the Utah Copper company Railway Ago Age re- re ports The Utah Copper company also als has ordered 22 air all dump cars flom Koppel IndustrIal Car Car Carand and Equipment company controlled by Pressed Steel Car company Western Vestern Oil Oi and Refining corn com pany reports Its is sales of gasoline In 1928 increased to gallons gal gal- Ions lons from gallons In 1927 a gaul gain of per pel cent Tho company corn com pany also sold last year of fuel fue oil oi gallons of kerosene and anel barrels of Diesel oil oi Bonds and notes of corporations falling taIng due iii hi February total 43 3 this month and ad in February 1928 Lito new financing Is e ei- ei to meet these maturities I |