Show 1 I. I BUSINESS BAROMETER I American Smelting and aud Refining toda today reduced price o of lead from 7 to Hie Colorado Fuel and Iron Irn has bas declared r reg reg- reg g. g ular quarterly dividend of 75 76 cents cent on oa on common com corn mon and 2 on preferred dates date November 20 a and d October 30 Arthur Arthur Thomas Thoma of the firm of Dem De srn Thomas Thoma today returned from Los Angeles where he has be been n In charge of the coast coat office Mr Dern now Is In charge th there re and nd probably will wi rema remain n during ur ng the winter Shipping board asks uk bids for supplying gallons of lubricating oils for use of owned and Controlled merchant merchant merchant mer mer- I chant ships Chips for year beginning November November Novem Novem- November I ber 24 1 German Geiman trade trado balance at last lut shows ex excess ex- ex rca cess ces of exports over Imports Import a in April and end May day the first reversal since the armistice of heavy adverse balances balance More than l have been repaired and restored to service by the New ork Central In the last lut eight months the large Urge number nuber of big wells wels brought in In southern Mexican fields field this I pro progress ress Is being beng watched with m Interest nt and s their by operators Good results resul may result In shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments ments even exceeding September total of barrels Mexican oil 01 is urgently needed b by by American refiners who imported im Im- Irn- Irn ported approximately barrels in August alone y v 5 7 f Standard Oil OH of New 01 company Jersey on Saturday launched the first of the fleet of seventeen ovean ovea going tankers It Is la build build- ing tea The new boats wi aggregate deadweight tons costing about This tanker building program was one of the the- the prime reasons for the sale of rOO p preferred last lat April |