Show I F FINANCIAL and I COMMERCIAL i BY nr THOMAS C. C New W York Dec 14 The Tho The Standard OH OIl 01 I company pays lY HH its IH quarterly rl dl dividend and following the tho tUne tUne- tomorrow trl honored practices of tho the company tho the I I afternoon afternoon after after- stock market was waR broken this noon to l let t shareholders reinvest cst t dividend dl money to advantage StocKs weak In the midst I closed excited and Ind down about of ot a raid that carried them two points In the active Issues s Smelters were us used cd to break brenk tho time list ss In this stock Is well wel understood understood under under- I stood In Wall street but the tho public discussion seems to understand t It thor- thor I I It Is duo due to the fact that th time tho decline In I sliver silver metal metHI has huts forced forcell tin the tw closing dosing of ot sl er many mines In tie the West Nt I the tho season of or repairing and andI I painting t In factories Is ended for th this thin 11 I panic and the the lead trust has hns ceased to tobe i be le a gold Kold mine The Tho rl right ht people In I smelters are out of th 04 stock and will not repurchase until unU It I roaches reaches a n level considerably lower than titan that touched i In tho the raid of or today Time The Gu Guggenheim Iare i iare are not mint being hurt In iii this tiis decline so s that weakness of or smelters Is 18 not hOt a abear abear bear henr argument on al any of their pd l- l ties I i Sout Southern Pacific rose to a a now new high I figure figaro in expectation of ot an art early nn- nn I of or conversions of ot preferred I stock Those advances In stocks owned by the time Union Pacific treasury are arc Increasing in increasing In In- creasing the tho cash cast assets of tho the Union Pacific at a n surprising rate The They are arc winding up the mainspring under tinder the time wIndinG parent stock for another sharp advance ad- ad vance and Union Pacific must be bo the te leader of all al Its Is children I Southern Pacific preferred l an and common cornmon com com- mon are selling at ot about th tho samo I price when time the dividends that are arc about to be counted off are t figured In Tho movement In tho the Harriman Is Issues Issues issues Is- Is sues were helped by hy tho thio decision of or orthe the United States Supreme court that need neld not answer questions question asked cd him by the Interstate Commerce commission According to tho the decision thc tho questions can be asked asket in way and tho the answers forced but bUl the time I whole proceeding will wi have havo to bo hc begun I anew It I is barely possible that the tho I government may ri-may abandon its present milt and start again on complaint of or some somo stockholders The trouble about this however Is s that harriman Is making stockholders so 0 much money tl that tuat lt they do 10 not have havo tho the heart to tomake tomake tomake make complaint Goldfeld and Cobalt Cobal stocks stock were the tle shon strong features London was Irr Irregular In tho time American Amen Ameri can cnn department but Harriman thares w were ro a 0 strong feature In Iii 11 tho Street Number of shares sold today was o against a a year yeat a ago o. o Par value of bonds sold Hol today against a year yeat ago Tho TIme activity act ly of or smelt smelters smelters' rs' rs downward path mth toda today attracted acted much attention but it was sas noticed that tho the helms were not nol worried Several members members mem mom bers hers of lime his hiJ family are arc lending money moncy In tho the street and scout eem ceJ to bo he more mor prosperous prosperos than for years There H is isa II Ha a I circumstantial evidence at least that they thoy have lae l lightened their load of smelters smelters very materially and that they are putting their surplus mono money into luto International Pump The Supreme court of British Columbia Column Colum bla bia has rendered a decision In favor of or F. F Augustus In 11 the Ill litigation aton ho he has had regarding several million acres of or land The Time court holds that that this land an Is not taxable until 1912 and ant Heinze Is not compelled to finance It I until then The Tle Standard Oil 01 interests sat up today toda and took notice when the they heard this report from British Columbia Columbia Ua 0 of r I Quotations received over private wire of ot James A. A Pollock Co bankers and brokers 6 G West Second South street I II H. I L. L L I Ci Sales alo An C. C F. F IS G I 6 Am m Smelting SR 8 S Sil Sill SHI Am Loco 55 tiiu m. SUI Sugar ar 13 ma Amal Cop SH Si 11 82 81 Cup CUI 41 41 2100 Atchison on 9 61 1201 I I n. n and O. O Ut JOO 1001 1114 Ut 2200 OO Brooklyn n. n T. T t WO Canadian I Cues Cheer and r 59 8 n. n s 91 I If f 1 M and St. St P. P 1 l 1517 l I Cole Colo F F. F and L I. 40 O 9 19 39 2000 Con Comm Gas Gns ti 1 Erie 35 30 U I Great Northern 1 15 6 14 1 U 11 Illinois Central I HG 1464 2200 tO Lou and Nash ush 1 12 1232 00 I Missouri Pacific 65 I K and T. T 3 S 59 9 I. I 11 do K preferred 7 1 72 72 7 I I N. N 10 Y V. Central 1 24 1203 IWa 3 IO N. N Y 1 O O. and W. W 47 IG 2300 Nor and West I National Lead Led S1 SU 79 79 SOA I Northern Norther Pacific 1131 1424 1123 1121 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 10 U. U 1000 Peoples People's Gas 10 1005 1600 Reading 1 79 OO Rock Island 2 2311 24 1700 do preferred GO 60 I Rep 1 antI and S. S S. S 27 1810 1800 Southern I 23 25 5 Southern Souther 1208 10 1203 Union 14 18 1823 6 1831 U. U S. S Steel SiA 51 5 U do preferred 1 1131 12 1124 l 1121 a Utah 10 Copper a 6 1000 I Tenn fena Copper ill IH Hi 90 I 64 G 6 6 I OO Total Tota sales Jalcs 1068 Money p 3 1 I |