STOCK LIST AND PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS IN 1914-Continued. New York Dock... New York Dock pfd. New York, New Haven & Hartford. New York, Ontario & Western.. New York State Railways. Norfolk Southern... Norfolk & Western. Norfolk & Western pfd.. North American.. Northern Pacific. Ontario Mining. Pacific Mall. Pacific Tel. & Tel. Pacific Tel. & Tel. pfd. Pennsylvania R. R.. People's Gas Light & Coke. P. Lorillard pfd Philadelphia Company. Pitts., Cinc., Chic. & St. L. Pitts., Cinc., Chic. & St. L pfd. Pittsburgh Coal. 28,104,600 Pittsburgh Coal pfd. 27,071,800 19,337,000 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago. 72,150,585 1 Pullman... 120,000,000 2 Sept. 30, 1914 114 Nov. 16, 1914 159 Dec. 16, 1914 46 Nov. 25, 1914 104% 96 107 15112 263 Quicksilver. 5,708,700 2% Quicksilver pfd. 4,291,300 June 1, 1903 4 1 Railway Steel Spring... Railway Steel Spring pfd. 13,500,000 6,901,000 14 Ray Consolidated Copper. 14,544,040 2,860,500 370. Reading.. 70,000,000 June 30, 1914 224 164 Nov. 12, 1914 172 137 Reading 1st pfd. 28,000,000 98,857,000 Dec. 10, 1914 89% 87 1 Oct. 8, 1914 93 82 Republic Iron & Steel.. 27,191,000 27 Republic Iron & Steel pfd. 25,000,000 14,272,000 184 1% July Rock Island.. 90,888,202 16% Rock Island pfd.. 49,947,450 Rumely (M.). 10,908,300 Rumely (M.) pfd. 10,000,000 Rutland pfd. 9,257,000 11,814,000 1 Nov. 1, 1905 11 Mar. 15, 1913 1% Apr. 1, 1913 41 1 Apr. 15, 1908| 25 13 18 61/12 20% St. Louis & San Francisco. St Louis & San Francisco 1st pfd. St. Louis & San Francisco 2d pfd. 16,000,000 180,135,492 St. Louis & S. F., C. & E. I. stk. ctfs. Apr. 1, 1913 101 4 St. Louis Southwestern.. 16,356,100 26 17 St. Louis Southwestern pfd. 19,893,650 65% 36 Seaboard Air Line. 37,019,400 . Seaboard Air Line pfd. 23,894,100 45,375,900 22% 15 1 Sears-Roebuck. Sears-Roebuck pfd. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron. S1 83-Sheffield Steel & Iron pfd. Southern Pacific.. 40,000.000 272,672,405 4,600,000 6,691,500 27,931,600 12.180.000} 5,000,000 60,000,000 5,670,200 2 Studebaker.. Studebaker pfd. 6,800,000 Tennessee Copper. 1,000,000 Texas Company. 30,000,000 15,000,000 24 Sept. 30, 1914 149% 112 Texas Pacific Land Trust. Texas & Pacific. 38,763,810 54,952,011 174 12 Third Avenue Rallway. 16,590,000 43,326,000 454 33 Toledo, St. Louis & Western. 10,000,000 Toledo, St. Louis & Western pfd. 28,027,000 124 5 10.000.000 Twin City Rapid Transit.. 20,100,000 Oct. 16, 1911 23 11⁄2 Oct. 1, 1914 108% 914 Twin City Rapid Transit pfd. 3,000,000 19,888,000 94% Underwood Typewriter.. 8,500,000 Underwood Typewriter pfd. 4,600,000 109 7344 105 Union Bag & Paper.. Union Bag & Paper pfd. 11,000,000 Union Pacific. Union Pacific pfd. United Cigar Mfrs. United Cigar Mfrs. pfd. 1 Oct. 15, 1912 32 18 2 Oct. 1, 1914 164% 2 Oct. 1, 1914 86 112 78 912 7/2 441/6 YEARLY FAILURES. Year. No. Liabilities. 1873... 5,183 $228,499,900 1874... 5,830 155,239,000 1875.. 7,740 201,000,000 1876... 9,092 191,117,000 1877... 8,872 190,669,936 1878... 10,478 234,383,132 1879... 6.658 98,149,053 1880... 4,735 65,752,000 1881... 5,582 81,155,932 1882... 6,738 101.547,564 1883.. 9,184 172,874,172 1884... 10,968 226,343,427 1885... 10,637 124,220,321 1886.. 9,834 114,644,119 1887... 9,634 167,560.944 1888.. 10,679 128,829,973 1889.. 10,882 148,784,337 COMPARATIVE WHOLESALE PRICES OF COMMODITIES. THE following table from "Bradstreet's Journal" shows average ruling prices for 106 commodities In the United States at various periods from 1900 to 1914: KIND OF FOOD. Protein. Fat. The figures for 1913 are based on the numbers ruling on the first of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and Nove:nber. COEFFICIENTS OF DIGESTIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF ENERGY OF DIFFERENT CROUPS OF FOODS. LENGTH OF TIME DIFFERENT FOODS REMAIN IN THE STOMACH. 92 98 98 90 95 91 90 90 88 90 97 92 95 97 91 LIFE INSURANCE STATISTICS. CONDITION OF REGULAR LEGAL RESERVE COMPANIES JANUARY 1, 1914, 260 $4,658,696,337 $714,809,356 8945,586,094 $469,588,123 $660,543,078 7,965,298 $3,399,932,009|38,206,394 820,564,469,945 CONDITION AND BUSINESS OF ASSESSMENT COMPANIES AND ORDERS. 605 $195,233,230 $158,447,912 $152,647,267 $105,919,89% $129,767,124 $1,750,000 $1,169,423,196 8,788,676 10,022,977,940 Including industrial policies. † Estimated. The returns of life insurance in the first three tables were compiled from The Insurance YearBook, published by The Spectator Company. INCOME AND DISBURSEMENTS. The following table shows the receipts and disbursements of the "old-line" life insurance companies reporting to the New York Insurance Department. ASSETS OF AND AMOUNT INSURED BY THE PRINCIPAL AMERICAN COMPANIES Insurance in force, United States (including assessment insurance), $30,826,274,495; Great Britain, 85,870,212,000 ; Germany, $2,810,346,000; France. $762,300,000; Austria, $1,012,340,000; Scandinavia, $350,000,000; Switzerland, $273,796,800; Russia, $450,000,000; Japan, $259,083,754. Regarding European countries the foregoing are the latest returns, but amounts in force may have been affected by the war. |