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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1924
Page
10
Wheat corn and oats jump above prior highs with strong demand and outside buying. Chicago cash and futures show gains led by wheat with notices of denser trade and firmer quotes across No 2 hard, corn and oats.
In Boston spot wools market quiet due to low stocks and high asking prices with year end slowdowns expected. in the West prices firmer with an estimated 70,000,000 pounds moving. Los Angeles cattle receipts 600 with unevenly weak demand. Spokane cattle 204 and hogs steady. Seattle stockyards see 4,400 hogs with tops near 10 cents and average 9.80 to 9.90.
Chicago December potato market shows slow trading and dull activity with 60 carloads received. United States ship ments total 473 cars. Minnesota round whites range 80 to 95 cents, some 90 cents, Red River oft quoted around 1.10 to 1.15, Wisconsin round whites 90 cents to higher, Idaho russets mostly frozen trading near 1.75 to 2.00 per cwt.
In Duluth on December flax prices for December at 2.84, January 2.86, May 2.89. In New York sugar futures close irregular with December 3.83 cents, January 3.14 cents, March 2.93 cents, May 3.01 cents.
Butter prices in Chicago on December 12 show creamery extras at 41 cents with standards at 39 to 40 cents and firsts at 35 to 36 cents per pound. Unsettled receipts total 1 713 cases with varied quotes for firsts and ordinary firsts, plus refer, extra and firsts in the 34 to 37 cent range.
Copper firm at 14 14 1/2 cents for spot and nearby and futures. Copper near 55.37 cents. Iron steady with no change. Lead firm at 9.25 dollars per ton. Zinc firm East St. Louis spot 7.30 cents and futures 7.30 7.32 cents. Antimony spot 14.37 cents.
Call money in New York remained steady at 3 percent with high and low at 3 percent and the closing bid 3 percent. Time loans showed mixed collateral for 60 to 90 days at 3 percent and four to six months also at 3 percent. Prime commercial paper stood at 3 percent.
Freight traffic stays at unprecedented highs as rail executives forecast 1925 record business. Stocks rally with Baltimore and Ohio hitting its best price since 1917 while Nickel Plate and Erie show strength. Submarine Boat orders for Peru and copper merger terms shift market expectations.
Hogs receipts 62 000 with firmness up to 10 cents. top hogs at 10 dollars. Cattle receipts 7 000 with dull trade and weak tendencies except select yearlings around 13 dollars. fat cows 3.75 to 4.75. Sheep receipts 12 000 fat lambs steady to 25 cents higher. feeding lambs 14.75 to 15.50. ewes 6.50 to 8.50.
Omaha market summary shows hog receipts 23000 with steady to 10c lower prices. top hog $9.55 and bulk $8.25 to $9.50. Cattle receipts 1650 with slow, weak to 25c lower bids. butcher cows $3 to $4, veal top $9.50. Sheep receipts 9000 with uneven but mostly steady values. lambs $14.75 to $15.40, native $14 to $14.50, feeders up to $14.60.
Cattle and calves steady with 100 receipts as 1 156 to 1 176 pound steers mainly 4.50 to 5.00 fat cattle. hogs 1 690 receipts steady with top and bulk good and choice at 9.50 to 10.50. calves 100 receipts active near 6.25 for 208 pound southwesterns. sheep and lambs steady to strong with 160 receipts.
Foreign exchange quotes show irregular activity with multiple currencies listed in cents. British, French, Italian and other European currencies appear with demand and cable figures, along with Argentina Brazil Japan and Montreal rates.
BAR SILVER. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Bar silver 68 3/4. Mexican dollars 53 1/2. LONDON, Dec. 12. Bar silver 33 1/4 to 33 1/2 per ounce. Money 2 1/2 percent.
Walton and Burt, convicts serving life terms, were hanged in a Washington prison after a spree of killings tied to their escape from San Quentin. Burt died at 5 06 am with physicians declaring him dead. Walton’s death followed earlier alleged thefts and a deputy sheriff shooting incident in Skane County.
Warren Pa December 12 The cross word puzzle has been adopted by patients at the State Hospital for the Insane at North Warren. Both men and women were said by officers to have passed hours poring over the black and white squares in newspapers. The new diversion has little effect on the patients' mental welfare according to officials.
South Fork resident Mrs. Eben Reighard reports relief from kidney ache after using Foley Pills. The advertisement claims Foley Pills gently flush and cleanse the kidneys, increasing activity and eliminating waste, urging readers to try a bottle.
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