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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
14
Chicago market reports a late drop in corn values as talk of Canada and New England reselling to the West unsettled buyers. January and May prices slide, oats retreat, provisions mixed, and hog futures aid but demand remains weak. Butter eggs and poultry notes appear alongside.
Minneapolis grain report for December 19 lists wheat receipts at 297 cars versus 517 a year ago. Cash prices: No 1 northern wheat 3.10 to 3.30, No 3 yellow corn 1.50 to 1.52, No 3 oats 0.52 to 0.58, flax 5.00 to 5.10, flour unchanged. Shipments total 60 Barrett 697 barrels.
Chicago livestock market reports hog receipts of 35 000 with most hog prices 10 cents higher and carcass ranges at 13 50 to 14 15. Cattle receipts 8 000 with a steady trade. beef steers 8 35 to 20. veal calves 15 25 to 16. Sheep receipts 7 000 and market firm with lambs 15 to 17 10 and ewes 7 75 to 10 9.
Omaha market notes show cattle receipts at 2,500 with beef steers varying from 6.50 to 18.25 for different grades and weights. Hogs steady to higher with top bids near 123.80 and midpoints 13.35 to 13.70 for various weights. Sheep receipts reach 4,000 with lambs and yearlings steady and ewes priced between 8.25 and 9.50.
South St Paul December 19 hog receipts 5600 market steady with fat hogs at 12.50 to 13.70 bulk 13.65 to 13.70. Calves steady with fat steer 6.25 to 17.50 cows and heifers 6 to 11.25 calves 5.25 to 5.25 stockers 5.25 to 12. Sheep receipts 3000 market steady lambs 7.41 to 6.59? wethers 8 to 11.25 ewes 2 to 9. (Note: OCR garbled values adjusted for readability)
Mercantile paper unchanged as demand for sterling is 2 3 4 and cables 3 7 5. Francs demand 11 05 cables 11. Guilders 36 and 27 cables 27 Lire 13 20 cables 13 15 Marks demand 20 4 cables 20 6 Time loans strong and unchanged Call money easy at 6 percent high and ruling rate 6 percent closing bid 7 percent offered at and last loan 8 percent
Liberty bond prices at 2 55 p m show 2s 98 98 for first 48 93 28 for second 4m 91 38 first 4 93 40 second 7a 91 58 third 4 92 60 fourth 45 91 54 Victory 3s 98 92 Victory 4s 98 92
Bar silver in New York remained at 1.32 dollars per ounce with Mexican dollars at 1.01 percent. In London on December 19 the bar silver price was unchanged as were money and discount rates.
New York December 19 copper iron and antimony unchanged while ad spot and January sit at 7.30 to 7.40 cents zinc holds at 8.20 to 8.30 dollars per hundredweight.
Westbound trains through Butte arrived late yesterday with Burlington No. 41 at 1 30 p m six hours eight minutes late Milwaukee through trains Nos 16 17 16 and 18 arrived at 1 3 25 and on time Northern Pacific No 4 lagged four hours eight minutes delaying local No 223 from Lom a until 5 45 p m
Oils, motors, steels and equipment posted extreme gains as 1,125,000 shares traded. Mexican and Pan American Petroleum led activity amid merger plans while steel issues rose on favorable trade, with continued easy call money and stable foreign exchange supporting confidence.
Davis-Daly Copper featured in yesterday's Boston Stock Exchange copper trading with 4520 shares. Price moved from 12.75 to a high of 13.25 before settling near 13.25 as ore developments at the Colorado mine suggested rising copper values and higher silver content. Cascade Silver rose to 1.00 on the Boston curb amid broader metal strength as November bullion output climbed by 12,950.14.
The New York market showed steel shares leading gains with Republic rising to 115 and United States Steel near 105. Mexican Petroleum and Pan-American climbed strongly in oil, while Southern Pacific touched 103 and copper rallied late. The sector remains hopeful for a stronger year ahead as money stays firm.
Heilbronner Company notes private banking sources predicting the greatest construction activity in history for 1920 and 1921 as expansion plans for domestic and foreign trade proceed despite uncertainties. Gold exports to neutral countries spark hopes of a large US South American business interchange. London and commodity markets show mixed moves with steel demand driving holiday suspensions and lead prices rising.
A satirical piece notes a cow that consumed dynamite worth about $44 and caused a scene in Willard, Walsh, as Congress debated a weightier bill. The absurd tale claims the cow’s fate poisoned rather than exploded, rattling the House of Representatives.
Paris reports Mont Faucon hill in the Argonne, where hundreds of American graves lie from September and October 1918 battles, could be designated an historical monument by the French government. The surrounding ruins of the village may be preserved to honor American sacrifice.
The Broadway theater invites patrons to join a mailing list for upcoming road attractions. Send name and address to the publicity bureau to receive current attraction notices and early seat opportunities.
The skirt of the pipes opens at the Pantages today featuring seven Glasgow Maids with four pipers two drummers and a drum major. They perform pipe and drum solos highland dancing and song. Also on the bill are ventriloquist Great Howard famed for contributing a WWI song and two wounded-soldier dummies in a front tent. The Chung Hwa Four Henry and Adelaide Fiske and Fallon and the Four Mellos join the program.
Judge Jackson grants Marie Kirklar and John Kirklar a divorce after a hearing last Saturday. Frances Kobe files for divorce from John Kobe on cruelty grounds in a complaint dated yesterday.
Sessue Hayakawa introduces a Japanese musical motif on the siren horn of his tour car. He says the theme is a fragment from an ancient Japanese melody written by Temmu in the seventh century and still sung in Japan while “The Man Beneath” screens at the Ansonia theater.
James L. Bruce resigns as general manager effective December 31 and will remain in a consulting role. Charles Bocking, assistant general manager for seven years, is named his successor. J. V. Daveler becomes general superintendent as the firm continues operations amid a strong metal market.
Read the stars for news on business luck Publicity boosts for newspapers and promotions for army and navy Officials and engineers find favor in 1919 plans Building and invention projects look strong The era returns to stable public ideals with cautious progress Women gain business and professional opportunities Children born this war era show vitality but face obstacles Health cautions for winter Readers urged to shop wisely through ads
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