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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1924
Page
12
Wheat futures fell amid heavy selling led by a prominent market house, with May and July contracts down and a broad slide across corn oats and provisions. Visible grain supply changes and slower export demand weighed on sentiment, though some rallies followed during the session.
Stock prices opened firm as call money jumped to 4 percent after a 3 percent peak. General Electric surged to a record 296, with the Downgrade in several industrials and mixed results in United States Steel Studebaker and American Can.
Chicago butter prices hold steady with creamery extras at 49.0 cents and firsts around 39.0, eggs steady at 50.4 cents. New York sugar moves lower with refined prices from 7.16 to 7.30 cents per pound and futures easing to 3.35 cents for December and 2.91 cents for January.
Potatoes receipts total 333 cars for Saturday and 19 for Sunday as market remains firm. Wisconsin sacked no whites mostly 1.05 to 1.15 dollars with limited offerings at higher prices. bulk buyers show stronger bids amid cold weather.
Copper markets show firmness with electrolytic copper rising in New York spot and nearby futures. No. 1 northern and No. 2 northern prices listed, with specific dollar figures noted, while London shows spot and futures levels for copper in pounds and shillings.
The report notes General Electric stock moved from 281 to 296 amid copper gains sparked by Andes Copper bond issuance. It also cites Meantime industry moves, bondholder correspondence, and 1925 earnings expectations across Central Leather, Tintic Standard, Superior Copper, Calumet & Hecla, American Locomotive, Silver King Coalition Mines, and other firms with brief investor-focused updates.
Call money was strong with high 4 and low 3 as the ruling rate 3. Closing bids stood at 4 with offers at 4. Last loan noted at 4 and call loans against acceptances at 2. Time loans firm with collateral mix for 60 to 90 days at 3% to 3.25%. Four to six months at 3% to 4%. Prime commercial paper quoted at 3.4% to 3% with 3% central rate.
Bar silver in New York at 67 and Mexican dollars at 52. London quotes bar silver at 32 pence per ounce and money at 2 percent.
Hogs 72,000 head uneven gains to 100 higher with hogs topping at 10.40. cattle 20,000 head active and higher with fat cattle up to 11.00 and yearlings around 9.50 to 10.50. sheep 18,000 head active with fat lambs 25 to 50 cents higher and top near 16.10.
Cattle and calves held near steady with minor gains 25 cents. Receipts total 1,355 head with steers priced from 5 to 8.25 dollars depending on grade, cows from 1.5 to 5.50, and calves trading around 4 to 9.75 dollars. Hogs up to 9.50, lambs mixed with light weights around 12.50, heavy weights 10.50 to 12.50, and ewes 5 to 8 dollars.
Spokane ranchers and buyers track cattle receipts of 130 as markets show prime steers at 6.75 to 7.25 per unit, good to choice 6.50 to 8.50, medium to good 6.25 to 6.76, and canners 1.50 to 2.50. cows and heifers range 4.25 to 5.25 for good to choice.
Hogs receipts 14000 mostly 5 to 10 cents higher with top around 10 dollars. Cattle 6500 active with fed steers and yearlings up 10 to 15 cents. Canners, cutters and cows seen at 2.35 to 6.00, beef natives 3.50, veal top 9.50, sheep and lambs higher with lambs to 16.85 and feeders rising.
Los Angeles reports cattle receipts near 1000 with steady to higher calf values and hogs up to 50 cents, while sheep rise modestly as California lambs fetch around 14 dollars and heavy wooled weights reach 15 dollars. Denver sees higher hogs and cattle activity with stockers and feeders rising to about 4.50 to 6.75 for calves and cows around 4.85.
Market quotations show 110 cattle, 400 hogs, 4 240 sheep. All top hogs sold for 10 cents. Cattle were steady with choice steers around 8. Ady reports the day’s volumes and prices at the Seattle stockyards.
The American Brass company raises brass copper and seamless brass tubes by four tenths of a cent per pound, signaling a price advance in New York trading on December 22.
Berlin reports a government push to reduce living costs by boosting business. Rail freight on state railways drops 10 percent and coal prices fall 8 to 10 percent. Next steps include lower post office money transmission charges and relaxed banking and foreign exchange rules.
A French millionaire in Scotland last fall ran low on shells. His secretary flew to Paris to buy more, paying $1.10 for each shell upon return.
London marks the end of an era as the last horse drawn prison van, the Black Maria No. 20, is scrapped in favor of motor vans. The 1838 design carried 12 cells, a matron, a sergeant, and a driver, and drew crowds with its imposing, slow pace. Rumors say it may join Scotland Yard’s Black Museum or be sold to a buyer who plans to convert the vehicle into a caravan.
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