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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
12
Chicago market notes opening corn prices largely unchanged to down 2½c, with September near 1.68 to 1.69 and December 1.54 to 1.54½. Close remains unsettled, with September 1.69½ to 1.69¾ and December 1.56 to 1.57. Oats and oats markets ease. provisions lower. Cash quotations show red seed and various grain prices, pork, lard, and ribs listed with modest declines.
July 1 report notes high call money had limited impact with gains in equipment and steel stocks. Vanadium and United States Steel led, while American Express rally faded. Copper and rails showed firmness, and sentiment hints at improving money conditions in July and August amid heavy British obligations in San Francisco.
Livestock receipts in Chicago on July 1 show cattle strong with top beef at 16.30 and bulk 13.16, hogs down 35 to 40 cents with top 16.25, sheep very slow with native lambs to 15 and bulk 5.50 to 6.50. Omaha reports cattle steady to strong with best yearlings 16.25 and heavy steers 15.85, hogs unevenly 15 to 35 cents lower with top 15.65 and bulk 14.15, sheep 50 cents to 1 dollar lower including native lambs 14 and feeders steady.
A seasoned Wall Street observer predicts money will ease by mid September as grain harvests complete. He says credit glut could make current prices for standard investment securities appear cheap, with commercial liquidation and Anglo French loan readjustments aiding relief.
Optimistic reports say food crop prospects no longer justify earlier pessimism. Weak hands hold no large volume of speculative securities. Yields for winter and spring crops look favorable in the United States and Canada as June brought adequate moisture. The question now is crop marketing and financing movements as government guarantees end. A vice president of a major industrial firm notes improved labor attitudes in three months, with job-loss rates falling from 15.3 to 2.6 percent per year due to shifts in employment quality.
If July 1 payments for interest and dividends fail to return to banks in expected amounts, the rally may be delayed until funds flow back or are sourced from another quarter.
The New York Stock Exchange opened with a subdued tone as the upcoming holiday and tighter credit restrained activity. About 250000 shares changed hands as Cruci ble Steels price briefly rose two points before retreating. Call money climbed from 10 to 12 percent, shaping a cautious session through mid morning.
New York money markets show mercantile paper at 7 to 8 percent, sterling 60 day bills at 3.89 percent, commercial 60 day bills at 3.89 percent, and demand cables around 3.94 percent. Time loans are strong, call money ranges high then 14 percent, bank acceptances at 6 percent, and government bonds and railroads firm amid Montreal exchange discount.
Copper dull at 19 cents spot and third quarter. Iron steady. Tin firm with July at 49.50 and August at 48. Antimony at 7.50. Zinc firm, spot and July offered 10 cents. East St. Louis spot 7.30 cents.
Market reports show New York fixing domestic bar silver at 99.9 percent and foreign at 90.14 cents per ounce. Mexican dollar values quoted at 67 1/4 cents. In London the bar silver price is not quoted with money rates around 6 percent and discount rates for short and three month bills near 6 1/8 to 6 1/16 percent.
Astrological reading for the day warns Saturn and Mars adverse while Jupiter aids business. The piece foresees higher mortality among the aged this summer, with a sense of national change by fall elections and stock market upticks. It notes construction focus and potential new inventions, plus cautions on epidemics and stressed hospitals.
Raw sugar centrifugal sells at 18.3 le Refined fine granulated ranges between 22 and 24 cents, reflecting market movement.
Girls from New York participate in cage ball practice led by Dr. Emmett D. Angel, the play specialist who devised the game. They learn rules, safe play, and teamwork as they train with enthusiasm.
The Boston and Montana Development Co plans a 51 mile power line from the Elkhorn district mine to Butte, delivering 1500 horsepower to the plant. Surveying starts now, with material at the property. Ore reserves are expanding, plant construction progresses, and shipments have been limited to test metal content.
Mines and mining report notes the Montana Idaho company at Adair has reached 6800 feet in its mountain drive with 3000 feet to go under the Monitor shaft. The mine runs two shifts and advances 9 to 10 feet daily, with ground good and timbering minimal. The piece also covers cobalt and nickel outputs, Mayflower vein development, and the Gold Field Development plant expansion, plus renewed activity at Goldfield and Silver Pick leases.
A long list of Sweet Grass county residents including Dr. and Mrs. L W Baskett Mr and Mrs KE Pat Kelley Mrs Lew Webb and others joined divers from the county at Livingston for festive events. The report highlights community attendance from Big Timber and surrounding areas.
The community hosted a varied sequence of social events as Hunters Hot Springs was given for the American Legion. Mrs. Martin Crest entertained the Pythian Sisters at her ranch on the Boulder river eight mile bridge with a luncheon after a pleasant meeting. A party including Mr. and Mrs. Baker Chase and others spent Sunday above the natural bridge. Mabel Busha arrived from Rock Island for a short visit before heading to Billings for a stenographer job. Joe Chase hosted a fish breakfast on upper McLeod street. Auction bridge was played at five tables after informal hosting by C. F. Ullman. T K Baker also entertained with dinner for twelve. E R Patterson, C N Skillman and C T Busha joined Legion crowds in Livingston. Karl MacHaffey visits from St Louis with the Claiborn family. Neighborhood club farewelled with luncheon as Roecher house occupancy shifted to the McKenzie residence tonight.
Notice from the Billings land office, via Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, grants extended payment deadlines to 1921 anniversaries due to three years of adverse conditions. A joint Billings committee plans a house to house canvass with the aim of stockpiling coal to prevent next winter shortages. Organizations include the Billings Commercial Club, Young Men's Club, Billings Woman's Club and Rotary Club. The 1920 Midland Empire Fair premium list totals $16,000 in awards with 2,500 copies to be mailed to prospective exhibitors.
Judge Roy K E Ayers expects to finalize contracts today with landowners in Grass Range and leaders of a large eastern oil company and a Pennsylvania drilling concern to begin drilling immediately. The Edison party will release details after signing. Also, Mrs. Alice Wight buys Grass Range hotel to run it. George Thompson Musselshell Valley Oil returns from hospital after spotted fever scare. Capt J M Croft’s Beachland home struck by lightning, likely insured. W G Bennett assumes control of Great Northern Milwaukee joint office at Hanover as Three Forks cement and gypsum shipments rise. Elks band to Thermopolis Friday for engagement.
The Lewistown realty board, after sponsoring a plan to build a tourist camping ground in a city park, returned with picks and shovels to prepare the Von Tobel estate for a first class camp ground, despite prior resident opposition.
A Chicago jeweler with fifty years in business asserts diamonds are the best investment. He notes diamonds have steadily risen in value, with only temporary slowdowns during hard times, and predicts ongoing price increases until a peak beyond the reach of all but the very wealthy.
In London an American whiskey complaint claims the liquor makes the legs drunk while the head remains clear, an alibi that failed as the defendant was fined.
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