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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
14
Chicago traders report active commission house demand for corn with scarce selling, pushing July to 1.72% 1.73 and September to 1.58% 1.59 before close. Gains spread to oats while soy and wheat export news buoyed sentiment. lard remains weak and cash quotations show No 2 red wheat at 2.90 and corn at 1.92 1.93.
Wheat receipts reached 179 cars, up from 63 a year ago. Cash prices list No 1 northern wheat at 2.95 to 3.10, corn No 3 yellow at 1.83 to 1.84, oats No 3 white at 1.03 to 1.05, barley at 1.26 to 1.61, rye No 2 at 2.10 to 2.11, flax No 1 at 4.05 to 4.10. Flour unchanged. shipments total 46,123 barrels and bran at 53.
Cattle receipts 4000 head with beef steers and stockers up 25 cents. Yearlings and heavy steers 12.50 to 14.50, top vealers 15.25. Hogs receipts 16000 with higher prices. top 14.85, bulk 14.65 to 14.85. Sheep receipts 12000, market slow, good 90 pound lambs 15.25, ewes to 10.50.
Spokane reports mixed livestock prices with prime sections at 12 to 14.50 for steers and heifers, and hogs trading around 12 to 15. Market shows steady tone across prime, good, and fair categories. Lambs and yearlings cited with prices near 10 to 13.50, reflecting thin receipts and stable demand.
South St. Paul June 2 hog receipts 15000 market steady to the lower bulk $13.90 with range $13.80 to 14. Calves strong about $5.50 to 13.25. Cattle receipts 3000 fat steers $7 to 13.25 cows and heifers $7 to 12.25 stockers and feeders strong. Sheep receipts 200 lambs $8 to 16 wethers $7 to 12 ewes.
Omaha June 2 hog receipts around 200 with market active and gains to 25 cents. Prices shown at 13.80 top, bulk 13.20 to 13.50. Cattle receipts about 4000 with beef steers and butcher stock up 25 to 50 cents, tops at 14 for heavies, yearlings 13.85. Veal stockers and feeders strong. Sheep receipts about 3000 with California spring lambs at 17 and clipped lambs 15.70.
New York on June 2 reports copper steady at 19.19 1/2 cents for electrolytic spot and near months. Lead quiet with spot around 8.80 cents, zinc bid 7.54 cents asked 7.75 cents. Market shows unchanged for June and July copper, with spot zinc and lead activity limited.
New York securities faced selling pressure as money rates rose to 8 percent for call loans, damping trading but sparking an irregular rally in oils and certain steel and textile issues. By midday call money eased to 7 percent, aiding a modest rebound while rails and investment shares stayed uneven.
The Heilbronner Company reports stronger foreign exchange and easier call money lifted initial quotes from 8 to 6 percent, sparking a broad rally. Steel showed minor gains, rails gained in low-priced issues, and several prominent names rose while copper and certain stocks lagged. Grain outlook remained weak with corn at 62.4 versus 78.5, amid late planting and weather worries. experts forecast higher prices as retail stocks advance and confidence returns.
An agricul tural appropriation bill clerical error may keep the New York cotton exchange closed until contractual issues are settled. Wilson signed the bill with an amendment the exchange expected removal of. American Beet Sugar declares regular $1.50 on preferred stock payable July 1. Rediscount rate increases by the Federal Reserve banks sparked a stock market decline from one to over three points, with a suspected professional raid. Oil, rail, metal, and equipment sectors faced low prices, while bankers in Kansas City and Dallas pushed loan contractions.
Confidence returns to small-scale securities purchases as odd-lot trading last week reveals a surge of buying orders. Purchases outpaced sales by about 130 percent, and the number of buyers exceeded sellers by roughly 85 percent, signaling renewed demand.
It notes a sharp drop in leather shipments from Argentina may have lowered American demand for South American hides and strengthened the U S trade balance with those nations, reducing our gold obligations.
Firms find it hard to forecast future conditions due to rail road congestion, significant cotton goods imports, and uncertain production volume in the warm months, creating a cautious business climate.
European crops show promise yet face risk from wartime disruption. Russia previously supplied a large share of Western Europe’s wheat imports, and there appears to be little prospect of renewed shipments from that source.
The article lists improving money conditions, mid year investment demand, a better crop outlook, railrod developments, the Republican convention, and stronger general market technique as factors likely to favor improvement in the stock market over the next 66 days.
Investors heavily bid railway equipment shares amid belief that domestic demand will attract sizable foreign purchases later, sustaining high activity for years. This optimism hinges on expected orders and extended production timelines, signaling a prolonged market upswing in the sector.
The article notes unusually moist soil across the country raising expectations of large harvests. The assurance is that this moisture should safeguard crops against drought, a condition highlighted as especially pronounced east of the Mississippi River.
There is a belief in well-informed quarters that most price cuts in mercantile lines so far will not be followed by significant reductions soon. It is insisted that essentials cannot be reduced in the near term.
Mercantile paper yields 7 percent irregular. Sterling rates steady with small weakness. New York exchange and bills quoted with slight discounts. Mines and mining discuss Montana manganese production in 1919 and a revival in 1920, plus lead market trends, Nabob Consolidated ore shipments, and Utah-Boston Development's New England mine purchase in Bingham Utah. New York sugar prices steady with raw at 20.80 and refined at 21.50 to 26.50 cents.
In New York on June 2 bar silver, silver dollars and Mexican dollars traded at around 75 percent of value.
The June 3 1920 horoscope predicts a lucky day with Saturn and Uranus in benefic aspect. Old counsel will be respected while conservative advice prevails and progressive ideas face reaction from traditional forces. Agriculturists may profit through good crops and marketing while heat and sanitation concerns rise.
Liberty county drouth relief bonds fail to attract bids as officials announce no sale. A shooting near Edwards leaves rancher Amer Peterson dead and neighbor Herschel Carmichael jailed in Jordan. Geyser enters county seat race for Judith Basin, with Stanford Hobson Windham Moccasin as leading contenders and Aug. 24 election date.
Delegates from Big Timber and Bozeman banks attended the Bankers' convention at Hunters Hot Springs with about 225 participants. The event featured speeches by A Meliver and D V Higbie of the Scandinavian Bank and included a welcome address and county report. Dancing in hotel rooms followed the program.
Attendees from Big Timber included Commercial and Scandinavian banks with Presidents A H Arneson and A V Melvor, plus several family members and staff. Mrs D V Higbie and her mother planned two weeks in Bozeman. American Legion dance delighted guests though turnout lagged due to weather and road conditions. Families and travelers visited Hunter's Hot Springs after Memorial Day exercises. Gladys Lynn welcomed her mother visiting from Iowa en route to Seattle. she teaches a kindergarten class in the city.
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