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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
14
Chicago June 17 corn prices fell after larger receipts. opening bids from 1.78 to 1.88, July at 1.77% to 1 and Sept at 1.67. Shippers withdrew, causing a setback in trade. cash quotes show mixed Wheat to Hog products with overall softer butter prices and total receipts around 19,170 cases.
Chicago and Spokane and several other markets show cattle hogs and sheep on uneven demand with prices mostly steady to lower. Buyers bidding cautiously as receipts run high in Chicago and Spokane while South St Paul and Omaha report mixed trends and lighter bids.
The Hellbronner Company notes signs of betterment with strong demand for bonds and equipment securities. A banking source warns that war periods bring dullness and inertia while walls east are cleaned of speculative holdings. Waukesha Mallable Iron leased to General Motors for 1 million. Jucible Steel declares 16 22 percent dividend and $2 cash on common. Allan Ryan to testify with the stock exchange governors, claiming no current exchange membership. NYSE seat sells for 100000.
Bar silver in New York trading shows weak demand as Mexican dollars and foreseen supply concerns weigh on prices. Market observers note limited buying from industrial users and investment buyers staying cautious ahead of midyear economic data.
Stock markets in Boston were closed yesterday in observance of Bunker Hill Day. Local traders paused activity and financial venues marked the holiday with no trading sessions.
The June 17 trading day on the New York Stock Exchange ended heavy after a listless session with a 50 point drop in Crucible Steel to 128.50 on a 1,000 share sale. Other sectors rose, but pools faded. call money stood at 7 percent as some leaders, including United States Steel and Baldwin, fell back.
A quiet trading day shows few notable movers with General Chemical up over four points and Virginia Chemical preferred rising. Tad nin reportedly ordered 12 locomotives from Manchuria and 6 narrow gauge engines. Rain in the Southwest threatens cotton, while retail dividends boost sentiment. New York Exchange seat at 100000 reflects steady but cautious activity with copper and rails trading weakly.
New York June 11 silver price quotes shifted today under government actions and London parity. Domestic bars quoted a few cents per ounce higher while foreign bars carried a larger premium reflecting London pricing dynamics.
J Benton Legent, Argyle mine manager in Vipond district, reports 75 to 200 ounces per ton from one and a half feet of ore at the bottom shaft level. Four and a half feet of shipping ore has been found in the west drift. Large scale mining awaits compressor and drills, with shipments expected in 30 to 40 days. Shaft retimbered 150 feet, drifts extending east and west. Route to rail moves from six miles to Divide twelve miles, pending road conditions.
The Potomac mine in Missoula county reports an additional 100 feet driven in its main ore tunnel bringing the face to 300 feet from the ore, which outcrops 100 feet above the portal. Progress slowed only once by water, now overcome, with several ore stringers found and expectations for a strong main body.
The piece discusses silver market dynamics under the Pittman act with American production expectations and British speculation concerns. It shifts to New York sugar prices and then offers a June 19, 1020 horoscope predicting mercantile success, potential conspiracies, and guidance on contracts, with cautions for soldiers and a forecast of industrial growth and immigration.
Federal grand jury at Fort Smith Arkansas indicted four wholesale grocery houses on charges of violating the Lever Act. Defendants allegedly sold sugar at prices that created an unreasonable profits margin. The report notes the case and related remarks from the proceedings and includes a humorous aside about a English husband claiming others stole his sugar, a story from Youth's Companion.
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