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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
14
Chicago markets faced a marked setback as rumors of a market cornering by speculators dampened bullish sentiment. May corn fell to 1.55 1/4 and June to 1.50 1/2, with oats also slipping and provisions weak despite hog price gains.
Wheat receipts 173 cars, down from 281 a year ago. Cash prices show No 1 northern wheat at 2.75 to 2.85, corn No 3 yellow 1.55 to 1.57, oats No 3 white 0.88 to 0.90, flax 4.94 to 5.04, flour unchanged with 46 129 barrels shipped, barley 1.33 to 1.55, rye No 2 1.75 to 1.76, bran 48.00.
Hogs receipts 26 000. Market higher. Bulk 14 60 16 15, top 16 35. Cattle receipts 19 000. Market weak. Beef steers 13 50 15 2, medium and good 11 15 13 50, cows 7 50 12, veal 17 50 19. Sheep receipts 8 000. Market firm. Lambs 17 25 20, ewes 11 14.75, rams 6 10.75.
Hogs receipts 10 head. market steady with prime price 15.75 to 16.25, medium and rough ranges. Sheep receipts none. market steady with prime lambs 16 to 17.25, prime yearlings 13, prime wethers 12 to 13, best ewes 7 to 10. Local prices for cattle and calves also listed with varied ranges.
Market report from St Paul shows cattle receipts with 9 000 head and 6 000 lower bids for fat steers and heifers around 7 to 8 per cwt for stockers and weak dairy cattle. Sheep receipts 200 with lambs at 8 to 18 50 and wethers ewes around 4 to 13 50. Hogs weaker at about 14 90 to 14 50 per cwt and feeders firm around 12 14 50 per cwt.
New York market notes suggest Mercantile paper at 4 1 2 percent. Sterling 60 day bills quoted at 3.75 percent with 60 day commercial bills at 3.75 percent. Demand exchange near 3.73 percent and cable at 3.80. Government bonds irregular and railroad bonds steady as time loans remain strong. Call money ranges from 7 to 8 percent, with the ruling rate at 7 percent and last loan at 8 percent.
Bar silver in New York at 31.23 and Mexican dollars at 98%c. London quotations show bar silver 75.0% per ounce and money at 3%. Discount rates list short bills 5 11 16 percent and three months’ bills 5 11 15 5 percent.
Prices of Liberty bonds at 2 55 p m today show 3s at 97 30 first 4s 90 60 second 4s 89 20 first 4s 90 9 second 4 14s 89 89 third 4s 92 fourth 4s 89 76 Victory 3s 97 40 Victory 4s 97 44 year 1945?
In Madrid on March 23, railway workers voted unanimously to begin a nationwide strike at midnight on all Spanish railways, according to Associated Press reports.
New York trading showed dull intervals with price slips and gains. General Motors climbed from 371 to 401, Stutz Motor hit a new 245, while Crucible Steel and Baldwin Locomotive rose modestly as oils and levered metals pressured the market. Panama Canal closed for two days due to a landslide with dredges to clear by Thursday. Copper firm. lead, zinc quoted with minor changes.
Heilbronner Company notes a market rebound with General Motors rising to 401 after a dip to 361. Repub lic climbs to 108 1 2, Baldwin to 140, Studebaker near 109, and Stutz at 145 1 2. Pier ce Arrow White and Ajax Rubber show strength while money at 8 percent and copper at 18 1 2 cents.
Development on the 1200-foot level of the Tuolumne company's Main Range group proceeds well. Two ore shoots open on Spread Delight vein while crosscuts near Rory O Moore advance. ore from Spread Delight assays $10 a ton. copper and silver show gains over 1000-foot level.
A Heilbronner Company summary notes railroads may divest coal properties after the Interstate Commerce Commission's policy becomes clear at hearings. Inflation-driven stock values are discussed, with deflation warned ahead. German credit fears and expectations of gold imports are seen as key to exchange rates and recovery signals.
Improvement in foreign exchange acts like a tariff reduction enables foreign buyers to obtain goods cheaper, aiding our export situation.
Bears spotlight stocks with high inventories and weak early decline signaling price recessions in commodity markets. Bulls point to solid general business, with spring steel mills expected at full capacity. Motor and tire dealers face shipping equipment shortages due to government controls and aging rail equipment, hampering auto deliveries.
The market shows a lackluster trend with professionals selling on rallies due to high money rates. Bears push for lower prices but struggle to drive values down significantly.
Notice to stockholders announces the annual meeting of East Butte Copper Mining company to be held Monday April 7 1920 at 10 a m at the Akers Incorporating Trust company Phoenix Arizona for electing a board of directors and other business by order of the board William P Everts secretary Boston Mass March 10 1920.
Bishop Skinner announces raises for about 50 priests in the Spokane diocese. Core salaries rise to 600 dollars with house and living expenses paid by parishioners, while assistant priests see a step from 300 to 400 dollars annually plus benefits.
Chicago March 23 Northwestern university will raise tuition from 150 to 200 dollars a year, announced by Dean Roy C Flickinger.
The Christian Science Monitor describes the census of Pueblo Indians, noting widespread double naming. Government and traders use different names than native ones, with examples like James Brown versus Kie-wie-tie-a and Faustin Rey versus Edward Hunt. A brother contemplates adopting his sibling’s English name.
The passage notes how tribes value influence as pride for families and explains how Spanish names were adopted or created. It lists examples like Valle Rey Pino Sanchez as family names and Lazaro Juan Esteban and Tormo as baptismal origins now used as surnames. It also mentions Ponecho meaning traveling cloak as an original nickname.
In Wabash Indiana James Robbins and Martha Robbins both 61 years old wed after a lifelong tale of childhood friendship and a broken prior match. Robbins left for the West and his former fiancée married his brother who died earlier. Years later the spouses passed, and the pair reunited to marry.
A lighthearted Baltimore American brief notes a patient seeking treatment with a witty exchange about money and medicine. The joke implies a doctor who has the speaker's remaining funds or resources.
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