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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1920
Page
14
Chicago reports show corn futures surged with March option reaching a yearly high of 1.64 a bushel while May and July contracts closed higher. Oats rose slightly as corn influenced prices. provisions remained irregular amid light activity. Cash quotes listed for wheat corn oats barley stranger seeds and pork futures with mixed results.
At a Salt Lake meeting of the western engineers of the bureau of mines Denver was selected as the site for the next national meeting to be held August 20 and 21. The conference, aimed at standardizing mine safety and health investigations, covered ventilation and dust issues in mines and mining towns with plans to extend work to several western states.
Slaughter pigs and hogs mixed prices report steady market in Spokane with hogs at 10.25 to 15.50, sows and heavy weights 13.75 to 14.75, stockers and feeders around 14.25 to 16.25, cattle receipts 82 with steers 10.75 to 11.50 and cows 6.50 to 10.50, vealers 7 to 15, yearlings 13.56, sheep 12 to 19 with best mutton prices 7 to 19, no beef cattle receipts noted.
Mercantile values mostly unchanged while sterling and bills show narrow moves. Demand and cable rates for franc and mark fluctuate. government bonds are irregular. money market rates edged higher with bids around eight to ten percent for loans and bank acceptances.
New York on March 30 reports bar silver at L.26% and Mexican dollars at 96%. London on March 30 shows bar silver at a per ounce rate and money and three month bills at 4% and 5% respectively, with related rate remarks.
Trading was lighter and more restricted than recent weeks with irregular prices. Stutz Motor hit 370, General Motors rose to 377, Crucible Steel gained part of a 12 point advance, Cuban-American Sugar climbed to 450, and bonds saw diminished activity.
The Heilbronner Company reports telegraph services crippled by the March 28 cyclone with hours of delay. Crucible Steel and Stutz show sharp intraday swings while oil stocks gain briefly. Bond prices and raw sugar move in cautious markets as linemen restore service.
The Heilbronner Co notes domestic copper hunger may absorb current supplies, delaying foreign markets. It sees inflation deflating orderly, rails weak, but steels oils and manufacturing stocks rising. Broad optimism follows April 1 with easier money and cautious, watchful waiting amid motor and motorized shares volatility.
In conservative circles there is a belief that the money supply for brokerage loans will support active trading if poor interests refrain from rushing specialists.
In banking circles a promise to restrict gold imports is stated and there is belief that the current import movement may at least balance the outward flow.
The article notes that higher security prices tend to expand credit which is desirable, suggesting banks will not oppose cautious bullish activity. It adds that railroads require adequate rolling stock to provide good service and that sufficient orders have not yet been placed.
A financial expert says stock market moves depend on the money market. Production and commerce expansion tests working capital. contraction could limit financing. Copper supply and European coal access could drive early production bursts and boost copper stock values once credit relaxes.
Virginia Carolina Chemical draws attention as demand grows among investment channels. Financial circles see the company securing a position among high grade industrial stocks with yearly earnings at about 25 percent.
L P Jackson secretary of Tri City Oil reports in Butte that Tri City has a half interest in Frantz corporation’s Cat Creek well and 80 acres in the district plus 1600 more acres in the anticline. Headquarters are at Roundup.
The article details March copper sales totaling 100,000,000 pounds and presents the North Butte quarterly report with assets including mining property valued at 9,185,185 and cash 59,953. It notes liabilities of 6,450,000 in capital stock and ore depletion reserves of 2,438,288, plus ore production figures and regional mining activity in Hamilton Tonopah Treasure hill and Bowdoin.
New York reports copper firm and unchanged iron and antimony prices. Spot zinc trades at 8.45 cents with East St. Louis delivery. Lead remains nominal and unchanged with spot and March offers at 8.87.
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