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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
14
Chicago May 4 Decided fresh advances in corn prices with July at 1.69 to 1.70 and September 1.61 to 1.62 as buyers responded to shrinking visible supply. Oats also rose with Winnipeg bids lifting May oats. Cash quotes list No 2 mixed corn at 1.96 to 1.89, wheat 2 mixed at 2.95, and various grain prices plus butter eggs and poultry notes.
May 4 dispatch from Minneapolis notes flour shipments at 47 277 barrels, wheat receipts of 107 cars versus 157 a year earlier, and prices for No 1 northern wheat at 33.0543 dollars per bushel, No 3 yellow corn at 1.76 to 1.77, No 3 white oats around 31.07, flax No 1 at 4.67, with other small item price ranges cited.
Cattle receipts around a thousand with slow, weak demand for heavy steers and cows, yearlings up a bit due to strength. Hogs receipts near 35,000, prices mostly lower with light animals slow and bulk hogs around 14.99 to 15.39, sheep and lambs slow but some sales strong, best wool lambs about 21.00.
Omaha on May 4 reports strong cattle and sheep receipts. Market for medium and heavy eight weight cattle mostly steady or slightly lower with tops around 14.75, veal and yearling prices soften modestly. Sheep demand remains active with best clipped lambs selling near 17.55 to 18.75 and feeding lambs around 17.35.
Spokane cattle and hog market shows steady receipts with mixed prime hogs at 15.25 to 16.50, medium mixed 15.50 to 14, heavies 14.75 to 15.50, pigs 15 to 15, stockers and feeders 14, steers 11.75 to 12.15, cows 19.11 to 8.50, bulls 6.50 to 8.50, calves 7 to 9, lambs 16 to 17, yearlings 15 to 41.50, with deep receipts noted and varied grades across stock categories.
Receipts total 4 950 head with hogs at 10 000. Market down 2 to 5 percent with hogs at 13.50 to 14.35 for bulk and 14.10 for tiling. Fat cattle and heifers mixed with calves at 5 12 and stockers and feeders at 5 12.75. Steady market for sheep with mbs 8419 and wethers 12 to 14.59 and ewes 34 11.
Mercantile rates show 7 percent weekly, sterling at 3.82 percent, commercial bills mixed. Exchange values: demand 5.86, 2.85 for bills, bonds weak, railroad stocks uneven, money overall firm with loans strong and bank acceptances at 6 percent.
Bar silver and Mexican dollars noted with 2c. N and 64% ounce. Dis counts show 4% per cent. Interest rates for short and three months rise to 16% per cent.
In New York on May 4 the sugar market shows raw sugar at 19.8 cents per pound and refined at 17.60 cents, with little volatility between bids. Traders noted steady demand and small shifts in futures quotes as the market digested global supply signals.
An investigation at Leominster uncovered a barrel hidden beneath logs and planks, containing gallons of hard cider. The raiding squad removed the barrel and attempted to draw the cider from the bunghole where possible.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange showed uneven action with small gains of 2 to 10 points in select issues while selling pressure pressured General Motors and Crucible Steel by four and five points respectively. Call money held at 8 percent as sentiment shifted with profits-taking and cautious outlooks for investment and imports.
Heilbronner Company notes an upward trading trend with steels leading. United States Steel buys but fails to sustain gains while Baldwin Locomotive rises to 11914 then closes near 116%. American International down near investment value, book value around 180. Major rail, copper, and oil stocks show mixed moves as banks tighten lending.
Rumors claim stronger stock and higher prices for International Harvester amid abroad activity. Investment channels are said to be buying down the stock while specialist circles hear of substantial stock movement. Private reports from Germany and Russia suggest rising foreign demand for machinery as Europe faces tractor and harvester shortages and needs credit to expand business.
In New York on May 4 copper and iron show no change, antimony steady, while tin falls to 60.50 per unit for April-May. Lead remains weak with 9.12 cents spot and June-July offers at 8.75. Zinc soft with Hast St Louis delivery at 7.70 bid and 8 asked.
After earlier highs grains fell as stock market weakness sparked large unloading. Corn dropped 11 to 13 cents a bushel and oats 6 to 7 cents, with a late rally but unsettled sentiment. May, July, and September contracts posted weekly declines while oats hit fresh highs before easing. Plow gains followed by cautious buyers as planting nears and acreage shifting toward corn. weather hindered seeding and receipts remained light.
Cerro De Pasco Copper reports 1919 year end surplus after depletion depreciation interest and taxes of 2 283 628 equals 2 54 a share down from 0 49 in 1918 and 6 28 in 1917. Sales of copper silver and lead totaled 14 884 049 a decline of 8 900 from 1918.
A slight figure in a mackintosh and brown overalls appeared before Magistrate Silberman on disorderly conduct and masquerading as a man. She declared her name Henrietta and confessed to calling herself Harry to aid getting work, recounting work in Birmingham Chicago Philadelphia and elsewhere.
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