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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1920
Page
12
Trading in corn and oats opened very light before rallying on scattered buying. July corn hit a high around 1.93% and May closed at 1.91, while oats rose to a new crop high near 93. Prices for wheat rye barley and meat products were listed with firming provisions and steady eggs and butter along with unchanged poultry receipts at 25,172 cases.
Cattle receipts reach 10 000 with slow trade across beef and butcher stock. Prices show slight declines on heavy cows and bulls while calves remain steady around 12 to 12.50. Hogs receipts 30 000 with uneven trading, top at 15.35 and bulk around 13.75 to 15.25. Sheep receipts 8 000 with strength latest, prime shorn lambs at 19.10 and good shedding lambs near 20 for Kentucky spring lambs.
Market reports show hog receipts at 98 with steady demand and varied grades priced from 13.25 to 16.50. Cattle receipts 76 with steady market. prime steers 12 to 13, cows and feeders 8.50 to 11, calves to 17. Sheep receipts 81 with steady market. prime lambs 16 to 17, yearlings 13 to 13.5, wethers 12 to 13.
Omaha market report shows hog receipts at steady to higher, bulk sales around 13.50 to 14.75 per cwt, top 14.75. Cattle receipts about 3,000, beef steers slightly higher, butcher cattle steady, best cows at 11, bulk 8 to 10.50, calves 13.50 to 13.505. Sheep and lambs steady to higher, best calves about 20, clipped lambs 17.95.
New York May 7 Mercantile panel reports irregular exchange with Sterling six day bills at 3.79 percent and various commercial bills quoted. Demand Belgian francs around 14.92 to 14.92 and French francs near 15.96 to 15.94. Government bonds firm and railroad bonds steady. Loans strong across all dates, money easy with bank acceptances around 6 percent.
A terse editorial note argues restraint in public sparring over past feuds. The piece cautions that continuing disputes through communication may worsen tensions and highlights the adage that silence can prevent deeper harm.
May 7 report notes dull trading below recent averages with about 600000 shares changing hands. Steels, equipment, oils lead declines while shippings and minor rails rise. Mexican oils weaken on country news. Libby, McNeil Libby issues 50 percent stock dividend and new share sale authorization. President Wilson nominates Edmund Platt to federal reserve board.
The Heilbronner Company notes Canadian steel merger rumors and the prospect of US industry consolidations to cut costs. Short selling and stock shortages push rallies, while transit delays force sixfold goods in transit. European textile interests eye US shutdowns to reenter markets as exports rise and production risks overcapacity loom.
Stock markets face discrimination against heavy inventories with potential losses from readjusted prices. National City Bank notes securities overliquidation and new values, while eastern banks show modest improvement. Further declines would reflect deeper causes than banking stringency, pointing to a deflationary period unless domestic resolve and European peace restore stability.
Developments in the investment situation are favorable though weight given to constructive signs remains light. Industrial growth tied to reduced yields keeps the level high after a recent decline. The stock market mood improved, with sentiment brighter for commission houses, though a few firms cling to conservative credit policy.
One of the most encouraging railroad reports of last year shows Atchison net income at 44,098,000, up over 24,750,000 from 1918. After preferred dividends, the common shareholders received 26.55 per share on 22,827,000 shares outstanding as the stock market remains unsettled.
The Heilbronner Company reports a market marked by inactivity and dullness, with money around 7 percent and sterling at 3.85. Trading is driven by professionals amidst fears of pending securities taxes, while Royal Dutch Shell and Atlantic Gulf and Western lead gains and rails slip late. The page notes mixed moves in Mexican Petroleum Pan American and others, expecting news to steer the market next.
Raw sugar firm at 19.56 with centrifugal. Refined fine granulated at 18.50 23c. Metal markets show copper and iron unchanged. Tin spot 58 with May and July at 57.23. Antimony 10 12c. Lead steady at 9c spot, 8.62c bid May. Zinc steady in East St Louis at 7.75 7.85c for May and June.
A Hayden, Stone market letter cited by Heilbronner notes severe breaks in cereals and cotton alongside stock declines. It warns of impending deflation, moderating demand, and labor and money as major economic threats, with inflation fading as gold receipts stall.
A Glengary Mining shipment from Gardiner to Butte is described as high grade and soon to be followed by Cooke City development. Utah Copper nears dividend targets with 105,088,740 pounds produced in 1919 at 12.3 cents cost per pound, 1.4 percent ore reserve grade, and 27.3 million in working capital. Plumas county Cal copper fields show carbonate discovery in the Feather river drift and ongoing operations at Engels and other mines despite high costs. Idaho Continental mine near Porthill to resume milling with available labor.
General manager says water flow is sufficient for power generation and about 30 000 tons of ore are broken with ore in sight covering roughly one and a half years of milling. All concentrated ore on hand was hauled in winter. The Jardine Gold Mining and Milling company will drop 50 stamps this summer and shift policy to gold production while tungsten ore is stored for future use. The new mill should begin operation soon with a daily ore output near 200 tons.
New York reports bar silver at 1.02 1 2 percent and Mexican dollars at 78 cents. London quotes bar silver at 69 pence per ounce. Money markets show discount rates with short bills at 6 percent and three month bills around 6 1/16 percent.
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins say separation would be simple for Lucio and Simplicio Godino, 11, now in Washington. The boys, however, refuse the procedure, stating they are happy as they are and do not want to be separated.
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