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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
10
Heavy selling drives wheat and corn lower in Chicago trade. December wheat slips to 2.28 2.36 range amid weak export demand and ongoing grain softness. Corn falls with new crop prices dipping below 1.04 while oats follow corn weakness. Cash quotes show varied grain prices and hog and pork markets retreat amid weak sentiment.
New York stocks faced renewed industrial readjustment with broad declines in motors oils and steels from 1 to 6 points. Some rails and select issues rose slightly while foreign exchange weakened and turnover mounted in the morning. Food shares stayed under pressure with sugar and corn products slipping as the market closed steady.
South St Paul market recap Sept 23 shows hog receipts around 2,500 with prices chiefly 25 cents lower. bulk hogs around 16 to 16.40. Cattle receipts about 5,000 with killers mostly 2 cents lower. fat steers 15 to 16. cows and heifers 4.25 to 4.5. stockers and feeders slow. Sheep receipts 1,206 steady with lambs around 4.13, wethers 4.1 to 4.7, ewes 5.50.
Bar silver and Mexican dollars were unchanged in New York trading. In London, bar silver at 59 3/4 pence per ounce with money and discount rates unchanged.
Kalispell Sept. 23 A meeting of stockmen promoting the Community stock sale reports about 500 head already consigned with plans to boost numbers via this week’s camera. Col G F Charlesworth of Rent Falls to conduct the sale. Buyers from Devils Lake New Rockford N D and another from Eastern Montana will attend with capacity to handle 350 head of young stock for pickup at the Kalispell sale.
Montana Incorporations from Helena dated September 23 include Masonic Temple Association of atte with members W. R. Garrison L. A. Smith A. Chevigny A. C. Christie Sol Enzenberger and W. A. Austin in the official notice.
Stock market notes rail issues advancing one to two points while others slip. Chesapeake & Ohio hits high for the year. Reading and New Haven show gains. U.S. Steel and vanadium stocks mix with copper trends. Bethlehem bonds and Sterling shares steady as copper prices expected to drop slightly. Industrial news covers mining prospects in Idaho, Coeur d Alenes, and Spokane developments with vein location plans and tunnel progress.
Stock market review notes weak motors and motor accessories with Chandler, Studebaker, Pierce Arrow dipping. Rubber issues pulled back, Ford quotes tip prices down and Franklin cuts car prices. Steel held firm, copper quiet, rails resilient with St Paul Rock Island and Pittsburg & West Virginia closing near best quotes.
Since January conditions at Greene-Cananea Copper Co mines in Sonora Mexico have improved markedly. After reopening two and a half years ago the firm has enjoyed freedom this year and resumed dividends of 50 cents per share on 500000 outstanding shares. Directors plan to maintain quarterly payments as copper market conditions allow. The company reports strong finances, lower production costs, and ongoing unsold copper, with recent property developments boosting efficiency.
Cattle receipts around ten thousand in Chicago with a slow market and thin early sales. Hogs receipts about eighteen thousand with prices mostly down from yesterday’s average. Sheep receipts around sixteen thousand with killing classes steady. Spokane reports varied cattle and hog prices with market steady and primes slightly higher.
Omaha market data shows hog receipts at 3300 with prices mostly steady to a little lower, top at 16.90, cattle receipts at 4100 with steady best steers around 16.59 and weaker brass cattle, and sheep receipts at 18000 with lambs down 25 to 25 cents and ewes down about 25 cents.
In Sugar Markt New York on September 23 raw sugar steady at 10.78 cents a pound for centrifugal, refined steady at 14.50 cents for fine granulated sugar.
Roundup Montana Sept 23 report notes steady progress in the Roundup field with several wells nearing producing horizons. Ohio Oil Co in Howard Coulee Ragged Point dome ahead at 1000 ft. Van Duren well awaiting Chicago fishing tools. multiple operators report depths from 350 to 2000 ft across Deadman’s Basin Fish Creek Yellow Water Willow Creek and other areas.
New York on Sept 23 prime mercantile paper unchanged. Sterling demand 3.50 percent. cables 3.5144. Francs demand 6.83, cables 6.85. Belgian francs 7.19 demand, cables 7.21. Guilders 31.12 demand, cables 31.12. Lire 4.23 demand, cables 4.25. Marks 1.61 demand, cables 1.62. New York exchange on Montreal 10 percent discount. Time loans strong, unchanged. Call money steady with rate at 7 percent, bid 6 percent, last loan 6 percent.
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