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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
4
Market notes indicate a subdued cotton trading day with prices hovering near the previous session. Prices closed around 31.85 after early gains, with Liverpool and English currency pressures cited as dampening factors and general selling by shorts aiding modest movement. Spot cotton quotes reported at 14.086.
August market notes show fluctuating prices with gains and declines across classes. Reports from Chicago and New Orleans indicate mixed activity as wholesalers adjust, while spot cotton prices list middling and stock figures amid market volatility.
The Port Movement in New Orleans reports middling receipts and varied prices across ports including Galveston and Baltimore, with midrange middling prices around 31 to 32 dollars. Chicago notes a late day tilt as hog prices drop, grain futures rebound, and cash corn and oats slide before recovering amid light supplies and bearish lift.
New York August 29 Special reports a quiet market ahead of the government bureau crop report due Tuesday morning. Prices likely to rise if the report is below 60 and decline if above 61. Bulls and bears hold firm positions as traders anticipate guidance from the report.
Local market report lists Friday bank clearings and comparison with the previous Friday and last year. Reads like a wholesale price sheet with corrected daily figures from the State Bureau of Markets. Includes eggs poultry butter and various produce prices, with specific per unit and per dozen rates for items such as butter cabbage potatoes onions oats flour cheese sugar and grains.
August 29 New York trading opens with a buoyant tone as Pacific coast strike actions and a Southern Pacific court win buoy oil shares and the broader market. The Pacific railroad stance and government support lift steel and allied stocks, with Crucible Steel and other components posting notable gains.
Fragmented text lists compares for cotton through the world and visible supply. It references week and date comparisons to last year and year before, port receipts, interior stocks, foreign exports, and totals since August 1, with figures like 91,500 and 605,000, including references to the United States and other countries.
America's leading banker and financier Vanderlip will launch a multi part feature series titled Wheat Happened to Europe in The Constitution's market columns. In five months he studied conditions in Europe and offers stark conclusions about France's desolate status and Bolshevik risk. The first installment appears in Sunday's market page with further parts to follow.
Swift & Company announces Dividend No. 135 of $200 per share on capital stock, payable October 1, 1910, to stockholders of record December 20, 1910, with transfer books closed September 10, 1910, reopening October 1, 1910. Secretary F. H. Hayward signs.
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