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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1912
Page
5
Weather forecasts and drought fears weigh on cotton as futures edge down early before covering rallies. Reports from Texas and the eastern belt cite dry and showery conditions, with receipts and weekly totals showing mixed gains and losses across New Orleans, Houston, and Galveston.
New York reports a firm week across markets with strong lin ose and burlaps for quick use. Chicago notes varied quotes on eggs cheese butter and poultry while St Louis reports poultry firm and butter dull followed by Kansas City creamery butter and egg prices.
A historic market summary from Atlanta notes summer apples fall short of grade standards and are sold at nominal values. California oranges are scarce and pricey, Florida oranges unavailable, bananas cheap due to abundant supply. Lemons erratic in quality and demand. vegetables from local gardens enter retail at low values. New Irish potatoes show rot damage from wet weather. onions plentiful. abundant peaches and watermelons with weak demand. live poultry scarce and prices mixed with high dressed poultry and butter demand.
New York July 13 Developments in the stock market during today's two hour session were sparse with Paul leading as a feature of the prior day under selling pressure. St Paul briefly fell below par before recovering to a level above yesterday's close as the general list improved. Outside news was encouraging, coal car traffic rose, and high grade securities showed weakness amid liquidation. Bank reserves deficit last week sparked unusual interest. loans fell by over 37 million with a 9 million cash gain and a 16 million surplus rise. Trust banks not reporting to the clearing house added 12.5 million in loan growth. Funds eased. total par value of sales reached 1.35 million. Panama threes declined on call for the week.
The New York Clearing House banks report a weekly condition with total cash reserve above legal minimum rising by 16.1 million dollars to 10.706 million, driven by a loan decrease of 37.3 million and a 26.7 million drop in deposits. The daily average shows smaller shifts, while trust companies shift loans to banks, aiding a cash recovery that helped keep money rates steady.
Chicago and multiple Midwest markets show hopes for a bumper wheat crop as rust reports from North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota emerge. Prices edge weakly lower for futures while cash grades hold steady with No 2 yellow corn near 76 cents and wheat gains mixed across exchanges.
Cotton trading at Liverpool shows quiet spot action with minor gains of 14 points on nonmiddling and other grades. Futures opening firm, then quiet, with various delivery months listed and receipts around 4,000 bales including 3,500 American. speculative/export activity mixed in a day of small changes.
Quotation rundown for cattle, hogs, and sheep from Atlanta and other markets. Details include weights and price ranges for steers, cows, bulls, pigs, lambs, and mutton, with notes on grass cattle, Tennessee lambs, and market trends. Also covers New York and Louisville movements, with brief commodity updates on coffee, cotton seed oil, sugar, and related futures.
John F. Black & Co reports a busy day with a strong market for cotton trading around 41 cents, while prices drifted slightly overnight. Weather and crop forecasts spark talk of Texas drought impact next week, with Georgia facing excess rainfall and Western regions absorbing surplus. Liverpool's outlook hints at a later downward adjust.
Linseed on track and to ar rye, $7. July, $1.97, asked, September, 4, asked, October, $150%, asked.
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