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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1914
Page
11
The cotton market surged with speculative shorts covering amid steady close. Old crop months rose about 18 points, May near 1 to 2 points higher in later deliveries, while selling and realizing retraced some gains before new strength limit.
Milenti and Macon report steady cotton middling with varied inland movements. Port movement shows mixed receipts with New Orleans firm at 12 1/2, coastwise exports to Britain, and aggregate weekly totals for shipments, stocks, and sales across multiple southern ports including Mobile, Charleston, and Savannah.
Market notes show mixed cotton activity with bids and offers, prices edging up for some months while low grade futures soften. Reports from Texas suggest harvests and grade expectations affecting discounts, with May and July months trading as traders gauge demand and late-week shifts. Coffee weakens as New York notes tentative posturing ahead of next session.
Washington yields a treasury balance of 94 708 931 dollars with receipts of 2 247 088 and payments 1 06 million, showing a positive deficit versus prior surplus. Cotton and commodity prices move across Savannah Charleston and New York with varied futures, stocks, and exchange rates, while mining shares in Boston and London markets shift amid mixed signals.
Chicago March 13 speculative traders pushed corn and wheat higher on rumors of impending conflict between Hussis and Austria. July futures faced pressure from bears before the rise. Cash demand improved and domestic crop prospects remained favorable. Conservatives noted oversold conditions and limited top-price gains with denials of serious trouble.
New Orleans reports Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement showing gains in sight movement year over year, but declines compared with earlier benchmarks. The data covers shipments, receipts, and stocks across ports, mills, and regions including the United States and Canada, with totals for September 1 to date and comparisons to prior years.
New York reports mixed signals as banking statistics show overall trade volumes smaller than a year ago while rail earnings for February lag. reductions in idle freight cars contrast with higher unfilled tonnage and lower copper stocks amid storm effects. Hogs cattle and sheep prices shift across markets in Chicago, Kansas City, and Louisville. Boston wool prices steady amid limited demand.
The cotton market rose over the past week with May contracts near cent levels and 60 points above prior lows. Trade blamed mejorly expectations of spread between old crop shorts and slow March shipments, while rains and weather delays kept buyers cautious. Spinners kept taking American cotton, and forecasts of higher acreage in the south plus Egyptian and East Indian crop moves influenced sentiment.
Chicago date Louis Kohlsaat president of The Inter Ocean newspaper company was appointed receiver by federal judge George A. Carpenter. Chancery actions seek to conserve the paper and goodwill as a going concern amid competing claims. A separate state filing asks for another receiver, while former owner George Wheeler Hinman sues Kohlsaat for about 993,262 on a 177,500 note. Kohlsaat says the paper will continue publication.
New York on March 18 reported an unexpected late day surge in the stock market after a subdued opening. Major stocks rose nine points or more, driven by brisk buying and short-covering. The rally followed renewed weakness in some issues earlier, with foreign and domestic demand sparking price gains and several records set on the upturn.
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