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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
9
Spacious residence on the Marietta car line offering city and country advantages. Hardwood floors two sleeping porches two baths servant’s house and a 270 by 500 foot lot. Five bedrooms breakfast room and a large living room with a broad front veranda. Terms available with small cash payment.
Washington reports the May 25 cotton condition at 78.9 percent of normal, a record low for June aside from 1907, while acreage data are delayed. The piece highlights M. C. I. Borden as a model mill owner who battled market swings with bold actions and generosity, praising leadership and fairness in the textile industry.
Wheat steady with July at 1.15 to 1.16. Spot red near 1.22 f o b. Corn steady No. 2 in elevator nominal ex port No. 2 1.84 f o b. Rye quiet No. 2 f o b. Hay prices ease good to prime 1.25 to 1.60. Flour quiet spring patents 5.50 to 5.80. Beef firm family 18.00 to 18.50. Pork firm mess 20.25 to 20.75. family 20 to 21.25. Lard strong city steam 10.4 to 11.0. Tallow steady city hogsheads 6.14. country in tierces 5.7 to 6.2.
Washington reports mean temperatures 1 to 4 degrees above normal across the cotton belt with a few north central pockets cooler. Weekly highs ranged from 88 to 95 in the east and 79 to 84 in the west, Del Rio Texas hitting 84. Rainfell unevenly, heaviest in Southeastern Louisiana, lightest in Oklahoma, with over 2 inches in multiple states and a weekly record 8.90 inches at Donaldsonville Louisiana.
In York June 4 reports from Carpenter Baggot Co and others note McFadden as a strong July buyer and October seller, with Riordan a major buyer for Pell and Memphis. Texas weather shows clear west, showers in east. Gulf ports Dallas foggy. Crops expected 12,778,000 bales with conditions similar to last year.
Daily weather report for Atlanta Georgia lists the day’s lowest and highest temperatures the normal temperature and rainfall in the past 24 hours with excess since January one.
On June 4 in New York, coffee No.7 Rio closed at 14 1/2 to 14 3/4 cents, rice and molasses markets showed firm to steady levels, raw sugar eased slightly with various refined grades listed, cheese prices slid with whole milk and skim varieties showing declines.
On June 4 in New York dressed poultry pricing held steady with turkeys at 18 to 22, chickens 17 2 to 30, fowls 111 to 16, ducks 18 to 22, geese 114 to 16. Live poultry prices were not set. Butter remained firm with creamery specials at 27 27 and creamery extras at 26 2612, state dairy at 28 bid. Fleeces steady with nearby white fancy at 28 bid and nearby brown fancy at 2! bid. Firsts 18 19 ½.
Quotations from W H White Jr on beef cattle and hogs with prices for good to prime steers cows heifers and feeder pigs. Market steady for top grades with mixed loads selling under week earlier. A N Brown of McDonough Ga shipped another load of fed steers and hog receipts normal, market slightly softer than last week.
Atlanta markets list currency prices for eggs butter and dressed poultry including hens fries roosters and turkeys with live poultry. fruits and vegetables feature lemons oranges bananas grapefruit cabbage celery squash lettuce beans peas cucumbers potatoes and strawberries with crate and per-pound quotes across several vendors.
In New York a cotton market opening showed prices 1 to 2 points higher. Spot dealings influenced moves while traders stayed cautious until the government report at noon. By 2 pm futures were steady with gains and overall activity was quiet but firm. sales reached about 7,000 with 6,700 American, imports 4,400 from the United States in the session.
New Orleans June 4 Liverpool futures rose about 4 points and spots 2 higher on limited trade 7000 shares. Market opened higher aligning with New York and held around 11.3% for October as traders awaited government figures at 11 o'clock. Spot export demand remained strong locally despite uncertain factor conditions and a favorable weekly weather outlook elsewhere.
CHICAGO June 4 private cable to the board of trade notes Proctor & Co a leading UK grain house faces temporary embarrassment. Wheat shows a firmer undertone with gains on light Northwest receipts and late selling pressure by longs offsets. Cash sales totals and various No 2 to No 4 grades for wheat corn and oats are listed with fractional shifts and market activity across hogs provisions and oats futures.
The report lists cotton futures and middling prices from multiple cities including Atlanta New York New Orleans Liverpool Savannah Augusta Mobile Galveston Norfolk Wilmington Little Rock Charleston Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Memphis St Louis and Houston. Prices show steady or quiet markets with middling ranges around 11 to 12 cents and a few nominal readings.
Hayden, Stone and Co note the short side may outperform as Sternberger Linn and Co sees a tight market. If the report fails to exceed 78, the team looks for limited gains. Pei he Co purchases cotton during declines amid market uncertainty.
A June 4 forecast shows showers tonight or Wednesday for the Atlantic seaboard and east gulf states, with generally fair skies in the Ohio valley and Lake region. Temperatures to fall in eastern lake region and Ohio valley, then mid Atlantic and New England by Wednesday. Virginia seen showers then cooler. Southeast states generally fair. Arkansas and East Texas unsettled with showers, while Louisiana and East Texas expect fair conditions.
Boston June 4 opening prices show Franklin at 121 and Calumet and Arizona at 74 percent Royale 29 Butte Superior 40 Calumet and Hecla 498 Daly West 6 with other items unlisted in the fragment.
Savannah firm shows sales 44. receipts 1.092 and rosin receipts 2.077. Window glass noted at 87.50 and miscellaneous items tied to Wat RZT 5A. Other figures include 6.30 and 6.49 ranges.
Wheat opened higher but closed unchanged to four pence up. corn started four pence lower, slipped further to lower on September and July contracts, then closed down overall.
Hogs receipts reach 12000 with market 5 cents lower. Mixed lots and butchers range from 7.15 to 7.65, rough heavies 7.10 to 7.45, lights 7.05 to 7.55, pigs 5.10 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 2500 steady with beeves 6.00 to 9.40, cows and heifers 2.50 to 8.10, stockers 5.00 to 7.74, Texans 6.50 to 8.15, calves 7.50 to 8.74. Sheep receipts 13000 steady to 10 cents lower, natives and Westerns 6.00 to 6.75, lambs 5.75 to 9.10.
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