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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1913
Page
16
Market reports indicate higher and volatile wheat futures with flood fears and mixed gains across corn oats and May and Sept contracts. Export sales Saturday reach 48 000 bushels of hard winter and spring wheat while car movements rise at Minneapolis and Duluth amid year over year gains.
A concise report notes the bank statement for Boston and New York shows a comparison with the same period a year ago. The surplus reserve for upcoming periods is discussed in the context of maintaining liquidity.
The 49th level crosscut of Hancock mine has fully passed the No 8 Pewabic lode, running diagonally through commercial rock for about 26 feet. The lode measures from 17 to 18 feet in thickness. Separately, NY firms Boyer Griswold & Co and Carr & Moore dissolve their partnerships Mar 31 and Apr 1 respectively. I M Gurney joins J R Williston & Co.
The Reece Button Hole Machine Company declares Quarterly Dividend No. 108 of three percent payable April 15, 1918 to stockholders of record at the close of business April 5, 1913. President A. Shea signs the notice.
The International Button Hole Sewing Machine Company declares a quarterly dividend of one percent and an extra dividend of one percent payable April 15 1913 to stockholders of record at the close of business.
The company announces a quarterly dividend of one percent payable April 15 1013 to stockholders of record at the close of business April 5 1913. Francis A Shea serves as president.
Dallas Electric Corporation announces two dividends: a preferred stock dividend at 2.50 per share and a special preferred dividend. both are payable on April 14, 1918 to stockholders of record at the close of business April 3, 1913. Transfer agents are STER.
Yesterday's trading showed total sales of 398100 shares in New York and 23497 in Boston with Reading leading activity in New York at 88000 shares and Steel common in Boston at 2846 shares. YTD totals compare with last year and list notable gains and losses including Corn Products pref and California Petroleum in New York and Amoskeag Mfg and Osceola Consol in Boston. Call money ranged 5.5 to 7 percent in New York and 5 to 5.5 in Boston while time money ran 5 to 5.25 percent in New York and 5.25 to 6 in Boston.
New York market largely steadied after news of J P Morgan's death with sentiment dominated by Rome dispatches. Union Pacific dipped one point at open, steel shares slipped, then rebounded as intercontinental freight rates approval aided gains. Call money spiked to 7 percent before easing. Berlin bid funds in 30 days. Bond market uneven. total bond sales at $1,803,000.
Boston reports a light trading day with stocks following New York trends. Copper demand in Europe and small advances in copper prices buoyed issues like Amalgamated, North Butte, Butte & Superior, and Greene Cenanea, while the industrial group recovered from earlier lows. Telephone and Steel closed near or at opening quotes as the market ended firm despite wire troubles and news of a great financier's death.
Morgan death did not rock the market as Steel common barely slipped and call money rose to 6 at 12 per cent. Bankers and financiers faced a crowded open, yet equities firmed through the day as leadership shifts favor organization over individuals. Bond call experiment aims to revive Boston bond market, while Greene-Cananea copper output may drop due to fuel shortages and Cananea disruptions. United States Smelting reports 1912 earnings at 6.55 per share with strong metals mix and a $9 million quick asset base.
In Rollins Magazine EB Rollins & Sons editor Herbert W Briggs warns against fraudulent financial advertising. He notes that while some publications censor promoting schemes, readers must judge offers themselves and beware expectations of quick high income. He urges using established experts and avoiding baited profits and high risk promotions in newspapers and magazines.
Cotton markets showed irregularity in the forenoon but steadied to about 5 points up from the bottom. The March option expired at noon at 60 points over May, with heavy deliveries today. Total deliveries on March contracts neared 52,000 bales, and certificated stock rose to just over 100,000. Weather in the South was favorable with no rain except along the Atlantic coast where temperatures ran higher than seasonal norms.
The day’s market notes show varied bond bids and asks across U S issues with notable activity in New York and Chicago. A Costa Rican traveler and a Porto Rican stowaway figure among flood news affecting transport and finance.
A fleet of 32 fishing craft docked at T wharf after closing time Saturday to dark last evening. Haddock, cod, hake and pollock totals reached 365900, 168600, 80500 and 4000 pounds, with scrod of 17000 pounds landed by the Swell and cask stocks aboard the Alice and Gladys Nellie. Dealers posted prices for haddock at 43 4 cents, cod steak 91 4, hake 41 2 to 61 4, pollock steak 73 4, cask steak 41 2. The fleet includes five masters now carrying lumber. The Allan Line steamer Scotian arrived Halifax with 196 cabin, 952 steerage passengers and Canadian freight, bound for Boston with Mystic wharf due tomorrow. The Ranger left North End Park for drydock, aiming for a May foreign cruise.
A cablegram reports the Francisco leaving St Michael's Azores for Boston after aiding the crippled Texas. The Texas had been towed by the Francisco for three days before the Danish liner C F Tietgen took 48 Texas passengers to New York. The Francisco may receive salvage pay. The George W Wells has been chartered to load rail ties at Brunswick for this port, earning 21 cents per tie and carrying 50 000 ties, the largest lumber trade charter yet. The Fuller Palmer and other boats are noted amid busy coal trade conditions.
The April 1 issue compiles sunrise and sunset times, day length, and high water marks. It lists arriving vessels including collier Mars Randall and steamers like Cretic and Winifredian, from ports such as Norfolk, Salem, Liverpool, and Genoa, with routes via Naples, Palermo, and Port of Spain. Cleared and sailed ships, tugs, and barges are named, detailing movements to Hampton Roads, Newport News, and Philadelphia, along with tug transfers and barge coalitions.
Banks show cash accumulation amid controls on gold outflow and influx from interior. New York money on call ranged 5 1 2 to 7 percent with the 6 percent ruling rate. Time funds in New York: 60 days 5 percent, 9 days 5 to 51 4 percent, four months 6 to 51 4 percent, five to six months 5 percent.
Notion announces dissolution of the partnership between Chas. B. Robinson and Thos. L. McCann as of this day.
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