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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
12
An Isle Royale editor notes the copper property is thriving in the Lake district with rising stock prices and strong mine performance. The lode promises high extractable value per share, with plans to expand production to 15 million pounds and to fund stamping facilities from earnings, potentially starting dividends after 1912.
Total sales New York 227400 shares Boston 28974 shares. Most active issue in New York Steel common 72700 shares. Most active issue in Boston Butte & Superior 4107 shares. Jan 1 1912 to date New York 79657600 shares Boston 7571112 shares. Corresponding period last year New York 60271500 shares Boston 3290978 shares. Greatest gain New York Studebaker Co 2 1 2 to 411 2. Greatest loss New York Sea aboard Air Line 2 1 8 to 243 8. Greatest gain Boston Calumet & Hecla 3 to 529. Greatest loss Boston United Fruit 9 1 4 to 1933 4. Call money New York 2 3 4 per cent Boston 3 1 2 per cent. Time money New York 3 1 2 to 5 per cent Boston 4 3 4 to 5 1 2 per cent.
New York August 6 saw a volatile session with initial gains giving way to heaviness in St. Paul and steel after poor June earnings. Standard shares rebounded briefly before Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and sugar drifted markets lower again. Canadian groups and Bethlehem Steel favored, while American Tobacco and Texas Company eased. July producer coal and Rock Island results influenced moves. London reopened after holidays as granger shares rose modestly. Bond trading remained irregular with a $2,228,000 par value in total sales.
Boston market shows uneven prices with moderate volume as copper shares weaken and United Fruit declines 9 1 4 points to 1983 4. A leading commission house buys United Fruit on inside account while the company outlines plans to issue stock to finance Costa Rica farm acquisitions and expand control of its output. Officials expect higher earnings and a stock price near 200 by year end with new shares at 150 carrying 8 percent dividends. Chemical shares fall on selling pressure and Butte & Superior stays in demand.
Call money remains freely supplied and cheap while time funds are scarce, priced at multiple short-term maturities. New York call money at 23 4 per cent and various six to six month time loan rates hover around four to five percent. Boston and New York clears and balances are listed alongside assorted currencies and metals rates.
On August 6 the New York metal exchange saw quiet trading with copper priced as a shade lower and activity muted across markets. Traders awaited clearer signals as volume remained light and prices held with modest skews.
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