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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
12
The company boasts low publicity costs and avoids large ad campaigns, arguing profits in motion picture production justify investor scrutiny. It invites stockholders to invest in a company managed by representative business people with close investor contact.
Total sales in New York 421 078 shares and Boston 23614. Most active New York issue Reading 88000 shares and Boston Atlantic Gulf 1395. Year to date totals Jan 1 1916 to date New York 89769657 and Boston 7022458. Last year New York 85229900 and Boston 7545052. Largest New York gain Bethlehem Steel 16 to 460 and loss Underwood Typewriter 3 to 98. Boston gain Osceola 4 to 88 and loss Boston & Maine 1 to 43.
New York market responds with breadth despite railway labor uncertainty. Reading stock soars about 3 to 104 3-8, others like Bethlehem Steel and various munition and metal issues rally. Some sectors slip with shipping, paper, and zinc showing weakness as total volume hits 440,000 shares and bond activity remains dull.
Boston market reports copper shares leading gains as low priced producing mines such as Mass Consolidated Arizona Commercial Winona and Victoria rally. Advances in Allouez Copper Range Granby Isle Royale Mohawk Old Common Osceola lift the copper average to a fresh yearly high amid expectations high metal prices persist for six to twelve months.
A dense OCR scan shows multiple company names with dividend figures and share counts. Entries include Gulf State St, Maxwell Motor, Texas Co, Union Pacific, Studebaker, Western Pacific, and other firms with various percentages and dollar amounts, followed by ex-dividend notes. The fragment resembles a late 19th or early 20th century stock table listing dividends and prices.
Boston August 14 market roundup lists the lowest prices on last sales today across stocks traded in the session. Readings capture intraday lows and closing values for key issuers as brokers report market activity.
The Emerson Motors Company plans extensive car production in Long Island City New York with one million shares of $10 par value stock and a cash treasury. Officers include Willis Emerson as chairman T A Campbell president and R C Hupp vice president. Promoters claim major brokerage support and warn against short selling while urging delivery of certificates and declaring Emerson common the sole authorized stock.
Market sentiment centers on a possible wage settlement between railroad workers and officials led by President Wilson. Reading stock remained active and copper demand showed strong buying, with large anticipated exports and rising prices, while railroads face a potential car shortage and grain transport fears.
Current quotations show brokers' customers' call loans at 3 to 4 percent, outside brokers' call loans at 8 to 3 percent, and customers' commercial loans at 4 to 6 percent. The figures reflect brief ranges across market segments.
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