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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1915
Page
10
Stock markets show sharp declines with few gains. sugar shares weakest. New Haven touches 49, its lowest point, as copper stocks join rails and industrials. New York averages dip below the January 29 level.
Total sales in New York 316 500 shares and Boston 19 676 shares. Reading led NY with 51 100 and Butte & Superior led Boston with 4 534. Jan 1 1915 to date NY 6 199 100 and Boston 583 687. Last year NY 12 125 100 and Boston 797 527. U S Alcohol pref rose 3 to 75 as Am Sugar pref fell 5 to 109 in NY. Gal Houston pref rose 1 to 96 and Calumet & Hecla fell 7 to 390 in Boston.
New York market reacts to German admiralty war zone proclamation with broad liquidation across shares led by Canadian Pacific Southern Pacific and New York Central. Industrials hold firmer while United States Steel weakens near 40 amid heavy selling with late recoveries and new financing plans emerging for Lackawanna Steel Pan Handle and Erie Jersey railroads.
New York stocks showed high and low readings and rapid quotes for February 5. Comparison with the previous close is provided to indicate market movement and daily volatility.
Boston February 5 report shows high low and last prices for securities traded on the Boston Stock Exchange with comparisons to the previous close, including bonds.
The Boston market notes losses in copper and other shares amid Germanys blockade threats. Mohawk shares rise to a new high on strong ore yields, while Massachusetts Electric and other utilities slump on dividend concerns. Copper metal buying declines as prices soften and buyers stay cautious pending Germanys stance.
Current quotations show brokers call loans at 3 1 4 percent and outside calls at 3 4 2 percent. Commercial loans range from 4 1 5 to 6 percent, with collateral loans at 4 1 4 to 6 percent. Commercial paper 3 4 4 to 4 4 percent. Year money 4 1 4 to 5 percent. Clearing House, New York funds and exchanges reported totals and balances with year ago comparisons. Foreign exchange steady after noon with sterling cables at 4.5434, demand 4.84, francs 0.191, marks 0.87, guilders 0.405-16.
Rock Island earned a December net of 960 088 compared with 1 205 1g0 in December 1913. Six months net 7 986 876 versus 8 064 518. J E Thompson to retire February 15 and Thompson Towle Co will form Thompson Shennard Co with mem ber ships on several exchanges. Norfolk and Western December net 1 089 022 down 263 702. six months 7 446 706 down 211 727. John Dunhill elected director of Federal Light and Trac tion Co replacing Samuel Mc Roberts. Western Pacific December net 83 686 up 51 940. six months 482 679 down 219 782.
Sugar common stock rose to par amid a volatile two week run with a 104 to 111 1 2 spread. Rumors of boardroom dissension and dividend disputes surfaced while Woolworth reports steady 1914 earnings and a 10.8 percent return.
Salem Massachusetts invites bids by 10 a m February 12 for 400000 four percent loan bonds dating 1914 with 5000 annually 1915-54 and 200000 dated 1914. Seattle Lighting sells 107000 five percent refunding bonds due 149 to N W Harris at 5.55 yield. Paterson sells 1 million four and a half percent sewer bonds to Gibsons at premium. Pawtucket invites noon February 11 bids for 557000 six and a half percent mortgage and related bonds. Puget Sound Traction notes sold. Erie Jersey first mortgage bonds bought. several major underwritings noted. New Brunswick sells five year five percent bonds to Farmers’ Loan & Trust. Lackawanna Steel, Blair, Kean Taylor bidders. New York State plans 414 percent bonds for canals highways and terminals.
Trading in New York on February 5 showed persistent pressure on St Paul and Southern Pacific convertibles and noticeable softness in Pennsylvania issues. Gains in Minneapolis and St Louis 4s lent some support to Iowa Central 4s as Interborough Metropolitan and Bethlehem Steel refunding 5s held firm. Total sales reached 2.58 million dollars with weekly and yearly comparisons provided.
New York metal market notes fluctuating quotes for copper lead tin and aluminum. Copper primed for February and March delivery ranges around 143-4 15c while electro lytic and casting quotes appear around 141-4c and 4 141-4c respectively. Lead and other metals show varying bids and retail quotes with tin and nickel also listed among diverse prices.
Poor's Analyses first series and Poor's Summary of Investment News are issued in bound form for the nine months ending December 31, 1914. The Analyses covers 41 corporations across railroads utilities and industry with value estimation guidance and includes a special article debating American railway credit.
Worcester county Mass sold a temporary loan of 100000 dollars maturing October 15 1915 to R L Day and Co at a 3.04 percent discount while Farmers Loan and Trust bid 3.50 percent discount.
The Glee and Mandolin Clubs of Wellesley College gave a concert at Stopley Plaza to a bright gathering of students and guests. Afterward there was informal dancing. The concert is described as the school year’s special social event.
Professor Eugene P. Andrews of Cornell University told the Boston Society of the Archeological Institute of America that evidence from Crete suggests the cross as a sacred sign appeared 2000 years before Christ. He showed a Candia Museum photograph of an ancient image bearing a cross and argued the symbol may predate Christian use.
Professor Andrews presented lantern slides from a recent horseback trip through Crete. The exhibit displayed bronze implements a palace and a cave linked to myth, showing ancient crafts, sewers and bathrooms, bull baiting, boxing, and soldiers saluting as evidence of a civil and military Bronze Age culture.
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