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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1909

Page

10

Markets Offer Sharp Contrast Across Cities

Total sales in New York reached 593 900 shares and 54 944 shares in Boston. Reading led New York with 89 800 shares traded. Amalgamated topped Boston with 12 581. Delaware & Hudson rose 4 percent to 1723, while Metropolitan Street Railway fell to 254. Wolverine gained to 142 in Boston, Calumet & Hecla dropped to 590. Call money stood at 1 percent in New York and 24 to 3 percent in Boston. Time money ranged 2 to 4 percent in New York and 3 to 44 percent in Boston.

New York Boston Reading Amalgamated Delaware & Hudson Metropolitan Street Railway Wolverine Calumet & Hecla Amalgamated Copper Amar & Foundry Ice Securities Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio A Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Central Leathe Chesapeake & Ohio “S Chicago Great Western Chicago & Northwestern Chicago Mil & St Paul CCC & St Louis Colorado Fuel & Iron Col & Southern Ist Denver Rio Grande Istillers Securities Ee General Electric Great Northe Pyg OPO Cts Illinois Central Interborough International Paper Ove International Pump Iowa Central Kansas City Southern Louisville & Nashville Minneapolis & St Louis Minn Stp&s St M S& Oe Missouri Pacific Ewe Kansas & Texas New York Central Ee Ontario & West Norfolk & Western Pennsylvania Pitts, Co St Louis Republic Steel Rock Island Co Sloss Sheffield Ss & I Southern Pacific Southern Railway Tennessee Copper Aeo- Texas & Pacific Toledo, St Louis & West Union Pacific Do Refuse Eeeseae US Steel Utah Virginia

Market Closes Near Highs After Mixed Session Highlights

Stocks ended with an improved tone after early selling and later upturns. Amalgamated fell to 65 but recovered to 67. Smelters 80 to 80 7 8. Anaconda 39 1 4 to 37 1 2. National Lead 73 to 71 1 2. Calumet & Hecla weakened to 69 0 after offering notes. Isle Royale Tamarack Osceola saw wide ranges. Industrials mixed. overall 25 leaders up, with the average up 1 point from yesterday.

Mergenthaler the Pullman Co United Fruit Ser Batopilas Bos On Bos & Corbin Isle Royale Lake Miami Superior & Boston Superior & Pitts Utah-Apex Eee Enree State Street Wisconsin Central Group Harriman and Hawley Amalgamated Smelting Brooklyn Rapid Transit Reading Union Pacific Steel Common New York New York Stock Exchange Calumet & Hecla-Bigelow Tamarack Osceola Calumet & Hecla Centennial Granby Allouez Famarack Wolverine Boston & Maine Ee Caae Ieee New York Funds Moston Cressines O. Io Boston Ba Bates Pporruty New -York Treasury Bankers’ Sterling Pournog Oul Reichemarks 2S Aces Cece Guildera Calumet & Hecla-Bigelow Deal

Market Prices and Totals for Boston Stocks and Bonds

The table records the day’s stock and bond price movements and the total sales. It lists security names, prices, and volumes for a snapshot of market activity in Boston on February 26.

Boston

Boston curb market brisk with broad trading

Boston curb market activity was broad and steady with leading issues like Giroux Consolidated First National Bay State Gas Cumberland Ely Dominion Copper Goldfield Consolidated and Raven dominating. Prices remained firm as latest news had little impact on overall trading.

Boston Giroux Consolidated First National Bay State Gas Cumberland Ely Dominion Copper Goldfield Consolidated Raven Acme Los Nevada Ariz Michigan Sen Wees Ee GOS Beaver Bingham Mines Black Mountain Boston Ely Butte & London Corbin Davis-Daly Oe Iescume Giroux Consol Hancock Helvetia Utah Nipissing Ohio Soci Union Mines United Zine Pref Fligh Alaska Am Tobacco Eee British Col Butte Coalition Eocems Chicago Subway Cobalt Central Cumberland Ely Oe Douglas Coppe NY ‘Transportation Nipissing M Co Ohio Copper Silver Queen Standard Oil Superior & Pitts Ae United Copper Me Yukon

Everlasting Money Getter Offer From Whitman Pharmacal Co

Massachusetts corporation markets a cathartic product claiming superiority and offers limited 7 percent preferred and common stock at par ten dollars per share. Promises strong appeal to conservative investors citing high consumer use of cathartics and invites information requests to Whitman Pharmacal Company Station A Whitman, Mass.

Massachusetts Corporation Whitman Pharmacal Company Whitman Maas Cascarets Carter Stuart

Interboro Met 414s and Other Rail Bond Figures

A crippled OCR style rail bond table notes Interboro Met 414s and 48. It lists Louis & Nashun4s 78 percent and Wabash ext 48 with 745 percent and $37. It shows Southern Ry 48 and 81 percent, 9214 Mo Pacific 4s, and Adams Ex 45 with 92 percent.

U S Minn & St L Kan & Tex Atchison North Pacific Nor & West Coast Line Oregon Ealt & Ohio Penn L & San Fig Ches & Ohio Seaboard Air L Chi & Alton TOY So Pacific RI & Pace Tex & Pacific St L & W Union Pacific Colo Indus Colo Midland Cole & South Wabash del & Huder Western Md Denver & Rio Lake Shore Wee Hock Valley Interboro Met Japan He ES Icing Co Eas Do Louis Southern Ry Mo Pacific Adams Ex

City Treasurers Award Temporary Loans and Bond Sales

Portland Maine and Newport Rhode Island award temporary loans totaling 230000. Citizens Savings Bank Providence and First National Boston win 3.1 and 3.11 percent discounts respectively. Southern Railway bonds sold to J P Morgan syndicate for 21 million to refinance short term notes. New bond issuers include Clinton and Madison counties with Kountze Bros and Oneida Savings Bank taking bonds at premiums. Lee Higginson buys Calumet and Hecla notes.

Portland Citizens’ Savings Bank of Providence R. I First National Bank of Boston Loring, Tolman & Tupper Bond & Goodwin Blake Bros. & Co Southern Railway Company J. P. Morgan & Co Newport, R. I Aquidneck National Bank of Newport Win

Readable Names and Shares in Historic Company Notices

A listing of company names and security details appears, noting American Express American Railways Delaware and Hudson and others. Dividends payable are shown for National Biscuit Co Quaker Oats Terre Haute Traction and light details for preferred shares.

American Express American Railways Delaware & Hudson People’s Gas Atlantic Mining Co Greene Cananea Copper Co Eastman Kodak Columbia Gas & Electric National Biscuit Co Quaker Oats Terre Haute Traction & Light

Corporate dividend and record dates in March and April

Laclede Gas Co announces quarterly 114 percent common with books closing March 6 reopening March 16. Galveston Houston Electric Co sets semiannual $2 preferred to stock of record March 1, March 15. Wisconsin Central Railway Co quarterly 1 percent preferred with record March 1. Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co semiannual $4 common with records March 5, books close March 5 reopen March 16. General Electric Co quarterly $2 with record March 5, no books close. West Jersey Seashore R A Co semiannual 2 percent to record March 15, April 1. Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co quarterly 1 percent April 1.

Laclede Gas Co Galveston-Houston Electric Co Wisconsin Central Railway Co Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co General Electric Co West Jersey & Seashore R. A. Co Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co

Balance sheet highlights Cumberland Ely Copper Co assets

The annual report shows 1908 assets of 9 204 038 with property 4 676 538 investment 4 100 000 and cash 37 783. Liabilities list capital stock at 6 500 000 surplus 441 122 and accounts payable 250 488. Totals match 9 204 034.

Cumberland Ely Copper Company Josug Aes Ca Alene

King Philip Copper Company Third Annual Statement

The third annual report of the King Philip Copper Company for the year ended December 31 1908 appears with a comparative section. The document outlines financial highlights and operations for the period, likely including production, sales, and earnings figures and a summary comparison to prior results.

King Philip Copper Company

Trade Review notes mixed signals from steel cuts to dry goods

R G Dun & Co reports that steel cuts add confusion to weak iron and copper markets while supply and demand dynamics may ultimately aid business. Local dry goods demand stays for known needs. Western house trade approaches normal. Cotton goods prices steady, and men’s wear weak for woolens though fancy overcoats stay strong. Boston shoe shipments up 20 percent year to date. hide market remains weak.

New York R. G. Dun & Co Boston

Leather market tones down as sales fade and prices slip

The text notes a pronounced decline in sales with further price reductions. The leather market shows inactivity with weaker prices across all lines and light on-hand supplies. Failures in the week total 270 in the United States versus 328 last year and 31 in Canada versus 82 a year ago.

United States Canada

Bradstreet's Review Prospects Bright Despite Uncertainty

Bradstreet's state of trade notes expansion in dry goods, millinery, and agricultural markets while metal prices slump and tariff fears create uncertainty. Copper and lead weaken, stocks rise, demand soft, and production may shrink. Wheat exports fall year over year as Canada shows broadening trade and a generally bright outlook with much building planned. Canada weekly failures tally 40 versus 3 last year.

New York Bradstreet United States Canada Telegraph Bradstreet’s

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