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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1920
Page
21
A brisk financial note reports a dull market with slight declines. The May inflation conference and Sumatra earnings of twenty dollars per share are noted, alongside a large telephone station expansion and Dwight Mfg declaring a one hundred percent stock dividend.
Yesterday's stock market opened steady then fell heavily amid low volume. Retail Stores led gains on expansion optimism, while oil issues slipped. Reserve Board talks loom as inflation relief and credit stability are debated. American Sumatra forecasts $20 a share earnings for year ending July 31.
Bell network stations total 12 012 016 up from 11 795 747 at year end with a 38 percent gain since 1914. Burns Bros. reports year net profit 1 027 085 and 11 44 a share. sales rise to 24 053 980 from 21 286 870. Dwight Manufacturing declares 100 percent stock dividend and plans par value cut to 100. capital up to 6 000 000. William A. Read buys 15 million in CN rail gold certificates with a flexible sinking fund plan to retire by 1935. Otis Steel shows 1.59 a share. Seneca ships 350 tons daily to Baltic mill. Concord & Montreal, Fitchburg, Boston & Lowell refunds idle. Edward A. Davis elected assistant cashier at National Shawmut Bank. Winona Copper stops operations. resumption unlikely.
Financial notes show stock prices mostly steady as liquidation did not resume amid reports of transport tie ups and material shortages. Analysts cite small speculative accounts, explain stock dividends mispriced by post dividend price drops, and discuss the impact of capital supply on high grade securities.
A list of Massachusetts banks and trust companies with dates when deposits in savings or interest departments begin to earn interest. Institutions named include Andover Savings, Brighton Five Cents, Brookline Savings, Melrose Savings, Boston Five Cents, Columbus Savings, Franklin Savings, Medford Savings, Suffolk Savings, Waltham Savings, Warren Institution, Charlestown Trust, Commonwealth Trust, Cosmopolitan Trust, Federal Trust, Fidelity Trust, Hanover Trust, South Boston Trust, United States Trust, Melrose Trust, Somerville Trust, Boylston National Bank, and Union Market National Bank with their respective start dates.
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