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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1912

Page

12

Market Highlights From Yesterday's Trading Across Cities

Total sales in New York reached 252000 shares and 17510 shares in Boston. Mexican Petroleum led New York with 30000 shares while Butte and Superior topped Boston with 4373 shares. Year to date and year over year figures appear for New York and Boston, with notable gains in American Tobacco and Calumet & Hecla and losses in Canadian Pacific and Wolverine Mining. Call and time money rates show modest shifts in New York and Boston.

Mexican Petroleum Wolverine New York Boston Butte & Superior American Tobacco Canadian Pacific Calumet & Hecla Wolverine Mining Time Money

Market Gyrations Mark New York Stocks Slide and Rise

Trading on September 6 shows mixed movement with Lehigh Valley and Canadian Pacific under pressure while United States Steel and copper stay near steady. Fertilizer stocks like American Cotton Oil rise on cotton crop prospects. Bethlehem Steel and Republic Iron advance as iron and steel schedules rise.

New York Lehigh Valley Canadian Pacific United States Steel Bethlehem, Steel Republic Iron Producers’ Association National Biscuit Central Leather London Paris New York City United States

Wolverine Stock Drops as Butte & Superior Buoys Market

The Boston market reports Wolverine dipping to 91 from Thursday’s close, a new low for the year, amid small lot sellings and transfers of older certificates. Butte & Superior provides some support, while overall activity remains quiet as brokers pivot to the ball game and money rates tighten to five percent.

Boston Wolverine Butte & Superior Butte & Su-perior

Boston curb market shows active day with varied price moves

The local curb market featured active trading with several issues rising slightly. Notable items included Butte Central Alaska Gold and Contact, whose price jumped from 65 to 80 cents, with smaller changes among others.

Butte Central Alaska Gold Butte & London Bingham Mines Contact Eagle & Blue Bell Ely Consolidated la Rose Lion Hill Consolidated Mexican Metals Receipts Oneco Alaska Nevada Bay State Gas Boston Bingham Mines Calaveras Ee Arizona Cortez Consol Lion Hill Evover Ohio Raven South Lake Utah

Lloyds Bets On Election Outcomes Prompt Premiums

The article notes Lloyds in London writing policies on presidential results with premiums of 7 guineas for a 100 pound total loss against Wilson, 40 for Taft, and 25 for Roosevelt. It also covers bullish crop forecasts, mining stock moves, and dividend plans shaping market sentiment.

Lloyds London Wilson Taft Roosevelt

Financial and mining notes from Septembers calls and shifts

The comptroller of the currency reports national bank conditions as of Sept 4 marking a fourth call this year. Massachusetts trust companies follow a Sept 4 deadline. Eagle & Blue Bell mine ships 11 cars ore yielding 3600? wait 36,100 in smelter returns, 60.67 per ton. Mine daily output about 1800 tons. Eastern Talc Company plans 2550 new preferred shares at par with 50 percent due at subscription and 50 percent later. Copper Producers' Association August statement delayed to next Monday.

Thorndike Massachusetts Trust Companies Eagle & Blue Bell Eastern Talc Company

Money market tightness and rising call money rates

Local money was tight with 5 percent prevailing rates and some call loans at 4 1 2 percent for top collateral. Outside demand grew, pressuring rates higher while traders hoped for copper activity if funding stayed low. New York call rates hovered around 3 1 2 to 4 percent, with time money near 5 percent across dates.

New York Boston Sansa Wese Na Ty Bankers’ Sterling Ore Call Cheek Ae's Vieisle Aare Reichsmarks Giles

Copper and metal prices steady in London market report

Sept 6 copper and related metals quoted with small changes. Spot and futures values shown for copper, lead, zinc, tin, and antimony. London market summary notes bids, asks, and sales affected by regional demand and currency fluctuations.

Cookson London

Dividends Declared by Several Companies This Quarter

Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad pays 2 percent regular quarterly dividend to stock on record Sept 19, payable Sept 25. Davel Mills Fall River 11-2 percent quarterly, payable Oct 1 to Sept 33. Hart Schafner Marx 18-4 percent preferred, payable Sept 30 to Sept 20. Manhattan Shirt initial 13-4 percent preferred, payable Oct 1 to Sept 16. Chicago Junction Railways Union Stock Yards 11 Aug 112 percent preferred, payable Oct 1 to Sept 11. Chicago Junction Railways Union 2 percent common, payable Oct 1 to Sept 11. British Columbia Copper 8 percent quarterly, books close Oct 1 reopen Oct 16. J S Case Threshing Machine 13-4 percent preferred, payable Oct 1 to Sept 18.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Davel. Mills Fall River Hart, Schafner & Marx Manhattan Shirt Company Chicago Junction Railways Chicago Junction Railways& Union Stock Yards Company Chicago Junction Ratilways & Union Stock Yards Company British Columbia Copper Company J. S. Case Threshing Machine Co

Bond Market Notes from Various Cities

Dedham rejects all bids for 10,000 dollar four percent notes. Elizabeth New Jersey announces 30,000 dollar four point one four percent bridge bonds. Central Illinois Public Service sells 3,000,000 first refunding bonds. Westchester Manor invites proposals by September seventh for 14,000 five percent bi year highway bonds. NYSE lists 1,000,000 five percent ten to twenty year mortgage bonds and 10,000,000 thirty year mortgage bonds. Minneapolis awards 150,000 four percent thirty year park bonds and 25,000 four percent twenty year fire department bonds. Blair & Co buys 2,000,000 Republic Iron and Steel ten eighty year five percent bonds. Authorized issue stands at 25,000,000 with 13,305,000 issued.

Amtae Tel Ieee Butte Ballak Treve Heela Daly West East Butte Heen Eas Fitchburg Mason Valley Nevada Ae North Bath Old Dominion Alony Pond Eae Utah Consol West End of Wolverine Co Central Illinois Public Service Company N. W. Salsey & Co Russell Brewster & O New York Stock Exchange Mortgage Bond Company of New York Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company Minneapolis, Minn E. H. Rollins & Sons Blair & Co Republic Iron and Steel

Cotton Markets Show Sharp Rally After Early Decline

Following unfavorable Liverpool cables and rains in the Atlantics the market opened lower but then rose sharply 33 to 35 points from the low as demand grew. Crop accounts remain generally unfavorable with prospects declining, while short covering reduces some pressure and notable shorts stay active.

Liverpool Atlantics

Calendar for Today Evening Meetings

Rail lines Chicago and Indiana routes plan meetings on today’s calendar. Wisconsin Central and Iowa Central also schedule sessions with emphasis on book deadlines and station updates.

Bond Market Activity Mixed In New York Trade

The market showed fairly active trading with irregular prices. Key dealings centered on Atchison and St. Paul convertibles, New York city issues, Mexican Petroleum 6s, and New York Railways bonds. United States Government bonds were also cited.

Atchison and St. Paul New York City Mexican Petroleum New York

Grain markets trend downward amid new wheat lows

New low wheat records were set with near futures around 90 cents and May under 9. The market showed a downward tendency all session as demand softened. Patten emerged as a strong buyer of September and May corn, supporting early rallies before gains faded. oats stayed steady with minor declines. Minneapolis receipts and weather notes through Battleford and Canadian points are included.

Patten Liverpool Paris Antwerp Budapest Berlin Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Battleford

Chicago Market Bid Ask and Bond Listings

Market quotes show bids and asks across multiple issues including Am Ship 47 473, Fisheries do pfd 88 90, Canal & D K 58, Chicago Rys 170 190, CG Edison 188% 140, Chicago Ei Ry 382 335 do pfd 89 92, Chicago T & T 216 217, Chicago Tel 142 145, Pneu Tool 52% 53, Nat Garton 117 128, do pfd 118 121.

Ask Am Ship Fisheries Canal & D’k C Rys CG Edison Nat Garton

Houghton & Dutton Plans Bond Issue and Trust Formation

S Moseley & Co offer 2 million dollars in bonds for the newly formed Houghton & Dutton Building Trust with 500 thousand preferred and 1.5 million common stock. Bonds bear 4.5 percent interest for 20 years to October 1 1932 and are tax exempt. Trust will buy buildings they lease back for 32 years to the department house, funding up to 500 thousand in improvements and providing a sinking fund of 25 thousand annually.

Houghton & Dutton Houghton & Dutton Company Building Trust Department House

Champagne conspiracy charged against railroads

A wine dealers firm accused the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and four other railroads of discriminatory rates. They claim California champagnes paid 2 per hundred pounds to New York but 2.25 for New York to the Pacific Coast, effectively barring foreign wines from the West.

Washington Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Inter-State Commerce Commission California New York Pacific Coast

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