Fur imports to US in 1916 to exceed previous records
The Foreign Trade Department of National City Bank reports US fur imports in 1916 will surpass all prior years, doubling 1915. War disrupted trade with Germany shifting supply to Britain and Canada, raising undressed fur share and shifting export destinations to England and Canada while Russia and Germany origins fade.
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United States
Germany
Foreign Trade Department
National City Bank of
New York
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Canada
Russia
Asia
South Amerites
Africa
England
Ile
Alaska
Fertilizer Market Faces Unsettled Wholesale Prices
The Raw Materials Market shows instability as manufacturers buy only for immediate needs. Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, Tankage Blood, Cyanamid, Cottonseed Meal, Acid Phosphate and Bone fetch high prices with Acid Phosphate slightly down from last year and Cottonseed up 30 percent. Nitrogen costs run around 23 cents per pound for Nitrate of Soda and Sulphate of Ammonia, 22 cents in 9-9 Tankage. mixed goods show about 23 cents nitrogen. Few firms publish unmixed quotes, suggesting price volatility. Advisors recommend comparing quotations from multiple sources for mixed and unmixed goods and warn against paying $5 per unit potash on general field crops. Field results on corn and tobacco areas noted with potash at normal levels potentially paying off, especially on Gloucester Sandy loam at the Station Farm.
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Holt
Maine
Gloucester
New York Stock Exchange Quotations and Local Prices
At 1:30 pm, Bridgeport brokers report NYSE quotations including Allis Chalmers 27 and Pfid 88, Am Beet Sugar 87, Am Can 46, Delaware-priced issues, and a long list of industrials, railroads, and minerals with varied percentages. Boston market page follows with Arizona copper shares and regional miners, sourced via T. Watson & Co private wire.
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T. L. Watson & Co
Bankers
Corner Main
John Sta
Bridgeport
Sug. Refg. Co
Tel. & Tele
Alaska
Gt. Northern Ptd
Northern Ore
Tllinois Central
Inspiration Copper
International Nickel
Interborough
Inter
Mer
Marine Inter
Marine Pla
International Paper
Kansas City Sov
Kennecott Copper
Lackawanna Steel
X , Louis, & Nashville
Lehigh, Valley
Maxwell Motors
Mex
Petroleum
Missouri Pacific
Third Avenue
Union Pacific
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Steel
U. S. Smelter E
Utah Copper
Virginia Care Chem
Wabash
Wabash Pfd. A
Wabash Pfd. B
West
Union Tel
Westinghouse Electric
Western Maryland
Willys Overland i
Boston &Todchs
Boston
Stewarts
T. Watson & Co
Arizona
Algomah
Cal
Heela
Centennial
East Butte
Franklin
Greene Cananea
Hancock
Isle Royale
Lake
North Butte
Old Colony
Old Dominion
Osceola
Pond Creek
Quincy
Saint Mary's
Shannon
Superior
Tamarack
U. S. Smelting
Wolverine
Stock Market Opens With Broad Losses Across Sectors
Trading opened in high volume with most leaders down 1 to 3 percent amid weakness in rails metals petroleum and leather shares. Noon losses intensified with Atlantic Gulf West Indies leading decline, while bonds also sold off. Census data on cotton seed products show large totals for mills and refined oils in the Oct 31 quarter.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf & West Indies
U. S
Washington
Census Bureau
A Worthy Resolution for a Savings Account
A bank ad urges readers to save weekly with a 4 percent interest rate and participate in dividends. It cites the bank’s 148th consecutive semi annual dividend declared on Dec 14 and promotes opening an account to qualify for the 149th dividend.
Cambria Steel to Spend 7 Million on New Furnaces
Johnstown Pa Dec 28 Cambria Steel plans seven million dollars in expansion. Two blast furnaces will cost three million and a rear wheel plant four million. Ground has been broken for the furnaces and construction proceeds.
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Johnstown
Cambria Steel Compar
Another Wheat Famine Feared By Holland
Washington dispatch reports Holland faces wheat flour scarcity likely triggering compulsory brown bread, bread cards, and consumption limits. Delays or losses of wheat labor steamers threaten supply. prices rise as brown bread is already distributed on cards.
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Washington
Holland
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Stockholm Bank Announces 10.5 Million Crown Stock Issue
Stockholm December 28 The Stockholm Bank of Commerce plans to issue 10,500,000 crowns of new stock increasing capital from 30,150,000 to 40,200,000 crowns This marks Sweden’s largest bank stock issue as directors foresee greatly expanded business after the war.
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Stockholm
Stockholm Bank of Commerce
Sweden
Connie Mack Urges Hustle for Coming Baseball Year
In Chicago last week Connie Mack told Bill O Connor that players must hustle and stay focused to improve. He warned against distractions and fixed games talk while stressing teamwork and sustained concentration as the Athletics aim to rise from last place. Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
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Connie Mack
Bill O’connor
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Athletics
Chicago
Mr. Mack
Mr Mack
Boston
Detroit
White Sox
Pest of Trees Warns of Insect and Fungus Threats to Ash and Pine
A Washington Star report highlights how leopard moths and ash borers threaten white ash trees, with larvae inside wood resisting spraying. Birds offer the best natural defense, while pine blister rust from imported white pines has spread since 1909, with about 2 million planted in Massachusetts.
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Washington Star
Europe
Journal
New York Botanical Garden
Germany
Massachusetts
Pine blister rust found on five-leaved pines in shipment
The outbreak appeared after stock was shipped from New York. Government action removed all German white pines from that shipment to combat the disease, which affects only five-leaved pines and not two or three-leaved varieties like yellow or pitch pine.
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New York State
New York
French Army Corps Farmers Record On Meuse Lands
The Bulletin Des Armees reports an army corps farmed 735 acres in autumn and spring near the Meuse, growing oats barley potatoes and vegetables and preparing hay on 225 acres. Daily, 30 plows 24 harrows 12 rollers 18 cultivators and 40 vehicles were used. locomotives for railroads were ordered from Baldwin and others including Union Pacific Jersey Central and Santa Fe line.
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Bulletin Des Armees
The
Trench
Meuse
Army Corps
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Union Pacific
Jersey Central
St.Louis
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