TAROMETER OF J. BUSINESS A BUSY MONTH
A busy month with about 400 000 cars produced and sales kept at an excellent pace. This dispatch outlines conditions in the chief industries to guide businessmen in forming conclusions about the next few months.
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
27
A busy month with about 400 000 cars produced and sales kept at an excellent pace. This dispatch outlines conditions in the chief industries to guide businessmen in forming conclusions about the next few months.
The piece notes rising use of paid vacations for wage earners, citing firms like Studebaker Marshall Field Sears and Standard Oil. It describes plans including regular vacation bureaus and contributory schemes, plus potential benefits to health morale loyalty and productivity.
Chicago and Pittsburgh market items list butter eggs cheese and live poultry with receipts and price ranges. Butter at Chicago 42 89 for creamery extra firsts. eggs 17 662 cases. chickens ducks hens and roosters priced weekly. Produce includes cucumbers tomatoes onions and potatoes with regional crate and barrel pricing.
Marietta berries have arrived with home grown varieties expected next week. Asparagus prices are slightly lower while market lists show few changes. Butter egg wholesale and retail quotes hold from early week and cheese varieties stay steady. Spring chickens are plentiful at 69 cents a pound and sliced ham retail prices edge up slightly. Wheat in the local exchange remains higher than Thursday with No 1 quality at 1.78 dollars.
Corrected by patitucct Steiner and Harry A Dean draw a long catalog of produce and meats with assorted unit prices. Items include green onions 8 cents a bunch or 2 for, celery hearts 18 cents a bunch or 2 for 35 cents, lemons dozens, oranges dozens, onions white and yellow, green mangoes, English walnuts, almonds, filberts, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage, cantaloupes, strawberries, and many more. Meat prices list leg lamb, round steak, porterhouse, spring chickens, bacon, veal chops, and various roasts alongside a cheese market with domestic onlo offers and Wisconsin longhorn cream cheese.
In New York June stocks showed irregular movement with steel and utilities slipping early while oil issues rallied. French francs dropped to new yearly lows and oil demand figures implied record consumption, as low priced oils surged and stronger oils rose modestly.
New York market shows abrupt sentiment against utilities with major issues like Carolina Power and Lehigh Power tumbling seven to seventeen points. Pathe Exchange class A leads gains on talk of a new machine, while Durant Motors suffers amid weak annual results and broader liquidation. Bonds and minor issues quote to mixed levels as April gasoline usage hits a new high.
Canton news lists bank stocks and industrials with prices such as United Alloy 97, United Electric 20, First National Bank 18764, and Santon Mortgage 100. Cotton market opens firm in New York with July at 22.70 and Dec at 28.350, up several points.
Boston reports show strong demand in raw wool with fleece wools in focus. Quarter bloods hold around 4 cents, while some dealers quote 4.5 to 5 cents. James sells at 4.8? with others bidding 5.0. Auction next week at Kerrville Texas expected prices around 40 cents for eight months wool and 45 for 12 months.
Cotton goods markets in New York remained quiet but firmer. 64x60 print cloths listed at 83 3/4 cents, 64xle advanced 1 8 cent to 101 8. Raw alike slowed and dropped five cents per pound.
The report notes coffee prices moving up to 324 37 points higher on a June 5 session with shifts noted for July 19 200, Sept 17 400 and Dec 16 100 as well as March 15 000 and May Mobie in Coppan Ofening New York.
Livestock receipts across Chicago and Cleveland markets show steady to lower prices for cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle include choice and prime steers up to 11.60 in Cleveland, with hogs and calves trading around 12.50 to 12.75 across cities, while sheep and lambs see steady demand with lambs around 15.00 to 15.50 and ewes down to 5.00 to 6.50.
Leighton Pp. Starr of Mantua was elected editor in chief of the Mount Union college Dynamo. Lee Koehler was chosen business manager and Miss Mary Louise Scranton was named president of the Dynamo association. Other staff members include Marian Wright Jessie Newcomer ID nthy Yost Baether Nauha Maude Oskell Richard Krepps David Armstrong Douglas King Helen Kingsbury Ruskin Lamb.
Paria scientists and Spiritualists are excited by Camille Flammarion's death as they await news of possible communication from the renowned French astronomer. Like Sir Oliver Lodge, he pursued spiritual survival through science. Before dying he promised to try to contact friends and students, with skeptics noting the guarded envoy to receive messages.
Orrville arrangements set to screen Rob Jones evangelist film The Unbeatable Game on June 12 at the high school auditorium. The renowned preacher spoke in Wooster for a month, with Orrville and Wooster residents appearing in scenes filmed there. The Wooster showing occurred about a month ago, with other northeastern Ohio towns hosting it.
June 5 M Ed ward Jenson pleaded guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor and was fined 200 plus court costs Marty Nidenbaugh also pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 26 and costs in the Marsillon court session.
Opening Sterty bonds listed at varying prices with multiple series and values. Market data shows bonds priced near 101 with small increments, reflecting fresh issues and yields across second to fourth series.
Chicago markets open with gains across grains. Wheat climbs to around 1.64 to 1.90 in July and December contracts. Corn trades near 1.18 to 1.37 for July and September. Oats advance to about 0.50 to 0.54 as new quotes list mixed to higher levels for summer delivery.
The General Steamship Corporation plans direct service from Portland to Mediterranean ports with the 10,000 motorship Leme scheduled to sail in July. The dispatch cites expansion of routes and fleet deployment across key international shipping lanes.
Price list from Obio Builders Milling Co in Anton June area shows baled hay 14.60 per ton straw 95 cents per ton and various poultry items including chickens hens and ducks with per unit and weight notes and Belgian hares listed under Poultry by Harry AL Dean.
In Boston during June a 70 year old woman Wilhelmina Otto and her 46 year old daughter Anna Otto were found dead in their Roslindale home. A note from the mother said she would kill herself. Police found the mother unconscious after a search of the house and determined she had taken poison.
The Jr villa team of the Ohio State league will play at Loudenville Sunday. The local nine leads the league with three wins and no defeats. They face Manefield on the Pernay field on Sunday June 14, aiming to annex two wins and hold the title.
June 6 Masbiluon reports trials for Jim Sabo on charges of keeping a place selling and possessing intoxicating liquors were set for June 28 at 1 hour m.
In today’s bond market movement reactionary trends prevailed with pockets of strength. The treasury’s equalizing actions supported high year points while speculation centered on June 15 financing terms and possible long term issues.
Martha E. Arnold daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert R Arnold will marry Kent N Spangler on June 1 in the Methodist church in Dalton. Rev John Berger will officiate with maid of honor Jessie Shrowah and matron of honor Harold Jenkins. The couple plans a westward honeymoon and will live with the groom's mother in West Lebanon after the ceremony.
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