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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
8
New York April 29. Wall Street faced unsettled trade as large stock offerings met with rising selling pressure while short interest and bear activity provided bullish counterweights. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific moves dominated chatter as iron and steel news cooled prospects for price gains. Total sales par value 4 468 000.
Boston reports show a compilation of mining stocks with percentages and company names including Amalgamated, Calumet and Hecla, Centennial, Copper Range, Daly-West, Franklin, Granby, Michigan, Mohawk, Old Dominion, Parrot, Quincy, United Copper, United States Oil, Utah, Winona, Wolver ine, Nevada, Butte Coaliti on, Cananea and others, with varied percentages and figures.
Americans in London hold strong at 4a% above parity while the London market remains steady and featureless. United States Steel reports a $7,865 surplus after dividends. a deficit seems unlikely. Interborough financing covers the next two years. Many stocks in loan crowd. M. K. T. will not sell bonds in treasury as rumored. Twenty-five roads for third week in April show an 18.14 percent decline in gross average.
Brokers report a mild late-day pullback from a fast rise as profit-taking grows. Analysts anticipate further fluctuations until Union Pacific financing news. Short-covering remains a factor while industrials show renewed strength and the market eyes higher levels.
The New York coffee market opened steady with little change as European reactions influenced prices. Brazilian markets rose while primary receipts stayed light. day closed steady to modestly lower. 48,300 bags were sold with May at 6.80c, July 5.90c, September 5.95a6c, December 6.05a6.10c, March around 6.0c. Spot steady Rio No 7.6c, Santos 4.8% to 4.9c, Cordova 2% to 2.4c.
A crowded display of bond listings includes New York issues tied to rail lines banks and utilities. Entries show prices yields and quantities across U S and international firms with notes on companies such as Japanese corporations and U S railroads.
Shaffer of the Business Men's Club hails Columbus action on the elevated railway bill. Cincinnati backers favored rapid transit to suburbs. Oberlin College centennial events set for June 15 with Taft as commencement speaker and W C Cochran also speaking. The Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway reports March net earnings at 149 793 37 after expense cuts of 86 296 87.
London markets showed firmer tone with better money supply and easing discounts. American securities led gains, especially Pacific stocks, while Canadian Pacific lagged on weak revenue. Paris and Berlin opened steady with mixed echoes from New York and London.
Boston reports call loans at 24 percent and time loans around a5 percent. Atchison bonds shown at 87 bid, various railroad and utility issues quoted with mixed prices. New York money on call easy at 1 to 2 percent, time loans firmer, prime mercantile paper 4 to 4.5 percent, sterling and Mexican dollar rates noted. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds irregular.
Oil markets show North Lima at 1.04 with regional listings for Lima and Indiana. turpentine and rosin notes include Savannah activity with firm rosin and sizable sales and receipts, Wilmington spirits turpentine steady at 42c and rosin at 2.75, Crude turpentine prices and Wilmington stock figures. Oil City reports daily balances and shipments totals for late April.
Special Dispatch notes light offerings and only fair quality due to poor keeping conditions. Prices remain firm with numerous buyers reporting a range of prices for new Burley and dark tobacco across multiple lots and house names totaling 250 dark and 125 Burley hhds.
St Louis reports lead at 4 dollars with spelter at 4.55 as prices firm. London tin rose to 144 5s, copper up near 57 17s 6d, London lead steady at 13, spelter at 21. Local quotes show copper around 12.62 to 12.87 for spot and 12.50 to 12.75 for electrolytic. Iron and foundry prices in London and U.S. markets show smaller shifts with standard foundry at 49s 6d and Cleveland warrants at 50s 6d, while U.S. No 1 and No 2 grades range around 16 50 to 17.50 per ton.
New York mining prices and listings from April 29 show Adams Concentrates at .05, Alice at 2.00, Breece at .11, Brunswick at .10, Comstock Tunnel at .37, Conn California and Virginia at .40, Iron Silver at 1.00, Leadville at .05, Ontario at 4.0, Ophir at 2.30, Potosi at .10, Sierra Nevada at .37, Small Hopes at .18, and other notes such as Sa -25 and 8erd 1.6.
Cincinnati reports dollar volumes with bank clearings 3 319 700 and New York exchange at 25 30 premium. Bond and stock quotes show Civil lines and traction bonds steady. water works 4s 1938 48 and Hamilton 4s 1927 steady. Call loans 4 5 percent and time loans steady.
A scanned market snippet lists unlisted bank stocks including Am Nat Bank 125 Brighten Ger 400 Cin Trust 290 and various others with prices like Cit Nat Cov 160 and First N’l Cov 175 185 Nor Nat 120 125 Prov & 8 7 165 180 and rail and traction stocks. Bond items show C i & ND 4s 97 Dayton & Day Ur 58 and Ky Cent 4s 81 91% plus industrials like Amer Book 175 and Hoov O R pr 105 112.
Liverpool improved by stronger Manchester demand and general trade optimism. New England spot cotton demand supported hedges, while market sentiment remained cautious about a record South crop as planting remains sparse and futures loom. W R Todd & Co and W E Hutton & Co note skeptical outlook on futures.
Spot cotton in New Orleans steady at Middling 9 13-16c while sales total 1,600 bales. futures rise 16 to 24 points as Liverpool reports strong buying from large importers. New York closes 18-19 points higher with 275,000 bales traded. prices show gains on frost risk and export demand.
The Iron Trade Review notes oversubscribed Pennsylvania 4 percent bond issue of 40 million dollars sparking modest iron market improvement though overall conditions remain weak. A 50 thousand ton iron ore sale to Southern Ohio interests post May 1 is reported while Pennsylvania Railroad uses new bonds for New York terminal expenses and line improvements amid idle cars and locomotives. The New York Central signs a 10 thousand keg spike contract with Carnegie Steel. A looming pig iron crisis grows as talks push for a new $10 Birmingham schedule to cut prices, with some buyers forced to bid for immediate needs. If an agreed plan to hold prices steady passes, market peace may follow.
Wool prices in St. Louis show steady tone with medium combing and clothing grades firm. Fine talic and italic variants trade around 14314e for vent and 19alhc for heavy fine italic tubed goods under market conditions.
Wheat firm with No 2 red and No 3 red quoted. Corn higher for yellow and white types amid good inquiry. Oats weak on ample offerings. rye easy. Flour steady. hay steady demand. Whisky firm with 832 barrels at 1.35 per gallon. Receipts and shipments listed for apples, oats, cattle, butter, coffee, rye, flour and more.
Apple per barrel price listed as 2.3 dollars. Bananas priced 1.75 to 2 per bunch with seconds at 0.75 to 1. Onions noted as home grown Mea bush. Green meats section lists shoulder 6.75 to 7.12 and short ribs 6.75 to 7.24 with extra short at 4.47 to 4.25. Other items include beets 1.50 per barrel, carrots 1.50 per barrel, cabbage 1.75 per crate, lemons 3.25 to 5.26 per box, oranges 2.50 to 3 per box, potatoes 2.60 to 2.75 per barrel, strawberries 0.15 to 0.25 per quart, squash 2 to 2.25, sweet potatoes 4 per crate, tomatoes 1.50 to 2 per crate.
A brief arrival item notes Timothy arriving from a store at a given time. The fragment mentions an encounter or check-in but lacks concrete details or full context.
Reports indicate rising demand from local and distant buyers while receipts remain light. Prices are fully sustained due to reduced offerings and strong primary markets, with foreign sorts entering to cover limited medium grades and notable activity from New Orleans and Atlantic Coast regions.
Offerings were light and demand weak as old tobacco nears exhaustion and new stock remains unsalable. Trades across three warehouses show mixed prices for new and old tobaccos with most activity in medium trash grades.
Clover seed values listed in Toledo on April 29 with cash and October bids. Cash 12.75 dollars per unit, 23 and 12.15 for other mentions, October 7.65. Timothy seed noted as prime.
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