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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
8
Trading in copper shares faced notable weakness with American Smelting and Amalgamated Copper in focus. Analysts attributed declines to fears of a coordinated bear raid and potential smelting competition, while gold and foreign exchange markets showed renewed activity and expectations of a resumed gold flow from New York.
Public service commission refuses Delaware & Hudson request to issue funds for trolley line purchases. York Central reports a low point as Austrian premier remarks calm political climate. Twelve industrials fall 1.91 percent and twenty active railroads drop 1.55 percent.
Wall Street sentiment hints at lower prices possible yet urges utmost conservatism in market operations. Banks report cash losses of about 26 000 this week as loans shrink. Bear pressure persists with limited material impact while optimism hints at a continued rally. Railroad stocks show notable re gains amid broader market chatter.
Financial report from New York and Boston dated December 18 shows money on call at 2 1/4 percent, rates for sixty to ninety days at around 3 1/4 percent, prime mercantile paper at 4 1/4 percent, and sterling exchange firm. Government and railroad bonds are steady or irregular, with various issues listed, including Atchison and Union Pacific, and dozens of industrials such as American Tree and Electric and United States Steel traded with mixed results.
Charleston, Savannah, Wilmington, Toledo and Oil City report varied prices and activity. Turpentine and rosin quotes adjust by grade with firm to steady demand. window glass and water white ballast noted. Oil markets in North Lima and South Lima show small price points and mixed receipts and shipments.
Special dispatch from Louisville lists today offerings across all warehouses. Burley totals 359 hogsheads and dark 136 hogsheads for a total 465. original inspection 461, reviews 34, yesterday rejections 73. Burley prices span 8.50 to 21.50 dollars, dark 5.50 to 11.50 dollars.
New York prices show butter steady at 18 cents with 23 988 pounds received and dairy products mixed. Cheese unchanged with 1 145 boxes received. eggs irregular with varied regional quotes. Western prices list firsts at 14 cents and seconds 29 30 cents. poultry demand calm with modest price moves across regions. Chicago notes cheese and butter steady, eggs weak in some markets, and poultry steady with turkeys around 13 cents. Kansas City reports eggs at 26 cents current receipts.
Toledo market note shows December at 5.60, March 5.674, and October contract for Clover seed with Alsike prime at 8.83. Exchange quotes reflect grain trading activity and price points for Clover seed futures.
The New Orleans market for cotton seed oil shows prime refined oil priced at 5.10 cents per pound in barrel quantities with December 18 reporting.
New York bond sales and market notes show unchanged money rates and strong municipal traction. Reports from Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis detail clearings currency exchange and active trading in American Rolling Mill Procter & Gamble and Cincinnati Gas & Electric with municipal issues leading bond activity.
Industrial shares led the market session with strongest gains while top quotations remained near highs. Traders watched key indices and price movements amid steady trading volumes.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions financial terms like trust and dividends without clear events or identifiable names. No coherent person, place, or organization can be established from the readable fragments. The record remains too damaged to extract a specific news item or outcome.
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company directors announced a regular quarterly dividend of 21 percent payable January 9. Cincinnati & Hamilton Traction follows with a different percentage to be paid January 2. Banner Baking and Grocers Baking merge to form Banner-Grocers Baking Company with Simon Hubig as president and Ben Weil as general manager. The new firm will be capitalized at 350000 dollars and temporarily occupy Banner’s Hast Pear street plant.
New Orleans spot cotton holds steady amid a day of covering and demand on news of a census report. Futures rise in early trading then close steady as Liverpool and New York follow with mixed results.
Moderate money supply and absorbable discounts paced a quiet session. Outside the American section little moved as holders held values ahead of holidays. Leaders cited Taft policy fears and a flat New York opening, with mixed recovery later and an uncertain close. Key quotes list firms such as Anaconda 9 to 9 16 and Louisville & Nashville 124 showing varied levels.
Wholesale and jobbing houses report normal business for the season with forward spring contracts encouraging. Tin plate mills busy and billets and bars moving on old contracts. Cotton goods markets quiet yet mills busy. footwear sales rebounding while leather and hides soften. Bank clearings fall versus 1906. payments higher in December. Dispatches note holiday quiet in most sectors but confidence in staples movement after January rises.
The local tobacco market sold 167 birds this week with most linked to 1907 tobacco. Medium classes and wrappers gained 3 to 5 cents, while inferior hogsheads fetched strong premiums. Offerings increased and demand stayed high, with about 10 percent rejections and weekly totals contrasting Dec 19 and Dec 12 reports. Cincinnati quotations follow.
In Boston a mining market snapshot shows varied figures and names such as Al Jones 37 and Amilgamat 78 percent, with entries for Calumet and Hecla 660 and Reyes among others amid a cluttered financial page.
Cincinnati market summary for December 18 1908 notes steady but quiet wheat and corn, quiet oats and rye, moderate flour demand, steady hay, firm whisky. Includes reported prices for wheat corn oats rye flour hay malt millfeed and assorted receipts and shipments across commodities and grains.
A compact price list of fruits and vegetables with per unit costs for apples bananas beets carrots celery cucumbers cabbage cranberries lemons oranges onions potatoes pumpkins pears string beans squash turnips. Notable items include California and Arizona lemons Florida oranges and white onions with varied per box and per barrel rates.
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