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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1908
Page
8
New York traders faced a dull session with early wavering giving way to a late decline as selling mounted. Key issues included American Smelting weakness, Baltimore & Ohio earnings impact, and a rising Southern Pacific bid with 5 percent time-loan rates easing.
American stocks in London show irregular movement with Baltimore & Ohio weak. B&O December earnings reveal gross decline of 1,065,000 and net drop of 1,230,000, boosting expenses by 4 percent to yield 14 percent less business. Westinghouse plans to publish this week. President Stickney optimistic on Great Western. Loan crowd reports fair demand. Bank statement cited as very strong. Louisville & Nashville declares 1 percent extra dividend in $100 stock shares. Fairmont Coal issues annual 2 percent dividend payable January 31.
Brokers note steady distribution by strong interests with buying support above bottoms as prices rise yet anticipate a setback. Reading advances from 94 to 111 with other rails falling two-thirds as much. unfavorably reported railroad earnings suggest possible reduced dividends. Smelting drops reflect such expectations. overall market shows a tired, uneven tone.
London markets ease on ample liquidity with Bank of England bolstering gold funds. United States and European shares press higher as lower discount rates aid investment, while Paris and Berlin trade data reflect firmer or steadier intraday levels amid varied security moves.
New York bond sales reported by W W E Hutton Co and First National Bank Building show total sales figures for the day. Trading activity centers on government and corporate issues with notable participation from major banks and brokers.
Local securities show strong demand while money markets ease as borrowers expect rates to drop. Cincinnati and Chicago clearings, New York exchange near par, and bonds in active trading with Cincinnati Gas and Electric among top features.
The page lists various railroad bonds and traction stocks with bid and price levels. Notable entries include Big Four 4s, C R & E W T s, Union S T, Niles-Bement-Patterson, Norwest savings, and Am Oak Line preferences, with ordinary and preferred issuances spanning prices from around 48 to 165. Ex-dividend statuses and trustee listings appear alongside city hall notes and bank names.
The Ferris Agency Company was yesterday incorporated in Columbus with a capital of $10,000 by Judge Howard Ferris and others. It will handle legal agency work for National Surety, Casualty Company of America and North American Life. The article also notes the Advertisers' Club dinner tonight at the Grand Hotel with James Rodgers as main speaker and speakers Milton Bucklin and Vice Mayor Galvin.
Albert Bettinger Alfred Nippert and Captain J F Ellison of the River and Harbor Committee left yesterday for Indianapolis to attend the Indiana branch convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. A committee of three was appointed to study the feasibility of a Municipal Board of Information reporting to Frank H Shaffer president of the Business Men's Club.
The Day Machine Works, George A. Gray & Co., the Lunkenheimer Company and other machine shops rejected reports that they considered cutting employee wages. Officers of the firms denied any plans to reduce pay.
Dr. B F Lyle, superintendent of the Branch Hospital for Consumptives, lectured at the Northside Business Club on The Great White Plague. A Boston Academy of Music concert was also performed by its members.
The list records new Ohio corporations filed January 20 including The George Rackle & Sons Company at 50 000 by George Rackle Sr and others. The Marion Tool and Specialty Company at 25 600. The Imperial Coal Company Caldwell at 10 000. The Ferris Agency Company Cincinnati at 10 000. The Mambour Glass Sheet Machine Company Mt Vernon at 10 000. Bank of Cleveland at 50 000. The National Tongueless Buckle Company Springfield at 10 000. Farmers and Merchants Bank Company Pemberville at 25 000. Woodland Realty Company Cincinnati at 25 000 with listed organizers for each.
New York report notes Saturday's visible grain supply on January 18 totals 47,226,000 bushels of wheat with a 655,000 bushel decrease, 4,923,000 bushels of corn up 152,000, 8,898,000 bushels of oats up 400,000, 768,000 bushels of rye down 129,600, and 6,541,000 bushels of barley down 239,000.
New York reports early market figures with listed commodity symbols and prices for Adams Con .05 Alice 4.00 Breece .10 Brunswick Con .15 Comstock Tunnel .24 Con Cal and Va .58 Horn Silver .50 Iron Silver .70 Leadville Con .06 Little Chief 0.55 Ontario 3.50 Ophir .20 Potosi .11 Savage -52 goats Nevada .40 Small Hopes .20 Standard 1.10.
New Orleans on January 20 reports prime cotton seed oil priced at 40 cents per pound. No further details provided in the fragment.
Cincinnati market Monday reports liberal cattle receipts and steady values for desirable butcher stock, with strong demand and price declines for milk cows. Hog and sheep rulings show steady to higher tones in multiple cities, while calves and stockers move near last week levels amid varying regional price shifts.
New York money on call easy at 2a3 percent with 2 percent ruling. time loans 5 percent for 60 to 90 days, six months. Sterling exchange steady with bankers’ bills near 486.80 to 486.85 for demand. Boston notes show call loans 5 percent, time loans 5 to 7 percent, and various bonds and stocks with mixed moves.
Tin rose in London with spot £125 1s and futures £126 10s, London copper higher at £62 12s 6d spot, local quotes quiet. Lead up £14 1s 3d in London but steady at $3.70 8.75 locally, spelter quiet at $4.4 to $4.55. iron prices mixed with foundry grades around 46s to 47s 6d in London and various US quotes. St Louis reports Lead $3.65 and Spelter $4.50.
Oil City reports credit balances and barrel shipments with averages. Savannah marks a holiday with no naval market activity. Charleston and Wilmington show no trading in turpentine and rosin, receipts sparse. Toledo lists oil prices for North Lima South Lima and Indiana at a few cents.
On January 20 in Toledo the market shows Clover seed at Gash and January 10.72 percent, March 10.80, April 10.55. Time'othy prime at 2.20 and Alsike prime at 10.20.
APPLES per barrel 3.50 to 3.50. BANANAS Choice to fancy 1.25 to 2 per bunch seconds Tica 1. Beets lie a dot. Cranberries 2 per box. Cabbage 1.15 per barrel. Lemons Messing 3.43 to 3.50 per box Palermo 3.50. Oranges Florida 2.50 to 3 per box. Onions home grown 0.60 to 0.65 a bush. Potatoes 2 to 2.25 per barrel. Pumpkins 1 per barrel. Rutabagas 1.25 per barrel. Squash Red 1.50 per barrel. Sweet potatoes Jersey 5. Groceries.
A detailed market sheet shows firm condition for rye and whisky with 956 barrels traded at $1.35 per gallon. Grain inspections list various No. 2 to No. 4 grades across wheat corn oats rye and hay, along with receipts and shipments figures.
Boston market report lists numerous mining and resource stocks with bid or price figures including Amalgamated 514 United States Mining 25 Calumet and Hecla 650 Copper Range 63 and Old Dominion 35. Other gauges show values for Union Copper Unite Copper United States Oil Nevada 11% and Wolverine 129 among many.
New York coffee futures opened steady at unchanged levels then dipped five points on weak European cables before finishing steadier. Day’s trade totaled 18 750 bags with January at 6.8, February 5.9c, March 6c, April 6a$.05c, August 6.2%c, December 6.45c. Rio No 7 63-16, Santos No 4 Sc, Cordova 39 al 3c.
Treasury balances in Washington show gold certificates at $34,188,901 and gold reserves exclusive of a $150,003,0% balance. Figures list general fund and related coin and currency totals, with $63,221,000 cited for unspecified categories.
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