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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
9
Chicago wheat futures slip after a midday rally as Argentine shipments and fall crop doubts weigh. May options range around 1.02 to 1.03 dollars, with light primary receipts and cooler weather spurring selling across corn oats and provisions.
A Bureau of Statistics report shows Kentucky remains the top tobacco producer with 270,200 acres and 240,478,000 pounds, while total farm value rises due to higher prices despite a 11,822,000 pound drop from 1906 in Kentucky. Tennessee and other states gain acreage and value as prices per pound rise across the board.
The cotton market opened firm but quickly collapsed under bear pressure and rumors of selling by bull interests. March and May futures fell sharply from morning highs, with losses extending into New Orleans and nearby markets where reports of labor troubles and weak ginnings lent support to a short crop forecast. Local statisticians questioned census figures as crop estimates, while prices closed steadier after coverings.
Cattle receipts remain light in Cincinnati with a steady butcher market despite recent price declines. Outputs for the week show reduced totals versus last week and last Thursday, while hogs and sheep move with varied demand and prices across major markets including Chicago and Liverpool.
The Cincinnati Price Current reports a large weekly hog market with 870,000 hogs traded last week and a November 1 total of 6,480,000, up 56,000 from last year. Prices hold around 4.30 per 100 lbs, May contracts dominate, exports show strength though gains fade late. green hams and shoulders fetch market rates in Chicago.
Mild winter conditions favor wheat growth with good plant condition in Kansas and overall steady prices. Corn moves to market as fears of poor storage ease, while oats and other grains shift in supply. Closing prices show modest changes. wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley supplies compared with prior weeks.
The Census Bureau reports U S cotton gathered from 1907 into January 16 reaches 10 337 607 bales, with 27 370 active ginneries. Sea Island and round bales figures are given by state and year, showing State distributions and ginneries counts across Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia.
In early January reports the cotton seed oil market shows price movements and supply notes. Traders track on premium blends and demand from mills amid seasonal shifts and regional production data.
Apples per barrel three thirty five dollars and fifty cents. Bananas choice to fancy one dollar twenty five to two dollars per bunch seconds seventy five to a dollar. Beets one sixteen five per dozen. Cranberries two dollars per box. Cabbage one dollar fifteen per barrel. Lemons Messina three dollars two fifty per box. Palermo three dollars two fifty. Oranges Florida two fifty to three per box. Onions home grown six to six five per bush. Potatoes two dollars to two twenty five per barrel. Pumpkins one pen per barrel. Rutabagas one twenty five per barrel. Squash red one fifty per barrel. Sweet potatoes Jersey thirty five. Molasses open kettle four dollars per ket.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Norwood Ohio City Auditor for eight thousand four hundred eighty six 55 dollars in bonds to fund Regent avenue improvements from Williams to Lexasury avenues. Bonds dated January 14 1908 mature in ten annual installments at 4.5 percent interest. Bidders must include a 5 percent certified check.
Cincinnati ordinance No 313 approves public use of multiple parcels for widening Harrison Avenue from Lot 360 J A James subdivision to Lot 19 Thompson second subdivision. It describes parcels owned by W S Cutler R A Macklum Sarah G O Malley G B Ehrman H Heitfeld W A Boone Bosler R D Jones Peter Graf Christian Rueber Sophia Zeilman Cincinnati and Harrison Turnpike Co Jacob Leicht and others, plus a curved ground strip. City Solicitor to seek court to appraise compensation. costs to come from bond proceeds. Passed January 6.
The undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Charles Guckenberger, deceased, late of Hamilton County Ohio Cincinnati Ohio January 23 1908 GEO Guckenberger Executor Atlas National Bank H J Guckenberger Attorney
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