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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
38
The New York stock market opened weaker and stayed torpid though total transactions increased. Weakness earlier in the day persisted as copper and steel shares fell while hopes for dividend guarantees and tax changes influenced speculation. Southern Pacific and Atchison led rail stocks with steady support.
The report lists a gold coin and a reserve of $150,000 exclusive, with gold certificates totaling $37, and a large total cash balance of $123,140,344.
Special Dispatch from Louisville July 7 reports no material change in the local leaf tobacco market. Offerings were light and prices were on par with last week's final quotations. Burley offerings were about 11 thirds and 42 dark. Burley priced around 16.50 and dark around the Cheoi.
A dense listing from W. E. Hutton and Co. and First National Bank outlines New York bond sales across multiple issues. It lists a wide array of corporate and utility bonds with prices, percent yields, and lot sizes, reflecting active trading and varied credit offerings.
Yesterday's news covers new business figures and visits by Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Atlanta officials. It notes wheat prices in Cincinnati and warns of certified check fraud via multi-town swindles. A Cincinnati carriage company heir marries Florence Wimmer at Hyde Park home and plans a East Coast honeymoon.
The holiday interruption reduces receipts and stocks, with rapid orders to rush shipments. Demand rises for foreign and Southwest shipments as Carolina and local supplies tighten. New Orleans market remains quiet but prices firm for desirable milled goods as Honduras styles gain.
Money plentiful and easy on the London market with dull trading on the stock exchange. Consols and gilt edged securities remain firm amid Bank of England discount rate talks while American securities rise early before easing. Closing prices range from fraction above to fraction below prior New York levels with Southern Pacific volatile on dividend rumors.
New York reports on call money at 1% with near steady rates for sixty to six months. Sterling weak. sixty day bills at 486.56 to 486.60 and demand at 487.8. Silver at 61 1 2 cents. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds irregular. Boston notes show loan rates 2-5% and bonds like Atchison 4s at 101 1 2, Mexican Central 469, and assorted industrials and utilities with mixed prices.
London reports total 13 635 bales offered with improved demand. Merinos and crossbreds held firm while inferior lots sold poorly. Continental and home buyers pushed for merinos. Americans paid up to 1s 2%d to 1s 4d for select lots as regional tallies across Queensland Victoria South Australia and New Zealand are listed.
Cincinnati and other markets report mixed activity with Bank clearings at 4,477,700 and New York exchange premiums. Local rails and utilities trade slowly with some gains. Procter & Gamble bid at 400 though holders want more. Bond and stock quotations era notes steady rates and several issues showing modest demand.
Minneapolis Wheat No 1 Northern closed at 1.26 and 264 cents. WHEAT old grades steady while new varieties fall. CORN slow, OATS steady, RYE easy and lower. HAY firm with light receipts. FLOUR declined 10 cents a barrel. WHISKY steady with moderate demand. Grain inspections list No 2 mixed and yellow, oats, and barley sales. Supplies and prices for apples bananas butter molasses coffee oats potatoes and more. citrus and vegetables prices follow.
Railroads and traction bonds dominate the page with listings from Ind St Ry Amer Book Amer Type and Huey C R among others. Prices show small shifts and dividends noted for several railway and industrial stocks.
A fragmented OCR list of textile and animal product items with prices. entries include ducks, hides, sheepskins, glue, ponies, marrowfat, navy hand pick, red kidney, combing grades, merino types, and various weights and prices. The source reads as a marketplace inventory with inconsistent spacing and stray characters.
Cotton prices fluctuated across major markets with New Orleans showing a quiet spot market and futures down from yesterday’s close while New York saw heavy selling and a net decline. Liverpool and London noted firmer or mixed tones as traders weighed weather, cables, and weekly forecasts amid varied demand signals.
Fragmentary report lists items like Brunswick and California peas and eggs with sparse notes on stocks and offerings. No coherent event or entities beyond generic product names emerge from the readable text.
New York July 7 experienced detectives guard the New York Stock Exchange after police received a letter threatening dynamite blast between Friday and Tuesday. Authorities consider the writer a harmless crank.
London July 7 report on the board of trade states June shows imports rising by 27,929,500 and exports increasing by 8,824,000. Major import gains include 18,750,000 in grain and 5,000,000 in raw material.
Fragmentary freight data shows oil balances and shipping volumes for North Lima and South Lime in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. New Orleans receipts and rosin exports to Buenos Aires are listed, with rosin prices at Charleston and notes on price levels.
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