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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1906
Page
8
New York traders note sustained volume from yesterday’s broader stock activity with profits taken on leading shares. Journal reports that professional operators still control the market, shifting holdings to new buyers while bonds hold steady and U S bonds unchanged on call.
Americans in London show parity dips while Southern Railway earnings rise by 187 210 dollars for the fourth week of May. Woledo St Louis & Western adds 3855 dollars as May moves iron ore and Chicago reports strong crops and improving business. Return of funds from San Francisco hints gold may return to London in fall. Chicago Union Traction personal property valuation falls by 400000 dollars versus last year.
Reading market commentary notes continued speculation on high priced stocks with later profit taking as the day ends. The piece cites P J Goodhart Co and John W Ballmann predicting funds easing in and a sufficient reserve by midsummer amid easy money.
Bullion totaling £176000 was moved to the Bank of England amid steady demand and easier money. Stock Exchange activity was light but firm with easier money lifting quotings. Japanese attention and American strength supported sentiment. Paris and Berlin bourses showed firm or hopeful tones while St Petersburg opened dull after a holiday.
In Boston on June 5 adventure Allouez Amalgamated American Zinc and others posted gains or notable levels in a broad mining stock mix. Prominent shares included United Copper United States Mining Tamarack and Quincy with varied movements across the listed copper and coal producers.
Market activity shows a wide array of bonds including Japanese 4s and 4s in second series, Erie and B&O issues, and U.S. steel and rail offerings. Totals reach around 3.6 million with varied yields and prices across corporate and regional issues.
The Barney and Smith Car Company held its annual meeting in Dayton Ohio. Reports show net profits for the year ending April 1 amount to 539000 dollars. In the last two months the firm shipped over 1000000 dollars worth of finished goods.
Boston reports call loans 4 1 2 percent and time loans 5 1 2 percent. Bond listings include Atchison and Mexican Central issues with varying yields. New York shows call money easy at 3 percent, time loans up to 4 1 2 percent, sterling at 485.50, bar silver falling to 66 cents, Mexican dollars down to 51 cents per ounce.
The report lists closing oil prices and turpentine rosin figures from several ports. North Lima and Lima regions show mixed oil values, while Savannah and Wilmington report firm turpentine and rosin levels with varied bond prices. City data also cover crude turpentine, water white, and related barrel measurements with average shipments and runs.
Across Chicago New York Kansas City and Philadelphia on June 5 and 6 butter creameries firming or steady eggs firm or unchanged cheese steady or easy with regional price ranges and receipts noted. Western creamery butter 20 to 20 1 5 cents per pound in Philadelphia and Chicago markets feature full cream cheese at 10 to 10 1 2 cents. Turkeys and fowls quoted with limited changes in poultry values.
The report shows Wool steady in St Louis for combing and clothing types with varied cents per pound by grade. Boston trading remains quiet amid low stock and weak goods market, with territory and pull wool prices listed across multiple grades and regions.
On June 5 the dry goods market was quiet and firm for domestics while the jobbing trade stayed robust. The China trade showed dull activity but steady exports to the West Indies, South America and the Philippines. The lining market was quiet with reported difficulty sourcing gray goods. prices were firmer than the prior week.
Fifteen hogsheads of tobacco offered at local market yesterday across two warehouses. Buckeye sold fourteen hogsheads with nine new at varied prices from 6.90 to 9.75, and five old hogsheads at 5.50 to 7.00. Globe warehouse sold one new hogshead at 8.95.
The New York coffee market opened down five to ten points on lower European cables and liquidation. Activity was modest as selling by local and foreign accounts kept trading barely steady through the middle session. The close showed a net decline of five to ten points with 38,000 bags sold, including July at 6.95 to 6.96, September around 6.10, December 6.35 to 6.40, and March near 6.60 to 6.70.
In Louisville on June 5 the market showed light offerings with United Dark Warehouse the sole seller. Forty four dark leaf tobacco birds sold for 6.30 to 8.60 dollars, four lots rejected, overall market unchanged.
A New York market roundup dated June 5 lists various commodity prices including Adams Con .25, Alice 2.40, Breece .8, Brunswick Con .22, Comstock Tunnel .22, Horn Silver 2.00, Iron Silver 5.50, Ophir 4.25, Phoenix .02, Potosi .14, Sierra Nevada .20, Small Hopes .30, and roe 2.00 among others, with several entries marked as Con. or misc abbreviations.
Treasury balances in the general fund show available cash of 161 million 478 thousand 875 dollars, gold coin 30 million 583 thousand 041 dollars, and gold certificates 39 thousand 690 dollars, exclusive of the 150 million dollar gold reserve.
Sugar prices steady in New ASEANS trade with open kettle centrifugal at 3a37-léc and yellow at 34%a3%c. Seed seconds show 3a3%¢c. Sirup remains nominal amid quiet activity and nominal classes.
In Toledo on June 5 the seed prices show Clover seed at cash six dollars sixty three cents and October six dollars forty cents. Timothy seed priced at one dollar sixty cents.
Collateral loans hold at 4 1/2 percent with a hint of rate cuts on the horizon. Across cities Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis clearings run into millions while New York exchange remains firm. Trading in C.N. & C. common stock is modest with a few small sales. United States Printing and Cin Gas & Fuel show limited action. Bond volumes steady with no rate change noted and new easing anticipated.
A dense catalog of bonds and stocks with varied listings including railroads banks trusts and utilities. Notable entries reference Los Angeles and Pittsburgh lines First National Covington Norw First and Helvetia bonds. Ex-dividend notes appear alongside miscellaneous rail and traction bond listings.
The action of Liverpool on Washington's report disappointed. prices fell while yarns remained firm. The New Orleans and continent sellers pushed down, causing a new July low as bears and liquidators dominated. Spot buyers were active but cautious. weather fears and arbitrage selling weighed on sentiment. Receipts held moderate with bullish European letters, keeping late trading quiet as markets waited.
New York trading on June 5 shows nerves and a late decline after an early rally. Prices closed down 7 to 13 points with about 200,000 bales sold as bears raided the market. July and December futures fell before steadier late in the day. Spot markets were quiet with mixed weather and a warehouse fire affecting local stock.
Lead and copper hold steady to firm levels in London while New York echoes declines abroad. Tin eases, copper strengthens locally with prices around $18.25 to $19 per hundredweight, zinc and iron showing modest gains amid market moves.
The New York Produce Exchange reports June 2 grain stocks: Wheat 30,811,000 bushels, down 1,152,000. corn 3,870,000, up 1,061,000. oats 8,976,000, down 1,147,000. rye 1,594,000, down 17,000. barley 904,000, down 302,000.
Whisky price noted at 1.2 dollars while Columbus reports filings for multiple incorporations. Firms include The W. F. Puthoff Company Cincinnati. The George L. Curtice Printing Company Akron. The H. J. Baker Realty Company Cleveland. The Ohio Manufacturing Company Freeman. Dillonvale Brick and Tile Company capital increase. Chicago Reconstruction Company Chicago Junction. Knawha and Ohio Fuel Company Columbus. Miller Bung Bush Company Cincinnati.
Receipts and prices for cattle hogs sheep and calves across Cincinnati Dayton Pittsburg East Buffalo New York St Louis Kansas City Herrs Island Chicago and Omaha. Cattle varied by region with steers 4 to 6 dollars, hogs generally 6 to 6.70, sheep and lambs active at steady to firm prices. markets noted light to moderate demand on Tuesday and midweek trading patterns continued.
United States Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Edward C. Hall William H Hall and Charles O Hall may form a new company using their family name but must avoid leading the public to regard it as the old Hall Safe and Lock Company. Injunction against the Halls is dissolved. injunction against Hall Safe Company is made perpetual.
The old stone culvert under the Miami and Erie Canal at Crescentville caved in early Tuesday, halting canal traffic and causing losses to nearby farmers. The break drained the canal between Crescentville and Lockland. a repair gang started work at daylight, with Canal Collector Sullivan predicting repair by Thursday. Heavy rainfall is blamed for the half century old culvert’s failure. Also postponed was the trial of railroaders B Trailer and J A Clark for theft from freight cars in Big Four yards near St Bernard, moved to Thursday before Mayor Imwalle.
Bonds valued at 30000 dollars and 178 shares of stock were sold at auction by Irwin Ballmann & Co after the afternoon session. The results include 150 Steptoe Shaper shares, 40 City National Bank shares, and bonds totaling 16500 Harrison Water and Light Company 5s, 6000 Henderson City Railways, 5000 Beloit Water Gas and Light, plus 1000 Gadsden City Hall 5s discounted.
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