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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
10
Wheat futures weakened as heavy selling pressed May and July contracts, while cash markets showed nominal changes. USDA weekly review cited large world supplies and shipments from the southern hemisphere as key factors, with prices for corn and oats varied and hay markets largely dull.
A list of Ohio based preferred stocks and related yields from various companies including Am. Rolling Mill Dixie Land Trust and Ohio Pub. Service. Yields range from about 5.00% to 8.00% with several entries around 6.5% to 7.7% as reported.
New York curb market reports total stock sales 474800 shares and bond sales 790900 dollars. The official list lists hundreds of stocks and bonds with values, highs and lows, showing trading activity across industries utilities oil and gas and foreign and domestic bonds including Anglo Am Oil and others.
Receipts and shipments for the past day show cattle hogs and sheep with light cattle and steady to higher hogs prices. Bulls were weak, calves and stockers varied with declines in medium grades, hogs strong with highs around 14.35 and mixed grades near 13.75 to 14, sheep lambs steady to higher with tops around 13.50 for choice shorn lambs.
Chicago March 24 butter market held near steady with some unsettled tone. Fresh butter at 92 score 48 1/4 to 48 1/2 cents, 88 score 40 1/4 to 40 1/2 cents, centralized at 48 cents.
New York World News Service reports Anaconda Copper Mining Company common stock 75i payable May 25 to holders of record April 18. Pittsburgh Utilities Corporation issues semi annual $1 common and an extra of $187,500 common payable May 1 to April 15 records, plus 2 percent and 3.14 percent preferred. Illinois Brick Company pays quarterly 2.4 percent April 15 to April 3 records. Westinghouse Airbrake quarterly $1.50 and Postum Cereal quarterly $1. Hupp Motor quarterly 2 1/4 percent common and 1 1/4 and 2 percent preferred. G Spaulding & Brothers pays quarterly $2 common and two classes of preferred. common April 15 to April 4 records. General Tire & Rubber quarterly 1 3/4 percent preferred, payable April 1 to March 20 records. Chicago Pneumatic Tool quarterly $1.25 payable April 25 to March 31 records.
A Columbus dispatch lists multiple Ohio incorporations with their cities and capitalizations. Firms mentioned include Greene Gas Cleaner Company Cleveland 2500 by Cary R. Alburn and Oscar V. Greene. Morelight Sign Company Cincinnati 1000. Eclipse Caps Inc Cincinnati 10000. Crowley Restaurant Company Youngstown 20000. Pittsburgh Scrap Iron and Metal Company Youngstown 10000. William Ware Auto Sales Company Cincinnati 50000. Springfield Refining Company Springfield 50000. and others with partners and stated investments across Cleveland Cincinnati Youngstown Toledo Hamilton Dayton and more.
Cincinnati reports a daily bank clearing of 9,985,370 with active money markets and shifting funds. Stock exchange sales reached 1,824 shares, with detailed transactions in Amer. Laun. Mach Amer. Roll. Mill Carey City Ice and Fuel and Eagle-Picher among others. Foreign exchange and government bond activity also listed.
The May Day Committee of the Civic and Vocational League announced 1800 students from 24 public and 9 parochial schools will join the May Day celebration in Burnet Woods opposite Hebrew Union College on May 16. The event features a pageant, old English dances, tumbling, archery and wrestling under Miss Helen Smith. The committee is led by Mrs Frederick W. Hinkle.
Chicago grains hint at sluggish export demand with new buying dwindling. Wheat closes nervous down 1.5 to 5 cents with May at 1.655 and July 1.45. Corn slips 2.5 to 3. per cent, oats ease, and provisions fall 25 to 70 cents amid weak export activity. Cash quotes list corn No 4 mixed 1.04 to 1.07, No 2 yellow 1.15 and oats 0.484 to 0.446.
Procter & Gamble 8 percent preferred stock trades ex dividend on the Cincinnati Stock Exchange with the $2 regular quarterly dividend payable April 15.
The New York Cotton Exchange will close on Good Friday April 10 and the following Saturday, granting members a three day recess. The Wabash Railway Executive Committee made no move toward resuming dividend payments on the preferred A stock yesterday, though a return at $5 a share was expected at Tuesday’s Board meeting. No dividends have been paid on this issue since April 30, 1918, when $1 a share was issued.
New York brokers say loans have fallen from 1.8 billion to 1.5 billion in six weeks, a drop near 15 percent since March 6 with some firms reporting up to 30 percent declines. Margin accounts show caution as commissions require 25 to 30 percent equity.
The annual report valued United States Steel Corp stock at 273 a share, set by NYSE broker C A Morse after the report, up from 269 at end of 1923 and 196 in 1916.
Stockholders of the International Paper Company authorized by a unanimous vote an increase in the company’s capital from 20 million to 50 million dollars to fund the planned extension of its property in Canada.
Public offering of 15 million dollars to the state of Sao Paulo by Speyer & Co and associates at 8 percent for 25 years. Soon an additional 5 million dollar issue by Manufacturers' Finance Company of Baltimore. Oklahoma Gas and Electric sold 8 million dollars of 6 percent debentures. Associated Oil Company 1924 earnings reach 14.19 million with profits up 1.82 million. total earnings 16.45 million. Year end assets exceed liabilities by 23.09 million. cash 4.30 million. oil stocks 13.16 million barrels. crude production fell 7.63 million barrels. Norfolk & Western reports February road surplus of 1.85 million after fixed charges, with net operating income 2.24 million. cumulative surplus charges for two months reach 3.61 million versus 1.30 million last year.
The 1924 per capita decline of $32,831,731 stems from heavy expenditures and acquisitions totaling $79,619,986 against 60,762,920 in 1928. Property after denudation stands at 1,678,208,569, up 39,049,927 from the prior year. Working capital now 538,009,817.
Talks on transferring control of Pan-American Petroleum from Edward L. Doheny to Standard Oil of Indiana and others near completion. Plan to form Pan-American Eastern to buy 500000 Class A shares, with Doheny group forming a Western company and rights offered to Pan-American stockholders. France posts favorable January trade balance due to luxury goods exports, Bankers Trust reports 390.0 million francs surplus exports over imports vs 185.4 million francs import surplus.
The daily foreign exchange table lists European and Far Eastern currencies with demand and cable quotations in cents. Notable figures include Sterling around 4.78, France at 5.23, Japan 41.37, Hongkong 64.87, Canada near 99.94, and Uruguay at 96.37 with other rates across Europe and the Americas.
Bonds quotes from New York on March 24 show Liberty 814s at 101 15, first 4s at 101 10 bid, second 4s at 100 20 bid, first 4s at 101 20, second 4148 at 100 29, third 4148 at 101 a, fourth 414s at 101 30, Treasury 4s at 100 21, do 4ua at 104 24.
The body of Mrs. Charles Sperlock, 80, was removed from her son in law Thomas Smith's home in Hamlet Ohio as fire destroyed the residence. Neighbor Theodore Drunagen with Will Herman saved the body while relatives in Cincinnati arranged funeral plans. The home valued near 10000 dollars burned, partially insured. Mrs. Sperlock died Sunday from a hip fracture. she is survived by her husband and daughter Mrs. Smith.
Albert H. Loeb, father of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr., left an estate valued around $2,000,000 as per probate inventory presented in Chicago Probate Court. The assets were disclosed during the proceedings in the murder case related to Bobby Franks.
Minneapolis market report shows flour prices rising by 10 cents to $9.15 to $9.45 per barrel with 26,975 barrels shipped. Bran at $23.50. Wheat listed as No 1 Northern at $1.55 to $1.58 for May and variations for July. corn No 8 yellow $1.02 to $1.049. oats No 3 8 white at 40 to 41 cents. flax No 1 at $2.86 to $2.88.
City council approves Ordinance 71 1925 authorizing issues of 413000 dollars in bonds to fund resurfacing widening and land purchase for Kellogg Avenue from Congress Avenue to Turkey Bottom Road. Bonds dated March 1 1925 mature 1926–1935 bearing 4 1 2 percent interest funded by a special tax levy.
On March 10 1925 Cincinnati City Council passed Ordinance No 67 1925 changing Sycamore street from Fourth to Third to a 46 foot roadway and 10 foot sidewalks. A copy of the ordinance is on file in the Clerk of Council office.
Ordinance 66-1925 amends Plat No 21 of the Building Zone Map in Cincinnati changing the shape and area of Industrial B District between Sherman and Asmann avenues. The City Planning Commission disapproved but the council adopts the amendment to include specified parcels from Mills and Kline Subdivision and Baker Subdivision along Norfolk and Western Railway, effective March 10, 1925.
The Council adopts a resolution declaring the Stratford avenue project from Probasto to De Volle street as needing grading and a combined storm and sanitary sewer system with a six inch water main and concrete paving. Assessments will be levied on abutting lots, payable over ten years with interest. the city will cover remaining costs. A copy of the resolution is filed.
The City of Cincinnati Ohio passes A Resolution repealing a January 22 1924 resolution that declared Walnut street improvements from Fourth to Front streets including paving granite curbs drains and water system changes. A copy of the repealing resolution is on file.
An ordinance, numbered 69-1925, establishes the grade of Grand Vista avenue from Arrow avenue to the first angle north. It specifies walk spaces of Grand Vista avenue at 13 feet and Arrow avenue at 12.5 feet as part of the grading action.
An ordinance to establish the grade of Dryden street from Arrow avenue to its end. Sidewalk spaces on Dryden street are set at 15 feet and those on Arrow avenue at 12.5 feet. A copy is on file in the Clerk of Cornnell’s office.
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