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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
8
Wall Street featured a general price decline with episodic weakness in copper and related stocks. Erie and United States Steel faced selling pressure amid corporate and Treasury moves, while the bond market showed irregular activity and a heavy Treasury draft looms for the near term.
American stocks in London firmed with gains and parity. Winter wheat reports are generally favorable with limited damage. Atchison February net down 146043, eight months down 4748010. Southern Railway February net down 87613, eight months down 1214599. Business sentiment improving but weekly change small. Light loan demand. Anthracite trade quiet with many orders after April 1. Thirty-two railroads report March week third with 11.17 percent average gross decrease.
Brokers note net price shifts are minor with the market opening near Saturday’s close and recouping early losses. Northern Pacific leads gains while Erie and Southern Railway lag on chatter of possible receivership. Financing of Erie notes remains a key factor.
W. E. Hutton & Co notes express opinion that setbacks will be handled. Stop orders caused the session’s low prices but absorption in the market supported a late rally. Charles E. Bultman Company reports.
The report notes lacking supporting orders and stock distribution by last week buyers. Renewed buying could lift prices and sustain a trading market, though the day ended irregular with weakness and a late rally on short covering. The close was heavy and further reaction may follow if good stocks attract buyers.
London markets showed fair demand with easy discounts as investors anticipated monetary improvement. First class securities held firm while copper and home rail shares slid on New York weakness. Berlin and Paris bourses firm or soft respectively as American securities lagged.
The New York market reports a quiet start to the week with mail orders light yet coming from across the country. Wool dress goods for fall show better demand, high quality worsteds improve, while low lines for spot use remain slow. Cotton goods and yarns stay quiet, raw silk softens overseas but holds steady locally. Jobbers note fair trade.
A dense list of bond issues traded in New York with multiple issuers and totals. Prices and percentages shown for Japanese government bonds, Erie, Union Pacific, and others, alongside various U.S. corporate issues and total sales figures.
The Chamber of Commerce plans at its April 7 meeting to lift the membership cap from 1000 to 1200 with 865 active certificates in circulation. A subcommittee led by L L Sadler Gideon Wilson and A B Prown will attend the natural gas hearing before the Board of Public Service and report to the executive board.
The Northside Business Club urged improvements including a bridge over Mill Creek on Colerain Avenue and extended water and gas mains in Glen Place east of Hamilton Avenue and in Billa Street east of Payne. President Ray chaired the meeting. The article also covers the People's Bank and Savings Company stockholders electing a board led by Alfred M. Cohen and Theodore Kopzin with officers named, plus a coal shipment agreement between the C O and C H D railways to create a larger Lake City market footing.
NEW YORK and BOSTON report mixed money market activity with calls at 1% to 2.25% and time loans varying. Sterling exchange firmer, government and railroad bonds show general steadiness with some irregularity. a wide list covers commodities, corporations, and utility securities.
Wool offerings at London sale total 9 813 bales with better demand for well grown greasies. Continental buyers took scoureds. Americans paid 1s 2f for light greasy half breds. Sale closes April 2. Prices listed by region include New South Wales Queens land Victoria West Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope and Natal with varied greasy and scoured rates.
The report covers March 30 prices in London and New York for tin copper lead and spelter with spot and futures values. It notes higher tin and spelter in London, firm copper, and mixed local quotes for lead and iron with several itemized figures.
Boston market wires show price levels for multiple mining and metal stocks with percentages listed for numerous companies including Calumet and Hecla, Isle Royale, Michigan, Anaconda varieties, United Copper, Mohawk, Nevada, Calumet and Arizona, and Copper Range among others.
Cincinnati and Chicago clearings rise with mixed bond and stock quotes. Agents note quiet open with few inquiries into securities while Procter & Gamble and local utilities trade in small blocks. Cleveland and Marietta bonds appear, and Gilbert Avenue 4s move slightly.
Cincinnati markets list grain prices and receipts for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Flour with bands for No 1 timothy hay and whisky. Includes January or March figures, car lots, and mill feed ranges with daily inspections and shipments.
A damaged OCR list shows miscellaneous items including pointers, butchers calves, green galt, pepper boxes, dry salt and flint, bulls, glue, ponies, boats, and sheepskins with unclear quantities and conditions. The fragment mixed goods and livestock without coherent categories.
New Orleans reports quiet steady cotton with futures mixed as favorable belt weather and Liverpool advices influence early gains. Liverpool and New York show firmer tones but demand remains varying with spots steady and receipts rising, while U.S. ports record strong daily sales and shipments.
Treasury releases show general fund totals with available cash 260,009,412 dollars, gold coin and bullion 27,202,362 dollars, and gold certificates 31,765,550 dollars, excluding the 150 million dollar gold reserve.
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