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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1928
Page
6
Prices moved upward with October at 20.18 and December 16 points above prior. Exports for the day 22,047 bales. week 155,588. Spot cotton closed steady up 12 points with sales 3,472. Receipts 4,304 and stock 247,001.
New York June 15 The cotton market remained quiet with buyers hesitant as investors watched stock market signals. Futures closed 5 to 13 points higher while spot prices stayed steady and middling 21.15. Notable shifts came as floods and boll weevil concerns weighed on sentiment.
Bad weather and bearish crop reports weighed on prices while a bullish weevil outlook after the close kept the market steady. Co op stations in Texas Mississippi and South Carolina reported widespread infestations. Hester’s week end figures were stronger. Rainfall targets the Mississippi valley and eastern Texas with more rain forecast, shaping market direction based on the weevil assessment.
Liverpool reports cotton spot in fair demand with prices higher across grades led by American strict good middling at 11.89 and strict middling 11.49. Sales total 5,900 with 2,500 American. receipts 3,060 with 2,000 American. Futures closed barely steady with July 10.94 and nearby months near 10.7.
Liberty 3s at 100.7. Liberty 1st 4s at 101.20. Liberty 3rd 44s at 100. Liberty 4th 4s at 102.2. Treasuries 4s at 113.30. Treasuries 4s at 108.28. Market update from New York dated June 15.
The June 15 market notes show butter receipts at 13027 tubs and eggs receipts at 15779 cases. Prices recorded include 28 29 for ordinary firsts and 30 1-2 for storage packed extras, reflecting market levels for the day.
In the four months of 1928 cumulative pig iron and coke output fell 6.1 and 4.1 percent respectively from 1927. By product coke rose 6 percent, driven by expanded production in Pennsylvania New York Ohio Illinois Indiana Michigan and Missouri. March production marked the industry’s peak for by product coke.
Lower wheat prices accompanied by weaker Liverpool quotes as opening gains faded. Corn and oats slid. provisions remained firm with mixed movements. Prices listed include No 2 hard wheat around 143, No 2 mixed wheat 142 to 150, corn No 2 mixed 102 to 103, rye with no sales, barley 90 to 102, and seed prices for Timothy and clover noted along with lard ribs and bellies in the listed ranges.
A fragment lists many corporations spanning chemicals, oil, autos, steel, rail, and utilities. Notable names include Sinclair, American Can, General Electric, General Motors, Chrysler, Bethlehem Steel, Texaco, Union Carbide, U.S. Steel, Westinghouse, and Willys-Overland. The line shows broad market stock references and percentages, ending with Pure Oil and a 24% figure.
Poultry market reports show steady live arrivals with prices for fowls springs broilers and ducks. John Taylor pastor of Congregational church Brule Wis says President Coolidge is spending his vacation blind and will preside at summer services during the president’s stay.
CHICAGO June 15 US Department of Agriculture report shows hogs 16 000 head with market activity 10 to 20 cents higher than Thursday. Butchers 250 350 lbs 9.35 to 10.20, 200 250 lbs 9.35 to 10.20, 160 200 lbs 8.75 to 10.15. Cattle calves 1 500 1 000 head. best yearlings 14.50. slaughter steers 1300 1500 lbs 13.44 to 14.85, 1100 1200 lbs 13.40 to 14.90, 950 1100 lbs 8 15.60 to 15.60. Sheep 5 500 head. fat lambs active steady. good lambs 92 lbs 15.00 to 16.75.
Liverpool June 15 weekly cotton statistics show total forwarded to mills 64 000 bales with 41 000 American. Stock 781 000 including 559 000 American. Imports 18 600 with 6 000 American. Exports 2 000 with no American exports.
A report notes Lorraine Arnold holding a lead after a bet with penalties contemplated tied to a Lady Godiva reference. The outcome remains unsettled as wagers blur the result and players await the final decision.
June 15 report from Las Cruces says farmer Arthur Cross unearthed an ancient Indian village relics while leveling land for spring planting. Finds include a drill top and base likely used with turquoise bead crafting and a small stone.
Fragments of pottery bowls and several round vessels, likened by archaeologists to finds from ancient Mexican cities, were buried in an ash layer. On a mesa west of Las Cruces another old village site was uncovered with relics and pictographs on lava canyon walls.
Paris reports that France holds the speed record for taking radio photographs. A French radiologist allegedly captured two pictures at 3 to 4 seconds apart, beating American Lester Leonard by 21 to 4 seconds.
Philadelphia bankers will host during the week of June 18 3 000 representatives of the American Institute of Banking for its 26th annual convention in the city. Delegates come from major institutions across the United States to represent the younger generation of bankers.
Cotton seed oil closed steady in New Orleans with quotes across grades and months. Prime summer yellow 9.45, prime crude 8.37 to 8.75, and futures for Jan to Dec listed from 9.33 to 10.00.
The Kansas City convention yields Herbert Hoover as the Republican presidential nominee on the first ballot with about four fifths of the vote. Senator Curtis wins the nomination for vice president after late supports from Pennsylvania and New York.
Delegates debate farm relief and McNary Haugen ties as Lowden withdraws and Hoover secures the nomination with 837 votes from a field of 1,084. Demonstrations erupt as supporters fill the hall, with Sunflower and Oklahoma delegations leading ovations for Hoover and other nominees amid a rowdy floor fight.
The police jury president heard the explanation given as other principal matters passed in the session. Veto maintenance and personnel decisions involving E. R. Strahan, Fred Hill, Strahan as parish farm agent, and E. L. Wright as pr iation officer were discussed, maintaining their existing salaries. The group plans to review remaining parish capacities at the next meeting to trim expenses where possible.
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