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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1936
Page
11
New Orleans June 23 The cotton market faced profit taking with prices down 9 to 13 points in quiet trade. July slipped to 12.23, October 13 points lower at 1147, December 50 cents lower at 11.4. Exports 1,097 bales. Spot cotton closed 12 points lower with sales 302, receipts 2198, stock 346,310.
New York notes scattered selling and easier technical tone in cotton today. Futures around 12.15 to 12.28 for middling spot at 12.28 while July and October show declines and general market softness.
Liverpool June 23 Cotton trading shows 11 000 bales with 1500 American. Prices rise eight points with quotes for American strict good middling, middling, and low grades listed. Futures steady with July and March settlements noted for futures contracts.
In New Orleans and New York trading on June 23, Cottonseed oil futures closed barely steady with slight gains and declines. Prices listed for bleachable and prime crude contracts show July around 9.20 to 9.24 per unit, with September and later months posted near 9.17 to 9.29 while overall activity included 242 contracts traded.
New York stocks irregular with a rally in selected issues after early gains. Bonds down on Italian issues. curb markets steady as oils and specialties improve. Foreign exchanges mixed. gold currencies lower. Cotton weaker on favorable weather and selling. sugar steady on trade buying. Coffee barely steady with commission house selling. Chicago wheat irregular with heavy profit taking. corn firm amid dry belt. cattle steady to strong. hogs steady to ten lower with top at 10.50.
Wheat and corn futures jump as drought damage limits spring crops and short supplies loom. Hogs and cattle trade mixed to lower with hogs steady to 10 cents down from Monday's average. best heavy steers around 9.00, stockers soft, vealers firm, sheep active with fat lambs near 12.00.
In New York on June 23 sugar futures steadied after early irregularity and price drops. July rose to 2.77, January to 2.47, while other contracts hovered near those levels as traders covered shorts. No. 3 futures closed barely steady with mixed moves and 12,230 tons traded.
Profit taking weighed on leading stocks in New York trading as industrial issues showed strength and packing and miscellaneous groups attracted buyers in the final hour. Transfers totaled around 1,000,000 shares amid an irregular close.
The market withstood profit taking and edged higher in portions led by Douglas Aircraft and several industrials. Traders weighed the new tax bill and events while rails stayed weak and bonds were uneven. Chrysler briefly rose before reversing, while others like U S Steel and Bethlehem showed gains.
Foreign exchange irregularities noted in New York on June 23 with numerous rate quotes across currencies. The bulletin lists demands and cables for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland and others, including Tokyo Shanghai Hong Kong and Mexico City markets.
Potatoes for U S shipment total 531 with slow demand and light supplies. Arkansas and Oklahoma Bliss Triumphs lead U S No 1 with grading 360 to 400 and 365 to 390. Virginia and North Carolina cobblers quoted, California White Rose and Idaho Russet Bur banks listed with prices and quality notes.
Call money in New York stayed steady at 1 percent all day with prime commercial paper at 3 to 4 percent. Time loans remained steady for 60 days to 6 months at 1 1 4 percent, bankers acceptances unchanged, rediscount rate at the New York reserve bank 11 1 2 percent. Sparrows are becoming pests in South Australia as settlers import them, leading to a local price on birds and eggs.
A historical want ad page lists classifications alphabetically from Legal notices to Automobiles with group headings and numbers. It details phone accepted ads, accommodation accounts, closing times, per line rates, and multiple insertion discounts, outlining categories like Employment Real Estate and Miscellaneous items.
The Monroe City Commission invites proposals to construct camp buildings for street fighting purposes for a one year term. Proposals due July 7 1936 to the commissioner of finance and utilities. The right to reject any or all proposals reserved.
Poultry live prices in Chicago on June 23 show steady trading across classes. Hens, roosters, broilers, turkeys and ducks listed with varied weights and regional breed names such as Leghorn Plymouth Rock White Rock and colored stock.
Butter and eggs reported with Chicago prices for June 23. Butter totals include creamery specials 301-2-31 extras 30 extra firsts 291-4 1-2 and firsts 281-2-29, standards 293-4. Eggs listed at 19 463 easy extra firsts local 211-2, cars 22 fresh graded firsts local 21, current receipts 203-4, storage packed extras 221-4, storage packed firsts 22.
The daily river report shows a flood stage of 24 hours with stage changes including a fall to 13.30.1 and a rise to 7.6. Additional readings indicate a fall to 6.6 and a 5.0 level. The data tracks 3.70.1, 24-hour cycles, and shifts in stage levels.
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