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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
12
Wm A Read & Co invites inquiries regarding investment of funds and statistical information on securities. The notice calls for interested parties to contact for data, guidance, and market statistics related to investments and security products.
A concise list notes Nassau and Cedar Streets appearing in New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and London, indicating cross city street names referenced in a historical context.
The week ends with stock prices near last year's level amid renewed confidence in farm output and gradual business improvement. Washington debates rail investigations and anti trust bills while markets discount government intervention as crop prospects brighten and railroad cost controls bite into future earnings. The gold movement to Europe cools after a sharp exchange drop influenced by London and Paris central banks.
London stocks showed only sentimental impact from the Empress of Ireland disaster on Canadian Pacific shares. The Bank of England added nearly one million pounds in gold while money conditions are expected to ease in June. Consols stayed firm as May new issues were modest, and a Brazilian loan talks supported bonds. The market eyes a Tuesday reopening with quiet optimism.
A week of slug gish trading ended with a somewhat better tendency in Berlin. Mexican prospects brightened while Albania developments restrained, and extended Russian mobilization cooled markets. Russian securities closed higher though Paris developments kept investors cautious. Canadian Pacific rose on Calgary oil finds then slumped after Empress of Ireland disaster news.
Paris financial circles held secret talks with bankers as officials debated taxation on a forthcoming government loan. The week closed with no change in Bourse conditions and only a slight Monday uptick, while income tax rules on foreign securities due July 1 remained undisclosed.
The rally continued Tuesday with French bank support forcing bears to cover. The improvement faded midweek and by Friday most securities were unquoted as bears had covered and speculators avoided commitments ahead of the June bank holiday and settlement day.
The report lists weekly and year to date figures for stocks and bonds. It covers Monday through Saturday activity with totals for the week and year to date, comparing last week and prior year figures across bank, railroad, government, state and city bonds.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway sold to Harris, Forbes & Co. $1,440,000 five percent equipment trust certificates maturing semi annually for twenty years. They are secured by equipment with ten percent paid. John W. James Jr. is named manager of the Standard 611 and unlisted security departments of Schmidt & Gallatin, previously with B. Pugs Ca.
Consolidated lists notable quotes with many named issuers such as American Sugar refining General Electric and Southern Pacific. The note includes percentages for Am sugar Am copper and other blue chips with ex dividend status listed alongside companies like Union Pacific U S Steel and Northern Pacific.
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