Roosevelt urges merit promotions and wider retirements in navy
President Roosevelt proposes selection and retirement reforms for officers to ensure efficiency. He backs merit promotion by boards, modernization of cavalry and general staff plans, expanded rifle training, and a strengthened navy with eight battleships, two hospital ships, and a transformed general staff. He emphasizes training, national guard integration, and peacetime preparation to deter war.
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Congress
Secretary of War
National Guard
Army
Regular Army
I States
General Board
North Dakota
Delaware
Florida
Utah
Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Annapolis
Academy
Iine
Board of Visitors
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Foreign trading and dividends in late 19th century markets
Foreign houses traded in GA shares with active United States Steel demand while herriman issues saw heavy selling. London markets were quiet but American stocks were strong on the curb. Dividends declared include National Sugar, Virginia-Carolina Chem, American Piano, and others with payable dates in December and January. Bond holdings by New York City banks fell significantly from early December to late November, while copper prices eased amid weak demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loce
Ha!ax
United States Steel
Te Herriman
London
coThb
Exbanks
National Sugar Refining Company Reculsr
Virginia-Carolina Chemimpany Regular
American Piano Comperny
Pereble
Sless-Shefield
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
National Licorice Company
Chicago & Eastern Plincis
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
United Fruit Company
Manhattan Railway Companyv
National Banks of
New York City
United States
Reidine
Europe
Ern Tnion
Western On Telegraph Company
George J Gould
Reading Second Preferred Stock Retain Claim Amid Merger Rumors
Interests tied to the Reading Company refute rumors that the second preferred stock will be retired as control shifts among the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Reading Second Preferred
Reading
Consolidated Exchange Shows Higher Prices Across Board
Strength on the Consolidated Exchange marked by covering short lines and rising volume of commission house buying. Opening quotes ran 1 to ½ points above the other exchange with higher late prices for Atchison Reading New York Central Northern Pacific Southern Pacific and St Paul as detailed operations unfolded.
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Consolidated Exchange
Stock Exchange
Atchison
Markets Review of Coffee Cotton Wheat and More from 1905
The New York market report notes coffee steady with December supported and Brazilian receipts up. cotton weak under Wall Street selling with a large decline for futures, and wheat showing nervous activity with late recovery. Additional items cover hides, tin, copper, and petroleum as markets exhibit mixed movement and regional price shifts.
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Wall Street
Liverpool
Nacre
Gulf
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charlest
Memphis
St Louis
Houston
Little Ho
Market Report on Beans Peas Butter and Cheese 1908
For the week ended Tuesday December 1908 beans and peas receipts 23115 and 3628 bags with exports 375 and 25. Imports 18088 beans and 1128 peas. Market for marrow steady though many beans small or split. Red kidney declined to 2 57 2 40 with best stock easy to buy. White kidney light demand. Turtle soup firm. Creamery butter prices and stock mixed with gains for fancy grades. Cheese trade steady with export and home demand, stocks easing. Eggs short supply with prices firm at up to 40 cents for firsts. Fresh fruit sales active with apples and cranberries gaining.
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Montla
Speria
Western Imitati Creamery
Europe
Liverpool
Iloe
Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
Conditio
Norfolk
New Orleans
Florida
Maine
Long Island
Jersey
Seva
California
State
Escarole
Orange County
Lo Jersey
Bermuda
Spid Lch
Nearb
Hubbard
Baltimore
Marrow
Canada
Toledo
Fruit and Produce Prices Slide as Market Gloom Persists
The week sees weak sales and low averages across fruit and produce, with most stock trading around 31.75 per box for apples and broadly slow demand for grapes, pears, and cranberries. Poultry markets show volatility from warm weather damage to frozen storage, while hops and hay reflect softer prices and cautious buyers amid heavy inventories.
New York Livestock Report 1908 Market Cattle Calves Sheep
Receipts were 97 cars 1752 head with no live cattle trades. market steady. Dressed beef in fair demand with varying prices. calves 532 head including 150 butcher calves and 282 market. veals steady with good demand. country dressed at 6 to 6.5 and Indiana calves $4 to $5. Fed and barnyard calves listed. Sheep and lambs receipts 34 cars 7793 head. sheep steady to firm, lambs firm for top grades. dressed muttons steady around 9 to 10 cents per lb. Major buyers listed include Tobin Shannon Curtis & Son Kerns Commission Shippers' Commission. Exports note Majestic and Lucania to carry refrigerated beef tomorrow.
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New York
London
Liverpool
Cabies
To-morow
Majestic
Lucania
Indiana
Ife
Ide
Ales
Tobin & Shannon
Ohio
Shio. Sanders
Curtis & Som
Kerns Commission Company
Indiana Calve T
Shippers’ Commission Company
Pennsylvania
Stata
Ohio and Indiana Sheep and Hogs Market Receipts
Receipts show 4,915 hogs with mixed offerings from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Vermont sheep and goats. Prices listed per hundredweight and per head include varying weights from 41 to 199 pounds, with top bids around 755 per hundred for lambs and general market steady to barely steady. Shippers report multiple lots from Newton & Co, McPherson & Co, Kerns Commission, and others with quantities of lambs, sheep, and cattle.
Cattle and hog markets across major cities report mixed receipts
Telegraph market summaries from Chicago Cincinnati Buffalo and Kansas City note varied cattle and hog prices with steers near 1.60 to 1.75 per hundredweight in Chicago and strong hog demand with top bids around 5.75 to 5.85 in some markets. Sheep and lamb prices remain firm. receipts range from 25 000 to 32 000 head across listed cities, with Western cattle and stockers filling the western market demand.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston Wool Market Steady with Upward Bias Seen
Boston wool men report a fairly well stocked market with steady prices and an early upward tendency. Quotations cover domestic wool, Ohio Pennsylvania fleeces, Missouri and California wools, with various grades and staple lengths detailed for unwashed and scoured lots and pulled wools.
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Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Missouri
California
Northern
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Decline and Rebound
Wheat slid about 20 cents on the local exchange due to general selling, then rebounded to near day’s highs as buyers reentered. December weakness faded and May recovered. Corn saw strong finishes despite early selling. oats and provisions traded mixed with a late rally. Final quotes show December and May positions higher or near steady with active cash demand and strong receipts noted.
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Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
Manchester
Kansas
N York Produce Exchange
Chicago
Soo
New York
Northwest
Berlin
Budapest
Bradstreet’s
Northwests
Winnad
Duluth
Tsc
Anc
Carter
London
Cleveland
Foundry Northern
New York Produce Exchange
New Orleans
Philadelphia
City
Calcutta
Kansas City
Omaha
West
India
Bayons
Stec
Ste
South America
Brazil
Dan Talmage Sons Co
Louisiana
Talmage
Charies
Patna
Rangoon
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Muscovado
Willett & Grey
Ida
Argentina
Minneapolis
Corm
Sgc
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Lhe
Sheffield
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Westerday
Harry Bronner
Haliserten & Co
Joseph Bryan
James H. Doviey
Consolidated Steamship Lines
Old Colony Trust Company
Consolidated Steamsstic Lines Company
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Cener
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
BALTIMORE @ OHIO
Baltimore & Ohio
Colorado & Southern
Edwin Hawley
Erie
Ovate
Mar Rat É. Goodwin
Reno, Nev
Padre
Bos
Po & SF Way
Balt & Ohio
Brooklyn
Canadian Pacific
Gt West
Chicago M & St P
Col Fuel & Iron
Consolidated
Denver
RG Ae
Diszena
Louis & Nash
Ural
Liv Ron FT Centra
Jimmy NY
Ont & W
Nrthern Pacific
Pacific Mail
People's Gas
Rep Steel
Rock Island
San Do
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific
Third Avenue
Comstock
Goldfield
Goldfield Mrtt
Montgomery
Yellow Jacket
Tieia
Eerie Vere
General Market Report
Rio
Sao Paulo
Santos
Rio No 7
We At
Tierces
Butte
Saicy
Amery
Kes
Wee
Newtown
Catawba
Concord
Cranberr
Cape Cod
Satsumas
Beys
Michigan
Toms
Southern
Inferior
Sean Chickens
Broilers
de Western
Mulik
Mit
Russia
The
Rts
Ns. Dec
Leh
Newton & Co
McPherson & Co
S. Juad & Co
Buffalo Tombs
Shippers Commission Company
Pennayiveets
H. Hollis
Yeaterday
Johnny Nelacm
J. G Curtis & Son
Vermont
Andrew Mulien
Telegraph
Buffalo
Stan
Arket
iGc
Boston Wool Market
Chicago Grain and Provisions
RIO Grande Southern
Elo
ST. Louis & Western
Pittsburg
Shawmut & Northern
Utica
Mohawk Valley
Me Inc
Eal
Ane
Inc
Ion
Incom
Dec
We & Sig
Tnt
Anne Inc
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