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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
2
The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette orders restrict tin plate use for rabbit and meat packing containers unless tied to war contracts or with Director of Munitions consent. Existing users may continue one month after the order to the average monthly output for the year. A parallel order bans tin plate use for butter containers.
The Oklahoma review labels promotion advertising as causing false public impressions of high profits in the oil industry. It notes actual output valued at only about 1 dollar per 55 dollars of capitalization, with development by established or merged firms, then stock sold on prospects. It argues the practice inflates returns and hides failures. Also mentions junior food army efforts at Riggs School Lakeville Connecticut joining the food supply drive with a 175 acre farm.
War Industries Board sets maximum price for national hide stocks as of April 24. Pathfindar notes tanners must also set prices on leather to ease shoe and leather product costs.
Financial observers note German successes in Champagne do not shake Wall Street. Despite war fears, stocks stay firm with no large selling. investors expect victory by Allies, while looming tax hikes drive securities values. Bond demand holds, Farm Loan bonds attract buyers, and June freight rates boost rails. Money market tightens toward July.
A National City Bank compilation shows broad price increases across bananas rice silk cotton beans oils and other exports from Central America Asia Europe and the Americas. From January 1914 to February 1918 prices jumped 50 to 100 percent for major commodities affecting import costs globally.
A special Toronto correspondent reports speculation barely exists in Canada with no stock buying since December 1910. Bond markets show strength as Ontario, Hamilton and Toronto issues are popular, with households increasingly investing at home as governments encourage provincial loans and Canadians save more.
Market barometers show weekly and yearly figures across stocks bonds and railroads with totals for last week and year. The report notes sizable government wartime borrowing alongside savings deposits and current deposits, highlighting shifts in investment, interest revenues, and Canadian loan activity during 1914 to August 1918.
The article outlines a surge in costs for oil well materials and operations from 1918 to 1914 levels, showing drilling and pumping expenses up over 120 percent. It notes crude oil price gains, district specifics, and implications for producers in the Oil City area. It also touches on rice shipments, Japanese industrial profits, coal substitutes in Egypt, and financial trends in the Netherlands and Japanese investment in the Philippines.
An OCR fragment lists various stock codes and figures related to oil stocks and sales. It mentions per-share values in cents and references multiple unclear identifiers such as - ATRT Ty Gawt and 98Van Cove Des. The legible parts suggest trading data but lack coherent context or complete names and dates.
The Alma Enterprise notes farm help woes with humorous developments yet warns the issue is no joke for the farmer. A young man agreed to work for pay, starting at fifty dollars, highlighting conflicts in labor among rural workers.
In Capper's Weekly, three farm laborers outline terms for work with distinct perks. One desires full access to the farmer’s car. another offers to work for 45 dollars if allowed Saturday afternoons and Sundays off plus a horse and buggy. the third asks for 50 dollars and the farmer to provide a car or transport twenty miles to church and to see his girl each Sunday.
The Tribune disclaims responsibility for curb market quotation accuracy. Transactions and prices for the week ended June 1 were reported as follows.
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