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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
5
Stock market notes show mixed activity with iron and steel shares pressured by war talk and government controls. Bonds held firm while rails and industrials fluctuated. U S Steel fell 1.5 percent as transport and commodity issues varied across Tokyo Paris and New York listings.
Yesterday's transactions show active trading in listed stocks with prices, opens, highs and lows. Notable names include Baldwin Loco, Bethlehem Steel, Willys-Overland, Liberty, and United. Prices per share and bid offers are recorded, reflecting mixed performance across industrials, metals, and transportation sectors.
A dense listing shows quotes for government notes, municipal bonds, railroads, and major corporations. Prices and dividends vary, with figures for Beth Steel, Anaconda Copper, American Can, General Electric, General Motors, and steamship lines among others, reflecting a broad market snapshot of securities and yields.
The Tribune notes its responsibility for the accuracy of curb market protections and lists prices. The long scan shows many items including Bayer and Union brands, several oil stocks, and crude quotes with numerous figures and percentages, reflecting a dense, variegated market page with broker references and entries.
Dominion Steel reports net earnings of 11.03 million after expenses, down from 12.97 million last year with depreciation rising. Havana Tobacco posts deficits and smaller subsidiary earnings, while several railways report April and first quarter results with varied net income and deficits across United Light, Minneapolis and St. Louis, and Toledo systems.
The piece argues aging relates to recuperative powers and cautions against abuse to delay aging. It then reports on a government wheat brief showing record acreage gains and high crop conditions across winter and spring wheat, with an indicated total yield near 981 million bushels, suggesting a large harvest for home use and export.
The cotton market showed unsettled trading with short-covering rallies and renewed selling of new crop months. July fell to 25.76 after a 69 point intraday drop, while October and later months finished near unchanged to modestly higher. News of rain in the Eastern belt and a steamer sink rumor influenced near-term moods amid favorable export totals.
The report notes heavy copper trading tied to war work with government priority on contracts. It lists current versus prior year prices for metals such as iron, zinc, tin, and spelter, alongside dairy, eggs, produce, poultry, and meat prices. It also covers coffee futures, cottonseed futures, and a firm but thin cash market, reflecting wartime demand and trader caution.
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