Wall Street closes week with steady prices and war optimism
Mills Building report notes generally firm security prices on light volume led by industrials, with war news viewed as favorable. American forces surge as investors expect further Allied gains. bond market shows firmness, new issues from AT&T and BRT, and continued Treasury financing to support the war effort amid modest money-market easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Merchants Aim to Win Foreign Trade After War
Stephen I. Voorhees of National City Bank told the Virginia Bankers Association in an Old Point Comfort address that merchandising excellence, not sentiment or war divides, will win postwar foreign trade. He noted the U.S. must convert raw materials into manufactured goods, expand exports, and adjust to reconstruction demands after the war ends. The talk outlined England's output restrictions and America’s rise as a premier exporter, urging tariff tools and strategic industrial growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Old Point Comfort
Stephen I. Voorhees
National City Bank
Voorhees
England
Great Britain
War Time Profiteering in Australasia and Democracy
An overseas observer discusses wartime controls in Australia New Zealand and Tasmania detailing government pool ownership of essentials like wheat butter sugar and metals. Profiteering is curbed while profits shift to retailers and older men, with land and home ownership expanding for industrious workers. The piece contrasts Australasian democracy with German rule, notes evolving class tensions and the globalist outlook of Allied nations, urging broader understanding among Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
Foreign “Meat Trust
Commonwealth
Inbor
Russia
Australasia
Germany
Kultur
Westpolitk
France
Antipodes
Great Britain
Home
United States of America
Dapan
South Pacific
En Zeeland
Standardization in Cotton Fabrics Urged
A Tribune review notes government officials push standardization of cotton fabrics to lower prices and boost economy in manufacturing. Consolidation of fabric constructions could reduce deception of buyers and curb prices unjustified by actual production costs, with the government aiming to cut construction numbers for economical production and price designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
the Tribune
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
Standardization and elimination urged for fabrics industry
A discussion urges government or manufacturers to appoint a commission to review fabrics, remove nonessential constructions, and require producers to submit fabric details. The goal is to ensure goods meet real value, with pricing aligned to government standards for ordinary distribution.
Hotels Statler to issue 8 million bond loan
The Hotels Statler Company Inc owner of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York and the Hotels Statler properties in Buffalo Cleveland Detroit and St Louis has arranged an 8 million loan from W Straus Co. in 6 percent serial bonds. Proceeds repay existing debt raise working capital and fund equipment for Hotel Pennsylvania. Total security valued at 6.531 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oksdise
Agen Reareas
A. A. Housman & Co
Broad Street
New York
Ranch
Omee
West 334
Hotels Statler Company, Inc
Pennsylvania
Statler
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
8. W. Straus & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
City of Albany
Nationalty Company
Im So Cines
Electric Bond & Share Co
Broadway
Bookley
Carl H.pforzheimersco
Adams Express
Harris, Forbes & Co
Pine Street
Corner
William New York
Liggett & Drexel
Bro
Philadelphis
Harriman National Bank
Fifth
Finance Economics
Wall Street
Mills Building
Broad St
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
War Finance Corporation
Stock Exchange
Slanover
Treasury
Herbert Fitch
Sydney
Wilhelm Hohensollern
Atlantic
Pacific
Japan
Italy
Canada
New England
Brinkley
Fund_peebo
The
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
William Street
Fifth Avenue
41St Street
Paris
Boulevard Hausamann
London
Pall Mall
East
S. W
Bordeaux
United States Army
Public Moneys
Armour & Company
Halsey, Stuart & CO
N. W. Halsey & CO
Chicago
Wall ST
Telephone
Hanover
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
ST. Lovie
U. S. Gov
Seamen’s Bank For Savings
Glorgg M
Balbey
Canter Liston Wo Hintdice
Juyo
Dratte
Cincorporatea Igaay
Oseum
James Quinlan
Uvarles A. Detcher
S. Branchs
BACON
Des Bugden
Chilols
NEW York Savings Bal
Chiens
Une
Trent
Uf Business Vane Aes Albion Chapmas
United Dyewoon
York
Preferred Capital
Divi
Pommon Capital Suck
Alvidende Oy Te Thin ‘Corporation
Hy Rust Company of
DE Witt Clinton Jones
New
Per
Olgers
Busines
Edward Ly Rossiter
M. Bexnet