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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
24
Quiet sessions across coffee and cotton as prices drift with weaker primary markets. Grain markets show light activity with cautious demand in corn and wheat while metals soften on London reports and sugar holds steady amid mixed domestic demand.
Beans and peas quiet with limited demand and prices steady to firm. butter stock and quality varied with creamery and process holdings steady. eggs light demand delaying price declines. fruits commands mixed fortunes with apples and oranges steady. hay and straw firm. poultry supplies steady with dressed meat slow. general market shows cautious trading and ample supply across dairy, grains, and livestock.
Market notes indicate steady to firmer tones for many vegetables with liberal supplies. Potatoes, beets, lettuce, and peppers show price firmness in some regions while onions and leeks remain weak. New Orleans and Florida crops drive mixed values, with Bermuda and Maine varieties quoted in various sacks and crates amid broad price ranges.
Receipts totaled 100 cars 1 822 head including 38 for slaughterers and 2 for the market steady on all beeves dressed beef slow at port Liverpool and green markets unchanged No ship departures today Calves receipts 67 head all to local butchers few notable trades steady demand dressed calves slow city prices 13 and country 12 per Tb Sheep and lambs receipts 12 cars 2 590 head nominally firm lambs dull but steady fairly good lambs 750 per 3 Th dressed mutton scarce higher dressed yearlings at 11 hogs receipts 24 cars 4 979 head market half car for the market steady hogs state and Pennsylvania quoted 5 5 10 per 100 Th price at 4 8 4 5 country dressed hogs quiet at 6 12 per tb for heavy to light Sales listed Tobin Shannon Pennsylvania pigs 45 head average 5 per 100 Th 9 do 72 TD at 4 79 Ohio do 39 TD at 4 TH do 58 th at 4 10
Receipts Friday show cattle active with about 6 500 head in Chicago market, cows around 3 dollars and calves 6 to 7 dollars, stockers and feeders mixed. Hog sales steady to higher, heavy shipping weights around 4 65 to 4 70, light mixes near 4 60, packers 4 40 to 4 60, pigs 3 50 to 4 40. Sheep and lambs: receipts about 12 900, markets strong to higher, lambs near 7 25 to 7 50, sheep mid 4 50s, yearlings 6 50 to 6 86, ewes around 4 dollars. Cincinnati and Kansas City quotes follow, with cattle, lambs, and hogs showing strength in various grades and weights.
Spot wheat firm while futures hold steady. Prices for prime mixed American and new crop options noted. Flour winter patents dull at 29s 6d. butter and cheese prices mixed with tensions in lard and bacon markets. Turpentine and rosin show steady to weak tones as petroleum and linseed oil ease.
Chicago prices rose on stronger foreign wheat demand and cash grain sales with May wheat at 94 1/4 to 94 3/4 cents and May corn near 54 to 64 1/2 cents. Oats gained 1 1/2 to 2 cents while provisions softened on large hog receipts and selling by pit traders.
Advertises educational opportunity for educated young women to learn and teach the new mechanical stenography system recently introduced in Europe. Seeks applicants with suitable qualifications and provides address near West 155th Street.
A long string of classified ads seeks male workers across many roles including bookkeeper clerk chauffeur draftsman clerk collector and salesman. Applicants include G. S. 360 14th st F. F. 589 East 127th st Emile 1584 Broadway and J. Jacobs IS Lexington Ave Brooklyn among others with varied experience and references.
A column of young men seeks various positions from factory work to clerical, domestic service and coaching. Applicants list ages from 21 to 29, notes skills in machine shop, figures, bookkeeping, stenography, and general handy work. Several offer strong references. locations include Brooklyn and Yonkers. roles include coachman, governess, attendant, maid, companion, cashier, and more.
Classified listing of male and female domestic workers including coachmen gardeners cooks janitors and housekeepers seeking positions. Entries describe nationality experience references and employment preferences across city and country homes with contact cues and bureau references. Many listings specify single married or widowed status and required skills such as cooking gardening cleaning and supervising other staff.
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