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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
4
A fragmentary bond table lists May entries with bid and asked prices for U and 2s bonds, 1930 registrations, coupon notes, and small 3s issues. Values show percentages around 100, with scattered figures like 103, 107, 120, and 163 in a rough ledger format.
Fragmentary OCR shows state precedents with pay maturity bids and yields. References May and November dates, Navy context, and registered coupon terms appear but many entries are garbled. Core items hint at bond like instruments with yields around 4 percent and 9 percent cited in scattered lines.
Market values fall sharply with total sales figures down from 1,353.5 shares on the previous day to 66,856,898 shares this period, and down further from 98,001,145 shares in 1997. The text shows fragmented numbers and inconsistent spellings, indicating a market report with the day’s totals and prior period comparisons.
The market logged a broad pullback with many leading shares slipping two points or more after an early strength phase. Insiders bought sizable blocks of Harriman and Reading issues while American Smelting fell four points, and traders covering shorts widened the weakness in industrials amid a cautious outlook for further declines.
Baltimore stocks list with bid and asked figures on railway, gas, trust, and insurance shares. Entries include United Railway 10 percent, Norfolk Ry & Lt Bs 88 percent, Seaboard 6 percent, Continental Tr 185 to 173, Union Trust 4 percent, Fidelity & Dep 118 to, Maryland Gas 208 percent, and Maryland Cent Ry 55 to 60 percent, among others.
Last actual sales and closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange show no transactions yesterday. Entries include Am Coal, Marine, Manhattan, Am Express, Met St Ry, Nash &Ch.H, NYC & St L List, B&O, Read Ist, U S Exp, Homestake, United, and numerous others with bid and ask figures. several preferreds and issue listings display varied levels, while some stocks hold unchanged bids or notes.
Money on call opened at 1 percent with minimal variation through the hour. Mercantile paper showed fair demand with rates for sixty to ninety days around 4 to 5 percent. Foreign exchange opened firm, cables at 4.8742 and demand sterling at 4.8720, later fluctuating to about 4.8715 to 4.8745, with sixty day bills near 4.8510 to 4.8544. Bank clearings reported for New York and major cities, silver market at 52 3/4 cents, Mexico exchange at 2.02 cents, and government receipts contrasting with expenditures for the day and month. Sub-Treasury shows a deficit with clearing-house debt of 1,835,334.
The report shows weekly and year to date totals for exports of merchandise. Week ended May 18 amounts are 19 380 571 for total exports 4 456 087 for imports and 11 049 087 for domestic exports. From January 1 totals reach 200 251 023 249 315 042 and 249 124 221 respectively.
Opening gains in leading mining issues gave way to profit taking and a reactionary tendency. Rallies followed losses in several names while volume trailed Monday. Notable moves included Standard Oil up then down, Nevada Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely soft, and Goldfield players sliding after midday. Bond activity showed Tidewater 6s strong at around 99 and Allis-Chalmers 5s up.
Foreign houses bought an arbitrage in 55,900 shares as London markets showed strength in diamonds and Rio Tinto. Copper demand rose. copper prices edged up. if copper falls to 12 cents, foreign buying would surge. Union Pacific bonds offer conversion through 1917. US Rubber reported profits of 5,553,556 for year ending March 31 with strong surplus. Market activity remained heavy at 1,293,077 shares traded despite poor distribution.
The report covers trading activity with Union Pacific and Reading as leading shares among 176 testities, and private sales of George W. Batty’s and Ernesto Gussoni’s memberships. It notes a New York Stock Exchange listing application for Guaranty Trust affiliates and a 1 percent quarterly dividend shift at Sloss-Sheffield. A Hungaria n American Bank executive change is reported with European holdings rising, and Buffalo and Susquehanna declares a 1 percent preferred dividend.
Bid details show German and Bavarian government issues with yields around 9 percent. Cities Augsburg Hamburg Cologne and Cologne issue 4s and 5s at various prices and coupons. Mexican government gold noted with a 53.100 price, while Hessian government bonds traded around 91 percent.
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