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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
2
Unlisted securities trade shows total day volume at 994 809 shares with notable shifts in values. Comparisons from January 1 to September 17 highlight lower levels and mixed activity across listed and unlisted items amid market fluctuations.
A collection of old notices announces dividends from the Toledo St Louis and Western Railroad Aeolian Weber Piano and Pianola Co Bowling Green Trust Co Mines Company of America and New York Central and Hudson River. Dates show payable October 1908 and record dates in September 1908 with transfer book closings and treasurer confirmations.
The market for American securities was firm and generally higher with last quotations. Call money in London 4 1 2 percent, open market discount rate for short bills 1 percent, long bills 1 percent. Berlin and Paris discount rates and exchanges listed. British consols 85 5 16 percent, French rentes 96 francs 5 centimes.
London reports Bank of England reserve up 502000 pounds while circulation falls 2772.0 percent and public deposits rise 1651.0 percent. Paris notes rise 8850000 francs with gold up 9400000 francs. Berlin shows cash up 23554000 marks and deposits up 101541000 marks.
A garbled OCR snippet presents mixed numbers and dates such as Mar 57 and May 17, with percentages and codes like 111% and 10473. It references bids asks coupons and registered status but lacks coherent context or complete entities.
In yesterday's stock dealings the market drifted lower in the afternoon amid selling tied to lack of inside support and liquidation of overextended bull bets. The piece notes that intrinsic values underpin investments, warns against broad sales, and highlights foreign exchange dynamics and August trade figures.
The passage argues that international market regulation seems nearly impossible. A fixed par of exchange exists among nations sharing a common standard of value, but between countries using silver and those using gold the exchange rate fluctuates with the relative values of the two metals.
The Bond Market Sales list depicts numerous issues across corporations and government entities with varied coupons and maturities. Notable items include Gen Elec 8s, Penn Convt 4s, NY Air B 4s, Reading Gen 4s, and Westinghouse 5s, among others, with totals reaching into the millions and mixes of refinanced and convertible notes.
A condensed list shows closing stock notes for Chicago markets including American Can and National Biscuit with preferred shares, National Carbon, Rooth Packing, People’s Gas, Chicago Subway, Pneumatic Tool, Commonwealth Edison, Quaker Oats, Chicago Telephone, and Swift & Co, with entries including pref and percent figures and irregular OCR remnants. The fragment references Diamond Match and Sears Roebuck preferred amid a chaotic stream of ticker shorthand and misread symbols.
Last actual sales and closing quotations show no trades yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. Listings include Adams Ex Am A C pf Am Coal Am Exp Am Gr T Am Lin do pref Am Snuff Am Stl Fdy Am 5 pf An n Arbor Atch B&O and many others with last bids and asks varying widely.
Money on call opened at 1% with little activity and fair supply. Rates for sixty to ninety days ranged around 2% to 4%, mercantile paper softer. Foreign exchange opened easier with lower sterling and steadier cables, business quiet. Domestic exchange, bank clearings, and silver and gold markets noted with varied quotes. Government receipts and expenditures show a daily deficit, month to date deficit, and fiscal year totals. Sub-Treasury shows a debit to the Clearing House.
Daily bulletin lists bid and asked prices for cobalt from multiple mines and brokers. Entries include Buffalo, McKinley-Darg, New Temiskaming, Cobalt Lake, Nipissing, Crown Reserve, Peterson Lake, Foster, Silver Leaf, Kerr Lake, Trethewey, La Rose, and others with varying bid and ask figures. The note credits Stewart & Lockwood at No. 43 Exchange Place and presents the market snapshot as furnished and corrected daily.
The market opened with parity to previous close but soon fell as selling pressure hit mining stocks. McKinley Darragh dropped 10 while Nipissing and Miami slid slightly. Greene Cananea and La Rose Consolidated retraced after gains. United Copper and Atlanta Goldfield moved down. Bay State Gas fluctuated narrowly amid dull bond activity.
The readable OCR fragments list various regional government bonds and percentages tied to cities and countries. Mentions include Bavarian, Hessian, Saxony, Austrian, Hamburg and Berlin authorities with percentages and numerical codes. The text appears as chaotic notes rather than cohesive report.
Jos S S Dale secretary of record at 52 William Street New York is joined by William N Cohen Alfred A Cook and Samuel B Adams of Savannah as counsel in the filing.
foreign houses traded 15000 shares in the local market. Monet was easy while the general market was irregular. Dividends declared include Hudson Realty 2 percent, Electric Boat 2 percent on preferred, American Shipbuilding 1 1/2 percent on preferred, Aeolian 1 1/4 percent on preferred, Kansas City Southern 1 percent on preferred, Mechanics National Bank 1 percent, and Louisiana & Arkansas 1/2 percent semiannually. American Malting and Ocean Malt announce new dividends. Rock Island- & Pacific Railway maintains 1 percent quarterly. Gold from Mexico shipments reported totaling about 230,002. New York Stock Exchange seats and copper prices noted.
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