New York Stock Market Opens Strong on July 16 Rally
Trading gains lead the market as Canadian Pacific and Amalgamated Copper attract buying from London Berlin and Paris. Short interest stocks surge with Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Lehigh Valley and Erie first preferred rising. Afternoon profit taking limits gains but overall market finishes steady amid arbitration news and easing European money conditions.
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New York
London
Berlin
Canadian Pacific
Paris
Amalgamated Copper
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Lehigh Valley
Atlantic Coast Line
Erie
Steel
Reading
Amalgamated
Eastern Railroad
Money on call steady in New York market report
July 16 report shows money on call steady at 2 2 1/2 percent, last loan at 2 percent, closing bid and offered at 2 percent. Time loans firm with 60 days at 3 1/2 percent, 30 days at 5 1/2 percent, and six months at 6 1/2 percent.
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New York
Copper and Tin Prices Steady in New York Trading
Copper firm across grades with spot at 13.25 and August September at 13.25 13.75 for electrolytic and lake ingots. Tin remains easy at 29.80 spot with July to September bids near 39.75 39.90. Spelter firm at 5.15 5.30 and Cookson’s at 8.55 with little other change noted.
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New York
Standard
Spelter Firm
Cookson's
Copper and tin prices drift in London markets
In London on July 16 copper and tin prices showed firmness with spot and futures quotes noted. The report mentions spot copper at 2 pounds 9d per unit and futures at 62 pounds 123 64d, and tin at 182 pounds both spot and futures, with other metals listed. A Dorset farmer reacts to a sanitary inspection by covering floors and walls with linoleum and rugs, inviting inspectors to wipe feet on a mat.
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London
Cleveland
Dorset
England
Cotton Traders Worried Over Anti-Future Bill
M. F. Cordill traveling crop expert, visiting San Antonio, warns that a pending anti-future bill in Congress could harm the cotton industry. He notes nationwide nervousness, cites generally good crop conditions with rain shortages in a few areas, and predicts Texas may deliver a bumper crop based on current indicators.
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Coton
Congress
M. F. Cordill
San Antonio
Better Wool Demand in Boston Market
In Boston July 16 inquiry for fine wools increased last week while overall wool trade remained steady. Prices held firm with a slight buyer disadvantage. no standout imports sold. Domestic quotes list various grades from Missouri and Kentucky wools to Texas scoured bases, reflecting a cheerier outlook.
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Boston
Missouri
Kentucky
Texas
Cotton seed storage boom in Lockhart Texas
Lockhart Texas July 16 extensive preparations are under way to store cotton seed for planting by Mebane variety growers. Three more warehouses have been built to handle seed sales which are said to exceed any other town in the state. Seed is sold to all foreign cotton growing regions.
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Lockhart
Tex
Rice crop overhang prompts export bid from Beaumont
Rice crop exceeds domestic consumption by one million and a quarter bags with a half million carried over. The Southern Rice Growers' Association plans to export a million and a half sacks. On Saturday, Theodore Willicks of New York, Frank Godchaux of New Orleans, and J. G. Garvey of Beaumont sail to Europe to find buyers.
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Beaumont
Tex
Southern Rice Growers’ Association
Theodore Willicks
New York
Frank Godchaux
Louisiana State Rice Milling Dee
New Orleans
J. G. Garvey
Growers Association of
Europe
Breadstuffs and Dairy Exports Rise in Fiscal Year
Washington reports breadstuffs valued at 198,563,236 and dairy products at 126,552,407 exported from principal customs districts for the fiscal year ending last month. Meats dropped from 182,567,207 in 1912 to 126,552,407, while cotton and oils also shifted, with figures covering only principal districts.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Department
Weather Bulletin Notes Regional Temperatures and Rainfall
The bulletin reports lower minimum temperatures over the last twelve hours and notes the belt is generally fair. Temperatures run above normal with rainfall of an inch or more observed at Wilmington Charleston and Carmak. Allen Buell, Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Belt
Wilmington
Charleston
Carmak
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Weather observations from Wednesday July 16 1913
Observations recorded at 8:00 a m on Wednesday July 16 1913. Readings cover temperature wind direction and atmospheric conditions as compiled for the daily weather summary.
Midsummer Dullness Lingers in Wholesale Market
Business in the commercial district remains quiet as midsummer dullness sets in. Farmers’ good crop prospects spur some buying from country stores while the arrival of cotton pickers and higher bagging costs signal upcoming shifts in demand. Sugar bag use rises as imports pause and pork products maintain firmness.
Markets Summary of Prices for Eggs Poultry and Produce
Market roundup lists eggs at 17 18 cents per dozen, large hens five dollars per dozen, and other poultry prices from four to six dollars. Cheese and butter quoted, assorted vegetables with crate and per hundredweight pricing, fruits with crates and baskets, canned goods and meats with case and pound pricing, plus staples like flour, meal, and coffee priced by weight or sack.
Miscellaneous Grocery and Produce Price List
A fragmented price sheet lists items with tentative prices for coffee Rio Maxwell House canned vegetables peas corn and apples pears and related produce. Terms include freight to destination and various grade distinctions such as fancy choice extra choice and standard across multiple market items.
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Maxwell House
Maine
California
San Antoni Sower
New York Coffee Prices Steady on July Market Turn
New York July 16 Coffee prices stabilize with No 7 to 9e figures. Futures listed September at 8.65 and December at 8.87 per unit as markets hold steady.
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Mieak
Cotton goods markets steady as 1914 spring lines general
New York reports steady cotton goods markets with broad activity for spring 1914. Silk piece goods and ribbons for fall are scarce while importers secure substantial business. Yarns remain quiet.
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New York
Poultry prices mixed as markets report varied gains
In St. Louis on July 16 poultry prices show chickens at 13 cents, turkeys 18 cents, ducks 12 cents with slight declines noted for butter and unchanged eggs and creamery butter at 26 cents.
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ST. Louis
Market Quotations for Rough Honduras and Japan Goods
New Orleans reports demand for rough Honduras and Japan goods with prices and quotations. Rough Honduras quoted at 2.50 to 4.50 with clean Honduras at 4% to 5% ec and Japan at 2 to 3 percent. Sales include Honduras 300 at 44% and 6 percent, Japan 3550 at 2 to 3 percent.
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New Orleans
Japan
Honduras
Sugar and petroleum markets steady in New York
In New York on July 16 raw sugar held steady with Muscovado at 3.04 percent, Centrifugal 3.46 to 3.57, Molasses sugar 2.79 to 2.82. Refined sugar and petroleum also steady, hides and leather firm.
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New York
Kansas City Market Quotations July 16
Quotations today show butter at 26 cents for creamery and firsts, 24 cents for seconds, 20 to 29 cents for packing. Eggs listed at 16 to 18 cents, roosters 9 cents, hens 13 cents, ducks 16 cents, broilers 18 to 20 cents.
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Kansas City
Egg market update in New York on July 16
Eggs irregular and unchanged in New York with receipts totaling 18 325 cases as of July 16.
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New York
Chicago market quotes and receipts report
Quotations today show butter unchanged with receipts of 16 755 cases. Potatoes fall to 80 85 cents with 50 car receipts. Poultry prices vary with live hens at 16 cents and springs at 20 cents, turkeys at 18 cents.
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Chicago
Moscow cab laws end whip use amid fine carriages
Travel notes describe Moscow's ban on driving whips and the humane impact on horses as cabs and carriages glide with sleek, well groomed horses. The piece also notes Bradford England's plan to clear old urban blocks for wider streets and taller new buildings.
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Moscow
Bradford
England
Livestock pens cleared at Union Stock Yards in brisk market
Modest receipts and brisk demand at Union Stock Yards July 16 led to rapid pen clearance. Best cows around 5.25, calves up to 6.50, hogs 8.50, calves and cattle maintaining week’s high prices. Fort Worth reports strong calf market and active hog trade. Chicago and northern markets steady.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Chicago
Fort Worth Calf Market Sharpens Prices on Wednesday Trade
Activity in the calf market ran strong with 800 head traded and prices rising by about 50 cents. Quotations reached $8.25 for a car and $7.50 to $8.10 for others, while fully choice calves could have fetched around $9.50. Cattle totals neared 3000 head with steady to firm demand across steers cows and bulls. Hog yards saw Oklahoma day receipts near 2000 head and a dime higher, tops around $9.15 with bulk $9.00–$9.10. Sheep and lambs moved slowly but steady amid 1200 head receipts.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Livestock Market Receipts Steady Across Departments
Chicago sees receipts of 12 000 hogs 16 000 cattle and 20 000 sheep. Hogs sold mostly 8 90 to 9 37 per cwt with pigs at 7 30 to 9 10. Cattle steady to a shade lower with Reeves at 7 10 to 9 16, calves 8 50 to 11 00. Sheep market steady native ewes and yearlings quoted 4 50 to 7 36, native lambs 6 85 to 8 70.
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Chicago
Texas
Livestock Receipts and Prices Highlight Market Day
In Kansas City on July 16 buyers noted higher hog prices with bulk at 8.90 to 9.00 and heavy at 8.90 to 8.95. Cattle numbers reached 7000 with steady tone. prime fed steers 8.50 to 8.90, dressed beef steers 7.50 to 8.59, southern steers 5.40 to 7.85, cows 4.35 to 7.00, heifers 6.25 to 8.65. Sheep receipts 5000 and steady. lambs 7.25 to 8.26, yearlings 5.25 to 6.09, wethers 4.25 to 5.00, ewes 3.75 to 4.50. Separate note on horology recalls Hooke’s 1658 hairspring invention and later advances in lever escapement 1666, jewels bearings around 1700, and compensation balance in 1767.
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Celehey
Texas
Louisia
California
Alaska
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
Muscatel
London l Ager
ST. Louis
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Robert Hooke
Hooke
Crop optimism in Southern Belt lifts cotton market
A bullish tilt from dry hot weather in the southwest spurs growing demand as futures rise against steady to higher spots in New York New Orleans and Liverpool. Private cables signal stronger undertone amid fears of Texas heat with noon prices about 6 points higher.
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New York
Southwest
Liverpool
Texas
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Disquieting News
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with slight gains as reports from Liverpool warned of tensions with China over the Russia controversy. Buyers showed modest activity despite bearish signals from China and Balkan news, supported by dry weather and boll weevil complaints in Mississippi. Prices ended the morning 3 to 6 points above yesterday’s close and noon quotes were 1 to 4 points higher.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
China
Russia
Mississippi
Yester
Southwest
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans at midday
Cotton futures started steady with July at 12.48 to 12.50, August 12.08 asked, September 11.64 to 11.66, October 11.54 to 11.56, December 11.61 to 11.52, January 11.53 to 11.54, and March around 11.60 to 11.66. Close showed a slight net advance of 1 to 3 points across contracts.
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New York
Aias
New Orleans
Aum
Oc Ce
Borg cc. Cs O-Oe
Bucoon Alto
Os Oe Ee
Dac. Vs
Cate
Ee Beb Bast
Copes Oe
Cotton market report from Liverpool on July 16
Spot cotton in fair demand and steady with middling fair at 7.42 pence per pound. Prices for various grades listed from 6.06 to 6.98 pence. Sales total 8000 bales, including 7100 American and 1000 for speculation and export. Receipts 1000 bales, no American.
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Liverpool
Futures Close Steady Across Liverpool Dates
Futures closed steady in Liverpool with quotes for July 6 494 and several monthly spreads including July-August 6.48 percent and October-November 6.21 d, covering the calendar through June-July 6.20 d.
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Liverpool
Market quotes from leading spot markets
New York middling 12.35, New Orleans 12 7-16, Houston 12 3-16, Galveston 12 5-16, Liverpool middling 6.74d, Memphis 12%.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Spot cotton holds steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans on July 16 reports spot cotton quiet and unchanged with middling at 12 7-16. Sales on the spot 401 to arrive 28. Receipts 745 bales and total stock 34,793 bales. Prices listed across grade levels from low ordinary to strict good middling with several nominal notes.
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New Orleans
Cotton Prices Steady Across Memphis and New York Spots
Memphis reports spot cotton steady with Middling at 12.46 cents. New York spots echo stability with Middling uplands at 12.35 and Middling gulf at 12.60. no sales recorded.
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New York
Gulf
Cotton Seed Prices in Memphis on July 16
Prime basis of 7.14 to 7.20 cents per pound for cotton seed meal ranged from 29.75 to 30.00 dollars per ton while linters were quoted at 2 percent 8 cents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Linters
Cotton seed oil market closes firm in New York
The market ends firm with spot at 9.10 and July at 9.06 to 9.50. August quotes 9.09 to 9.10 and September 9.05 to 9.07. October 7.98 to 7.99, 100 sold at 8.08 and 1300 at 7.99. November 6.83 to 6.35, December 6.53 to 6.56, January 6.54 to 6.60, February 6.53 to 6.60. Third fourth calls show September 100 at 9.05, October 200 at 7.98, November 300 at 6.85. Total sales 15,100.
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New York
Dry farming congress gathers strong Texas turnout
Sabinal Tex July 16 Texas Dry farming Congress holds its most successful session with large attendance. Speakers J W Neall R R Clamridge Sam Dixon discuss stock and poultry tied to dry farming while Ed R Kane urges crop diversification and more provender. Beck from San Antonio praises moisture conservation benefits. An afternoon auto tour followed sessions.
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B. F. Berkley
Alpine
W. D. Heard
F. M. Getzendaner
Uvalde
West Texas
Beck
John C. Beck
San Antonio
W. P. Young
H. P. Attwater
Sunset-Central Lines
Nat Parks
Ed R. Kane
J. D. Tinsley
Santa Fe
J. T. Snelus
Business Men's Club of
Valentine
Atkinson Praises Dry Farming Exhibit Revelation
A. R. Atkinson, freight and passenger agent for Galveston Harrisburg San Antonio, returns from Sabinas Dry Farming Congress astonished by crops shown. He notes corn, cotton, melons grown by dry farming rival southern yields and predicts broader adoption, citing global interest including South Africa's rainfall-free wheat project.
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A. R. Atkinson
Galveston, Harrisburg
Texas
Atkinson
South Africa
Justified In Attack in Clayton Court Convicts Man
In Clayton Missouri Justice Werremeyer's court a jury found a man justified in grabbing a milk bottle to strike a speaker who said I should worry. Mrs Ella Callahan 52 freed of an assault charge after claiming desperation from repeated phrases. Annie O Connor 14 beat Callahan’s dog prompting the quarrel. Italian engineers plan to sink artesian wells in Tripoli to irrigate desert land. A bus conductor jokes about Washington Arch while a man top of stairs refuses to descend. A journalist notes poems by dust rags fish and tea and laments women stepping from pedestal into life.
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St. Louis
Tripoli
Weather Sparks Market Rise in Corn Belt Trade
Hot weather and drought reports lift wheat and grain futures as corn and oats gain on favorable demand. Provisions stay steady while hogs remain firm. September contracts show modest advances on weather and rust worry in spring crops.
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Chicago
France
North Dakota
Msota
Drouth
Kansas
Nebraska
Wheat and corn quotations from Chicago market list
Quotations to cash wheat prices at Chicago show No 2 red at 86 8 toc No 2 hard new 86 87 cents No 2 hard old 91 93 cents No 1 northern 91 92 cents No northern 90 91 cents No 2 spring 88 92 cents velvet chaff 88 92 cents durum 84 90 cents Corn No 2 61 62 cents No 2 white 63 cents No 2 yellow 61 62 cents Onte Standard 29 4 cents
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Chicago
Wheat and Corn Price Quotations From St Louis Market
Quotations from St Louis show cash wheat mixed grades at 80 to 86 1/2 cents and 84 to 93 cents for No 2 red and hard. Corn bids for No 2 mixed around 62 to 63 cents and No 2 white near 65 to 66 cents with July and September futures at 61 to 61 1/2 cents. Oats trade quoted at 38 to 42 cents for July and September.
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ST. Louis
Marine Intelligence Arrival and Sailing Updates
Marine intelligence from Galveston shows arrivals of steamers Carib New York Muirfield Dakar Mills Baltimore Harry T Inge Port Simon yesterday and departures of El Occidente New York Corozel Puerto Rico Port Arthur Sabine. New York reports Oceanic arrived Southampton and Imperator arrived Hamburg.
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Tex
Carib
New York
Muirfield
Dakar
Mills
Baltimore
Harry T. Inge
Port Simon
el Occidente
Corozel
Puerto Rico
Port Arthur
Alabama
Sabine
Cotton statistics show stocks at U S ports and Galveston
A commercial traveler in Manchester caused amusement by signing into a hotel as "Lord Benton and valet" and "Barbary and valise" after glancing at guests lists. The report lists cotton receipts at U S ports, with totals for Great Britain, other foreign ports, and coastwise trade, along with stock figures.
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Galveston
Great Britain
Manchesto
Lord Benton and Vaiet
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