Week's dull and irregular stock market shows limited gains
This week on the New York Stock Exchange was narrow and dull with heavy profit taking at the start and wavering fluctuations afterward. Money rates stiffened limiting speculative activity while European copper supplies declined and a price rise to 17 cents occurred. Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Read ing and Steel traded irregularly as antitrust actions against the New Haven loom.
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London Stock Exchange
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Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Reading and Steel
New Haven Road
Canadian Pacific
Rock Island
New York Stock Exchange Today
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Amer. Smelt, & Refining
American Sugar Refining Wee
American Tel
Anaconda Mining Co
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Chesapeake & Ohio
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Chicago, Mil
Missouri Pacific
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New York Central
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Northern Pacifica
Pennsylvania
Peoples
Wabasheee
Western Unio
Texas Company
Metal markets note mixed lead and iron prices in Saint Louis
In Saint Louis on Sept 20 metal markets show lead at $4.60 and spelter at $5.67. Iron remains unchanged while New York is quiet with prices around $17.00 and $16.62 percent.
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New York
ST. Louis
Banks Hold Record Reserve Excess This Week
New York banks and trust companies report an actual reserve of 10.66 million dollars above legal requirements for the week, an increase of 5.23 million from the previous week.
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New York
New York Market Report Strong Sterling and Bonds Steady
Prime mercantile paper 5 and 6 percent. Sterling exchange firm at 4.83 15 for sixty days and 4 85 90 for demand. Commercial bills 4 81 2. Bar silver 61 2 cents. Mexican dollars 46 2 cents. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds easy.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Marine Intelligence Arrivals and Sails Mixed at Galveston and New York
Galveston reported arrivals including the steamers El Mundo Sosia Knockwell Cardiff Denver and Saintigo from New York and other ports. Sailed: Brighton Port Buenos Aires Viking Havana and other vessels. New York noted the arrival of the St Louis from Southampton.
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el Mundo
New York
Sosia
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Cattle Prices Forecast Near $10 Market in Midwest
Chicago livestock expert H. J. Wade predicts beef cattle may reach $10 per hundredweight on northern markets before October first. He notes Michigan Kansas City and Chicago trade patterns, heavy western cattle movement, and a mixed outlook for range and lamb markets with large winter feeding anticipated but cautious bankers toward bonanza feeding.
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Chicago Livestock Commission
San Antonio
Brownsville
Chicago
Missouri
Kansas City
Wade
Kansas
Oklahoma
Northwest
Montana
Wyoming
West
Colorado
Scare Over Free Trade Hits Sheep Market Expensive
Abe Cohen of A. Cohen & Co notes the free trade scare hurt sheepmen as lamb contracts from last April dropped to 3 to 5 cents per pound, while Western wool clip sold 3 cents below last year. Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association vice president George Richardson says traders now see sheep prices 50 cents to $1 higher per head, with the tariff scare largely spent. The new wool season is imminent, and dealers anticipate active trade as markets rebound from the scare.
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A. Cohen & Co
Chicago
Mr. Cohen
George Richardson
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
San Antonio
Business Confidence Mixed as Trade Volume Increases
R G Dun's Trade Review reports strengthening business confidence and plans to extend operations, with higher trade volumes than a year ago. Some regions see labor disturbances limited, cooler weather boosting retail distribution, and firmer pig iron and copper prices noted. Failures total 282 this week vs 291 last year and 24 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun
Trade Review
Canada
Banks Report Higher Reserves and Deposits in New York Area
The banks show reserve totals with $10,657,650 in excess lawful reserve and aggregate cash reserves at $414,379,000. Loans rise to $1,943,833,000 with a net deposit decline of $4,876,000, while specie and legal tender fluctuate. Trust companies hold $65,464,000 in vaults and state banks plus trust firms report deposits of $622,030,800 and loans increasing by $9,610,700.
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New York
Banka
Wool Market Sees New England Mill Purchases
Boston wool market features a New England mill buying large quantities of South American cross bred wools mainly low and straight quarter blood. New Zealand cross breds of similar grades also sold. Prices steady for fine wools, weaker for medium to coarse lots. Missouri fleeces %blood at 23 and 22 to 23 cents, %blood at 23 24 cents. Scan basis fine 12 months 52 65 to 658 cents. fine 6 to 8 months 47 48 cents.
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Mass
New England
New Zealand
Missouri
Kentucky
Weather Observation Record From September 20 1913
Observation notes taken at 8 p.m. on Saturday September 20 1913. Details describe atmospheric conditions recorded by local observers with time stamp and date.
Chicago Produce Market Report Sees Butter Unchanged and Potatoes Fall
Chicago Produce notes butter steady at 82 5, receipts 7772 cages. Potatoes drop with 50 car receipts. Midwest oats Minnesota and Ohio 83 8i, Wisconsin 80 90. Poultry alive prices lower including springs 16c and fowls 5c.
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Ohio
Wisconsin
Egg and dairy prices steady in New York and Kansas City
New York reports eggs firm and unchanged. Kansas City notes butter eggs and poultry unchanged as of Sept 20.
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New York
Kansas City
Weather Observations and Climate Averages Report
Excerpts describe 8 p.m. observations with sea level air pressure 1010 mb, iso bars and iso therms, and notes on skies. Data include temperatures, precipitation amounts, wind speeds, and monthly and year-to-date deficits or excesses. Highest wind 38 mph from the north.
Mexican foods hit record high as imports pinch market
Unsettled conditions in Mexico curb imports to the United States. San Antonio remains a key distribution point with the lightest supply on record, driving prices skyward for items like chili peppers at 26 cents a pound and tamale shucks at seven cents. Local Mexicans and shopkeepers fear growing shortages and resort to limited cross border movement.
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Republic of Mexico
United States
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Mexico
Wholesale Market Prices for Country Produce Displayed
Readable table shows prices retailers paid for eggs poultry butter cheese and dozens of fruits and vegetables including Texas and California commodities. Highlights include eggs candled 20c per dozen, hens 6.50 per dozen, turkeys 12 to 18c per pound, potatoes 1.85 per cwt Texas white, tomatoes 75c to $1 per basket, oranges 4.00 per box, lemons 7.50 per box, apples Texas basket 1.50, and grapes 1.25 per crate with other staple items listed.
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Northern Creamery
Texas Creamery
Texas
California
Colorado
Arkansas
Malaga
Cotton Region Bulletin Weather Summary September 20 1913
The belt is generally fair and near normal in temperature. Rainfall of an inch or more occurred at Nacogdoches Texas New Bern North Carolina Batesburg and Columbia South Carolina Muskogee Oklahoma and Fort Smith Arkansas. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Tex
Newbern
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Batesburg
Columbia
Muskogee
Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
California Canned Goods and Farm Commodities Sale List
A period catalog lists prices for dried fruits and calendar items. Cranberries evaporated in 36 pack packages at 2.60 per package. currants 12-ounce and 10-ounce terms. dates bulk by the pound with case quantities and price 1.70. California canned fruits with assorted prices from 1.30 to 2.40 per can. canned vegetables including tomatoes and corn with 0.95 to 1.30. California beans and other legumes with per hundred pounds prices. hides and wool with various grades and discounts. beeswax 26 cents per pound. tallow 4.5 cents per pound.
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London
Rocknate Ed Thompson
Illinois
Navy
Freestone
Standard Oil Cuts Naphtha Export Price Half Cent
The Standard Oil Company of New York announced a reduction of one-half cent per gallon on all grades of naphtha for export.
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Standard Oil Company of
Poultry and Dairy Prices in St Louis Market
Market report from St Louis notes poultry prices for chickens 16c per pound, turkeys 12c, ducks 12c, geese 9c, butter 6c, creamery 6c, eggs 23c per dozen.
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ST. Louis
Cattle Prices Rise at Union Stock Yards Markets
Prices at Union Stock Yards centers were high with San Antonio reports showing cows at 6.50, calves 6.50, bulk 4.60 to 6, and hogs near 8 as rain improves ranges. News notes big West Texas cattle movements toward California and Pacific coast packers seeking extra supplies.
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San Antonio
West Texas
California
Pacific Coast
Fort Worth Livestock Receipts and Prices Report
Fort Worth market Sept 20 shows 400 cattle on hand plus 400 en route. Steers sold around 6.50 while common stock priced near 4.25. Cows 4.25 to 5.50, heifers 5.00 to 3.75, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, calves 4.25 to 6.25. Hogs near 450 head with two loads held over. best hogs 8.70, bulk 8.35 to 9.52. No sheep on offer.
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Oklahoma
Chicago stock market receipts and price quotations
Chicago reports today show hogs with receipts of 10 000 and a market steady to slightly higher while pigs move 25 to 50 cents lower. Cattle receipts 400 with a steady market. beef steers 6.85 to 9.30, Texas steers 6.90 to 8.00, stockers 5.40 to 8.00, cows 3.90 to 8.76, calves 8.75 to 11.75. Sheep receipts 1 000 and markets steady. natives 3.50 to 4.75, westerns 3.75 to 4.85, yearlings 4.75 to 5.85, native lambs 5.65 to 7.40, western lambs 5.85 to 7.46.
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Texas
Market Report St Louis Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Receipts 1500 cattle 4500 hogs 1600 sheep with markets steady. Native beef steers 6.50 to 9.30. cows 4.75 to 8.75. Texas steers 6.00 to 7.75. calves 5.00 to 6.00. Pigs 6.25 to 8.00 light. heavy 8.50 to 8.80. Native muttons 3.25 to 4.25. lambs 6.00 to 7.26.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Livestock Receipts and Prices Reported in Kansas City
Kansas City stockyard today showed hogs receipts of 1000 with bulk prices 8.16 to 8.60 and heavy 8.00 to 8.50. Cattle receipts 300 with 190 southern. prime fed steers 8.75 to 9.50. dressed beef steers 7.75 to 8.75. southern steers 5.60 to 8.00. cows 4.25 to 7.00. heifers 6.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 600 with lambs 6.60 to 7.20. lambs and ewes varied 3.75 to 5.45. Market generally steady.
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Kansas City
Spinners Take More Cotton as Weevils Rise
New York reports show spinners increased cotton takings for the week with 30 to 40 points higher while New Orleans and Liverpool posted gains. Market notes reference boll weevil damage, unsettled weather, and a potential crop shortfall despite bullish sentiment from late-week buying.
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New York
Financial Chronicle
Liverpool
Cotton market closes higher than week ago
New York shows the cotton market firm with settlements 30 to 40 points above last week. New Orleans reports futures steady with weekly quotations about 88 to 45 points higher.
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New Orleans
Spot cotton prices and sales in Liverpool market
Liverpool cotton report shows limited demand and firm prices with middling to good ordinary values. Sales reach 7000 bales including 2000 American and 3500 for speculation and export, receipts at 16,000 bales with 9300 American.
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Liverpool
Futures Close Steady Across Months in Liverpool
Futures closed steady in Liverpool with next-month spreads across the calendar. Notable levels include September 78.75, September-October 7.2564 percent, and steady 7.08 percent on several month pairings from December-January through May-June with minor variations.
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Liverpool
Cotton Spot Market Prices In New Orleans
Leading spot market report from New Orleans on September 20 shows middling at 186 16, various price levels for low ordinary through strict good middling, with 403 spot sales and 486 arriving. Receipts total 2805 bales and stocks 86,060 bales.
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New Orleans
Galveston Cotton Market Report Sept 20
Spot cotton closed firm with grades listed from good ordinary to middling fair and prices ranging from 11 6-16 to 18 9-16 cents. Sales included 700 bales f o b while receipts reached 17,782 bales and total stock stood at 145,085 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
Spot cotton market closes steady in revised figures
Houston September market reports revised data with 343 sales, 4082 out of sample, shipments totaling 21,086 bales and a block of 71,463 bales. Classifications show low ordinary 9c to good middling 13c with middling at 11 1/4c and other grades noted.
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Houston
Tex
O. B
Spot Cotton Steady as Middling Uplands Quoted
New York market reports spot cotton steady with Middling Upland at 13.60 cents and Gulf at 18.85 cents. No sales recorded.
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New York
Cotton Movement Figures Rise in Week's Trade
The weekly movement of cotton totals 400,846 bales, 66,472 more than last year and 16,501 more than 1911. Year to date receipts at U S ports reach 647,771 bales, with foreign exports at 484,204. Domestic mills' takings total 210,718 as stocks rise to 238,191 above 1912 levels.
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Wena Interior Movement
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Cotton Receipts and Stocks Across Ports and Regions
Report shows total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1 with stock figures for United States ports and interior towns. Includes Liverpool totals and comparisons to prior year, plus American afloat stock for Great Britain and year-ago levels.
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Liverpool
Great Britain
Net receipts at all U S ports and year comparisons
The report shows total receipts at all U S ports for the latest period and a comparison to the same week last year. It includes figures for the port of Singapore and mentions totals since September and to the same date last year.
Exports for the Week and Year Comparisons
Week exports total 5 214,890 with 171,806 for the same week last year. Cumulative exports since Sept 1 reach 1,434,596 while the year-ago total to this date was 310,854.
Grain and provision market closes steady for week in Chicago
Chicago reports a steady week end in grain and provision trading. Cash wheat prices ranged from 92 to 93 1/2 cents, with No 2 northern quoted around 90 to 91 1/2 cents. Corn values showed No 3 at 56 cents and No 2 yellow near 75 to 76 cents, while oats sold at 43 1/2 to 43 3/4 cents.
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Chicago
Cotton Steady in Memphis as Prices Edge Up
Spot cotton in Memphis shows a steady market with advances of 1 16 cent and middling at 18 1 16 cents. In New York coffee reports No 17 Rio at 9 3 4 cents and futures firm with December at 9.26 and March at 9.51.
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New York
Market rundown for Honduras and Japan prices in New Orleans
In New Orleans on September 20 rough Honduras and clean Honduras show active and steady quotes while Japan remains nominal to steady. Rough Honduras trades at about 4.10 per sack with 10 317 sacks sold. clean Honduras and clean Japan prices cited with variations for new and old lots.
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Honduras
Japan
Milters
Grain market slides on crop hopes and exports
Chicago reports a week of general wheat price declines driven by strong Canadian crop prospects and ample exports. Bulls cite export takings and rains, but cash sales were light and Chicago receipts surged. Corn and oats softened amid heavy rainfall, while packer selling weighed on provisions.
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Bears
Canada
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Montana
Pacific Coast
Tllinois
Ohio Valley
Market quotations from Kansas City report
Quoted prices show cash wheat No 2 hard about 84 90 and red around 92 cents. Corn No 2 mixed about 76 cents with white at 75 76 cents. Oats No 2 white around 48 cents. Wheat December at 86 46, May 91 91 a mixed close. Corn September 76 cents, December 73 75 cents.
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Kansas City
Grain prices and market receipts report
Wheat prices closed mixed with September at 90c and May at 95 8 while cash No 2 red wheat ranged around 94 to 96 cents. Corn and oats held uneven, receipts yesterday showed 37 000 wheat 29 000 corn and 60 000 oats bushels with shipments of 65 000 wheat 30 000 corn and 33 000 oats.
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ST. Louis
Sugar and Coffee Market Report From New York
The coffee market rose on Havre strength and Santos crop worries with Brazil backing September contracts. Market signals showed Rio and Santos higher while Havre and Hamburg edged up. the spot market steadied amid a general advance then eased. Beet sugar remained firm with beet prices mostly unchanged and beat futures up slightly.
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Havre
Santos
Brazil
Rio Ts
Hamburg
Rio
Money and loan rates steady in New York market
The New York market reports money steady with time loans at 60 days 6 per cent, 90 days 4 1/2 per cent, and six months 5 per cent. No loans noted, catty nominal money circulation observed.
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New York
Raw Steady Trading Notes in New York Markets
New York price report notes raw steady stance on Muscovade at 3.17 dollars and centri molasses sugar at 2.92 dollars. Also lists refined Petroleum, molasses and Leather firm as market terms.
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Muscovade
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