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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
10
Chicago December 12 weakness spread through all grains as May wheat and oats slipped, provisions fell, and cash markets showed light demand. A heavy liquidation rout drove prices lower with May wheat down and May corn off, while receipts and store shipments expanded despite light country buying.
December trading sees quiet exports and firm opening in options before broad weakness. Wheat and corn futures slide on bear sentiment from crop data and lax Liverpool cables, with nearby contracts closing down while spot grain remains weak. Major grain receipts show small North West arrivals as oats, rye, and rye flour hold steady to weak with price notes across elevator and afloat markets. Lard, pork, and tallow trade at lower to steady levels amid mixed animal product demand. Cotton seed oil and sugar futures hold firm amid steady refining, with broad commodity complex showing tepid activity.
Price quotations detail flour, bran, meal, and corn products with mixed outputs. Cedar and wheat futures show quiet to steady trends while bacon and lard move down. Baltimore receipts and exports are listed alongside grain prices for corn, oats, rye, and hay with ongoing market firmness across several commodities.
Kansas City and Duluth show mixed wheat cash and futures with receipts and shipments details for December. Liverpool and New York exchanges log steady to firm butter cheese and grain prices, with varied oats rye corn and barley values. Local poultry and livestock quotes mixed, while petroleum and rosin markets show tightening demand.
Instruments filed for record in Marion County Indiana for 24 hours ending 5 pm Dec 12 1901 per Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Co list numerous transfers of lots in Woodlawn Addison and other wards with prices from 1 200 to 3 608 and total transfers 33 353 plus small improvements including a six room cottage at Twenty seventh and Graceland and a frame addition at Twenty eighth near nd avenue with prices 1100 and 250.
The Boston Herald notes Congressman Feely of Illinois was not the youngest as previously claimed. It recalls John Young Brown from Kentucky elected at twenty four to the Thirty-sixth Congress but waited a year to meet the constitutional age requirement.
Speculative liquidation persisted in the New York stock market as the call loan rate spiked to 12 percent. Short selling by bears amplified weakness before a late rally with banks bidding at high rates, while money pressures and gold outflows continued to drain liquidity and pressure prices across rails and industrials.
A fragmented list of financial institutions and street railway entities appears, naming United States groups with fours and fives, various Indiana banks and trusts, and Belt Railway securities. The text references Indianapol is Street Railway and related companies with scattered abbreviations and incomplete phrases.
Indianapolis reports commercial paper at 4 4 1 2 percent and time loans at 6 percent with clearings 31 756 408.46 and balances 134 825.92. New York shows call money 3 1 2 percent, last loan 5, prime mercantile paper 4 1 4 5 percent, sterling weak, various foreign exchange figures and clearings 271 248 674 with balances 8 740 246. Chicago posts exchange 0 5 HS, clearings 28 961 615, balances 1 167 236. Boston clears 14 349 722 balances 1 604 850. Philadelphia money 6 percent, clearings 15 462 856, balances 2 828 243. St Louis money 4 to 5 percent, New York exchange par, clearings 9 562 620, balances 986 120. Baltimore money 4 to 5 percent, clearings 3 600 252, balances 294 440. Cincinnati money 4 6 percent, New York exchange 0 6 discount, clearings 2 949 000. London money 3 3 percent, discounts 3 9 16 to 3 34, Consols 92 7 16, Spanish fours 7 4, Paris three percent rente 1f 4c, exchange London 25f 1 3 4 4 c for checks. Berlin London exchange 2 0 m 2pf checks. New York silver 1 4 c, Mexican dollars 4 c. London silver bars firms at 27 16 d an ounce.
A terse treasury balance statement for the general fund, excluding the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, lists available cash balances at $169,461,446 and notes available gold.
Market news from New York December 12 notes continued money market influence depresses stock prices. Amalgamated Copper falls with London. railroads show modest buying on declines. Vanderbilt dividends declared except Canada Southern. Banks expected to strengthen then lend more freely after mid-December treasury report.
Granger Farwell & Co. reports higher money rates sparked further liquidation and a sharp price drop. A late recovery followed easing rates as traders covered shorts and large buyers bid up. Western lenders led the decline, with broad weakness across quarters. loans run through Monday, suggesting another high rate day and potential further declines before cautiously buying for year-end carry. Copper is expected to fall further.
A New York Press perspective argues the silver quarter is the true unit of value in the US. It laments the dime and advocates restoring a Pine Tree shilling and a 15 cent piece to stabilize currency and prices, criticizing other coins and urging two-for-a-quarter transactions while praising the quarter’s practicality.
Certificates issued to Indiana veterans list includes Albert Armel Indianapolis $4 increase Henry Skinner Mitchell $17 William Rea Warren $12 David Heits Bourbon $8 Simon Peigh Roanoke $12 William J Greer Elberfeld $17 Asbury E Anderson Lebanon $10 William B Jones National Military Home Marion $17 William Gurley Evansville $10 William H Stout Richmond $1 John M Richard Palmyra $4 Charlee Traumer National Military Home Marion $4 John T Doke Knox $1 Lewis Clapper Treaty $5 John Hack Vincennes $17 William Strockedill Jonesville $17 Maryetta Sweasey Dillsboro MH Priscilla Baker Dunkirk $8 Rebecca GI Jeffersonville $8 Mary A Puderbaugh Union City $? Emeline Hottmann Vincennes 5 Lovina Lech Wakarusa $12 Lizzie Smead Brantll
At Union Stockyards Indianapolis and Interstate yards the cattle market is dull, with supply ample and prices down from a week ago. Hogs show mixed demand with steady to higher prices for heavier weights, while lambs and sheep move slowly with prices near steady or lower in parts of the week’s activity.
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