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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1903
Page
2
The cotton market and manipulation push wholesale prices higher for cotton goods with bleached sheetings up about an advance. Prices for cotton is rise roughly 17 to 18 cents above a month ago as buyers anticipate currency shipments and future easier eggs later this week. Local dealers report strong orders and weather holds shipments, though demand remains high for kraut and other products.
A fragmented wholesale price list shows quotations for wool, hides, beeswax, candies, nuts, coal and coke, alcohol, chemicals, and drugs. Entities include New York, Elgin creamery, Prime geese, young turkeys, and various staple commodities with per unit and per ton figures.
Readable fragments show a broad catalog of commodities from fabrics to hardware, groceries, and farm supplies. Items include cottons, muslins, ginghams, and indigo, plus coffee, sugar, molasses, rice, and spices with numerous city prices. Also listed are lumber, leather, horseshoes, lard, hams, and various produce items with per unit or per sack pricing.
Indianapolis bank and trust clearings for the first eleven months of 1903 and the first fifteen days of December rise by 61.45 million dollars, totaling 518.66 million compared with 257.21 million last year. The full-year total reached 270.41 million, with year-to-date gains of 48.25 million. July monthly clearings topped 32.31 million, and year-to-date months exceed the prior year’s month.
The November 17 statement of condition shows cash totals and securities held, listing resources including cash, gold, and various investment figures. Officers named include Medfort B Wilson and William F Churchman, with board members Addison Nordyke Emmie Fisher Arthur McKain Ambrose Lu and others. The note indicates daily statistics on industrial and rail company stocks traded.
A New York market report from December 15 notes dull trading with occasional early buying yet prices drifted below the prior night’s levels by close. Amalgamated Copper led activity with a 1½ point rise amid London copper strength, while United States Steel preferred held some early gains before slipping back. Steel pools, rail prices, and soft coal forecasts discouaged optimism. Baltimore and Ohio’s November earnings declined, and broad foreign trade showed November exports up by 35 million dollars and imports down by 10 million.
Conservative bankers expect January money conditions to remain tight with only a slight easing in Chicago and no broad return to ease. Reports from A R Thompson Co and Logan & Bryan note selling in Steel and Pennsylvania, bullish sentiment on Erie and Southern Pacific, and a strong uptick in investment securities demand. State auditor shows Indiana gained twenty two banks and seventeen trust companies, while Union National Bank marks its first year with robust business.
New York trading sees London lift American equities with rail and industrial leaders like Erie Union Pacific Southern Pacific Amalgamated Copper advancing. A steel stock drive later spurred profit taking and a broad market pullback, yet underlying strength and potential rally remain, with dividend news aiding shares and traders eyeing higher opens amid a narrow, cautious session.
Commercial paper 4 6 percent in Indianapolis with clearings 929,413.20 and balances 187,297.66. New York call money steady at 5 6 percent, time loans 6 percent for sixty days, 5 percent for ninety days, six months 6 54 percent. sterling and mercantile rates given. Paris three percent rente at 98% for Sosment Exe on London. Berlin exchange on London 20m pf. Silver: New York bar silver 55c, Mexican dollars 41c. London silver bars 25% of an ounce. Treasury Statement notes Tuesday’s gold reserve and cash balance details.
New York December 15. Today's cotton market was feverish and irregular with bearish floor sentiment. Trading was limited as traders waited for a definite trend and potential buying on sharp declines.
Chicago trading opens with firmer may wheat on Argentina harvest news, but prices drift lower as foreign markets fail to rally. July sales and heavy selling by a prominent broker weigh on futures. May ends down and near 8% losses from intraday highs. Receipts and cash wheat show mixed signals amid persistent dullness in US markets.
Chicago dispatch reports wheat weak after an initial rally as outside selling pressured prices. Bull-led activity faded with heavy selling in New York Minneapolis and Milwaukee and speculation that long wheat moved from farmers. Illinois state crop bullish, winter wheat yield down 12 percent from last year, condition varying 97 to 83 percent. Argentina rains eyed for next crop.
Severe cold slows corn movement and delays shipments as railways struggle to maintain schedules. Hoosier flour mills reopen after repairs, with flat demand and no near-term rally as Eastern buyers stock up. US wheat and flour exports last month reach 13.5 million bushels while visible stocks rise in St Louis and Minneapolis amid mixed Northwest receipts. May wheat strength persists as December weakens, with long holders rotating into May.
Grain prices moved lower due to outside pressures with corn holding steady. Wheat and rye fluctuated as Western receipts and export demand influenced futures while corn remained firm. Coffee and sugar markets showed early steadiness followed by mixed intraday changes as traders weighed overseas signals and mounting stocks.
Trade notes across cities show mixed prices for grain and livestock with regional variations. Kansas City reports steady pork and corn prices while Cincinnati notes stable flour and oats. Toledo and Duluth list wheat trends. New York dairy markets stay steady with butter and cheese prices. eggs firm in Cincinnati and Boston poultry markets continued.
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