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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
2
Local wholesale merchants report a broad falloff in orders for present delivery as holiday demand weakens. Spring trade remains busy with booked lines, while dealers rush to inventory stock after the year ends. Retailers push to clear fall and winter stock and lack time for house reps, with conditions expected to persist until after January 1.
New York stock session closed with 221 500 shares traded as prices eased slightly from the prior day. Steel preferred led activity with 27 350 shares and Brooklyn Rapid Transit moved 2 850 shares amid a generally stagnant market. Traders cited dull sentiment, federal and city claims on Consolidated Gas, and limited gains in utilities while industrials anticipated post January railroad equipment spending.
Banks and trust companies in Indianapolis will close from Thursday night through Monday morning. A new Indiana law makes all paper maturing Friday Saturday or Sunday payable Thursday, so banks will be closed those days.
Ambassador McCormick hosted a luncheon for William J. Bryan and Prince Khilkoff, the minister of public works and railroads, with other high officials in St. Petersburg as the Czar’s autograph photograph was sent to Bryan.
New York December market opened without feature and very light trading. United States Steel held firm while forecasted earnings for the last quarter rise gradually. American Locomotive saw good buying and promising outlook. Afternoon session remained featureless and market grew stagnant as holiday trade dominated.
Local brokers report 409 shares of Union Traction stock sold in large blocks last week with most trades in 100 share blocks. Trading paused at the Newark Stock Exchange for five days. year 19% is regarded as fairly successful with trading volume near 192. The New York market was dull with traction shares weakest, while coal and steel sectors showed mixed signals and caution amid anticipated year end money movements and possible dividends adjustments.
New York and London money markets show easy call rates at 2.5 percent with time loans steady at 54 percent. Sterling weak. bankers' balances quoted. Treasury statement notes available cash and gold reserves as of Tuesday, with daily and year-ago balances listed.
New York and New Orleans markets rise as bulls push prices higher on stronger Liverpool cables. Short-covering panics bears, with stop orders triggered. South reports dull spot markets. Analysts call the move manipulative and note lack of legitimate factors, warning of risks for bears without a strong leader.
Indiana Hotel Company plans a new modern hotel named The Claypool on the Bates House site at Washington and Illinois streets Indianapolis. Project cost 1240000 includes 80,000 annual ground rent rising to 20000, 41000 net surplus for preferred redemption, and 3000 yearly profits. officers listed Henry W. Lawrence president and others.
Short covering checked the decline and small leases, with corn dull and provisions lower. Wheat reached a new high price in the local market, No. 2 red advancing to 8 1/2 cents. Oats remained steady as local market activity improved.
Grain brokers report mixed movement in corn and wheat with receipts varying by day. Public corn receipts total 90 cars this week, wheat 5 cars so far, while country elevators hold corn awaiting higher prices. World shipments and domestic stocks show variability, with India and Argentina expected to influence supply and Minneapolis stocks rising despite lower Northwest receipts.
In Chicago the wheat market shows inactivity ahead of holidays with lack of snow across the winter belt and heavy arrivals in Kansas City and St. Louis. Foreign news is bearish while Australia and New Zealand crop totals reach 80,000,000 bushels, signaling a record surplus. Corn trading mirrors the lull as traders await after Christmas.
In New York December 22, flour receipts 37 bris, exports 386 bris. Rye flour steady, buckwheat dull, corn meal steady. Wheat receipts 37,100 bu, exports 108,782 bu. Spot easy, No 2 red 5 3/4?c elevator, No 1 northern Duluth 0. b afloat, No 1 hard Manitoba nominal 0. b afloat. Options steady near last night’s prices. War rumors faded by consol gains. exporters withdrawn from cash market. Heavy Southwest movement and easy cables prompted some selling. market otherwise steady to firm with light clearances. Coffee futures opened lower, fell on weak cables and liquidation, then closed steady to firm. Molasses firm, sugar raw nominal, hops, hides, leather quiet.
Market notes show mixed grain prices with corn, oats and wheat fluctuating across cities. Kansas City reports steady to higher grains on some tracks while Duluth and Minneapolis list varying prices for No 1 Northern wheat and nearby contracts. Pork lards and bacon ease while other staples hold. Receipts for wheat, corn and oats noted in multiple markets.
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