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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
2
New York cotton opened weak to firm with volatile trading and heavy selling. Prices swung to multi‑point losses before partial rebound, ending modestly lower after a session marked by extreme intraday swings and sales. Total volume reached about 1,590,000 bales as quotes hovered near midday lows.
Prices paid by shippers for poultry include young turkeys at 12 cents per pound hens at 7 cents ducks and geese at various rates. Wool from local dealers shows good merino grades at 10 to 12 cents, and Rabette at 16 dollars 10 cents per dozen. Wax and tallow prices listed for hides and tallow reflect green salted hides at 5 to 6 cents and No 1 at 6 to 7 cents.
A lengthy price catalog lists groceries and commodities with prices for flour sugar coffee and meats from multiple sellers. The piece also notes the incorporation of three Indiana firms: New U New-U Food Company at Laporte with $100,000 capital, Gibson Oil and Gas Company in Evansville with $3,000, and Radium Oil Company in Muncie with $100,000 capital, detailing their directors and aims.
The New York money market shows call money reaching a 7 percent maximum ahead of year end settlements. Stocks largely failed to sustain early gains with notable advances in United States Steel, Southern and Union Pacific, but broad lists closed weak and active. Bond activity remained firm as rumors of new offerings and possible refunding circulated.
Chicago reports a mixed close as May wheat steadies near unchanged amid a nervous session. May corn falls late while oats hold, and provisions slip on packer selling. Bulls cited smaller crop estimate and improving Argentina weather, with Minneapolis millers buying May wheat lifting local sentiment before late-day pressure.
Directors announce a 14 percent quarterly dividend and set aside 10000 dollars to the surplus fund. The dividend totals 12.5 dollars per share, with the Indiana National Bank’s surplus fund reaching towards the 150000 dollar earmark set aside yesterday.
The report states that all further advances are quietly made and more changes are expected. Price schedules are under constant revision while buyers hold firm on commitments. Jobbers report satisfactory trade on special bargains in clearance sales.
In Boston on December 2 the Osceola Mining Company director announced a dividend of 1 bet sbarg at today's meeting.
Foreigners were alarmed over the Eastern question as London sold about 35,000 shares. Our market opened strong and rose despite heavy profit taking and London selling. Strength in St. Paul and Amalgamated suggested Standard interests remained firm amid a busy session.
In Indianapolis commercial paper rates hold at 6 percent while New York call money firms at 4 to 7 percent. Time loans range 5 to 6 percent with six month loans at 5.5 percent. Sterling weak. bankers' bills near 4.83, 4.47, and 4.54, with London and Paris quotes noted. Silver and treasury balances reported. Tuesday clearings $1,182,721.72. available cash and gold reserve tallies listed.
New York reports butter receipts of 6412 packages with firm market and varied creamery grades. Philadelphia notes steady butter with demand and small price shifts. Chicago posts steady butter on the Produce Exchange, eggs firm. Cincinnati, Kansas City, and St. Louis show mixed but generally steady butter and egg markets with regional price movements.
The trading session showed modest selling by the provision Interests with Barnett Frasier leading buys and Armour among sellers. Cash wheat reached a record high for the present crop at Sc with No 2 red wheat rallying while corn and oats prices edged higher across grades and hay remained steady. western offerings were notably sparse and trading activity limited amid a steady to higher cash market.
New York bulk market for flour and wheat shows quiet, steady trends while futures react to Argentine rains and bullish crop data. Corn and oats move with weather and demand. coffee futures open steady then dip but close firm with buys near year highs on Brazilian news.
A compendium from Chicago reports dull market activity in wheat after an opening surge. Bulls push on rallies, with government data and dry Southwest weather cited as bullish factors, while imports by Japan and soft corn supply influence sentiment amid varied global cues.
A broad financial roundup shows mixed grain futures with cash bids firm or lower across cities. Wheat No 2 red and hard vary by market, corn moves down, oats mixed, rye steady. flour, whisky, and cotton values cited. Wool markets in Boston steady, with Territory and foreign wools quieter. premiums tight due to current price levels.
Indianapolis hog market ends with a mixed clearance as receipts and demand shift. Prices fall from 3 to 15 cents with heavy and medium hogs down about five to six cents, while shippers eventually buy good hogs at a general decline. Cattle and sheep scenes described with steadier tones, extensive quotations for steers, cows, calves, and lambs noted.
Chicago market shows cattle steady to 16¢ lower with prime at 1.75 to 4.4 per hundredweight and calves at 2.50 to 6.75. Hogs receipts graded lower. mixed and butcher weights around 4.45 to 4.94. Western sheep and lambs quoted up to 6.10. New York reports cattle and calves prices mixed, European quotes lifting live cattle to per hundredweight, with calves around 4.90.
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