Chicago Business Conditions Trimmed by Weather and Trade
Heavy May settlements and interest disbursements boost bank payments while commercial defaults keep the high average. The business tone shows no major change with conservative policies until demand revival. Unusually wet weather dampens retail, construction, and farm work but agriculture looks brighter with wheat growth reports. Marketings lag last year, breadstuffs shipments fall, but May deliveries run heavy and prices rise. Money rates ease with easy commercial paper, discounts scarce. Real estate and improvements strengthen high grade bonds, but local security sales lag. Bank deposits rise, yet surplus funds find limited employment. Freight and iron steel outputs lag. quarry and hardware demand rises. 36 failures in Chicago district, liabilities over 5,000 total 9.
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New York Weather and Trade Show Little Change
Weather, trade and industrial conditions in New York remain largely steady with rain, low temperatures and bad roads hindering farm work, retail and market movement. Pacific coast and a few southwestern centers show some exceptions as manufacturers face cautious buying and dull textile and leather trades. US weekly business failures total 288, up from 282 last week. Canada reports 22 failures, steady with prior week.
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Market price snapshot by city for cattle hogs and grains
Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Detroit New York and Indianapolis price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep plus wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes. Data shows varied quotes by city with No. 2 grades and creamed butter and western eggs listed across regions.
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Senate Advances Aggressive Budget and War Measures
The Senate passed the agricultural appropriation bill totaling 12,142,146 dollars and a post office army appropriation of 220,027,567 dollars. A court of inquiry into Col. William F. Stewart was proposed, and the naval appropriation bill conference report approved by the House. The Vreeland currency bill moved toward final passage in conference, while debates over the commodity clause and rail rate provisions continued. The Governors met at the White House to discuss national resource conservation and development, highlighting unity and shared prosperity across states.
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Roosevelt Confronts Resource Waste At Conservation Conference
President Roosevelt opened the conference on the conservation of natural resources urging the nation to plan for future generations. He warned of looming exhaustion and called for coordinated action to protect forests rivers minerals and soil while stressing duties to posterity and the public welfare.
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