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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1916
Page
9
Market summaries show fluctuating cotton prices with New York and Liverpool quotes mixed. Bearish weather outlook and bullish monthly consumption forecasts influenced activity, with steady closes and notable activity in US ports and major stocks in Wall Street trading.
In New Orleans on June 12 the market opened with selling that appeared to be for short account, pushing cotton prices 8 to 9 points below Saturday's close in the first half hour of trading.
Turpentine firm quotes range from 5.05 to 6.00 dollars per cask with 38 1-2 cents as the latest price and 303 casks received. Rosin stands without sales but 1,957 casks received. Various grades listed from B to WW with multiple price points.
Chicago June 12 hogs receipts 33 000 head market strong bulk 9.40 to 9.60 and pigs 7.25 to 8.60. Cattle receipts 16 000 head market firm native beef steers 7.90 to 11.385 stockers 6.00 to 8.90 cows 2.85 to 9.85 calves 8.50 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 13 000 head market weak wethers 7.25 to 8.35 lambs 7.75 to 10.45 springs 8.26 to 11.40.
Wheat and grain prices listed for No. 2 red and hard wheats, No. 2 yellow corn, oats, rye, barley, and hay, with figures for Timothy and clover hay. Provisions include pork lard and ribs prices. Additional note mentions a GE fan company advertising air cooling solutions.
The article reports a meeting where Glynn is selected to preside at the Democrats' gathering. It notes President Wilson’s expected input on the party chairmanship to succeed McCombs and the possibility that vice chairman Homer Cummings of Connecticut could be Wilson’s preferred choice.
Early trains bring scores of delegates and visitors as National Chairman McCombs notes expected large crowds. Florence Updegraff predicts a silent “golden lane” of suffragists in white with yellow sashes and parasols to contrast with vocal campaigns at other conventions.
Convention managers hear delegates on avoiding a four day session and keeping delegates interested. It was understood that William J. Bryan might be invited to address party achievements but no indication he would participate by proxy today.
Hints of stunts to enliven sessions surface as managers keep quiet. Mr. Bryan, allied with Wilson, may testify before the resolutions committee urging pranks on peace and prohibition. His appearance could mark a key moment in committee discussions while he stays largely a newspaper correspondent. Talks also consider a plank to bar federal judges from leaving to seek other offices.
Delegates from several states swing back to Vice President Marshall over Charles W. Fairbanks for the Republican ticket. The Indiana and Missouri dynamics show争 ons. Nebraska plans a contentious resolutions committee fight between W. H. Thompson and W. W. Oldham. Edmund C. Seals in Michigan backs Marshall renomination.
Democratic leaders in Washington depart for a key assembly session on June 12 as party divisions loom. The meeting focuses on policy planning and legislative agenda ahead of upcoming votes.
The Norwegian steamship Nepos, sailing Mobile to Progreso under James Gibboney & Company, arrived at Fort Morgan on Sunday with about seven thousand bales of sisal and will remain in quarantine until Wednesday at 4 p.m. The vessel operates in the sisal trade.
Captain C. H. Publicover of the schooner Blandford arrived up from Pascagoula this morning to spend the day in Mobile and purchase supplies.
The steamer M. Carney came in from Maxine on the Warrior this morning bearing two large coal barges.
A Port Port Lampasas Am listing shows steamships and schooners in port from New York Pier 4 to Cuba, St Andrews Bay and the West Indies. Vessels named include Carrie Strong Elizabeth T Doyle Dilla Sadie C Sumner Yalton Fannie Prescott Sir Knight Carmela Perceler Albert D Mills Oranian Sylvanian and others bound for Cuba Haiti Mexico Africa and the British Isles.
President Wilson will attend the party convention in St Louis to present final suggestions on the assembly work. He plans to depart Washington late today for West Point to address graduates tomorrow morning. Secretary Baker leaves for St Louis as a personal representative. Homer Cummings of Connecticut is favored as Democratic National Committee chairman, with Cummings currently serving as vice chairman.
The chances of changes in the Mexican situation before the election make a clear platform on the subject difficult. Emphasis is expected on the president's policy of slight interference in Mexican affairs. Strenuous efforts are to be made by party leaders to smooth differences and present unity.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment to soothe bruises, soreness, and neuralgia from house cleaning. It promises fast relief, restful sleep, and urges keeping a bottle for 25 cents at the drugstore with user praise noting its value.
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