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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1925
Page
3
Speculative buying drives record activity in Chicago wheat with prices soaring to new highs. May delivery contracts show sharp gains as 11.827 million bushels change hands in just under four hours amid margins up to 35 cents per bushel.
New York on January 31 reports spot raw sugar down 1.5 cents and shipment sugar unchanged at 4.62 duty paid. A local refiner bought 34 000 bags of Cuban for February. Raw sugar futures trades were light and steady, with March 2.83, May 2.97, July 3.12, September 3.23. Refined sugar quiet at 6 cents for fine granulated. refined futures nominal.
Early morning trading for potatoes shows a dull market with a weaker tone. Receipts reach 101 cars while total U S shipments are 671. Wisconsin sacked round whites mostly 1.05 to 1.10 with occasional higher sales, Minnesota sacked Red River and Ohio shipments about 1.35, Idaho sacked russets 2.35 to 2.50.
Open market grain quotes from Chicago on January 31 show No 3 red wheat at 2.15 to 2.16 per unit, No 3 hard at 1.97, and corn mixed with No 2 yellow at 1.27. Oats and rye had limited sales with barley at 1.02, Timothy seed at 5.75 to 6.60, and clover seed ranging 25 to 33. Prices for lard ribs bellies are listed around 15.85 to 17.50.
Wheat prices slip at the open as traders react to liverprool quotes lowering. Sellers gain from heavy world shipments while buyers rally to near yesterday's levels. Corn and oats hold firmer on lower margin requirements, hog quotes soften the market for provisions.
Chicago receipts show steady to 10c lower on cattle and hogs with light supplies and strong demand for fat steers and cows. Hogs trade mostly 10.10 to 10.70, sows 16.00 to 19.50, lambs 18.00 to 19.00, while cattle movements feature top fat steers around 11.60 and yearlings near 12.75 to 13.25 with variable demand for cows and heifers. Kansas City notes firmer fed steers and yearlings near 11.50, cows 4.25 to 6.25, vealers 10.00 to 11.00, hogs 10.10 to 10.70, and sheep/lambs slightly higher.
Hog receipts 23 000 with 260 to 300 pound butchers selling 10.25 to 10.65 top. 160 to 200 pound hogs 9.96 to 10.25. packing sow price around 10.00 to 10.60. Friday average 10.51. Cattle receipts 250 with feeder steers and yearlings steady to 25c higher. top 10.60 for the week’s bulk, cows and heifers up 25c. stockers and feeders 4.25 to 7.40. veal top 16.60. Sheep receipts 2 000. lambs 25 to 5c higher. fed western lambs 17.85 to 18.25. fat ewes 8.50 to 9.50. feeding lambs 16.75 to 17.10.
Stocks showed uneven trading as wheat futures jumped above 2.95 a bushel. Oil shares led gains, U S Steel mixed after a better than expected report. Commercial Solvents climbed about 50 points on strong earnings and Mack Truck rose about 10. Rail shares advanced then slipped due to storm related costs.
Foreign exchange firm Quotations list various currency rates in cents and percentages. Major items include Britain 4.79 percent demand and 4.79 cents cables, France 5.424 percent demand, Argentina 40.12 cents, Brazil 11.56, Japan Tokio 38 9.16, and Montreal line at 931 32 dollars.
New York bond market closes with Liberty bonds showing 3s at 101.16 and 1st and 2nd 45 blank. 1st 4s at 101.31, 2nd 44s at 191.3, 3rd 4s at 101.15, 4th 4s at 102, U S government 4s at 100.24, and U S government 4s 1905 at unknown.
Unsettled with possible rain tonight and Saturday. 24 hour period ending 6 am reported highest 51 and lowest 40 with mean 46. Precipitation total since month start 1.06 inches, excess .40. since January 1 1.06 inches, excess .49. Sunset 5:41 pm, sunrise 7:45 am. Meteorologist A R Teeple.
A reader asks about two speculative stocks left by her husband and whether they will rebound. The writer explains that stock moves are complex and advises evaluating the companies’ finances and choosing between continuing to speculate or selling for safer bonds.
A cautionary note on ad spending cites St. Jacob's Oil and Pearline as case studies. When advertising funds were cut after company leadership changes, demand collapsed and both brands faded, illustrating how vital sustained promotion remains for strong consumer products. A revival drive is seen for St. Jacob's Oil.
A list of closing prices for a wide range of companies including Allied Chemical American Can American Car & Foundry American Locomotive American Smelting & Refining American Sugar American Tel & Tel American Tobacco American Water Works Anaconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel California Petroleum Canadian Pacific Central Leather Cerro de Pasco Chandler Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul Chicago R I & Pac Coca Cola Colorado Fuel & Iron Congoleum Consolidated Gas & Electric Corn Products Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar Davison Chemical Du Pont Erie Famous Players General Electric General Motors Great Northern Hudson Motors Illinois Central International Harvester International Nickel Invincible Oil Kennecott Copper Lehigh Valley Louisville & Nashville Mack Truck Marland Maxwell Motors Mexican Seaboard Oil Missouri Pacific Montgomery Ward National Biscuit National Lead New York Central Norfolk & Western North American Northern Pacific Pan American Petroleum Pennsylvania Philadelphia & Reading Phillips Petroleum Pure Oil Reading Reynolds Tobacco St Louis & San Francisco Seaboard Air Line Sears Roebuck Sinclair Consolidated product Steel Southern Pacific Southern Railway Standard Oil of California Standard Oil of New Jersey Stewart Warner Studebaker Texas Company Texas & Pacific Tobacco Products Transcontinental Oil United States Steel Utah Copper Wabash Westinghouse Electric Woolworth Missouri Kansas & Texas Republic Steel Union Pacific United Drug U S Cast Iron Pipe".
Market note reports a 381 bar of silver priced at 32.6 per ounce in Jan. market figures. Authorities reference bullion pricing with minor fluctuations across exchanges.
New York January 21 report on clearing house banks and trust companies notes an excess reserve of 52 029 100 for the week, a rise of 16 417 76 from the prior week.
Curb oil quotations close with Prairie Pipeline at 12 cents, Standard of Indiana at 694, Standard of New York at 48, Mutual bran t New Bradford at 1, Salt Creek T'y noted.
A listing of radio schedules across North American stations including KPOA KJ KYW WMAQ WQJ CHIC CHNC CKAC CNRO KOA KGO KYW WCAL WFAA WJDD WLAL WLS WOAW WOC WRC WREO WSAI detailing times genres such as orchestra, dance music, readers and theatre reviews. The guide notes city stations from Toronto Montreal Chicago Denver Dallas Oakland and more with varied programming from 6:30 to 12 midnight and beyond.
Forecast for the week starts Monday with snow in the Northern Rocky Mountain and plateau regions. Moderate temperatures prevail except for a cold spell in the northern Rocky Mountain region during the first half and again in the latter half of the week.
Willis H. Booth president of the International Chamber of Commerce arrived in Paris from New York and consulted with Paris officials. He planned to see Finance Minister Clemente and stated that America does not rush to be paid by France, prioritizing what Germany can pay.
Chicago reports bread could jump one to three cents per loaf as flour prices climb due to a wheat rise. Dr. H E Barnard of the American Baking Institute notes a three dollar per barrel flour uptick adds one cent per pound, affecting low priced breads first.
Saint Petersburg Florida January 31 AP George W Cable 81 a noted author died here today His works and literary influence are noted in an obituary notice from the AP report stating his age and place of death.
Berlin reports Chancellor Luther denied Germany was secretly arming itself in response to Premier Herriot's charges of militaristic ambitions.
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