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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1920
Page
4
Amid volatile trading, investors watch oil sector gains and Kansas-Nebraska oil fields alongside General Motors and United States Steel. Reports note stock depressions, speculation on new financing, and cautious dividend outlooks as market sentiment swings and large producers adjust portfolios.
Consolidated Textiles reported profits of 5.65 for the first quarter. Fish Rubber earned 5.99 a share last year versus 19.50 in 1918. Stutz Motor rose to 739 on the curb, a new high. Efforts to settle the controversy out of court continue, Wall Street favors a private settlement. Columbia held steady with first quarter earnings of 2.30 a share and optimism that 1920 will be the most prosperous year in company history.
The Washington Post reports curb trading with uneven activity. United Detail Candy moved to 16 on heavy buying. Hercules Paper rose 30% to 314% and sugar stocks traded heavily. Stutz Motors saw no forced close or buy in despite rumors. Ranier Motor remained in strong demand near recent highs, and General Motors rights traded at 4.5 to 2 percent amid issuance indications.
Mercantile paper at 6 percent and 7 percent in firm exchange. Sterling 80 day bills at 8.91 percent, commercial 60 day bills on banks 3.91 percent, commercial 60 day drafts 292 percent. Government and railroad bonds mixed. time loans strong. call money high to low. bar silver at 1.17 percent. Mexican dollars at 98. The report notes varied currency quotes including francs, guilders, lire, marke, and bond activity.
New York on April 19 reports crude cottonseed oil prices with Prime summer yellow at 14.00 sukadi, May at 14.89, July at 19.35, and September at 18.56. Prime winter yellow and summer white listed as nominal.
New York grain prices show strength in spot markets for No 2 red and yellow corn with price levels around 8.10 and 1.0345 for mixed lots. Durum and white varieties appear weaker or fluctuating, with several notes indicating variation in present values and months.
Readable fragments show a small city note with an address and year likely from a local paper. The text mentions a corner at 15th and North Avenue and hints at publication in a forty fifth year edition.
Swartzell Rheem Hensey Co promotes its 6 percent notes as doubly secure, detailing safeguards around the first mortgage and a claimed 50 year war record without investor loss. The booklet promises strong protections and reliability.
Private A B Leach and Co issues a wireless message to Hosabincer Bweeks as part of routine dispatch. The notice records transmission details and recipient identification in a short intercompany communication. No further context or outcome is provided in the fragment.
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