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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1908

Page

29

Market Advances and Traction Stocks Rally in New York

Professional trading pushed gains in key issues while short interest and artificial scarcity drew attention. Railroads show earnings weakness for late July with potential rate hikes facing opposition. European reports indicate a broader slowdown with German lockout escalations and Britain’s July import/export decline amid gold movements from South Africa.

Europe Great Britain Germany Austra South Africa Turkey

New York Bond Market and Treasury Report

New York money market notes the Treasury statement with extensive bond listings and cash balances. It details figures for American Tobacco, Atchison, Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore and Ohio, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and other issuers, plus total available cash and gold reserves. The report lists national and regional bond prices, silver and gold certificates, and Treasury deposits, highlighting substantial sums, Redemption notes, and the overall market condition.

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The People Against The System Promise A Stock Power

A writer argues that a small financier group called the System controls the nation’s stocks and economy, profiting from panics and manipulating prices. He pledges to empower the people with a simple instrument to seize control of the $70 trillion in stocks and bonds and end the System’s grip.

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The Stock Game by Thomas W Lawson

A summary note outlines the Stock Game pitting a few ultra wealthy experienced men against millions of the public with limited capital. It asserts that if the public mobilizes capital under seasoned leadership, the masses will swiftly share the wealth of the few.

Wall Street Gossip bullish London and insider market moves

Special to The Washington Post reports London sentiment remains bullish despite Pillsbury issues and a weak open in New York. Traders note heavy short selling, later covering with strong support orders, while analysts discuss the prospects of public profits and underpinned by rail and Interborough Metropolitan activity and notable gains in stocks like Metropolitan and St Paul.

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Local Market activity shows brokered trading on slight turnout

Washington stocks led by United States Trust and Mergenthaler as 25 to 53 shares changed hands. Washington Gas and Lanston saw small bids with limited trades while United States Trust moved between 110 and 95 1 2. Capital Traction and Bett Telephone traded, with Mergenthaler rising to 210 and Lanston at 11 1 2, reflecting a cautious yet positive early season for the market.

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Market Notes From Washington and New York Stocks 1908

Daily wholesale prices for eggs butter cheese and poultry listed with regional items across Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and Maryland. Prices for potatoes sweet potatoes beets cucumbers cabbage lettuce and apples shown with a mix of regional fruit notes and market conditions through August 1908.

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