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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1917

Page

21

Market Quotation Drift as British Measures Raise Caution

In New York on February 24, securities and produce prices fell early amid British government actions and anticipated embargo effects. Italian exchanges also slipped as foreign bonds declined, with a 1 to 2 percent drop in oils and related industrials noted.

New York

Wall Street Week in Review Sees Wide Bank Clearings Rise

US weekly bank clearings total 4.497 billion, up from last week and the year before. Gains span New York Chicago Philadelphia Kansas City St Louis San Francisco and Detroit led while Baltimore and New Orleans fell. Currency shipments to interior centers surged in February. Railroads posted earnings gains. Cotton visible supply dropped. Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines reported 1916 net income of 8.21 million, up 5.16 million from 1915, about 40 percent of common stock.

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New York Stock Market Opens With Mixed Gains And Losses

Activity at the open shows some gains in metals and select issues while overall turnover remains light. Banks report a nominal reserve rise, and Italism exchange dips 4 1 2 percent as foreign remittances waver amid traffic congestion concerns and higher living costs.

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New York and Chicago Market Reports Mixed on Rates and Wheat

New York banks show excess reserves rising to 167 million with total deposits up 14 million in Greater New York figures. Chicago futures rally as wheat posts strong gains amid Europe demand, with May and July contracts lifting well above prior levels. Market summaries include grain details, cash prices, and money market rates for factors like mercantile paper and currencies.

Chicago Europe OQATS Risig i New York

Local Market Prices for Poultry Dairy Vegetables and Grain

Philadelphia February 24 market report lists poultry and cheese prices with 1¢ to 1½¢ moves, butter at 43 to 46 cents, eggs at 11.85 to 12.00, cheese firm. Grain futures show wheat unchanged corn steady and oats steady amid mixed regional readings.

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Local Stock and Bond Market Holds Steady Amid Light Demand

The New York market stayed steady as local trading remained light. Washington Gas and Mergenthaler advanced modestly while Lenston slid to 70 and street railway shares stayed quoted from the prior day. Arlington Fire Insurance reports new board with William M. Beall filling the vacancy. list of directors follows.

Washington Gas Washington Railway and Electric Mergenthaler Geotwn Gascert Ind Georgetown Gas A Amer D. C Mkt. Co. Bs Mkt. Co Cats N. & W Steamboat Riggs Realty Typh Machind Mergenthaler Linotype Lanston Monotype Greene Cananea National Bank Capital Columbia Commercial District Farmers Federal Lincoln Metropolitan Washington Trust Company Amer, Security & Trust Natl Savings & Trust Union Trust Company Wash. Loan & Trust Savings Home Savings Bank Tee Commerce & Savings East Washington Savings Wale Security Sav. & Com Arlington Vt Corcoran New York Mergenthaler Alsa Lenston Union Trust Continental Trust American Security and Trust Arlington Fire Insurance Company James M. Johston William M. Beall William T. Brown Charles R. Halmonston Burr N. Howards Herbert A. Gill Robert C. Howard W. Bladen Jackson William King Alexander B. Legare Samuel L. Phillips Inzac B. Shoemaker

Steel orders pour in big shipbuilding contracts

New York reports heavy steel demand with focus on shipbuilding, wire products, tinplate and tubular goods. Rail orders total 142,000 tons. 360 cars and 97 engines placed. Cunard line plates contract near 3 million dollars per ship. strong wire product demand domestically and abroad. Also notes cotton market strength and mixed futures. brief commodity prices and hogs ranges included.

New York France Great Britain Boate Building Japan Hethishem Steel Company Cunard Line Russia Italy Canada Bethlehem Steel Company Baltimore Pennsylvania Lines Pittsburgh Travelers’ Insurance Hartford Buffalo Central Electric Company Southern Foundry

Doubt Rules Market See Slump In Export Trade

New York Feb 24 The stock market treaded familiar ground with moderate dealings driven by the foreign situation and Britain s new import restrictions. Railways were steadier than industrials while pools and speculative interests propelled war and seminar shares. Banking warned against a stock boom despite future demand for equipment, as domestic inquiries for steel copper and related materials rose with less freight congestion and many railway equipment orders.

New York Washihkton Berlin Geremany Great Britain Washington Bethlehem Steel Southern Railway Company Ralio Germany

Baltimore Markets: Wheat and Poultry Prices Dip and Rise

Baltimore markets report mixed movement with wheat closing strong at 1.94 for No 2 red spot and March, corn steady at 1.16, oats firmer, and poultry prices varying by item. Butter cheese and eggs show irregular receipts and firm to higher ranges. sugar and pork, beef, and lard hold firm with regional price spreads noted.

Baltimore Maryland Virginia Kent Island Pennsylvania West Virginia Southern Rolls New York EHGGS Hennery

Live Stock Markets Steady as Hogs and Sheep Hold Prices

Chicago hog receipts reach 15,000 with prices 10 cents above yesterday. Bulk hogs 12.75 to 12.95, light 12.00 to 12.90, heavy 12.60 to 13.00. cattle receipts 500, native beef 7.85 to 11.90, calves 9.00 to 12.75. sheep 6,000, lambs 12.25 to 14.60. New York reports mixed calf and lamb markets with primes at 15.00 for lambs.

New York Atlantica Steel British American Tobacco Boston Montana Butte Copper Jerome Teanadian Car & Foun V & Foun Chevrolet Consolidated Arizona Cosden Co Cosden Oil and Gas Cosden Oil du Pont Emerson Phone Oe Goldfield Guantanamo Sugar Hercules Holly Sugar International Petroleum Jerome Verde Ni Ae Lake Torpedo Miasma Copper Maxim Munitions Midvale Steel Midwest Oilcom Midwest O Midwest Refining Mitchell Motors Motherlower Muskogee Refining Ee Nipissing Mines Co Oklahoma Ol! Co Rete ALL Steel United Light and Heat Pr Chicago

Metal Market Rumors Sweep Copper Trading

New York reports rumors of al lied governments reentering copper markets. domestic buyers have nearly cleared electrolytic for delivery before July and demand improves for third quarter. Spot and nearby trading is nominal, with second quarter at 3 to 3.5 cents and third quarter held near 31 to 32.5 cents. no concrete trades at outside figures. Elgin reports butter sales at 40 cents.

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