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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1916

Page

2

Wall Street Gains and Losses Hit Mixed Day in Trading

A heavy day in stocks saw Bethlehem Steel declare an initial $80 dividend for 1915, causing surprise and disappointment. United States Steel weakened, auto shares fell, and war issues slid while some international stocks rose on sporadic buying and selling pressure. Bond trading was irregular, with United States bonds unchanged on call.

International Group United States New York Bethlehem Steel Commons Bethlehem United States Steel

New York Bond Market Report Snapshot January 20

The New York bond market lists numerous issues with varied bids and asks. Notable entries include American Tobacco 6? American Smelters 6s and Western Union 4? along with bonds from Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Reading, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and others. Prices show mixed activity. some issues quoted with yields around mid 90s to 100s on various serials and refits.

New York American Agricultural American Cotton American Tel Tel American Smelters American Tobacco Armour & Co Atchison Gen Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Consol Baltimore & Ohio S. Hethlehem Steel Central of Georgia Congol Central Leather Central Pacific Chesapeake Distillers Securities Erie Erie Wan General Electric Great Northern Attols Central Inspiration Copper Interborough Rapid Translt Interborough Mot Hey Kansas City Southern Lake Shore Liggett & Myers Ss Lorillard Louisville & Nashville Missouri, Kansas & Texas Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Oregon Short Line A. Pacific Tel Pennsylvania Consolidated Western Union Westinghouse Electric Ev Anglo-French St Louis & San Fran St. Louis Southwestern Con Seaboard Air Line Adj. &S Southern Bell Telephone Southern Pacific Cy Southern Pacific Southern Railway Texas Company Cy Third Avenue Adj Union Pacific Union Pacific Av Virginia-Carolina Chemical Wabash Ist

Edison Dinner Hints on South American Dollar Exchange

At the Ohio Society of New York dinner Edison faced news of a submarine explosion as experts discuss causes and remedies. The talk centered on building a dollar exchange to boost South American trade with Chile Bolivia and Valparaiso.

Chile Bolivia New York

Cottonseed Oil Market Prices Reported in New York

New York January 20 prime crude at 8.00 sales. Prime summer yellow spot January February 9.00 March 8.99 April 9.03 May 9.02 June 9.05 July 9.12 August 9.17. Prime winter yellow and summer white 9.60.

New York

Price declines grip Chicago wheat and grain futures

Chicago grain prices fell as advancing ocean freight rates curbed export demand. No. 2 red wheat quoted around 1.28 to 1.29 and corn 73 to 74 cents while futures showed declines. nearby oats and rye also eased amid broad market weakness.

Chicago

Washington Stocks Hold With Mixed Offers On Local Exchange

Local financial notes show limited on record sales early, Washington Railway and Electric common at 87 percent with 80 shares and American Graphophone 6a at 99. after call activity rose in the latter. Potentmas Electric Consolidated 5 sold at 59 frac under, Washington Railway and Electric preferred 83 and common 88. East Washington Savings Bank 1¢ at 12 percent and Continental Trust at 11 percent. Directors reelected at National Bank of Washington. Clearing House officers reappointed. Home Plate Glass Insurance trustees reelected. Fidelity Storage declares eighteenth semiannual dividend of 4 percent to stockholders of record January 1, 1916.

Washington Stock Exchange Washington Railway and Hilectric Common Washington Railway and Electric 4A Potemtas Electric Consolidated Washington Railway and Electric Preferred East Washington Savings Bank Continental Trust National Bank of Washington Clarence F. Norment Daniel Fraser Charles E. White George L. Star Clearing House Association Cuno H. Rudolph H. H. McKee Charles ©. Wright William T. Galibher American National Bank Clarence Carson Columbia National Bank Clearing House New York Clearing House Washington New York Association Home Plate Glass Insurance Company John B. Larner A. & Taylor Thomas Somerville Philip Larner George Spransy Byron Fidelity Storage Company Georgetown Washington Gas Weeee Col Col Capital Traction Co P. River R. R P. River Guar Wash. Ry Elec el. Pow. Acon Am. Tel Tel Aceon Am. Tel Amer. Graphophone Mkt. Co Wash Mit. Co W. Steamboat Riggs Realty Hlec. Com Columbia Farmers and Mechanics Federal Lincoln O Metropolitan O Bene Perety ‘Washin Amer. Security & Trust Nat. Savings & Trust Union Trust Co Beeen Weeee Chapin-Sacks Co C. Paper Mfg Security Storage Co Washington Market

Local Stock Exchange Rutes Regular Call at Noon

Market notes show American Graphophone 6s at 99 with 5,000 and 100 at 99 for 100s, 98s. Washington Railway and Electric common trading 87 percent with small lots, after call East Washington Savings Bank at 12 percent, Continental Trust at 6, and various blocks of Washington Railway and Electric common around 88. Contained entries include Potomac Electric Consolidated 6s at 1,000 at 99 percent, plus Washington Railway and Electric preferred at 50 at 83 percent.

American Washington Railway and Electric Common East Washington Savings Bank Continental Trust Washington Railway and Electric Potomac Electric Consolidated Washington Railway and Helectric Potomac Con Capital Traction Washington Gas Georgetown Gas Washington Utilities Co Mergenthaler Lunston Munsey Trust Wash Southern Bank American National Bank Steamboat Gayety Theater Columbia Fussell Ice Cream Company Oklahoma Oil Miller

New York Produce Prices and Ranges on Butter Eggs Cheese

New York market report lists butter receipts 6,472 and 33 to 34 cent creamery grades. eggs dull with mixed成熟 values from 40 to 38 cents. cheese fair receipts and state specials around 15 to 18 cents. poultry demand fair with regional prices from 14 to 29 cents for various fowl grades. coffee Ric No 7 spot at 8.

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New York Grain Prices Reported for Wheat and Corn

New York grain prices show spot wheat steady at various grades and futures barely steady with May at 11.37. Spot oats firm with No 3 white at 55.5 and no signals on other grains. Prices shown for durum and northernManitoba grades.

New York Duluth Manitoba

Wall Street News and Gossip Highlights Large Loans and Earnings

New York reports a $45 million loan to the Rothschild Paris house by J P Morgan & Co and a banking syndicate has been paid in full though not due until July. American Locomotive Company shows six month gross earnings of $14,398,359 for 1935 with unfilled orders of $52,240,000. Bank of England weekly figures note reserve and circulation changes and a 22.28 percent reserve ratio. Andes Copper Mining and Andes Copper Exchange are chartered in Dover with £60,000,000 capital to develop mines and railways. Poteverellos Railway Company of Chile gains a $5,000,000 charter.

Laciede Gas Lehigh Valley Mye Lorillard, P Mackay Cos Maxwell M. Co Miami Minn St. L St.p Bg.m Kans, & T Mo. Pacific Mo. Pac. Offs Mont, Power Nat. Cloak & S Nat Nev. C Y. Central N. H Pacific Mail Washington Pettibone South America Pall. Pal United States Nort. & West Edison Steel Sp Ray Con North, Pac Ontario Silver Poller Exchange Pany Valparaiso Chile Rep. I. & Steel Rock Island Nees Leo Pold Frederic Seanboard A. L Seab. A. L New York P. R South Studebaker Tenn Texas & Pacific Texas Co Third Avenue Union Bay & P Union Pacific Union Pac United Cigar C. C United Fruit United Ry U. Ry Utah Va.-Car. Chem Wabash Weat. UN. Tel Weatinghouse Wootworth Willys Overld Retterday Paris American Locomotive Company Bank of England Andes Copper Mining Company Andes Copper Exchange Dover Del Poteverellos Railway Company

New York Cotton Prices Slip Further as Market Drops

The New York cotton market saw renewed Maundation with a sharp price break. March contracts fell to 12.16, down about 19 points and roughly 2.50 from last week's high, with futures showing a wide intraday range and ongoing weakness in the market.

New York

Metal Market Update Shows Small Copper and Tin Moves

New York reports copper firm with electrolytic at 24.25 to 24.75. Tin remains steady with spot at 41.50 bid. London prices show copper spot £87 152, futures £87 108, electrolytic £117 10a, spot tin £177 B, futures £177 10a, and antimony at £125.

New York Metal Exchange London

United States Treasury reports fiscal year cash condition

Treasury data shows net general fund balance at 101,791,204.34 dollars with total assets of 195,604,185.60 and gold and silver holdings amounting to over 2.7 billion dollars. Revenue receipts for the year reach 1,997,478.59 to date and ordinary disbursements total 415,459,605.57, with the current deficit 558,983,949?000.

United States Treasury FORD Treasury United States Federal Reserve Ailver Federal Reserve Banka Philippines General Fund

Baltimore Markets Report of Elevators Poultry and Dairy

Baltimore markets report elevator stock of 533,869 bushels with shipments of 5,576. Prices listed for white wheats and poultry, including live guineas hens roosters ducks and geese with regional price ranges. Butter and eggs prices by grade and region, Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia and Southern listings included.

Baltimore Maryland Virginia Kent Island Western Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Southern

Livestock Market Roundup Chicago New York Jan 20 Prices

Chicago hog receipts 73 000 weak with classes listing between 6.35 and 7.50 per cwt light to heavy. Cattle receipts 3 000 weak native beef steers 6.40 9.75 cows and heifers 3.20 8.25 calves 7.75 11.00. Sheep receipts 17 000 5 wethers 7.60 8.35 ewes lambs 6.75 11.15. New York calves steady 9.00 12.75 sheep and lambs 2 487 steady sheep 7.00 lambs 9.50 11.00 hogs 4 315 no trading.

Boston Alaska Gold Boston & Mai Allover Mining Copper Range Consolidated Eaat “Butte Mining Franklin Mining Greene-Cananea Atakav Bake Miami Mining Mohawk Mining New York Ray Consolidated Mining Shannon Mining Midng Recpts Pxpte Superior Mining New Orleans United Fruit Galveston Utah Consolidated Mining Mobile Utah Savannah Ventura Oil Charleston Sane Wolverine Wilmington A Norfolk Baltimore Philadelph Mobe Midly Houston Memphis Anguata Louis Cincinnati Little Rock Dallas Montgomery Augusta St. Louis Chicago

Plan to retire greenbacks and expand elastic currency

At a joint Federal Reserve and American Bankers Association meeting, bankers proposed retiring 346 million in Treasury notes, replacing with 200 million in bonds and 375 million in Federal Reserve notes if demand requires. They argue gold stock elasticity has faded and inflation risks persist, urging immediate currency contraction.

Federal Reserve Arthur C. Walton Federal Reserve Banks American Bankers‘ Association Treasury Congress American Bankers’ Association National Bank United States Europe Federal Reserve Board Cleveland

Washington cattle market report and oil quotations

Hogs and cattle figures listed with weights and percentages, followed by oil quotations. City Palan credit balances show 2.25 dollars. Trade totals include runs 80,567. shipments 63,165. averages 74,045 and 00,521.

Palan

Philadelphia Markets Butter and Corn Hold Steady

Philadelphia markets report butter steady and cheese firm with wheat steady and oats higher on No 2 white at 56 to 57, No 3 white at 54, poultry alive steady and dressed weight, and tallow firm. Nearby eggs quoted at 9.00 for firsts, 8.40 for firsts fc.

Philadephia

Mortgage 6 Percent Convertible Gold Bonds for Sale

Investors are offered a limited lot of mortgage 6 percent convertible gold bonds at a favorable price. For details inquire at J. Easterday 1410 1412 G Street Washington DC.

J. Easterday G Street Washington, D.C

I Will Sell Stocks and Bonds Listing by Thomas L. Hume

Broad stock and bond offer listing prices and percentages for Wash Gas utilities banks and trusts, steamboat and transport issues, and other securities. Solicits cash sales and deliveries, notes previous acceptance required, lists broker contact at 1410G Street Room Tel M 1346 Beik.

Capital Traction Washington Rwy. Ptd Washington Gas Georgetown Gas Mergenthaler Lanston Munsey Continental Trust Co N. & W. Steamboat Washington Baseball Club Miller Train Thomas L. Hume Room Tel

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