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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1906
Page
9
The Washington Post reports a steady market advance led by Northern Pacific Great Northern and United States Steel after last Tuesday's low. Banks and large operators supported prices as speculative shorts covered and buying broadened, with closing quotations near session highs.
United States total clearings reach 4 857 715 208 up 4 percent with New York City leading at 958 570 916 up 4 percent. Major cities show mixed moves including Philadelphia Chicago Boston Cleveland Detroit Minneapolis and St Louis with several reporting declines while others rise. Canada totals show 2 963 119 up 42 percent as balances paid to cash rise.
New York money market closes with call rate at 3 percent, loans steady and short term rates 4 percent for sixty and ninety days, with many figures listed for prime mercantile paper and exchange levels. Bond prices include Atchison, Baltimore and Ohio, Central of Georgia, Chicago routes, Colorado Midland, Cuba, and Japanese issues, reflecting a broad market snapshot with numerous consolidated and convertible bonds quoted.
Special to The Washington Post from New York on July 6 details a market session where steady buying signaled accumulation by strong interests. It notes moves in Amalgamated and Steel Car substitutes, Colorado Fuel and Republic rail stocks, and rumors around Great Northern and Northern Pacific, with earnings and bank reserve shifts shaping sentiment.
Local financial news reports the stock exchange will pend business on Saturdays during July and August. The prior session was uneventful with minor price changes and limited investor interest. Traction stocks moved slightly with specific trades in Capital Traction, Washington Railway and Electric, Greene Copper, Whitehall Mining, Lanston, Mergenthaler, and Uni on Trust Company. A trustees vote approved separating the storage division into a new company, following a pattern set by American Security and Trust.
The session continues on Saturdays through July and August. Quotations cover United States coupon bonds, Washington Gas, Washington Railway and Electric, and various railroads and bonds. Closing bid list includes District of Columbia tokens, rail bonds, and metropolitan securities with multiple cents and percentage figures shown.
Wholesale egg prices show tight stocks due to heat with premium for seriously affected lots. Butter receipts exceed demand with sizable stock in cold storage and steady dairy quality values. Cheese demand steady with New York and Virginia factory soups listed. Poultry receipts mix with firm tone for large and medium chickens, roasters, and ducks while dressed poultry arrivals are moderate and stock quality mixed due to inadequate icing.
Cattle prices mix as fat sheep hold at steady quotes while common grades drift. Extra cattle at 5.00 per cwt plus prime and choice calves firm. hogs around 4.00 per cwt, lambs and sheep varied. Wheat and corn futures slide on good weather. cash grain weaker on easing demand. weather favorable for new crop.
Baltimore markets brief notes dull to steady across staples. Wheat and corn prices hold near yesterday’s levels while oats rise slightly. Receipts show large grain volumes with steady butter eggs and cheese, sugar and freight markets flat amid mixed export activity.
Readable price list of live turkeys and vegetables with per pound bushel barrel and crate pricing. Includes old and young poultry, various vegetables like potatoes carrots cabbage celery cucumbers kale lettuce peas spinach asparagus and fruits such as apples melons berries and peaches with multiple quoted ranges and units.
New York cotton futures closed steady after a quiet day with moderate buying on shorts covering and demand from wire houses. Prices gained modestly intra day before easing, with about 76 000 bales traded and weather forecasts supportive for the Southwest.
Wool washed free of burs per pound 30 hides green per pound 12 dry per pound IRGIS cheepekine green each 100GT 5 dry each 25 75 calfskins green each 100 30
Bradsheet notes a between-seasons week with solid activity in pig iron and rail demand, while crop conditions are favorable and fall orders rise. Labor scarcity hampers production, with local strikes affecting bar iron. railway earnings surge and failures near the yearly minimum. Wheat and corn exports show mixed weekly totals. July outlook remains broadly optimistic for fall and winter trade.
New York July 6 price report shows butter and cheese receipts at high levels with unchanged egg and flour markets. Livestock and leather steady. cornmeal, rye flour, and petroleum firm. cottonseed oil, molasses, coffee, and sugar entries fluctuate within narrow ranges. Potatoes, cabbages steady. overall market tone cautious with dull traffic in some sections.
London tin prices fall with spot at £172 10s and futures £163 10s 6d. Copper moves up 6d in London to £1 11s 6d per lb with 580 208 quoted elsewhere. Lead steady in New York at $76.05 30 per ton, London down to £16 10s 4d, Spelter unchanged, Trona prices steady, and various No 2 and No 1 foundry quotes listed locally.
Oto July 6 North Lima 34 South Lime ed Indiana 92 City July Balances 164 shipments 46 80 averages 40 440 Tums 22 219 averages 45 2 shipments Lima 60 442 average SC 202 Jung Limi 10 289 average 34 985
New York and Chicago markets show mixed receipts for cattle calves sheep and hogs. Steers and fat cattle steady to easy while calves and hogs edge higher or lower, with varying regional quotes and dressed beef prices. Local summaries note bid activity and price ranges across multiple categories and regions.
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