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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
15
A broad rise in steel issue prices appears in demand with preferred shares advancing sharply, marking a one time record gain of 334 points. The July crop report and investment activity by British accounts are cited as favorable factors, while market chatter notes strong activity in steel stock issues and government-linked investment interests.
Special to The Washington New York reports United States Steel preferred led market sentiment with common steel stock near its heels as bulls eye future gains. Trading showed tight supply in steel, strong insider buying hints, and rising interest in rail shares like Illinois Central, Great Northern and Hill interests amid hopeful prospects for Panama Canal linked bets and farm commodity earnings.
Washington Stock Exchange members at 10th and F streets NW report quotas for market activity. Titans Tome Co. furnishes hewing quetelons as part of the market operations on this midsummer Wednesday in New York.
Treasury and currency quotes show steady exchange with varied note yields in New York. Copper and metal markets rise in London and New York while local prices remain unchanged. Agricultural items list lambs calves and cows with per pound and per head pricing.
Market notes list wholesale prices for produce and poultry including chickens and turkeys with regional names and per pound figures. A drowning incident is reported near Tappahannock on the Rappahannock River, detailing a young man named Morris who disappeared while bathing with friends.
The clipping notes varied items from poultry and eggs to flour and lard, with steady receipts and firm prices for several goods. It cites wheat price shifts on the focal exchange after a government report, detailing winter wheat yield estimates, stored wheat, and market reaction with mixed futures movements.
In late trading the New York cotton market edged lower for July and higher for other futures on the list as sublease conditions improved. Cable coverage and a foreign factor weighed, with profits taken on weak futures. Liverpool and other exporters showed limited buying, while autumn months saw cautious activity and shifting open and close prices.
The local exchange saw little movement with Capital Traction stock holding at minor levels while Capital Traction bonds traded weakly. Observers note New York markets strengthen and Judge Gary of International Harvester signals steel demand tied to a bumper crop outlook. Agricultural machinery orders may boost industry, with farmers investing in machinery and railroads resuming improvements. Market sentiment remains cautious yet bullish on longer-term crop and trade revival amid uncertain grain prices and investment flow.
The government crop report shows spring wheat at 94 percent of normal, down from 87.2 last year and above ten-year average. Winter wheat at 76 percent harvest, corn at 28 percent, oats at 87 percent, and 11 percent higher corn acreage from last year.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a sweeping order to cut thousands of rates. The National Petroleum Association sued the Ann Arbor Railroad Company over 31 differentiation charges for transporting petroleum within a classification territory. The commission found no specific defendant to target and noted insufficient evidence of abuse or undue preference.
William II Buckinghian and W B Mulhall of the Metropolitan police sue Capittas Traction Company for 22007 each claiming harm from a car collision on Fourteenth Street while responding to an alarm at West Me TP Street. They name Policemen Bennett Esser and Driver Bailey as other involved.
Cincinnati distillers seek to bar enforcement of new branding and marking rules from the Internal Revenue Service. Judge Lurion scheduled a hearing on the injunction against the commissioner as the case moves forward. The changes, effective July 1, require specific branding on whiskeys, including what are known as spit lis marks.
In New York, William M. Ingraham Jr of Waverly plans a legal challenge to his late father’s Brooklyn will filed in Surrogate's Court. The elder, a Brooklyn lawyer, died in June leaving an estate over 00K. Ingraham Jr, 41, estranged recently, was left 100, sparking a fight for a larger share.
Market notes from Baltimore show mixed activity across commodities with notable figures for hogs sheep and lambs. Receipts include 2,498 hogs and 4,086 sheep with prices varying. more conservative cattle and feeder prices shown, while freight rates remain unchanged and imports/export lines cited.
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