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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
15
The market closed higher with several active stocks up about a point amid European market strength and cautious notes on a bank statement. Traders watched winter wheat harvest reports and bank disclosures while price declines lingered in midweek trading.
A July report from New York notes a sizable but not dominant bear faction pressuring leading issues like Reading, Paulson, Southern Pacific, Copper and Steel stocks as buyers seek to exhaust lingering bear positions. London prices edged up slightly while U.S. banks faced bank-statements fears, and Westinghouse notes drew strong investor interest, signaling a favorable flotation reception amid a volatile market.
Weekly banking clearings total 3 482 693 000, up from 3 284 946 000 last week. Canadian clearings reach 97 545 009, with the year prior showing 182 228 000 last week and 5 etc. The note lists firm names and regional totals across the United States, converting the week’s activity into a broad stock and banking roundup across multiple cities.
The document lists closing prices across banks in New Haven and national institutions, with returns on rails, telegraph firms, and utilities. It includes commodity quotes for sugar, coffee, cotton, and grain, plus bond and stock figures for Washington utilities and national corporations.
In yesterday's market, Capital Traction rose with nearly 20 shares traded and a closing bid around 18. Bank demand spurred by renewed speculation and tighter limits as brokers held many buy orders. Utilities like Washington Railway and Electric and Potomac Electric showed varied bids, while overall insurance and trust stocks remained subdued and banking shares face anticipated outflows.
The Boston market signals a 3 cent per pound drop from peak copper prices with a new price level around 22 to 25 cents, while exports from Calumet and Hecla and other majors push for continued sale. Domestic buyers enter for new stocks as producers anticipate renewed activity, despite a dull local market for other metals and commodities.
Directors of the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie Railroad voted to raise capital to 200000 with one third preferred and two thirds common stock. The original issue was 710000 and 800 miles of line. current operations span about 290 miles. New stock issued to shareholders at a rate described as about half value.
Live stock markets show cattle and calves strong on demand with steers steady, cows unchanged, and bulls up. Receipts total about 1,000 head with hogs mixed and lambs steady. prices vary by grade from common to prime and include feeder and stocker categories.
Market note on eggs butter cheese poultry and vegetables with quotes from Virginia and New York suppliers. Highlights rising butter costs, steady cheese, and active prices for potatoes cabbage okra tomatoes berries and greens, plus fruit items and a call to place orders for The Sunday Post.
A Kansas City Sioux Falls rail rate dispute reaches the I C C. Jewett Brothers & Jewett of Sioux Falls charge that Shoppers and merchants face higher freight charges than other Chicago territory points. They seek Missouri River gates to equalize rates with Sioux City Omaha and Kansas City. Treasury buys 200000 ounces of silver in three mints. Two consignments to San Francisco at 67.78 and 67.5 per ounce and one to Denver at 61.959 per ounce.
The cotton market remained busier with about 400000 bales traded amid early lows and later partial recovery. Reports cite weather worries and forecasts for a weaker New Orleans crop, plus bear pressure fears and a nervous session as traders awaited fresh guidance and late-month positions.
Lambe in fall supply and prices listed for calves hogs lambs and cows show a firm market. Entries include per hundredweight rates for calves 50 butcher 400 4 S common cattle and hogs around 6H and 6 per cat with lambs and calves priced per pound in prime medium and common grades.
Secretary Hester reports total world cotton supply now at 3275 4a Walst with comparisons to last week and last year. The Americas show 14 2A 59 per cent, while Great Britain Continental Europe Egypt India and the United States are detailed with current and prior year figures.
A telegraphed letter to major papers reports June production in Geanela and predicts a 30 million dollar yield from July 1. It highlights cobalt, copper, and gold stocks with optimistic projections, noting Tonopah, Goldfield, and related miners as set for an extended advance and urging clients to buy at current curb quotes.
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