Amalgamated Leads Rally Amid Broad Stock Gains
New York July 28 Stocks rallied with Amalgamated Copper United States Steel Union Pacific and Reading advancing though volume stayed light. Copper prices rose about 15 cents and steel rose on expected favorable statement. railroad shares, Canadian Pacific Soo and Eries gained while some issues declined late. Bond market steady with low government rates.
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Amalgamated Copper
United States Steel
Union Pacific
Reading
Steel
Eastern Railway
Southwestern
Theii
Canadian Pacific
Soo
The
Eries
London
Amalgamated
Bank of England
Paris
Berlin
Local Market Prices on Produce and Poultry
Quotations show wholesale Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware fruit and vegetable demand. Alive spring chickens 18 20 cents per lb hens 15 turkeys 16 18. Butter 20 cents tub print 30ty. Eggs Virginia 13 per dozen. Vegetables include corn 12 35 per doz lima beans 2.30 per basket potatoes new 2.00 per bbl onions 1.28 1.50 per crate mushrooms 5 8 per lb lettuce 1.00 1.50 basket peppers 1.50 2.00 per crate cucumbers 25 1.25 per basket tomatoes 60 1.00 per box watermelons 20 35 each. Green fruits cantaloupes Norfolk 75 1.50 Georgia 1.00 1.60 peaches 2.25 3.75 Virginia 1.25 2.00 blackberries 1.24 4 15 per quart Florida and California oranges 6.00 9.00 per box. Wool new capped 20 21.
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Washington stocks and commodities report snapshot
The Washington Stock Exchange closes noon sales for Capital Traction Railways at 1 002 and for Washington Railway and Electric across multiple issues around 82.5 to 88, with Potomac Electric Lights and Norfolk and Washington Steamboat showing varied bids. Agricultural items list calf meat prices and beans, coffee, potatoes, cabbage, and nuts with mixed demand and price ranges.
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Washington Railway and Electric
Potomac Electric Lights
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Preferred
Washington Gas
Baltimore Markets Wheat and Poultry Prices Across The Market
July 28 Baltimore market report shows active wheat and corn. poultry and eggs move with varied pricing. Live fowl and broiling chickens steady to higher. old hens and ducks display mixed rates. butter and cheese hold steady as creamery butter ranges. Potato quotes show weakness in Southern fresh stock.
New York Grain Market Report Faces Mixed Signals
Spot wheat steady with No 2 red at 9 cents and No 1 Northern at 98 percent f o b afloat. Futures ease on weaker abroad and favorable crops, July at 97, September 94, December 97. Corn steady at 71 percent export, rye quiet at 65 cents fob New York, barley steady around 55 to 60 cents fob Buffalo. Local delivery prices listed for several mills and regions.
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Ely
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Wall Street Gossip: Low-Priced Stocks Rally Amid Broad Market
New York July 3 buying of low priced stocks broadened the market as neglected issues rose. Canadian Pacific shows a muted rebound while Europe and investors shift toward Union Pacific and Steel. Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line gains tied to strong Southeast cotton crops with a possible dividend at the next meeting. Government bonds remain weak with United States 2a around 95 1 4 and Panama 2a at 96 1 2 and 3s at 100.
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Tel
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Weere
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Missouri Pacific
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Southern Railway
Southern Rail
Astion Pacific
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Virginia Car
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Westinghouse Electric
Atlantic
Coastline
Seaboard Air Line
United States
Washington Stock Exchange closes firm as utilities lead
Traders reported a liberal order flow with prices holding near last week’s close. Bonds dominated activity with several issues around par, while utility shares showed demand and Washington Gas remained steady. New York butter prices and dairy quotes followed, reflecting broad market quietude.
Holland claims Lamar wrecked Republicans in 1912
New York July 28 1912 Holland argues that a chain of events linked to David Lamar Edward Lauterbach J P Morgan and Stanley committee may have influenced Roosevelt Taft and endanger Republican unity. The pending Supreme Court decision on United States Steel Corporation case could crown this sequence.
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Congress
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American Antitrust League
Littleton
Henry D. Martin
Martin
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Stanley Committee
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Roosevelt
Gary
Henry C. Frick
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Col. Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Woodrow Wilson
Edward Lauterback
Republican
Supreme Court
Stock Control Illicit Investment Warned by Utilities Board
Washington public utilities commission warns corporations against acquiring stock or bonds in similar businesses. It declares unlawful for any public utility to own or control shares of another corporation engaged in the same line of business without written commission authorization. Foreign or local utilities are restricted from holding stock in DC authorized utilities, except as Congress allows.
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Public Utilities Commission
Commission
District of Columbia
Congress
Copper Mines Still Idle as Militia Warns Nonunion Men
In Calumet Michigan July 28 a new mine joined the strike disrupted copper pumping with militia urging resume of work. Nonunion workers largely not recalled while two militia members faced threats and a warning to their families. No disorder occurred though threats were reported against nonunion employees.
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Calumet
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Hancock
Livestock Markets Mixed Across Cities
Hogs receipts across Chicago show weakness with mostly 700 lower bids, cattle receipts steady to down slightly, and sheep and lambs mixed amid lighter New York and Baltimore activity. Messages from New York and Baltimore note varied beef and calf prices, with mild weekly shifts and steady to firm beef demand.
Copper market report and prices across cities
New York stock wires note copper prices with standard and August terms. London copper firm reports prices around 167 78 and 1147. No clear figures for other markets due to fragmented OCR text. Cleveland and other locations appear in stray mentions without coherent data.
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Etestroly Ue
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Test Ug
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Epor
Tent
Sondheim
Cleveland
ASK PERMIT TO ISSUE STOCK BY B&O CITY RAILWAY
The public utilities commission will hold a 10 o’clock public hearing today on the Baltimore and Ocean City Railway Company request to issue 44300 in stock and 75000 first mortgage 5 per cent 30 year bonds. The commission admitted lacking a statement of property value and whether the enterprise is new or old. The stock is sought to acquire the property and franchise of the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company.
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Public Utilities Commission
Baltimore and Ocean City Railway Company
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
Paterson Silk Strike Ends Amid Wages Losses
Paterson New Jersey report says the silk strike ended after 21 weeks with only some workers obtaining reemployment. Manufacturers claim they have all the hands they will use until orders arrive, and total lost wages are estimated around 200,000 dollars. The strike disrupted many small plants and affected families.
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Prosecution Seen If New Haven Maintains Stance
Boston July 28 A Washington announcement that T M Gregory and James Adkins DOJ attorneys were en route to push the Sherman act inquiry against the New Haven Railroad was viewed as a sign the recent company reorganization would not halt the suit. President Elliott may seek time to show earnest compliance at the next board meeting, with decisions on Boston Maine trolleys and steamship lines to follow.
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Charles J. Bonaparte
Ateel Corporation
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Supreme Court
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James A. Garfield
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James ©. Adkins
Department of Justice
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Bar Harbor
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Strike Vote Looms Over S P Line Wage Clash
San Francisco July 28 Workers canvassing strike support for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors on Southern Pacific lines from the Gulf to the Canadian border. Outcome aims to decide if suburban workers should gain equal rating pay and promotion with main line staff amid a company plan to segregate electric lines.
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Southern Pacific Company
Brotherhood of Railway
Gulf of Mexico
Land Swindle Charged in Oklahoma Booster Car Case
Philadelphia reports W F Gorsuch of Baltimore and Victor Rausch of New York arrested on false pretense charges tied to the Oklahoma booster car. Held in 38 bail each, detectives say they claimed to be sent by the McAlester Board of Trade and offered 160 acres of government land near a Choctaw River reservation, promises now shown as unfulfillable.
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Victor Rausch
New York
McAlester Board of Trade
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