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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1913

Page

8

Markets Turn Up Slower Trading Amid Calm Rally

In New York and London stocks rose modestly after a day of calmer activity and smaller gains. Short covering demands eased, bears retreated, and investment buying waned though sentiment remained cheery. New Haven weakened to a new low as wrecks weighed. Time money eased with banks offering 60 and 90 day funds, cash likely to rise by 8 to 9.9 million, while the bond market stayed firm and U.S. 3s rose.

New York London New Haven Bears Reading Union Pacific Amalgamated Can United States

Curb Market Report From New York Livestock Sale

June 13 report shows receipts across cattle, calves, sheep and hogs with steady to higher prices. Steers bulls cows and dressed beef firm. veals and calves mixed with steady to strong tendencies. Hogs solid gains with bulk sales around mid to high figures, while sheep and lambs opened active then steadied.

New York Breves Drecord Chicago Reich Star Val Jawer Seers Tamer Starkers Fennes

Vegetarian Food and Nut Co Incorporated in Washington

The Vegetarian Food and Nut Company was incorporated with 2250 shares of 20 each, capital 45000, to operate at 1307 15 South Capitol Street and continue Mrs Belle Coleman’s business. Five directors—Mrs Coleman, W H Coleman, Miss F M Coleman, J H Bilbrey, and A L Bowen—will run the firm for the first year.

Vegetarian Food and Nut Company South Capitol Street Belle Coleman A. L. Bowen Newton Place

New Buying Movement in Iron and Steel Expected Soon

Western trade shows optimism from large crops and easing stock market, while tariff uncertainty weighs on future orders. Dun and Bradstreet notes point to improved European situation and strong wheat yield, with iron and steel demand rebounding and pig iron prices very low.

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Daily Cotton Market and Wholesale Quotations

Wholesale cotton quotations with closing highs and lows across several grades and regions. Included are fruits vegetables seafood and dairy item notes, with numerous price entries for Florida and Virginia markets, plus chickens and eggs. The page lists varied farm produce prices, nearby futures, and regional vegetable baskets for wholesale buyers.

Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware Elgin New York State Factory New Large Wbggs West Virginia Florida Texas Fiala Olra California

Philadelphia Markets Reported June 18

Philadelphia marketwire notes poultry steady and firm with light weights 16 17. Cheese steady in New York creamery markets. Toledo Wooster North Lima and South Lima prices listed around 1.39 for Lima. Oil City reports credit balances at 2.50 with runs near 103 921 and shipments about 69 200.

New York Rlo Santos Cordova Bermuda Liverpool Philadelphia Toledo Ohio Wooster North Lima Lima Indiana Oil City

Wall Street Odd Lot Buys Signal Shifting Rail Ties

Odd lot buying spreads across New York stocks as large firms and a range of rail and industrial names show heavy small investor demand. A Pennsylvanian Union Pacific deal rumored to alter east west policy, while currency data hint at mixed bank movements versus prior weeks. The Stamford wreck depresses New Haven trading below par, underscoring market fragility amid transportation sector shifts.

New York Pennsylvania Atchison Common Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific Great Northern New Haven Stamford

Local stock market dull with few orders and steady prices

Trading on the local exchange was thin with little speculative interest. Capital Traction dropped to the year’s low at 107 1 2, Washington Gas at 10 1 2, Potomac Electric consolidated at 100 1 2 to 100 1 4, and Mergenthaler slightly firmer with 21 0 1 4 to 21 0 1 2. Dividends announced include Eastern Light and Wuel 2 percent, Lincoln National Bank 3 percent semiannual, United States Trust 14 4 percent, and Home Savings Bank 5 percent semiannual.

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Vast investments in New York retail stores described

New York reports colossal funds poured into retail parades on Fifth Avenue Forty second Street and Broadway. Investments total about 20 million in three buildings plus nearly 14 million and 25 million on two others. Overall capital in retail and office spaces in the city runs around 100 million, locking funds into permanent land and structures while finance tightens. Also notes Supreme Court Minnesota rate case deliberations and hints at the need for unanimity in major decisions. Holland.

New York New York City Connecticut New Jersey Owyers Europe Firth Avenue Fifth Avenue Forty-second Street Broadway Wall Street Jaime Supreme Court Washington Department of Justice Minnesota Congress Holland

Baltimore Markets Report From June Grain and Produce

Baltimore markets report weak wheat and dull corn with mixed oats while rye stays inactive. Poultry prices vary by type from chickens and roosters to ducks and geese. eggs and butter show regional price ranges across Maryland Pennsylvania and nearby areas.

Baltimore Kent Island Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia Southern Virginia

New York Money Market Steady As Calls Ease

New York money market reports steady call money at 14 2 percent with a 2 percent ruling rate and bids at 1 percent offered at 3 percent. Time deposits show sixty days at 4 percent, ninety days at 4 4 percent, six months at 5 4 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4.8275 sixty days and 4.8660 demand. Commercial bills 4.82 percent. Bar silver at 59 4, Mexican dollars 48. Government and Rattrond bonds firm or strong.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Rattrond

Coke Rates Reduced in Connellsville West Virginia Case

Interstate Commerce Commission ordered about 12 percent cut in coke freight rates from the Connellsville region in Pennsylvania to furnaces and steel mills in the East and West. It found no discrimination against Connellsville coke in favor of Fairmont West Virginia and ruled it had no jurisdiction over Shenango Valley intra state traffic.

Connellsville Pennsylvania Interstate Commerce Commission Coke Producers’ Association Baltimore and Ohio West Virginia Fairmont Shenango Valley

New York Grain Market Report June 13

Wheat futures slipped on profit-taking as showers reach the Northwest plan for more rain. July 9 9 16, September 9 7 16. Spot corn and oats steady with afloat bids. Domestic prices for No 3 red and Northern Duluth were quoted but not detailed.

Chicago Tuly Leys New York Duluth

Metal Market Report Shows Copper and Tin Movements

New York copper futures steady with spot to August at 14.37 to 14.75 dollars. Electrolytic copper 15.00, lake 13.00 percent casting 14.75. London copper dull with spot and futures. Tin quiet with spot 208 pounds Ge, futures 209 pounds 3s. Spotter 22 pounds 12s 6d. Lands and warrants unchanged.

New York London Cleveland

Washington cattle market and a fatal trackman accident

Washington cattle market lists fall lambs at six six and spring lambs at eight percent. Hogs at eighty four point nine and sheep at forty one cents per pound. Veal calves graded choice ten to ten three, medium nine to nine and a quarter. Special to The Washington Post reports Oliver Wo Fulton, trackman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad under foreman L Bowers, killed by an eastbound train near Williams Point tunnel west of Boyds Maryland. He was 32 years old and from Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Md.

Washington Post Boyds Oliver Wo Fulton Ure Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company L . Bowers Williams Point Tunnel Point of Rocks Fredenck County

Dividend Notice From Astranight and Fuel Company

The board of directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of two percent payable July 3, 1925 to stockholders of record June 19, 1913. Transfer books will be closed June 18 at 3 p.m. and reopen June 20 at 4 p.m. Cheques mailed. J C Lightfoot Jr Treasurer Philadelphia June 1 1914.

Astranight and Fuel Company Philadelphia Stork T He Company J.C. Lightfoot, Jr

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