Exchange Rates Drag Trading Amid War Market Pressure
Gold inflows from Canada and France rumors fail to lift confidence as New York stocks struggle. Canadian Pacific, Rock Island, and Missouri Pacific slide to record lows while copper, war stores, and motors show some gains amid irregular overall activity. Trade figures reflect heavy selling for European accounts and a total market turnover of about $2.15 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Rock Island
Canadian Pacific
United States
Chicago, Rock Island and Pact Railway
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Cher
New York Bond Market Summary Sees Wide Range of Issues
June 29 report lists numerous bond quotes and prices for major issuers including American Tobacco Armour & Co Bethlehem Steel and United States Steel. Notable notes include American Tel & Telco 4s 101% and Southern Pacific 4s 33 with varied yields and conversions across railroads utilities and industrial firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Agricultural
Amer Tel & Telco
American Tobacco
Armour & Co
Atehlaongen
Atchison Cy
Atlantle Coast Line
Baltimore & Onio
Baltimore & Ohio cv
Ray Bethlehem Steel Cet
Brooklyn Transit
Central of Georgia
Central Leather Oy
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio Crv
Burl & Quincey Joint
Burl & Quincy
Chicago Great Western
Mil & St P
Chi
Mil & St FP
Genigs
Pac Ry
Chicago & Northwestern
Colorado & Southern
Denvar & Rio Grande
Ls Pratitlers’ Securities Ss
Craneral Electric
Great Northern
New York Central
New York State
New York Railway Ads
Moyln HO & Ho
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific Ds
Northern Facifie Ga
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Reading Wen
Republic Steal Hs
St Louia
San Fran
St Louia Southwestern Oon
Seaboard Air Line Adj
Southern Bell Tel
Southern Pacific
Southern Hailway
Texas Company cv
Texas & V Pacific Bat
Third Avenue
Union Paciileda
Union Paalflecy
United States Rubber
United States Steel Ss
Westinghouse Electric Ov
Mortgage issue planned by Chicago Burlington and Quincy
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy seeks Illinois public utilities commission approval to issue 15.85 million dollars in general mortgages to reimburse treasury improvements made from income under the 1909 300 million line. Burlington says no immediate sale planned. Also notes on Canadian Pacific declines, Ontario and Western dividend status, Frisco Railroad bond interest, and J. P. Gary of United States Steel plans a two month Western trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Illinois Public Utilities Commision
Burlington
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
California
Europe
District of Columbia
New York Stock Market Closing Sales June 29, 1915
Daily market roundup lists closing sales across many issues led by Alaska Gold 38 and Am. Sugar around 49. Prices show broad activity with key stocks like Am. Can around 46 and General Electric near 169. Large totals include 26,800 A B. S. & F. ctfs and 23,300 Canada Pacific traded. Overall volume 266,398 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Gold
Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chal
Amal. Copper
Am. Ice Soc
Amer. Lin
Amer. Loco
Amer
Am. Tel. & Tel
A. B.S
Can
Amer, Can Pf
Amer, H. & L
Asseta Real Co.j
Atchison
Atchison Pf
Baldwin Lace
Ee Eee
Batopilas Min
Beth. Steel
Brooklyn
Canada Pacific
Gt. W
RL T & P
China
Cluett P. Pf
Colo. F. & I
Comstock Tun
Congol
Gag
Crucible Steel
Cruc. Steel Pf
Cuba Am. Gug
Erie
Hrie
Gen. Electric
Gen. Motors
Goodrich, B. F
Goodrich
North
Guegen
Int. Agricul
Inter. Met
Laclede
Lehigh Valley
Boston Closing Prices June 99 Oil Stocks and Mining Firms
Boston market report lists closing prices for oilos ing stocks and mining companies. Alaska Gold Allover Mining Boston and Maine Copper Range Consolidated East Butte 12 Franklin 10 Granby 38 Greene Cananea 9 Lake 4 Mayflower 4 Mohawk 1 N Y N H 64 North Butte 4 North Lake 2 Ray 24 United Fruit 185 United Shoe 51 Utah Copper 50 Victoria 3 Winona 62 Wolverine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Alaska Gold
Allover Mining
Maine
Copper Range Consolidated
East Butte Mining
Franklin Mining
Granby
Greene-Cananea Mining
Lake Mining
Mayflower Mining
Mohawk Mining
N. Y
N. H
North Butte Mining
North Lake Mining
Ray Consolidated Mining
United Fruit
United Shoe Machine
Utah
Victoria Mining
Winona Mining
Wolverine Mining
Wheat and grain futures slip after renewed market pressure
Chicago grain prices eased as fears of a rapid 1915 crop movement revived selling. Wheat edged below last night’s level while corn and oats fluctuated with mixed gains and losses. futures for pork, lard, and ribs moved within narrow ranges amid ongoing activity.
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Chicago
Live Stock Markets Report From Chicago and New York
Chicago receipts show hogs weak with mixed and light classes trading between 6.00 and 7.75. Cattle receipts total 4 000 with native steers 6.75 to 9.75 and westerns up to 68.40, cows and heifers 8.25 to 10.40, calves 7.25 to 10.50. Sheep and lambs in Chicago receipts 11 000 with lambs 9.00 to 11.00 and sheep 5.85 to 6.95, yearlings 6.50 to 8.00. New York no beef trading, calves none, hogs 5 100 receipts with no trading.
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Chicago
New York
New Orleans
Galveston
Mobile
Savannah
Charles To
Wimington
Norfolk
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Repte
Houston
Memphis
Augusta
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Little Rock
Dallas
Augusts
New York State
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Texas
California
Grain Prices and Futures Brief From New York
New York markets report irregular wheat prices with No 2 red at 1.81 for spot and No 2 hard at 1.426. Futures ease with July at 21.12. Corn spot No 2 yellow at 85, prompt shipment. Oats steady rye and barley quoted quietly.
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New York
Duluth
Manitoba
Bottaio
New York Money Market Rates and Bond Activity
Mercantile Paper 3 4, sterling 60 day bills 4.7225, demand 4.76, cables 4.77. Francs demand 6.65, cables 5.64. Marks demand 81 1/2, cables 81 1/2. Rubles demand 37, cables 38. Silver 48, Mexican dollars 37. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds heavy. Time deposits steady 60 days 2 1/2, 90 days 2 1/2, six months 3 3/4. Call money steady high 2, low 1. Tuling rate 1, last loan closing bid 1, offered at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercantile Paper
New York Produce Prices Across Dairy and Poultry Markets
New York market notes show butter barely steady with varied creamery and first grade quotes, eggs weak with large receipts and mixed grades, cheese steady with several varieties trading, poultry alive weak while dressed demand quiet. Flour and rye flour steady, pork beef and lard steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Holland Writes of Trade Balance Our Way
The article discusses the expected US trade balance for the current fiscal year ending June 30, with Secretary Redfield estimating a favorable balance near 1 billion dollars, possible to 1.5 billion, and contrasts with the prior year’s reserves and the 1879 resumption of specie payments. It cites currency panic impacts of 1907 and 1893, U.S. export growth, railroad borrowing, and foreign investments as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Redfield
United States
Financial
Department of Commerce
Department
U. S
South
Great Britain
Europe
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Holland
Cottonseed Oil Prices Listed With Monthly Quotes
New York June market report shows prime crude values for contracts from June to February with monthly figures. Prime yellow and summer yellow, and summer white are quoted with prices ranging from 5.20 to 8.61 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Cotton Futures End Mixed Near Steady Close
The New York cotton market edged lower early and ended barely steady. July closed at 9.32, October 9.74, December 9.99, January 10.05, March 10.29, with highs near 10.16 and lows around 9.32.
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New York
Philadelphia Markets Drift Through Quiet Trading Session
Credit balances at 1 percent with moderate runs and ship ments tallied. Butter and eggs steady as cheese holds firm. wheat for spring shows a 2 cent rise with No 1 Northern Duluth quoted around 1.39 to 1.42. Corn remains firm and oats steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Duluth
Comptroller Orders National Banks to Report June 23 Condition
The Comptroller of the Currency Gay Yetter issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Wednesday June 23. Agencies will report assets liabilities and capital as of that date to assess financial health nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay
Local Securities Market Holds Narrow Day of Trading
The Washington Stock Exchange shows a quiet noon session with little demand and stable prices. Capital Traction 6s move to 106½ while Washington Gas 6 remains at 104½ with few sales and odd lots of Washington Railway and Electric preferred at 83½. The Columbia National Bank pays a 3 percent quarterly dividend on July 1. The Comptroller's call for June 23 bank condition reports arrives unexpectedly, but local institutions are anticipated to post favorable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Stock Exchange
Capital Traction
Washington Gas
Washington Railway and Electric
Columbia National Bank
Local stock exchange notes and bids across utilities and rail
The report lists regular noon call results and bid as well as asked prices for utilities, railroads, gas, and miscellaneous bonds and stocks. It includes Washington Gas, Capital Traction Co, Washington Railway and Electric, Georgetown Gas, Columbia Gas and Electric, Capital Traction Co bonds, Metropolitan Rail, and various trust, savings, and insurance stocks with prices, par values, and recent ex-dividend notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gas
Capital Traction Railroad
Washington Railway and Vectric
Washington Railway and Electric
Georgetown Gas Oc. i
Georgetown Gas Bs
Washington Gag
Columbia Gas & Eloc
Capital Traction Co
Ana. & Pot. Rr, A. Bs
Ana. & Pot. R
Guar
City & Sub. Ry. Bs
A Metropolitan R. R. Gs
Wash. Ry. & Blec
Wash
Alex. & Mt. V. Ss
E. P
C. Paper
Mkt. Co
Cold St
N. & W. Steamboat Gs
Riges Realty
Riggs Realty
Ry. & B. Com
Wash. Ry
Epid Bay
Wash -Va
Mergenthaler Linotype
Lanston
Washington Trust Companies
Amer Security & Trust
National Savings & Trust
Union Trust Company
Wash. Loan & Trust
Continental
Savings Bank
Home Savings Bank
Commerce & Savings
East Wash
National Union
D. of C. Paper Mfg. Co
Security Storage
Washington Market
Local Market Prices and Treasury Financial Figures
The local market lists poultry and dressed poultry prices by weight with various grades and regional produce. Separate section details the United States Treasury close of business balances, receipts, payments, and deficits for the current fiscal year with itemized assets and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Trade Balance Slumps on Weak Exports and Imports
For the week ending June 26 exports fell to 41 million dollars and the U S trade balance narrowed by 10 million to 9 million, the smallest in months. The decline stems partly from 2 million more imports and 8 million lower exports, with wheat and cotton cited as likely causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Baltimore Markets Prices and commodities notice
Official posted prices cover wheat corn oats poultry butter eggs for Baltimore markets. Listings include No 2 red wheat at 1.16 1/2, corn contracts at 78 1/2, standard oats at 61 1/2, various live poultry weights and prices, butter categories from creamery to dairy prints, and Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia egg firsts with varied per dozen rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Peking
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Sweden to Receive Cotton From Britain Under Pact
The British government announced via its embassy an agreement with the Swedish Cotton Spinners Association for Sweden to import 10,000 bales of cotton monthly if consigned to the association. The quota is said to exceed twice Sweden’s normal consumption and satisfy the importers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedish Cotton Spinners’ Association
Sweden
Washington Cattle Market Receipts and Demand Mixed
Hogs priced at 7 to 8, sheep clipped at 4 to 5, veal calves 10 to 11, medium 9 to 9 4, lambs 9 to 9 percent. Receipts favor lambs light, demand steady for lambs and veal calves. heavier lambs in demand, overall market activity mixed.
Pay Raises for Coast and Geodetic Survey Staff
More than fifty employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey will receive salary increases effective July 1. Promotions include raises from 1400 to 1600 dollars for several assistants and up to 2400 dollars for top assistants. Transfers and new appointments span numerous roles including chief engineer and inspectors in New York and other offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Owen B. French
Charles C. Yates
Richardson
John B Boutelle
Raymond S Patton
Gilbert T Rude Cary V. Hodgson
Thomas J Mayer
Robert F. Luce
Francis G. Engle
Leo O. Colbert
Harry A. Seran
Clam L. Garner
John H. Peters
Jean H. Hawley
Frederick D. T. Siems
Alfred M. Sobieralski
Richard R. Lukens
Isaiah
M. Daily
Edgar F. Smith
Roscoe FP. Strough
Otia ‘W. Swainson
Dwight M. Kyle
George D. Cowie
Ernest B. Reese
Harold A. Cotton
Frank S. Borden
Max Steinberg
Eustace
Walker
Harry T. Kelsh
Harrison R. Bartlett
William V. Hagar
Raymond P. Hyman
Kenneth T. Adams
Frederick Peacock
Ernest W. Hickelberg
Walter D. Sutcliffe
Douglas Karr
Harold H. Griffin
Jack Senior
Alfred S. Milliken
Sylvanus D Winship
Conrad T. Bussel
William H Kearns
Spencer Dandy
Chester H. Ober
O H. Paddison
War Department
Philippine Service
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Paris
Berlin
Rome
Interetien Exchange
London Exchange
Canada
London
Curb Market
Alaska
Juneau
Florieta
Havana Tobacco
Riker Hegeman
Ind
Kans
Wit
Nebr
United
Yukon
Wall Street
The
Ontario and Western
Strauss Committee
Frisco
Manhattan el
Maxwell M. Co
Max. M
Miami
Pacific
Mont. Pow
Nev. C. Cap
N. Y. Air B
Central
Ontario Silver
Pacle Mall
Penn. R. R
Pitts. Coal
Pitts. Coal Pl
Quicksilver
Quicksliver Pf
Ray Con
Rep. L
St L&sf
A. L. Pt
South. Pacific
Southern Ry
South. Ry. Pt
Stand. Milling
Studebaker
Tenn. Copper
Twin C. R. T
Union B. & P
Union Pacific
Union Pac. Pf
U. 8
Ind. Asco
U. S. Rubber
Steel
Utah Copper
Car. C
Wabash Pf
West U. Tel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Wheel
L. B
Baltimore Securities
Brocken
Consolidated Power
Consolidated Power Ptd
Houston Old
T. C
Nat. Bank of Baltimore
United Bys. & Hlec
Consolidated Gas
Baltimore City
SBM
Chicago Grain
NEW York Grain
Oi City
Comptroller of Currency
Local Stock Exchange
Local Produce Market
General Fund
Treasury Offices
Treasury
Federal Reserve
National Bank
Nentr
Jas Treasury
Philippines
Sen
Eral
British Government and Spinners’ Association
Washington Cattle Market
Potomac
Interstate Bldg. Corp
Georgetown Gan
Wash. Rwy
Washington Rwy. Com
Washington Gan
Wash. Utilities Co
Mergenthaler
National Bank of Washington
Munsey Trust
Becomd National Bank
N. & W. Steambert
Washington Baseball Club
Gayety Theater
Columbia Herel Cy
Grapho
Grapho. Com
Washington Rwy. Ptd
Washington Mwy. Com
LO Mergenthaler
Federal Nationers
Ax dix
Farmers and Mechanica Bank
National Tsan
Aenshoaetan
Steamboat
Thomas L. Hume
Washington Loan & Trust Company Cor
John Joy Edson
14Th St
Stone & Fairfax
New York Ave
A. B. Leach & Co. Investment Securities
Broadway
Moorhead & Elmore
15Th St
Phons Main
Fifteenth Street N. W
N.W. Halsey &Co
Eugene E. Ailes
F. B. Poe
17Th Street
Bradley Cottage
Chevy Chase
Circle
Bath
Gasch & Birge
Dupe
Columbia
Board of Personal Tax Appraisers
WM. FP. Richards
Ageeasor
B. F. Saul Co
Randall H. Magner & Co
Connecticut Ave
BT. C
F. H. Smith Co
Tyler & Rutherford
15Th St. Aw
D. C. Teal
H. Saunders & CO
Southern Wallace
16Th St
Eles Ee
Washington Post
Pennsylvania Avenue
Angly
N. W
Chase
Jong Ieane
Addreaa
Crenshaw
Navy
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