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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
25
Western Maryland receivership and Gould properties weighed on stocks as gains persisted but with notable weakness in certain issues. Pacific earnings were reported amid a fluctuating market, while large caps showed strength and divisions over pending legal actions tempered overall tone.
Trade was the keynote as Washington stocks showed a lively session. Washington Hallway and Electric Preferred moved at 7, and National Metropolitan Bank traded, while Mer genthaler and Lanston attracted selective options. Bond demand remained robust though sellers were scarce.
Market reports show money on call easy, bankers bills mixed, and Treasury rates near 4 percent in New York. The issue covers egg and butter receipts, live poultry and dressed meats prices, and abundant commodity quotes for potatoes, beets, cabbage, oranges, grapes, and various meats, with cattle and hog values listed by category.
The London tin market closed slightly lower with spot at £133 103 and futures at 419 158, while the New York market showed declines in copper and varied local quotes. Lead and zinc held steady in London, with no major local movement, and several grades of foundry and sheet metals showed limited changes amid uncertainty and producer price tensions.
New York March 2 ex dividend set at 12 percent will push St Paul below 110 as the price adjusts. Traders weigh a large short interest and a stronger position from Pacific extension, while Union Pacific and Pennsylvania see mixed sentiment amid DOJ attention. Bearish traders doubt near term gains but some say market ripe for a broader rally as liquidity expands.
New York Market reports weak butter creamery specials, eggs strong with high receipts, and steady to firm grain and sugar futures. Wheat fair to steady with export talk and quantities noted, corn and oats showing mixed receipts and prices, rye listed as steady, coffee steady, and petroleum steady with various regional quotations.
Chicago grain market opens weak on wheat after harvest fears and foreign news. May wheat edges lower, later recovering briefly before closing easy as limited receipts and strong export demand fail to offset bearish European prices and favorable Southwest crop outlook. Corn remains firm early, loses strength on realized sales, oats dip then steady, provisions rise on demand.
Receipts in New York reach 1 576 with steady to firm cows and good steers, calves and sheep mixed. London and Liverpool quotes show live cattle at 13 to 19 cents per pound. Chicago reports about 2 000 cattle and 26 000 hogs with market steady to firm across classes, with hogs at 4.50 to 4.60 and sheep and lambs steady to lower. grain futures, butter, and cheese mostly unchanged.
Justice O Gorman approves the Oriental Bank plan for immediate full payment of depositors. The decision removes Jackson's receivers and restores control to the New York State banking department. Brevity note: plan includes consent from depositors and involves transferring funds and assets back to the state authorities.
London reports Robert Fleming will travel to the United States to represent English debenture holders in financing the Chicago Great Western Railroad. The committee aims to examine the property to gauge mortgage potential and capital needs and to draft a plan for reorganization with American stockholders.
The New York cotton market opened steady to 4 points lower as trade rumors and railroad receivership talk weigh on near months. Declines narrowed after sporadic covering and local demand, but gains faded, leaving prices near the day’s lows. Southern spots mostly steady to 1% lower. receipts light and visible supply expected to fall modestly.
President Roosevelt discussed buffalo hunting practices with Osage chiefs in the White House visit. Ne-kah-wah-she-tun-kah led the delegation of Oklahoma's Osage, with several warriors, some fluent in English, as they talked about how Indians formerly shot buffalo and left the animals for skinning by others.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Labor Commissioner Neill will start mediation Tuesday under the Erdman law between Southern Railway officials and employees. The private conference at the Interstate Commerce Commission will address wages only, with all railroad and trainmen groups having the chance to present their positions. The mediators act as conciliators, not a board of arbitration, aiming for amicable understanding and an agreed settlement.
Roosevelt writes to the Indiana Manufacturers' Association supporting Congress enacting a child labor regulation bill for the District of Columbia and territories if states fail to act. The association reportedly organizes a fund to defeat the Beveridge bill.
United States troops sent to Goldfield Nevada to quell mining riots three months ago will break camp today and return to their posts at the Presidio and Monterey California. No official word from the War Department on whether the state can maintain order.
A treaty of arbitration between the United States and Mexico has been agreed and will be signed soon by Roat for the United States and Senor Don Jose F. Godoy acting Mexico’s first secretary in Creel's absence. The pact mirrors the France accord ratified by the Senate. Final drafts of postal treaties with Italy and France are prepared and sent abroad. Postmaster General Meyer expects them in operation by next summer.
Experienced agents sought to sell top quality life insurance from the healthy, reputable Equitable Life of New York. The Washington manager, Gessge C. Kordan, invites capable men with or without experience for prompt employment. Bond Building, 210 Bond Building, Washington.
New Orleans March 6 Secretary Hester reports the visible world cotton supply totals 4,685,189 bales for the period. American cotton 3,424,315 bales, other nations including Egypt, Brazil, and India 1,280,876. World afloat and held in Britain and Europe 3,702,000. in Egypt 244,000. in India 893,000. in the United States 1,116,000.
New York March 6 The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company arranged with Speyer and Co of New York for a one year extension of five thousand dollar secured gold notes maturing April 1 at per cent per annum. Berlin March 6 A Reichsbank central committee meeting is called for tomorrow to cut the bank rate by one half of 1 per cent.
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