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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1916

Page

2

Securities Trade and Industry Summary Early March

Trading today centered on war shares and staples with gains in Crucible Steel and Baldwin Locomotive. United States Steel faced steady pressure as coppers mercantile marine and woolen stocks advanced on strong annual reports. London remittances eased, marks weakened, and equities closed with broad price hardening in late trading.

New York Cominy Mercantile Marine Preferred Alifornia Patraleum Common Preferred Texas Company

New York Bond Market Deepens Mix of Corporates and Rail

A March 7 market note lists diverse bonds including American Cotton Oil American Tobacco Anglo American Tel and Telco Bethlehem Steel Chicago and North Western and New York Central issues. Prize quotes span from 102 to 127 and cover utilities railroads and manufacturing names with varied maturities and yields.

New York American Agricultural American Tel Telco Ain Log We. Ae Armour & Co Atchison Kem Atchison Co Atlantic Coast Line Con Baltimore and Ohio Tattingore Ohio Flathlehem Steel Hrooklvna Transit Central of Crorgia Con Central Leather Central Pacific Wheatpethe S&shesapeake Tattago B Quincy Joint Quincy Chicage Western Chicago Wal St Po Ev Sa Chicane Mil St P Wen Beaver Desailers Securities Haileex Serlea Waris Wea Cee Traneral Mlectei Elereat Northern Ist Miners Central Kinels Steel Interborough Rapic Transit Interborough Met Wa Tot Mar Marine Dts Peat Kanaeag City Southern Inckawanna Steel Sa Lake Shore Lagwelt & Myorg Sm Lorllard Leumrilla Nashville Missour, Kans Texas Missouri Pacific Can Montana Power New York Central Ref New York City States Steel irginia-Carolina Chemical Western Union Sotee Eee Mastinghouse Electric

Investments of 20 Million Planned by Sparrows Point Steel

New York reports outline bold expansion plans by major steel outfits. Charles M Schwab linked American Steel to a $20,000,000 upgrade at Sparrows Point near Baltimore. United States Steel Corp faces large projects, while Midvale seeks war order funding as part of a broad U S steel driven growth.

New York Lake Superior Rocky Mountain States Baltimore United States Far West Cuba Chile Steel Company Charles M. Schwab American Steel Company Sparrows Point Midvale Company Midvale United States Steel Corporation Europe

Government bonds report with metal quotes and futures

New York on March 7 reports copper at 28.00 to 28.50 for nearby and June or later at 27.25 to 27.50. LRON firm and unchanged. Tin futures and spot quoted. London copper futures at £99, electrolytic at £136, spot tin £196, futures £185 Se.

New York Metal Exchange London

Three U S steel firms to invest up to 100 million

New capital by three major steel manufacturers may total as much as 100 million dollars. United States Steel Company leads a shift from wartime expectations toward domestic demand and expanded foreign trade. Managers express astonishment at current business levels, with orders potentially exceeding eight million tons if all placed. Holland.

United States United States Steel Company Europe Steel Corporation Holland

New York Produce Prices and Market Notes

New York reports March 1 prices across dairy butter cheese live poultry sugar flour beef and lard. Butter receipts 9 150 creamery extras 92 score 3 714 creamery higher scoring 38 38 percent. Cheeses firm receipts 1 959 state whole milk specials 18 white 17 percent. Live poultry uncertain prices for dressed chickens fowls turkeys. Sugar steady to firm with raw centrifugal 5 36 molasses 4 59 refined up 15 apparent. Lard easy in middle West 10 7 to 10 86.

New York Hennery Middle West

Oil Quotations From Oil City March Report

Oil City Pa March 7 credit balance lapse 2 50 runs 95337 average 64457 shipments 4195 average 43622.

Oil City Credit Ballapse Shipmenta

Local Financial and Business Notes Market Downtick Mixed Activity

The local stock market showed dull trading with wide bid ask gaps and no clear trend. Lanston saw demand with a 70 bid and close at 71, while Washington Railway and Electric preferred traded at 81 and Washington Gas at 76. Potomac Electric and American Graphophone bids moved, but no sales occurred. bonds were steady though inactive with Capital fraction 63 at 108.

Lanston Washington Railway and Electric Washington Gas New York Bank and Trust Company Potomac Electric Consolidated American Graphophone Georgetown Corte Hlec Capital Traction Co P. River Yuar Biec E. Power Con Mig Elec Power Ist C. and P. Telephone General Fund Treasury United States W. M Federal Reserve N. and W. Steamboat Bs Riggs Realty National Bank Riggs Wash Elec. Com Philippines Eee Mergenthaler Linotype Greene-Cananea Copper Capital Columbia Commercialial District Farmers and Mechanics Federal Lincoln Washington Trust Company Am Security and Trust Nat'l Savings and Trust Union Trust Company Wash. Loan and Trust Continental Savings Bank Horde Commerce and Savings Eaat Com Arlington Corcoran National Union Columbia Ponies el Ea Aen Chapin-Sacks D. of C. Paper Mfg. Co Merchants Trans. and &Security Washington Market Washington Gen Wash. Ruy Potomac Con Capital Traction Wash. Ru Elec. Pid Georgetown Gas Washington Utilities Mergenthaler Linotype

Local Stock Exchange Sales Regular Call Noon

Capital Traction Railroad 6s with 1000 at 198 under call. Consolidated Potomac Electric 6s at 99 percent. American Graphophone Jet 6s at 1060 at 99. Washington Railway and Electric preferred at 31. Langton Monotype 20 at 70, 26 at 70, 14 at 70. After call Washington Railway and Electric 4s at 805% for 1000.

Capital Traction Railroad Potomac Electric Consolidated Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Langton Washington Railway and Electric

Copper stocks gain as Mexican Petrol stock resumes dividends

Wall Street reports Mexican Petrol eum preferred stock resumes quarterly 2 percent dividend after suspending payments since 1913. Stock sold at 100 and closed yesterday. Anaconda and Kennecott copper stocks show modest gains while general copper trade improves. John D. Ryan of Anaconda declines to comment on Paris dispatches about a Bolivian mine option involvement by a U S syndicate led by John D Ryan and Charles Sabin. B B Thayer travels to South America to inspect Anaconda mines and Bolivia visit plans.

New York Mexican Petroleum John D. Ryan Anaconda Copper Mining Company Cabie Paris Melamere Rentall John D. Hyan Charles Sabin Guaranty Trust Company Corocore United Copper Company Bolivia B. B. Thayer South America

New York Cotton Market Edges Higher Then Dips

In New York on March 7 the cotton market saw initial demand push prices up briefly for May to 11.65 but closes at 11.64 as offerings increased. The overall list stayed barely steady with most last prices down 13 to 18 points. March 11.44, May 11.64, July 12.34, October 11.98, December 12.15.

New York

Chicago Grain Prices Fall On Dardanelles Reopening Hopes

Chicago market closes with wheat and other futures lower as traders weigh potential Dardanelles reopening. May wheat at 113 1 3/4 to 139 1/2, July 110 1 1/4 to 111 1/2. corn and oats down. cash grain bids listed for No 2 and No 3 varieties. Industry notes unsettled tone across grains and provisions.

Chicago Dardanelles

Local Produce Market Prices and Poultry Goods Listing

A detailed catalog of live poultry and dressed meat prices with per pound rates for hens roosters ducks and turkeys, plus dairy eggs butter and cheese, and an extensive vegetables and green fruits price table listing regional varieties and container units. Names of products and price ranges appear for Virginia New York Florida California and New York markets.

New York State Virginia Florida California New York Brussels

Washington cattle market report summary

Hogs sold in various categories with dressed, small, and medium weights. Sheep, veal calves, lambs noted with percentages and price bands. Market activity reflects moderate demand and shifting weight classes across the session.

First Mortgage Trusts Offered as gilt edge DC investments

The Safest Investments are those that do not fluctuate during disturbed conditions of the money or stock market. First deeds of trust notes in the District of Columbia constitute gilt-edge investments. They are well secured on real estate and exempt from taxation or personal property. We supply investments from $500 upward. Swartzell Rheem Hensey Co. 727 Fifteenth Street NW.

District of Columbia

New York Grain Reports Mixed Grain Prices and Futures

Spot wheat bids show weakness with No 1 durum at 13212 and No 2 hard at 1 27 14. Northern grade futures ease at May at 1 214 percent. Corn spot No 2 yellow at 83 34 cents. Oats spot standard prices listed, No 3 white at 48 cents and related figures.

New York Duluth Manitoba

Cottonseed Oil Market Prices Reported in New York

In New York on March 7, the cottonseed oil market listed prime crude at 9.20 with 6.0 percent, prime summer yellow spot at 10.30, and futures for March 10.25, April 10.00, May 18.43, June 16.20, July 101, August 10.22, September 10.10, October 9.10.4. Prime winter yellow traded 10.50 to 11.00, prime summer white 10.25 to 11.00.

New York March Mass New Orleans Galveston Mobile SaVannas Ne Charleston Wilmington Texas City Norfolk Baltimore Boston Philadelphia TLL Galvester Savannah Mdlg. Repts Houston Memphis Augusta Cincinnet Little Rosal Auguste St. Louis

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