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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
33
Reading Union Pacific and other leading issues hit new highs amid renewed buying by powerful interests. The market showed buoyancy near the close with copper and steel advancing, while fears of liquidation eased as broad demand supported a late surge.
The President Home of the Stock Exchange drew praise from fellow members after addressing the American Institute of Banking on Thursday. He defended exchanges against critics who know little about their practice and regulatory framework. In market notes, Capital Traction traded up to 101 1 4, with about 5,000 shares sold. Columbia bonds showed no bids at 166 3 4, and Washington Railway and Electric common saw no sellers at 24. Bank shares remained dull yet steady, while American National traded around 150. Maj Melene, longtime Treasury official, was back at his desk after illness.
Closing quotations from the Washington Stock Exchange show mixed American, railroad, and utility stocks with yields and prices across Capital Traction, Washington Railway and Electric, Columbi a Railroad, Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, and Washington Gas. Notable entries include 110% for Capital Traction and 6 at 65 for Washington Gas, with numerous bonds and miscellaneous stocks listed in the period's market snapshot.
In New York the bond and stock markets show weakness with mixed receipts and noteable price shifts. Agricultural items like poultry and dairy encounter price changes, while staples such as vegetables reflect varying supply levels. London and domestic markets close firm with several yields and rates reported.
New York stock and commodity notes show butter eggs and cheese receipts with totals for 2498 packages in Western factory firsts and 2521 cases, with quotes on hogs poultry fat and flour. Wheat corn oats and other grains list steady to firm tones with foreign shipment influence and weekly export figures. prices for butter eggs and lard noted.
The bulletin notes a further decline in cotton with a volatile session, May and July positions pressured by lower cables. Bearish South notes and slow demand weigh on prices, with exporters cautious and near-term futures showing modest recoveries before closing. Market activity centers on speculative liquidation, weather impacts in the South, and mixed interior reports.
Market report from Baltimore shows rigged figures for flour, corn, oats, and cotton with mixed futures. Export receipts for corn and wheat noted, alongside cattle, pigs, and sheep movements, while world visibility of cotton, India, and other regions fluctuates amid varied market tones and anticipated year-end trends.
New York March 12 Roosevelt rumor circulates that a presidential message may be sent or a statement made soon to reassure markets. Copper shares Amalgamated, American Smelting and United States Steel rise as traders speculate on supply and price movements.
Charles W Morse gains temporary leverage in his bid to avoid bankruptcy as Charles A Hanna receiver for the National Bank of North America and two former employees press claims totaling nearly 9 hundred thousand dollars. Judge Holt postponed a receiver appointment while status of petitioners is resolved, with Morse’s counsel arguing some claims are invalid.
New York March 1 directors of the Southern Railway Company took no action on the reserve stock dividend at their meeting. No official explanation was given for the lack of action and earnings for the past six quarters were cited as a factor. The previous October cut the semiannual disbursement from 2 1 2 to 1 1 2 percent. prior to that 5 percent annual on preferred stock was paid. Authorities noted rate legislation and capacity limits affected earnings and prompted expectations of a dividend decision today.
The Treasury Department purchased 1000 ounces of silver for delivery at Denver at 66 7 27 cents per ounce. Railway Engineers invite President J Hanahan, grand master, to attend their next convention in Columbus Ohio in September. The President declined the invitation.
Plans prepared for Thames H Plkford by A Ho Beers to erect an eight story apartment house on the southwest corner of Twentieth and i sinpels northwest opposite the old Blame mansion now the property of George Westinghouse. The $125,000 building will have forty apartments of six and seven rooms each with main entrance on Twentieth Street.
In Trenton on March 18 Chancellor Garrison denied the Canadian Improvement Company’s bid for an injunction to block J y Tatnall Lea and other Philadelphia bankers and Kuhn Loeb & Co of New York from voting Lake Superior Corporation stock pledged to secure loans. The Lake Superior Company owns a Canadian railroad and Ontario plants with assets about 2,200,000. the bankers claim stock voting rights while the Canadian Improvement Company disputes it.
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