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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1907

Page

3

Weak market dullness marks New York stock day

The New York stock market closed dull with smaller net changes as speculators pressed declines in the face of diverging influences. Smelting and Tennessee Coal and Iron were notably weak, while rumors about credit and a easing money conditions point to tentative relief in the broader credit money situation.

Tennessee New York Wall Street Keading Common Sterling Exchange Europe London Bank of England

The Metal Market London Prices Slump and Shift

New York reports a further sharp break in the London metal market with spot at 186 pounds and futures at 193 1/2. Copper, lead, zinc, and tin show mixed moves while market activity remains quiet. spot and futures vary across London and the focal market with several grades and foundries quoted.

New York Mar Tia London Futurea Ag Jake

Wall Street Gossip and Market Movements Summary

Special to The Washington Post reports on Tennessee Coal and Iron pool stability, price jumps to 150 and heavy trading in Reading and DuPont Pacific. Banking rumors fade as investigators find no confirmed failures. Missouri Pacific January earnings rise, bond prices drop, auto orders canceled.

Washington Post New York Tennessee Coal and Iron Tennessee Coal and Fron Post Hoasca Dell

New York Money Market Steady Amid Complex Rates

New York money market shows steady call rates around 4.416 percent with various bills and discounts quoted. Sterling exchange reflects actual bankers' bills at 4.8905 for demand and 4.7850 for sixty days, with government and railroad bonds described as steady or irregular.

New York Sterling Exchange

Oil Quotations from City On Line Mar 29

Credit balances 173 range 108,309 average 117,899 shipments 209,608 average 163,564. Toledo Mar OTE North Lima BI South Line end Indiana 89.

City Rane Toledo Mar Lima Indiana

Washington stock market closes with mixed quotes across rails

Closing bid quotations reveal widespread activity in Washington stocks and bonds. Rail and electric issues show varied gains and losses with many issues quoted at 80 to 89. Prices for utilities, banks, and cleaning firms move in narrow ranges amid postcall trading. districts note several 1900s and 1910s issues at diverse marks.

Saleo Washington Railway and Etectek Washington, Railway and Clectric Preferred Washington Gax Lanaton Greene Copper National City Bank Rigza Nations Bank Riggs Fire Insurance call—District of Columibia Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Capital Traction Potomac Electric Washington Hallway Stock Exchange Philippine Land Purchase Diatrict of Columbia Washington Gas Company Capital Traction Railroad Amacontia and Potomac Ts City and Buburbag Railroad Columbia, Mailroad Columbia Falirona Metropolitan Railroad Chesapeakend Potomac Telephone Washington Market Company Public Utility Capris Traction Washington Railway and Eteatrie Common Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Washington Gas Georgetown Gas Washington, Alazabdrla Mount Vernon Chesapeake and Potomis Telephone atocka—Mergenthaler Linotype Lanaton Monotype Reena Copper Mitchell Mining Company National American Capital Antral National City Columbia Commercial Farmers’ and Mechanics Lincoln Metropolitan, Ltd Wat Washington Washington Waohange Bank Trust Company Amstican Security and ‘Trust National Safe Deposit and Trust Union ‘Trust Company Washington Loan and Trust Washington Safe Deposit Walon Savings Bank Home Savings Bank Union Savings Bank Merchants and Mechanics Southern Public Service Corporation Graphophone Security Storage Company Nesby Approiedl Agency Washington Market Tidetly Storage ‘Company Mercnants’ Transifer and Storage Company

Washington Produce Market price quotations summary

MARKET NEWS reports quoted wholesale prices for eggs and dairy items with firm demand signals. Eggs and butter show mixed movements amid sufficient supplies, while live poultry, dressed poultry, meats, and vegetables list current price ranges by region and grade across Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and surrounding areas.

Uenter Virginia Westarm New York State Maine State Charleston Florida Colary California Hale Norfolk Jattage New Orleans York Imperial Ben Davis

Grain market report from New York shows mixed grains movement

New York grain market on March 20 shows wheat steady to lower with late selling, corn receipts at 150,000 bushels with exports 4,830, oats receipts 79,500 with spot firm. No. 2 red wheat quoted around 82% elevator and nearby futures May and July shifts noted amid milling demand.

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New York Cotton Market Grips Active Irregular Day

New York cotton trading showed brisk activity and sharp fluctuations as the Census report hit around midday. Day’s business totaled about 360,000 bales with May closing near 9.48, after brief climbs and declines driven by short-covering and bull support amid varied cables and weather steady.

W. B. Hibbs & Co. Bankers and Brokers F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchanges Chicago Board of Trade New York Zoetnek Shorts Pelson Houston Pelling Cenaus

New York Market Report on Butter Eggs and More

New York prices on butter cheese eggs and poultry show firmness and steady to unchanged trends. Receipts for butter eggs flour and other commodities are listed with regional and official price ranges and notes on quality and delivery by state and western sources.

New York Oficia Extra Pennsylvanii

Sweet Potatoes Quiet at Cabages in Trade Report

Market notes show quiet activity for sweet potatoes and dull conditions at cabbage shipments. Prices listed include 9.08, 116.65, with crude Cara Mims references and miscellaneous notations.

Baltimore Markets shows mixed grain prices and steady freight

Budget of Baltimore market reports from March 20 notes steady to unchanged conditions across grains. Wheat and corn show dull trading with specific bid ranges for No 2 red Western and various futures months, while oats and rye firming slightly and hay steady. grain freights unchanged.

Washington Cattle Market Report and Prices

Washington cattle market reports choice calf grades selling at steady quotations with watergrades neglected. Spring lambs weighing forty pounds or more in good demand. thin lambs not wanted. Rigorous stock inspection discourages very young calves. Cattle prices listed alongside hogs and calves. Reading declares 2 percent semi annual dividend on second preferred stock.

Reading Philadelphia Reading Railway Company

Live Stock Markets Report From New York and Chicago

Market data shows beef receipts 920 with prices mostly steady and fat cattle in demand. Calves, sheep, hogs mixed, grain markets closing weak with May wheat around 7 3/4 and corn near 47 cents amid receipts and market volatility.

Steel Supply Impaired by Flood Hits Pittsburgh Mills

The Tran s Grade Review reports a Pittsburgh flood that banked 38 furnaces and cut production by about 50,000 tons of iron, crippling steel works in the area. Carnegie Steel and Jones & Laughlin idled furnaces, finishing mills shut four days to a week, and several plants across major firms faced temporary operations suspensions.

Cleveland Ohio Mar Trans Grade Pittsburg Carnegia Steel Company Jones & Laughlin Steel Company American Sheet and Tin Plate Company National Tube Company Idiiness Sevral Bessemer Steel Works Steel Corporation New York Air Brake Company New York General Electric Company Philadelphia Middleborough Seaboard Southern Iron Birmingham Carnegie Steel Company Bessemer Valley Cambria Steel Company Mits American Bridge Company San Francisco California

Baltimore and Ohio Earnings Rise in February 1907

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports February 1907 earnings of 5,959,293 with expenses of 4,476,967 and net earnings of 1,462,326, compared to February 1906 figures. For the eight months ending February, gross earnings rose to 54,076,050 while expenses grew to 95,670,197. net wet earnings fell to 13,405,812. The statement covers B and O companies including Ohio River Railroad and Pittsburg lines.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company Ohio River Railroad Company Westpreps Short Line Railroad Ripley and Mill Creek Valley Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company Pittsburg

Census Cotton Report on 1906 Output

The Census Bureau fixes the 1906 cotton crop at 12,290,677 bales including linters and half bales, vs 10,785,002 in 1905. Average bale weight is 610.7 pounds, crop in 500 pound bales 13,576,226, with 155,704 bales remaining to be ginned. Ginneries operated during the season totaled 28,702.

Census Bureau

Merchants and Miners transportation reelects officers at meeting

At Baltimore Missouri the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company annual stockholder meeting re-elected the retiring board of directors with no capital stock increase. Afterward a likely stockholders meeting will be called to approve a contract with the New York Hartford line to acquire the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company. The board then re-elected all current officers.

Baltimore Mer Merchants and Miners’ Transportation, Company New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Boston and Philadelphia, Steamship Company

Roads Cruel to Cause Violations Highlighted

Secretary Wison of the Department of Agriculture forwarded to the Department of Justice twenty nine new livestock car violation cases against major railroads. The law prohibits keeping animals on cars without food water and rest for more than twenty eight hours. Penalties reach up to 500 dollars per case. Railroads named include Chicago Burlington and Quincy Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern New York Central Salt Lake Los Angeles and San Pedro Great Northern Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Union Pacific Northern Pacific Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Santa Fe EL Lou and others with varying cage counts.

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Tariff Schedule Order by Enterstge Aters Commission

An order issued yesterday by the Enterstge Aters Commission requires railroads operating under the interstate commerce act to duplicate their tariff filings with the commission after April 1. The extra copy will raise railroad costs, a small matter to some observers. Also includes a brief dialogue excerpt about a mother advising her daughter on a doctor with red hair and future gray hair.

Enterstgeaters Commission Commission Meggendorfer Blatter Sophie

World-wide trends shape tariff fears and 1900s election talks

The piece argues that even with a protective tariff, global conditions threaten U S business. It notes Britain faces financial unrest after the Boer War and debt, Germany seeks reduced industrial activity, and rising money capital cannot meet demand. It questions next year's election impact if hard times reduce wages or demand for labor.

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