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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1908
Page
2
A Washington Post report from New York on March 20 notes stock prices rose in the late trading amid a general market lull. Gains ranged one to two points with Reading and Union Pacific among leaders, while continued idle shares and foreign market pause shaped the day’s overall tone.
Wall Street gossip centers on market strength and skepticism toward railroad moves. Union Pacific, New York Central, and American Locomotive Company are scrutinized amid alleged manipulations and a big engine purchase funded by equipment bonds. The United States Steel report boosts confidence, while crop news hints at wheat price opportunities and trader caution.
Mr Ward Thoran resigns after about ten years as auditor for the American Security and Trust Company to become chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Railway and Electric corporation. The market shows varied activity with Potomac Electric bonds at 102 1 4 and Washington Railway and Electric at 163 8 bid. Traders National sees brisk inquiry with shares advancing, while Graphophone preferred remains dormant at 60. Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Georgetown declares a 4 percent extra dividend payable in April. Edmund Wolfe elected vice president of the Washington Mechanics Savings Bank, adding to his long service since 1906.
The report lists Treasury rates and bids, with various bills and bonds steady. It covers livestock prices for cattle hogs and sheep, plus lambs calves and cows, and notes a steady to firm dairy and cheese market. Fresh and dressed poultry and meats show varied wholesale pricing, while vegetables and fruits list Yukon potatoes onions apples oranges and other produce with current price ranges.
New York market reports weak for corn and oats with larger country offerings. Wheat futures fell late as bearish South West crop news and Argentina shipments weighed. May and July closes near session lows. Spot markets for No 4 to No 2 grades showed modest strength in wheat and mixed oats values.
Chicago wheat and corn futures opened weak and eased further as favorable crop conditions and strong Argentine shipments weighed on prices. May wheat opened lower, traded down to 16 and closed around 16 to 25 cents, with weak daily activity and heavy receipts cited. Provisions also fell, while weekly exports showed sizable totals and receipts from Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago rose.
New York cotton opened higher on bullish census figures but sold off to fresh season lows before finishing steady. May eased about 18 points, with overall declines of 16 to 17 points from the prior day. Trading volume around 850,000 bales, with sentiment pressured by a reported plan to curtail production on alternating weeks, though analysts doubted the impact would exceed 6,000 bales. Southern spot markets were steady to slightly lower.
The London market shows advances with copper and lead up, spot and futures mixed, and local quotes firmer across metals. Copper and BoeTer move, iron and foundry metals hold with modest local gains amid steady tone and nominal changes in several grades.
New Orleans March 20 Secretary Heaters statement on the world visible supply of cotton lists 4,602,242 bales total for the world, down from 4,606,004 last week and 5,987,400 last year. American cotton is 3,324,964, with higher kinds at 1,059,876 and regional stocks across Britain Europe Egypt India and the United States totaling 2,576,000 in Britain Europe and 1,054,000 in the United States.
The United States Steel Corporation reports a banner year with gross receipts of 757,044,767 and a surplus net income of 69,179,836 for 1907. Despite economic setbacks from the fall 1907 crisis, orders for early 1908 show steady gains, with January and February bookings improving over prior months.
New York appellate division unanimously held the state law authorizing the comptroller to inspect the books of any person or firm involved in stock sales or brokerage to enforce a tax unconstitutional. The ruling cites Article I section 10 protection against self incrimination as the basis for invalidating the provision.
Live stock and grain prices across New York and Baltimore spot light cattle steers and cows up to 20 higher, lambs rising, hogs strong with best heavier types up, and exports for cattle quarters. Wheat and corn show dull to steady trade while butter eggs and cheese hold firm with modest shifts in prices.
In New York on March 20 refined sugar prices rose by 10 cents per hundred pounds. North Lima, South Lima and Indians market areas reported higher balances and averages. Oil quotations from Oi City Pa show balances and averages with figures for credit and deposits.
The census report shows the cotton crop in 1187 produced 11,261,168 running bales with an average gross weight of 501.8 pounds per bale, down from 510.9 last year. State totals list Alabama 1,126,028 and Texas 2,271, etc, with linters and round bales counted and tonnage converted to 1,000-pound units. overall running bales equal 13,302,872 twenty-five hundred pound bales.
Teeten reports in tomorrow's Boston Commercial that copper remains active and strong with prices around 12 49 and 12 10 per pound for spectrolytic material. Domestic buyers are acquiring copper for delivery up to ninety days, with several millions of pounds sold for April and May. A cleaner copper stockpile and cleaner market tone buoy sentiment, though political developments could chill demand. If prices stay low, sheet copper may see large demand due to renewed electrical development, potentially lifting copper above 14 or 34 cents.
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