Market notes mark dull activity amid Teutonic exchange suspensions
Finance and commerce dispatch from New York reports a cautious middle day with little trading outside professional circles. After an early scare over Teutonic exchange suspensions, rates in Berlin and Vienna firmed, while issue activity rose for Sinclair and Midvale Steel. February imports and exports reached 467.683 million dollars, with rail and bond markets showing mixed moves and United States Steel among the notable movers.
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Serondars
Teheh Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
February earnings high for Baltimore and Ohio railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported February gross earnings of 8 665 656, a February record, with operating costs rising 452 927 due to coal price increases. Net earnings fell to 1 824 190, down 112 448 from last year despite higher revenue. Also coverage: Pennsylvania Railroad bond issue, American Shipbuilding dividend, and Bank of France and Bank of England balance changes.
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New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Bond Market Highlights March 29
New York reports mixed bond and bill rates with 60 day and 90 day bills at 4.71 to 4.70 percent. Sterling bills quoted solid while cables show varied yields. Gold and silver prices steady as government loans and shares display modest activity. Strong entities include Mercantile and Mexican government issues with notable rate movements.
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New York
Mercantile Parer
New York Stock Market Prices March 29 1917 Report
New York market notes show butter firm with receipts 4,469 creamery grades 44 45, eggs firm with 19,358 receipts, cheese steadier with 1,105 receipts, poultry dressed and alive firm with chicken and turkey prices varying. Flour, beef, pork and lard remain strong with lard at Middle West 20.80.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Middle West
Stock Exchange Report of Noon Call and After Call
Local market notes show Capital Traction Railroad 6s at 104 percent for $500, Washington Railway and Electric 4s at 80 percent for $1,000 and 801 percent for another $1,000, Lanston Monotype 20 at 70, and after call Petoma Electric Consolidated 5s with $1,000 at 190 percent and $1,000 at 100 percent. Columbia Title Insurance 22 at 4 percent. Capital Traction Railroad 5s for $1,500 at 105 percent. Firemen's Fire Insurance 6 at 1944. Capital Traction 1 at 82 percent. American Graphophone Rights 12-10 at 8h.
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Capital Traction Railroad
Washington Railway
Ellectric
Lanston Monotype
Petoma
Eilectric Consolidated
Columbia Title Insurance
Capital Traction
GAB
Ind Bs
Georgetown Gas
Ace Washington Gas
Capital Traction Co
Ana
Pot River
R. BR
Tee Ana. & Pot. River—Cg
City
Bub
Ene Metropolitan R. Rss
Ate Wash. Ry. & Bloc
Mar. Co
Mar Co
N. & W. Steamboat Ba
Riggs Realty
Paiaiatcle
Wash
Nee National Bank
American Capital
Columbia
District
Farmers & Mechanics
Federal
Lincoln
Washington Te Ofa
Trust Company
Stocka Amer, Security & Trust
National Savings & Trus
Bad Union Trust Company
Wash. Loan & Trust Co
Grapho. Com
Grapho
Security Storage Co
Washington Market
U. S. Reality Co
University Club
C. C
Gt. Palisa
Rev. & Elec, Ptd
Mergenthaler
Id Lanston
District National Bank
Continental Trust
Munescu Trust
Dupont National Bank
Franklin Nations Bank
Riggs National Bank
Exchange Bank
American Paper Can
Oklahoma
Local Produce Market Prices Across Poultry to Fruits
A snapshot of current market quotes listing alive poultry including Hena at 22 per lb, turkeys 28, spring chickens 26 27. New York state cheese at 25, butter quotes Elgin tub 43 prints 44. eggs near Virginia 28 and whites 31 32. vegetables with potatoes priced per barrel and box figures. peppers cucumbers carrots onions and tomatoes with varied per unit and crate rates. green fruits cover California and Florida oranges, lemons, apples and pineapples with multiple price points across boxes and crates.
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New York State
Elgin
Virginia
California
Florida
Live Stock Market Report From Chicago on March 29
Hog receipts 21 000 steady with mixed and light hogs selling from 10 50 to 16 20. Cattle receipts 4 600 steady with native beef cattle 9 10 to 12 90 and calves 9 50 to 14 00. Sheep receipts 14 000 firm with wethers 10 50 to 12 76 and lambs 12 00 to 15 35. Extra fancy Mexicans at 15 70.
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Ajax Rubber
Alaska Old M
Allis-Chalmers
Can
Car & Fdy
H.&l
wiLoLy
Agr Tel & Tel
Am Tobacco
TOR Aml Woolen
Atchison Pr
Ad Birm & Ai
S.N00
ALI G &W T
Balt & Qohio
Balt
Ohio Pr
2Nd Barrett Co
New York
Moat
Barrett
Tisay 2U
Batopitas Minit
Beth Steel
Beth, Steel
Aetna
Amer
Bily R
Butte Cop. & Hine
Can. Pacific
Rl&phw
Lima Locomotive
Cerro de Pasco
Jerome Verde
Louisiana Con
Chie & Alton
Lake Torpedo
Onchie Gt W. Pt
Magma Copper
Merritt Oil
Chic. & N W
Maxim Munes
RT & P
Met Petroleum
Chile
Martin Arms É
China
BT Midwest
Fuel &Trans
P&p
Submarine Corp
Cructhis Steel
United Motors
Wright Martin
Cuba
Ure Verde Ext. Ag
United Zinc
Edison Rts
R.R
Driggs
Ord
Erie
du Pont
Havana Tobacco
Havana Tob
Cal
Gulf S Si Pr
Ind
Tineis Central
St. OU
Kans
St. Ol
Ag Pf
Ing Copper
Neb
Ohio
Kan City
Pfl
Kelly & Tire
Lehigh Valley
Emma
Ctfa
Colonial Choc. Co
Louis. & Nash
West End Oil & Gas
Mackey Co. Pf
Yerington Mtn
Man. Shirt Co
Portland
Maxwell M. Co
Maxwell M
Miami
Midvale
St. L
Pacific Ctfs
Pac
snOjMo Pac Pf
Mont. Power
Nat. Biscuit
Enam
Nav. C. Copper
H.&h
Oo &West
Nort. & West
North Pacific
Ohio Cits
Ohio Gas Vta
Pacific Mail
Pacfic T. & T
Pan. Am.Pet Pf
Penn. Fi. Ee
U. S
U. BS
Ry Steel Sp
Rep. L
Rep
St. Pr
Royal
Seab AL L
Sears Roebk
Shattuck AL c
Sinclair
Sloss
South
Rypt
Studebaker
Tex. Co
Third Avenue
B.&p
New
Union Pacific
Union Pac
Sita
Uni. Alloy
Chicago
New York Cotton Advances on Tight Supplies
Relatively firm cables and near month strength sparked a sharp advance in the New York cotton market. Opening steady with first prices up, May waxed firm around 19.18 as gains by nearby contracts climbed 8 to 17 points. new crop progress was limited by favorable weather reports.
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New York
Close
Philadelphia Markets Report March 28 Summary
Philadelphia markets show firm to higher trends in dairy and grains. Butter and creamery products rise, eggs, cheese stable, wheat and corn advance with multiple price points across No 2 and No 3 yellow corn. Oats steady, poultry alive steady, dressed steady, and tallow unchanged.
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Philadelphia
Western Creamery Extra
Wheat market hits highest war price on record
Chicago grain reports May wheat at 1.99 a bushel as war surge and crop damage rumors lift futures to record highs since 1864. Market closes unsettled with cash grain values for No. 2 and No. 3 red wheat and other cereals listed alongside futures figures.
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Chicago
Nebraska
BK Bok
Baltimore Markets Wrapup March 29 Prices and Poultry Notes
Baltimore reports higher futures for Wheat and Corn with No 2 red at 2.14 and corn 1.27. Oats hold steady while poultry prices vary by live weight and method of sale. Eggs Butter and dairy products show Maryland Pennsylvania and Western firsts around 29 to 42 cents per pound with regional adjustments.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Southern
Virginia
Rolls
Pennesylvania
Washington Stock Exchange Notes and Dividends
Report of a quiet session with little trading and steady demand for active issues. Georgetown Gas attracted unusual attention with bids rising amid no stock offered, while Market leaders such as Mergenthaler and Capital Traction showed modest moves. Dividends were declared by The Columbia National Bank and the Eastern Light and Fuel Company, payable in April to record holders.
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Washington Stock Exchange
Washington Gas
Georgetown
Esse
Lansion
Wheat and corn futures report from New York market
Spot wheat shows strength with No 2 hard at 2.27 and No 1 Northern from Duluth at 2.28 and Manitoba 2.32. Corn spot No 2 yellow at 1.88 with one eighth, oats price 77 in farmer terms. Market notes from New York March 29.
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New York
Maren
Northern
Duluth
Manitoba
O. B
Armer
Standard
Washington cattle market hogs mixed at modest gains
Market report shows dressed hogs and various cattle categories with mixed results. Meats priced by weight range include medium to heavy classes, with calves and lambs noted and a fall percentage mentioned alongside numeric codes and dates.
Atterbury predicts public will tie labor unions to railroads
Pittsburgh March 29 W W Atterbury of Philadelphia president of the American Railway Association told about a thousand Traffic Club members that the public through their representatives will bind labor unions as tightly as railroads. He blamed railroad sins of the past for current regulation and urged big shippers to back an advance before the Interstate Commerce Commission to protect the country’s prosperity.
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Pittsburgh
W. W. Atterbury
Philadelphia
American Railway Association
Traffic Club of
Congress
Supreme Court
Rairoads
Atterbury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reserve Banks Split Government Loan of Fifty Million
The government borrowed 50 million dollars for 90 days and distributed the funds among the 12 Federal Reserve Banks led by New York with 20 million and Philadelphia 8.5 million. Oversubscription ran about 32 percent with total subscriptions around 66.65 million. Certificates likely issued April 2 bearing 2 percent annual interest, maturing July 1.
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Federal Reserve
New York
Beaton
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapola
Legislators Will Serve Without Pay If Session Called
Maryland lawmakers in Baltimore state they will serve without pay if Gov Harrington calls an extra session in mid April to handle wartime needs. The move parallels Virginia and other states organizing patriotic efforts while local contests announce prize winners in potato and corn clubs near Upper Marlboro. In Rockville, Sarah Harriss and Leo Hughes wed in a small ceremony at a Baptist minister’s home.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Harrington
Mrs Harriet Purdum Dead In Kensington At 74
Kensington Md March 29 Mrs Harriet B Purdum 74 died last night at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William F Matthews The funeral will be at 10 oclock Saturday from the Baptist Church at Cedar Grove Rockville Md March 29 Government appoints Otho H W Talbot Robert G Hilton Thomas Dawson Howard W Spurrier and Kenneth Waters of Montgomery county to the preparedness and survey commission of land
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Kensington
Harriet B. Purdum
William F. Matthews
Cedar Grove
Rockville
The Metal Market Report From New York and London
Copper prices show dull trading in New York with electrolytic spot and nearby at 33.00 to 35.06 for second quarter and 8100 to 32.00 for third quarter, while TRON remains firm. London quotes spot copper at £186 and futures at £185 10m electro, tin at £216 5s and futures £214 15s.
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New York
London
Cottonseed Oil Market Prices and Quotes
New York cites crude prices at 1240 for prime crude and 1400 for April. May 14.25, June 14135, July 1419, August 14.13, September 14.10, October 13.64, November 1324. Credit balances show 3.05 with 164,705 runs and average 5. Shipments total 40,756 with average 47,381.
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New York
City
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Toe Epson
Fran Side
Miami Consolidated
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Harry Lefkovits
Securities
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Daily Market News
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W. W. Easterday & Co
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Mer
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Tren
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Day-Bristol Group of Mines
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George Graham Rice
Daily Market Letter
Industrial and Mining Age
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Phillips & Sager, Inc
New York Ave
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Fifteenth Street
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Ralph W. Lee
Colorado Bldg
14Th
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