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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
26
The market lists bonds from numerous states and rail lines including Colorado, Missouri, Texas, and New Jersey. Notes reference Central and Western railway securities, utilities, and industrials with varied maturities and par values amid a broad national issuance slate.
Baltimore market report shows flour and meal receipts at 1 043, with mixed grain values across wheat corn oats and rye. Prices listed for No 2 red Western wheat, Southern corn, oats, and butter and cheese markets, with steady to unchanged cash and freight levels and notable receipts and exports for corn and other staples.
Washington wholesale market notes supply and prices across eggs butter dairy meat poultry and vegetables with steady demand in a Virginia West Virginia North Carolina region. Includes detailed per pound and per barrel values for hens eggs turkeys chickens ducks goose beef pork and fresh produce fruits and staples.
The New York cotton market surged with heavy trade support as prices climbed to the day’s top, with July and June futures rising amid ongoing buying. Reports of improved demand from Liverpool and Southern sources, plus weather and replanta tion expectations in the Western belt, buoyed sentiment and kept prices near session highs.
Market notes show uncertain figures with oil quotations and daily balances. Distribution and average shipment data appear incomplete with several garbled terms and inconsistent figures in the April report.
Signs of liquidations dominated trading with a heavy sell pressure on Wall Street. Foreign buying remained weak as prices fell abroad, while discount rates eased in Paris and Berlin. Gold movements from New York aided foreign finances but did not spark a rebound. Volume fell to about half of the prior week, with declines in transportation and steel sectors. Analysts note a tentative stabilization in some issues, but overall sentiment points to cautious optimism amid ongoing financing concerns.
Traders described Great Northern as lagging after a rise, with stock failing to hold 128 and retreating. Reports note rising Northern Pacific strength and 30,000,000 more shares to trade, plus concerns over dividend coverage and a bearish tone from recent price action and short-covering activity.
On the market there was little tangible action as bids and offerings were withdrawn at the option of bidders. Washington Railway and Electric common saw a prompt bid at 33 with offerings at 34 and a closing bid of 32 1/2 but no trades completed. Large banking interests benefited from declines, with buying power indicated to rise toward 85, and shares showing a $20 per share advance from earlier lows. Rumors persist about a change in control of a major downtown bank, suggesting a deal may close soon.
New York money market reports easy money on call at 1X2% and higher. Sterling exchange heavy with actual business quiet but firm. bankers' bills quoted around 4.67 to 4.87 for demand and 4.8450 for 60 day bills. Commercial bills 4.5% to 4.75%. government bonds steady while railroad bonds show irregular activity. Bar silver at 52 cents. Meafean dollar at 47.
A crude price list from Washington shows cattle prices per ewt and per pound for cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs, calves and cows. It lists Estra and butcher rates, prime and ordinary grades, with fractions and decimals scattered through the table. Names of items include cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs, calves and cows, with inconsistent formatting throughout.
New York April 30 Wheat receipts 4,000 with No 2 red at 1.06% to 1.08% elevator and May futures at 1.061 4, while May corn at 1.64 to 1.64 0 and oats at 23 to 25 pounds. Market shows higher cables and continued cold West weather lifting prices, with May 1.06 to 1.07 and July 0.96 to 1.3 for wheat futures.
Chicago grain notes show wheat closing strong on export demand and cold Western weather. July wheat fluctuated with cash and export sales supporting futures. corn rose then fell on Argentina export estimates while oats stayed steady. Hog prices weakened late as packers sold, with overall market nervous yet firm on near-term cash demand.
A George Washington University property transfer to the United States is recorded, with the government paying about 200000 for the square bounded by Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets NW. Nearby sales include a Massachusetts Avenue apartment house sold near 100000, and a Thirteenth Street NW building for about 15000. Other notable deals involve a large Nineteenth Street NW residence sold for around 5000, plus multiple permits for two story brick dwellings on Third Street NW and Marlboro Place. Additional plans cover a two story and attic dwelling at 3440 Thirty Fourth Street and a Saurs subdivision home, while local church construction is proposed in Brunswick, Md., in Flemish bond colonial style with a square bell tower.
District Attorney Jerome told Commissioner Hund that he did not present the so called Nylic manipulation before any grand jury. The Armstrong committee linked losses at New York Life to bonds sold via Kidder Peabody and a $1,006,000 transfer, with profits traced to offshore dealings. Jerome found no criminal intent by George W. Perkins in the Nyne agency context.
Chicago reports Howard Ogilvie former University of Wisconsin student known for elopement and death by his own hand was sentenced to a year in the house of correction for passing bogus checks. He used an alias Sumner Osborne and reportedly attended several Western universities and even his fraternity.
In New York on April 30 stockholders of Equitable Trust and Mercantile Trust voted down their merger plan. Despite prior litigation against the merger by minority stockholders, dividends were declared at 9 percent for Equitable and 3 percent for Mercantile, at regular rates covering the interim period.
New York sees receipts of 2244 cattle and 435 calves with steady demand for dressed beef and veal. Sheep and lambs total 4310 with mixed prices for various grades. Hogs reach 1087 with slightly higher quotes. Buffalo area reports Maryland pigs at 5.26. Chicago notes cattle receipts are estimated.
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