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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1907

Page

6

Sharp Stock Decline Amid Bear Activity and Crop Woes

The New York market showed heavier losses and widespread liquidation amid poor crop prospects and bond weakness. Bear operations and rumors of major selling pressured prices, with notable drops in American Smelting and Refining, Reading, Union Pacific, and U S Steel. Money rates eased while gold exports to France loomed if funds stayed tight.

American Brooklyn Great Northern Northern Pacific Reading Union Pacific United States Steel Tennessee Coal and Iron Stock Exchange Wall Street Commission Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago Cortelyou

Wall Street Gossip on Smelters Dividend Plans

Special to The Washington Post reports bulls in Smelters optimistic about a dividend raise at next month’s directors meeting, potentially from 7 to 10 percent, while insiders hide buying. The market slips as Union Pacific and Southern Pacific fall amid liquidation, rumors of new financing, and calls on loans, with steel’s decline triggering broader losses.

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Market Wrap Reports Light Trading On Washington Stocks

A thin day on the stock market with scarce orders and subdued turnover. Capital Traction moved to 1921 2 and several bonds and warrants traded modestly as investors weighed options in Washington Railway and Electric, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, and Gas certificates, while listings such as Mitchell Mining and Graphophone offered limited activity and mixed prices.

New York Stock Exchange Washington Railway Chesapeake and Potomac Washington Railway and Electric System Lansion Capital Traction Las Washington Railway and Electric Chesapeake and Potomac Telephones Washington Railway and Electric, Common Lanston Mitchell’ Mining Commer call—Mitchell Mining Washington Gas Canisl Traction Philippine Land Purchase District Capital Traction Railroad Anacostia and Potomac Ss City and Suburban Railroad Columbia Railroad Metropolitan Railroad Ss Metropolitan Railroad Washington Alexandria Mount Vernon Potomac Electric Light First Be Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Washington Market Company First Public Utility The Georgetown Gas Capital National City Columbia Commercial Farmers and Mechanics Lincoln Metropolitan Riggs Washington Change Bank Trust Company American Security and ‘Trust National Safe Deposit and Trust Union Trust Company Washington “Loan ‘and Trust Washington Safe Deposit Union Rust Savings Bank Rome Savings Bank Union Savings Bank Merchants and Merchanice’ Savings Bank Arlington Corcoran Franklin National Union People's Potomac Rigke Southern Public Service Corporation Graphophone Security Storage Company Washington Market Iridelity Storage Company Merchants’ Transfer and Storage Company

Grain futures surge on drought and cold crop damage

Chicago traders push wheat corn oats and pork higher as drought and cold in Nebraska Kansas and abroad spark bullish sentiment. July wheat hits new highs while September and December advance. Local receipts and European demand bolster the rally as shorts buy, with forecasters noting tight supplies and large visible declines.

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Washington Market Prices and Produce Directory

Wholesale quotes cover butter cheese live poultry and dressed meats with mixed gains. Receipts strong for some dairy items. poultry supplies light with variable demand. vegetables show broad Florida Maine and Virginia items with assorted per unit prices.

Virginia Tennessee North Carolina Duyers New York State New Choica Goody Florida Maine Charleston Oy Swan New Orleans

Washington Cattle Market Prices Report

Calves light in supply but active bids. stock pigs in greater supply and quiet. Cattle prices range from 4.00 to 5.50 per cwt for various grades, hogs from 6.00 to 6.75 per cwt, lambs and calves listed with per pound figures, cows varying by grade. Market notes reflect mixed demand across cattle, hogs, and sheep.

New York Produce Prices and Market Changes

Market notes show varied levels across fruits and vegetables and a strong wheat rally. Prices for apples oranges and berries appear with per box and per pound figures, while wheat grain futures jump on European shocks and domestic reports, with May July and September quotes and a push to new highs before a late pullback.

Trusts Claim Immunity in Beef Case Indictments

Attorneys for the Toledo Ice and Coal Company seek to quash 16 counts in an indictment charging Vicletson with anti trust violations. They argue grand jury testimony immunity extends to corporations, citing Chicago beef trust rulings. Judge Humphrey’s logic partly supports them, and Judge Taylor will hear the petition at the June term in Toledo.

Cleveland Ohio Toledo Vee and Coal Company Vicletson Standard Oil Company Toledo United States District Court Smith and Beckwith Humphrey Beef Trust Chicago Toledo Ice and Coal Company Taylor Ice Corporation

New York cotton market slips on weather and bears

The New York cotton market was more active but continued to decline due to favorable weather reports, liquidation, and selling by bears. Openings were easy with losses. brief rally after private acreage data showed a smaller crop, but prices ended barely steady with a net loss around 14 to 19 points.

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Daily Cotton Market Mixed London and New York Prices

The London tin market showed little change from last week with spot at £139 153 and futures at £185 4a while New York copper fell. Local copper and lead prices slipped, lake and electrolytic copper and casting prices eased, and zinc and tonnage values showed little movement in the London and New York markets with No 1 and No 2 foundry Northern pricing steady to slightly lower.

New York London Tron Standard Foundry Cleveland Northern

Live Stock Markets Across Cities May 21 Report

New York notes receipts and steady tone for beef veal and hogs with city and country dressed formats. Chicago shows steady cattle and strong hogs. Baltimore week totals report steady prices and carloads shipped by Vedamor N. Lehman & Bro. and Myers & Housman.

New York Virginia Fesling Chicago Baltimors Vedamor N. Lehman & Bro Myers & Housman Mobile London

Boy Runs Away On Neighbor’s Horse In Hyattsville

Willis Lyon Jr a twelve year old boy left home Monday afternoon riding bareback on a neighbor’s horse without a hat. The boy was missing until found in Potomac Maryland after police issued a lookout. He was identified by family and returned to his father W Lyons and his physician Dr G W Latimer.

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Cold Wave Harms Crops Across Pennsylvania and New England

May reports from Stroudsburg and Pocono Mountains describe ice and frost damaging crops. A third cold wave in May pushed temperatures low in New England while the region nearby reached about 40 degrees, with Weather Bureau warnings of frost tonight. A separate notice reports Lucy Adams, a 45 year old Black woman, dying of heart failure on a Northwest street, her death attributed to natural causes by a coroner's certificate.

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Baltimore Markets Report From May 21 Trade

Baltimore market round up shows flour quiet with steady receipts. wheat firmer but dull with spot and contract prices listed. Corn dull with mixed spot and futures. oats firm with several white varieties priced. rye firm with Western exports and domestic values. hay steady. grain freights dull. butter eggs cheese steady to firm with various full and skim prices noted.

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Oil Quotations and Republic Steel Dividend News

Oil quotations show May 21 totals for OW City Pennsylvania with 147 978 barrels shipped and averages around 147 549 while shipments reach 61 160 barrels with an average of 170 606. Republic Iron and Steel declares a 3 4 percent preferred quarterly dividend and a 2 percent deferred dividend, wiping out arrears on the preferred issue.

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