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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
10
The stock market turned up today with forenoon buying pushing quotes higher by about two points in places. London fueled optimism via brisk advances and some Canadian Pacific purchases, while Canada drew in $2,520,000 more gold as overall activity remained concentrated in the morning before a late-day pause.
United States Treasury local stock exchange report shows call money steady at 3 3?4 percent with various rates for bills, papers, and exchange. Agricultural and livestock prices listed for Baltimore poultry, eggs, butter, and meat products include chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and hogs with multiple per pound figures. regional grain and dairy prices noted for Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio markets.
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New York near term money and London arbitrage dominated the fortnight with copper gains from London metal prices aiding early gains. Amalgamated Copper led climbs as short interest eased and large floating supply shrank. Missouri rail bond refunding plan for $470 million sought, while National Railways of Mexico faces large semiannual note obligations. President N. Brown tours Mexico City amid talks with bankers. The Texas Company reshuffles management, placing E C Lufkin as president after J S Cullinan steps down in Houston.
December contracts fell on weak South demand but closed steady after covering. Cables showed renewed interest with a mixed week outlook. Active months rose about 3 to 4 points in afternoon trading as traders weighed notional stock and near term notices.
Yesterday's session featured broader inquiries for bonds and Washington Gas stock with modest turnover. Capital Traction 5s firm near 1M, Potomac Electric 5s at 9, Riggs Realty short at 102, and Washington Railway and Electric 4s around 1-3. Gas trades 83-4 and 60 shares at 37-8, with final bids around 81-2 to 83-4 and the common showing a 3 point drop to 96 after a 25-share sale.
Wholesale prices for fruits vegetables and poultry across Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Home grown vegetables in moderate demand while alive poultry and dairy items show varied pricing across suppliers and crates.
New York market notes steady butter with varied receipts and prices across creamery and firsts, eggs firm with gathered whites at 53 cents. Poultry alive steady with Western fowl and turkeys listed, dressed meat steady. rye flour cornmeal hay pork beef lard and oils show little change with ongoing commodity quotes across multiple staples.
Chicago hogs receipts 27 000 lower sales mostly 7.40 to 7.65 and heavy 7.25 to 7.40. cattle receipts 4 500 steady to 7.60 for Texas steers. stockers and feeders 4 80 to 7.40. cows and heifers 3.33 to 8.25. calves 6.80 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 25 000 steady natives 5.10 yearlings 6.25 to 6.50 lambs 6 to 6.75. New York dreasd cattle 12 mid 14 for veal calves 8.00 to 12.25. Sheep 3 600 steady 3.00 to 4.56. lambs 6.25 to 7.75. cull 2.75. Hogs 3 300 nominally weak 9.00 to 8.25. roughs 5.07 to 6.26.
New York copper prices steady with spot to January readings around 14.12 to 14.75 for standard and electrolytic. London copper futures listed near 65 pounds, while miscellaneous quotes from Cleveland and other spots show similar stabilized ranges amid unaltered trends.
In a Washington report, William C. Brown resigns to return to Iowa farming as he promotes intensive farming to reclaim uncultivated land east of the Mississippi. Howard Elliott at New Haven links food price rises to rural neglect, arguing Connecticut and other states could boost output with wise tillage and cooperative methods. The piece compares Connecticut and Denmark, notes declining farm numbers, and stresses that untapped land and efficient farming could lower prices while preserving profits.
Special to The Washington Post reports Hood Mendel of Alpine Texas spent a frantic afternoon Sunday on Dawes Mountain. He hugged a large bear to death and wandered nude for several hours afterward, nearly being hugged to death himself as the bear proved a rough valet in the remote area.
War Department officials adverse to the Buffalo harbor project report to Congress. The proposed channel would destroy the Erie coal dock, which handles about 1,000,000 tons of coal annually, according to the War Department.
Chicago trades closed firm on expectations of a tighter world wheat supply as Argentine yields shrink. Prices advanced across corn oats and barley with cash grain quotes for wheat and corn noted and futures showing gains.
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