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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1913
Page
5
A buoyant stock market saw broad gains with Canadian Pacific rising over five points and Union Pacific advancing but lagging some peers. Strong activity in heading and other shares fueled optimism for a potential bull market, though concerns over shorts and crops remained.
New York money market shows calls nominal with no loans. Time loans firming with 60 days at 4 1/4 percent and 6 months at 5 1/2 percent. Prime mercantile paper 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 percent. Sterling at 4.8840 for 40 days and 4.665 for demand. Government and railroad bonds steady. Wheat firmer No 2 red export. corn and oats steady. cheese and butter firm. Mexican dollars at 46 cents per ounce.
New York Sept 13 Some steadier demand in the steel trade with larger contracts for wire products structural shapes wire bars and miscellaneous goods Railroad equipment orders edged up hardware jobbers bought more iron nails and wholesalers moved to stock cellars with wire products The largest orders reached 4000 tons rails for Ecuador and 4500 tons fabricated shapes for Buenos Aires United States Steel chartered three ships to ship rails to Brazil Rail contracts total nearly 100000 tons with major orders for New York Chicago and St Louis Missouri Kansas Texas and Erie plants Ford Motor Company Philadelphia project and 28000 tons booked by United States Steel in August led to shipment of about 1 million tons rolled steel in that month.
Special to The Washington Post reports fertilizer shares such as American Agricultural Chemical and Virginia Carolina Chemical fluctuated with market mood. Northwestern group activity appeared, led by optimism about crops and rail profits. United States Steel rose, signaling improving steel trade, while large deals like Southern Pacific and New Haven bond issuance shaped finance. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's 1918 gross income and net income rose from prior year.
The New York Stock Market report received by W B Hibba and Company is noted in the memorandum from the Ha Building.
Paris reports bankers near completion of giant loans totaling 3900,000,000 to Turkish, Roumanian, Servian, Greek, Russian, Austrian, and Spanish governments following a Turco-French accord. New York updates show clearing house banks holding increased reserves and mixed changes in loans, specie, and deposits.
New York reports improved securities conditions as the Senate passes a tort bill and drought relief arrives. A broad stock advance follows rumors on Union Pacific, Southern Pacific proceeds, and railroad equipment stocks rally while copper and steel markets show mixed signals. Interior cash demand and Treasury deposits aid crop movement. legal action names Ellis Jagnes as receiver for Frank Swart’s farm implement business after bankruptcy filing and debts of $18,056.85.
Chicago hogs and cattle prices show steady to mixed movements with thousands of receipts and wide ranges across grades. New York cattle and sheep markets also steady with varied dressings and cut values, hogs unquoted in late trading.
The New York cotton market shows renewed buying today, spurred by reports of heavy rain in western and central belts and gulf storm worries. Traders note improved demand from buyers and bullish outlooks from a major local cotton house. Prices advance 9 to 10 points intraday, closing modestly higher by 1 to 4 points as Liverpool-linked firms push sales on the late dip.
Chicago wheat prices rose on Thursday with support from stronger cables and robust European demand. The corn complex edged up modestly, while oats and provisions dipped. Cash grain quotes show No 2 red wheat around 84 64 and No 2 yellow corn near 75 76 with mixed white varieties and durums also listed.
New York market notes show butter steady with 4 048 tubs receipts and cheese firm at 1 355 boxes. Eggs quoted steady with fresh gathered direct from producers, poultry markets steady for Western fowls and chickens, rye flour firm and cornmeal steady with pork beef and lard listed at stable levels. Cottonseed oil prices show summer yellow at 7.60 and futures around 7.29 to 7.60 for near contracts. Petroleum and sugar futures steady with refined sugar steady at 3.78 and coffee Rio No. 7 at 9 as commodity quotes fill the page.
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