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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
3
New York January 27 Cotton futures advanced with March at 17.22 and May Jily around 17.41, October near 16.40 as buyers, led by Wall Street interests, pushed prices up 32 to 30 points. Activities were tempered by unsettled Manchester trade and shipboard delays awaiting clear air.
Associated Press dispatch from New York on January 27 notes spot cotton wet middling uplands at 17.40 with no sales recorded.
New Orleans January 27 Associated Press reports cotton opened steady with March at 16.68 and December 16.12 in opening bids. After initial hesitation, active months rose up to 4 points while the market later held a steady tone, with limited offerings and no immediate selling pressure in the first half hour.
Spirits 50 Rosin ranges from 5.60 to 5.35 per unit Tar at 2.60 and 12 cents Crude priced at 4.00, 4.00, and 3.00 per unit Boats/shipyard pricing for naval store materials listed with multiple bids or lots.
New Orleans reports spot cotton steady with 71 bales traded and prices from 15.50 to 17.62 for various grades. Receipts reached 897 and stock totaled 476 002. Cotton seed oil market closed firm in New York with several month bids around 12.30 to 12.45 per barrel.
New York trading on January 27 saw a moderate professional selloff driven by overseas peace rumors. Shipping, motors, and related issues posted declines of 2 to nearly 4 points, with United States Steel dropping about a point and many prominent industrials and equipment stocks weakening.
Live stock quotes for January 27 show hog receipts around 1000 with prices 11.25 to 11.70 for bulk and 9.25 to 10.50 for pigs. Cattle receipts about 300 with prime fed steers 11.00 to 11.60 and calves 7.00 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 500 with lambs 13.75 to 14.26 and yearlings 11.75 to 12.50.
Hogs receipts 9 000 steady. Lights 11 20 to 11 65 pigs 9 25 to 10 75 good heavy 11 70 to 11 80 bulk 11 35 to 11 75. Cattle receipts 900 steady native beef steers 7 50 to 11 50 yearling stockers and heifers 8 50 to 11 50, cows 5 50 to 8 75, stockers 5 30 to 8 50, calves 6 00 to 14 50. Sheep receipts 250 steady lambs 12 75 to 14 50 ewes 6 50 to 10 22 yearlings 11 00 to 12 25.
Chicago markets note 17 000 hogs sold with prices five cents above yesterday. Bulk hogs 11.35 to 11.60, light 11.10 to 11.60, mixed 11.15 to 11.70, heavy 11.20 to 11.70, pigs 9.25 to 10.60. Cattle receipts 700, steady. native beef 7.75 to 11.90, western steers 7.75 to 19.00, stockers 6.00 to 9.00, cows and heifers 5.00 to 10.25, calves 11.00 to 15.00. Sheep receipts 5,000, steady. wethers 9.75 to 11.25, lambs 11.75 to 14.35.
New York reports coffee futures steady with Rio No. 7 listed at 10 cents. Futures quoted March at 8.55 and May at 8.66, reflecting a calm market in the Rio coffee market.
Chicago January 27 peace talk sparked broad selling in the grain pit. Wheat led declines with May 178 to 180 and July 150 to 150 7-8, later rallying but remaining heavy. Corn and oats weakened with limited demand from shorts while hog prices boosted some buying. Close: wheat 1 1-2 to cents down, corn 7-8 to 13-8 down from yesterday.
Wheat prices range from No. 2 red at 181 to No. 3 red 176 to 178 3-4 with No. 2 hard and No. 3 hard nominal. Corn No. 4 yellow 98 to 100. Oats and barley quoted, timothy and clover noted with prices from 12 to 17.50 for clover and 350 to 550 for timothy.
Market notes from Kansas City and New York show butter and eggs holding steady. New York prices list firm butter with higher creamery values and active egg receipts. live poultry and dressed meat also show firm tone with varied per-unit prices for chickens fowls and turkeys.
In Chicago on January 27 butter moved higher to 31 1 4 to 37 1 2 cents a pound. Egg receipts reached 1 829 cases with no change. Potatoes receipts stood at 25 carloads and poultry remained unchanged.
St. Louis market notes from January 27 show poultry and eyes unchanged while Butter-Creamery price holds at 38.
The weekly statement shows New York clearing house banks and trust companies hold 191,383,610 in excess reserves over legal requirements. This is a drop of 11,089,020 from the previous week.
New York sugar futures were quiet with an undertone of steady covering over the weekend. Closing prices were unchanged to four points higher, with January 4,14, March 389, May 390, July 395 and raw sugar easy. Sales stood at 15,000 bags afloat, molasses 402, centrifugal 489, refined steady, fine granulated 675.
Turpentine firm at 51 with 124 receipts and six shipments. rosin steady with 1,028 receipts and 521 shipments. Stock levels shown at 17,896 for turpentine and 78,074 for rosin. Bids listed for several grades ending with prices around 6.20 to 7.00.
Mercantile paper at 3 1 3 to 31 2 with sterling sixty day bills at 4 71 4. Commercial sixty day bills 4 72 1 4 on banks 4 72. Demand 4 75 13 16 and cables 4 76 7 16. France demand 584 3 8 cables 5 83 3 8. Marks demand 69 1 2 cables 69 5 8. Kronen demand 110 cables 11 20. Guilders demand 40 1 16 cables 40 7 8. Lies demand 708 cables 707. Rubles demand 28 60 cables 28 70. Bar silver 76 5 8. Mexican dollars 59 1 8. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds irregular.
Quote from Washington Star shows Henrietta’s criterion for a suitable husband as one who is notably important, a condition stated by Mr. Meekton in the dialogue.
Karl Edward Heinrich Jorn a noted Metropolitan Opera tenor in New York has filed for naturalization as an American citizen while still holding German citizenship. Reports say he was ordered by wireless to return to Germany to sing at the Royal Opera, or possibly to join his regiment at the front.
J B McNamara, serving life for dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, began work in San Quentin's jute mill after spending twenty days in the prison dungeon. He had been in the laundry but was moved when orders were not met.
King Alfonso signs decree prohibiting Spanish ships from plying between foreign ports. All voyages must start or end in Spain and sales between Spanish subjects require ministry of public works approval. Heavy penalties set for violations.
At 8 a m yesterday the water stood at 10.2 feet in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville North Carolina and was rising slowly.
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