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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
7
The New York cotton market opened with a decline of 2 to 14 points as nervous sentiment and liquidation weighed. Marine war risk fears eased slightly as offerings were absorbed near initial quotes, with July and October futures fluctuating before closing steadier at mixed levels.
New York spot cotton opens steady at middling 29.50 with traders watching futures. Market activity limited as traders assess supply and demand signals and global price trends.
The New Orleans cotton market opened with a 30 to 37 point drop as submarine activity loomed, sparking short covering. By mid-session prices edged up to within 2 points of last week’s close, with futures for January, March, May, and December showing varied moves.
Spot cotton in New Orleans was quiet and unchanged with 201 to arrive. Prices ranged from low mid dling 27.50 to good middling 31.25, receipts 3,227 and total stock 13,473.
Liverpool cotton market notes spot prices steady with good middling at 21.54 cents and low mid at 20.11 cents. Sales total 2,000 bales including 4,700 American vicclips. futures closed with new contracts June 21.80, August 19.98, September 19.60, October 18.60. Old contracts show June 20.49 and June-July at 20. Conclusion of report mentions unsettled prices and delivery notes.
Market activity in Chicago shows a rally in soy and corn on reaction to a submarine raid report. Prices moved up for July and June contracts before easing, with oats and rye also trading higher. Cash grains list No 2 yellow corn at 1.60 to 1.65 and No 2 yellow oats around 0.73 to 0.76, while pork and lard futures reflect steady demand and modest gains.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with no change in temperature. Light winds from the northeast. Water stage in Cape Fear River at Fayetteville measured 49 feet at 8 am.
Stocks advanced in New York as the opening session extended yesterday’s gains with steel equipment and war shares leading. Liberty bonds declined. tobacco andMexican Petroleum posted notable advances while several major issues showed solid support.
The cotton seed oil market closed quiet in New York. Sales for June July and August 1950 were none.
Spirits hold at 47 cents. Rosin steady with no movement. Tar at 3.50 and 15.12 cents. Crude rates at 4.75, 4.75, and 3.75 dollars.
Hogs receipts 14 000 with demand higher. Prices range from 16.30 to 17.05 for various hog sizes led by prime heavy around 16.45 to 16.60. Cattle receipts 16 000 with beef steers steady to weak and calves steady. Sheep receipts 9 000 higher with western lambs at 17.50 to 17.60 and spring lambs up about 25 cents.
New York reports the steamship Dorchester of the Merchant and Miners Transportation company has arrived safely at an Atlantic port relieving anxious fears after word spread a second American tank steamer may have been sunk by a German submarine. No details were released.
Three hundred passengers and crew from the torpedoed steamship Carolina were picked up at sea in open boats by the schooner Etta B. Douglass near Barnegat inlet. Seven crew members, including Martin Carroll and six Porto Ricans, were landed at the inlet wharf and taken to the coast guard station after receiving food.
A Berlin semi official telegram says the French defense of Rheims is highly unpleasant to Germans. It claims the city has no tactical value and that defense rests on Senegal and Madagascar troops who fear torture but are told they will be treated like other prisoners.
The City of Columbus, a Savannah Line steamer, was feared sunk by a German submarine but is found safe in an Atlantic port harbor. She anchored offshore with no damage evident and no crew ashore within a half hour of arrival, as reports of her sinking had not yet reached the city.
Washington June 4 S Q L Kone kamp president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union says he will call a telegraphers strike after reaching Chicago. The strike order will be mailed, with delivery expected in about three days.
News that the war has come close to the city spur measures by the navy and city agencies. More than 100 airplanes and dirigibles patrol the sea as protective plans are prepared for possible submarine or air attacks.
Allied dispatches report French and American forces preventing further German advances along the Marne Aisne and Oise sectors. German efforts to retake villages near Villers Cotterets and Cocherel fail under stiff resistance. Rheims remains perilously close to German lines while British raids and Allied air actions continue. An American patrol near Luneville breaks through to the line with light casualties.
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