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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1917
Page
3
Market briefs show cotton prices fluctuating with weather reports and fears over Russia. July and October futures moved lower, while spot cotton remained quiet. domestic spinners showed little forward demand as liquidations increased. Trading mixed as Wall Street opened with uneven reaction to international tensions.
The New Orleans cotton market saw early selling driven by warmer weather forecasts, poor cables, and Russia's internal conditions. Prices fell 16 to 19 points in the first half hour, then declined 1 to 32 points by noon, with a late rebound to 17 to 30 points up before closing 18 to 20 points lower.
Spot cotton in New Orleans on May 15 held steady with 187 bales sold at the port for arriving four. Prices ranged from 18.25 for good ordinary to 20.18 for strict good middling, with receipts totaling 6,332 and stocks at 281,124.
Liverpool cotton market report shows spot firm with good middling 13.11 and middling 12.37. Sales total 10 000 goods including 500 for speculation and export. receipts 15 000. Market quiet with unclear futures pricing across several forward months.
Coffee futures remained steady in New York on May 15 with No. 7 Rin 101-8. May futures closed at 8.01 and July at 8.17 as market listened for guidance on upcoming supply and demand signals.
Representatives of major grain exchanges met in Chicago and recommended that each exchange continue the restricted regulations adopted yesterday until further notice.
Savannah Turpentine holds at 43 1 4 to 43 1 2 cents per gallon with steady demand. Rosin remains firm with prices around 5.85 to 6.20 for standard grades with varying receipts and stocks noted. Shipments and inventories are listed for turpentine and rosin across Savannah and Wilmington markets.
New York sugar markets fell midday as tax uncertainty and anti speculation sentiment plus Russia concerns weighed on futures. Prices closed easy with May at 5.00, July 5.09, September 5.15. preliminary sales total 18,300 tons. refined and raw values shown.
May 15 report from New York shows butter firmer receipts at 14 267 pounds with creamery levels around 39 1 2 and 92 for extras. Eggs firm with receipts 18 314 cases, fresh gathered firsts about 34 36 cents. Cheese firm with state specials at 25 3 4 and 26 1 2. Live poultry unsettled with dressed prices for chickens around 24 30, fowls 20 61 2, turkeys 18.
Governor Bickett calls for disbanding professional baseball in 1917, urging all able players to join farms or trenches. He presses towns to plow vacant lots, set rent-free land for food production, and organize canning materials. He warns of looming famine and urges immediate home cultivation of corn, potatoes, peas, and beans.
The two reel educational film Wilmington on the Screen produced by Carolina Film Producing Company wowed Grand Theatre patrons with local views. Shown yesterday and again today the educational reel features shipbuilding aerial fire apparatus and Wrightsville Beach scenes praised as Made in Wilmington.
The Dispatch offers a coupon valid for free swimming lessons at the Wilmington YMCA. Physical Director Keller will teach the boys and young men to swim, with new coupons to be released daily this week. The campaign, starting next week, aims to reach all youths and promote safety.
Mrs. Cora G Lewis, a domestic science expert, is the sole woman member on the Kansas State Board of Administration.
The speaker argues for drastic gasoline economy to free resources for wartime use and urges the public to adopt frugal habits. He mocks luxury as dangerous and calls for national effort to protect families from hardship looming like a wolf on the skyline.
Copenhagen reports a growing potato shortage in Germany with Berlin and Westphalia receiving five pounds weekly, Bavaria at 24 ounces, Hamburg three pounds, and Altona one and a half pounds. Authorities warn the grain stocks may not sustain planned rations until August 15 as frost delays harvest and meat ration increases strain meat supplies.
Stage of water in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville North Carolina measured 6.0 feet at 8 a m yesterday indicating a moderate rise.
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