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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1931
Page
5
Wheat closed unsettled up, Argentine crop concerns and European advice supporting prices. Corn and oats rose modestly while hog-led provisions eased. Chicago prices show No 2 red wheat about 55.5, corn near 42–42.5, oats 25–26. The report notes tight wheat offerings and oversold signals.
Richmond markets report No 2 red winter wheat up to 65 cents and No 3 red to 63 with Virginia bag lots. Corn prices range 52 to 55 cents. Baltimore and Washington show similar wheat and produce quotes for eggs butter poultry and apples plus local live poultry and dressed yard prices.
New York prices for tub eggs meats and livestock show varied shifts with dairy poultry hogs and cattle receipts. Government bonds move with Liberty and Treasury issues as the Boston Herald muses on wives joining or leaving the workforce.
A fragmented market page shows wholesale and retail notes for butter and creamery products, flour, shelled corn, screenings, middlings, and mixed feeds. It lists price ranges for hogs, hens, young chickens, turkeys, lambs, and hay, with Baltimore wholesale figures and daily market corrections.
Shipping notes for Saturday show a dull market with slow demand in Winchester Virginia and Martinsburg Shenandoah-Cumberland Potomac district. Carloads priced by variety and size include Yorks U S No 1 2 1 4 inches at 1 85 and Rome s 2 12 inches up at 85 cents with bulk and mixed car options. Hoover and foreign emissaries agree only that they have not agreed on anything.
Quotation service provided by W. S. Hibbs & Company members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Hibbs Building Washington District of Columbia telephone National 0540.
The report shows mixed price movement with most listings down while a few issues drop only slightly. Quotations at 2.15 p.m. include Allied Chem 13. Lewy Anaconda Copper 13, Balto Ohio 26, Bethlehem Steel 26, Chrysler 14, with sterling at weak levels.
Readable items list partial figures for several companies and securities. Mentions Continent Oil Delaware 6 percent General Electric 24 Kennecott Copper 19 percent Licrlard 1 Mont Gana 10. at Biscuit 32. Packard by Stand Oil New Jersey 32. Texas Company Woolworth 8.
Despite a somber mood, the metropolitan laundry reports bigger business this year than last. The firm notes stronger demand across services with improved volume and steady client base.
Wheat futures show an upward trend on the Chicago Board of Trade as reports indicate stronger foreign demand for bread grain. Other grain sectors rise but gains in minor pits lag behind the wheat market.
Wheat leads with December 55 percent and May 59 percent. July 58 percent. Corn shows December 39 percent, May 44 percent, July 45 percent. Oats mark December 24 percent, May 27 percent, July 26 percent. Rye numbers stand December 44 percent, May 48 percent, July 49 percent.
The statement alleges that iGrandi demonstrates fascist tendencies despite American speeds, framing a political critique without supportive evidence.
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