The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1934, Page 9

Market Report for Fri., Aug. 17 LOSSES SMALL BUT || New York Stocks |WHEAT TUMLES 10 NUMEROUS AS MART Buying of Scattered Specialties * Falls to Get Response Friday New York, Aug. 17.—(4)—Buying of scattered specialties failed to shake the stock market out of its lethargy Friday and fractional losses were numerous in leading issues at the fin- Feta T. en steady, Transfers approximated 450,- 000 shares. ¥ A reactionary tendency in leading |Balc™s2 100 commodities dampened sentiment in jal stocks, but the bond market contin-|Bendix Avia ued its recovery. Foreign currencies|Bethi. Steel strengthened against the dollar. Corn ‘was a soft spot in commodities. Wheat and cotton receded moderately, the later dipping a letter under the levels prevailing prior to the issuance of the| Case, J. I. recent bullish crop estimate. Specialties which rose a point or two included Bigelow-Sanford Carpet, American Agricultural Chemical, Arm- our preferred new, and Devoe and Raynolds. U. 8. Smelting dropped 3 points in a thin market, and Union Pacific and Allied Chemical about 2. A few stocks losing about a point included American Telephone, Schen- ley and Dupont. U.S. Steel and Gen- eral Motors held about steady, while | Con. a losses of fractions appeared in Chrys- ler, United Aircraft, Goodyear, Na- tional Distillers and others. Armour ordered the first $1.50 quarterly divi- dend of the new preferred stock. Hi Produce Markets | |Srity, FOr iCAGO Chicago, Aug. 17—(#)—Butter was| DuPont easy in tone Friday. Poultry was tirm and eggs steady. Butter, 13,496, easy; creamery- specials (93 score) 26%-27%; extras (92) 26%; extra firsts (90-91) 25%.%4; firsts (88-80) 24.24%; seconds (86-| Fig’ Pr 87) 22.23; standards (90 centralized carlots) 26%. Prices unchanged. Poultry, live, 1 car, 31 trucks, firm; hens 14-15%; Leghorn hens 10; Rock fryers 15-16%; colored 14; spring 17-19; colored 16; Rock broil- ers 14%-15; colored 14; barebacks 11- | Gillette 18; Leghorn 14-15; roosters 9; turkeys 10-14; spring ducks 8-12%, old 8-9; spring geese 10, old 7. NEW YORK New York, Aug. 17—(?)—Butter. 7,- 840, easier. Creamery higher than| Housti extra 28%-20%; extra (92 score) 28- 28%; first (88-91 score) 24%-27%; other grades unchanged. Cheese, 51,450, firm. pees, 6048 firm. Mixed colors, packs or selections from fresh receipts 24-27; mediums 40 lbs, and dirties No. 1, 42 lbs. 18-18%; others mixed colors unchanged. White eggs, Pacific coast, fresh, shell treated or liners, fancy 31-32; cl Pacific coast, standards 30-31; Pacific |L0 coast, pullets 24-25; other whites and all browns unchanged. Live poultry irregular. Fowls, ex- press 12-18; turkeys, express 12-15; other express and all freights un- changed. Dressed poultry firm. Fowls, frozen | Nat, Dairy frozen 16-28; other|Nat. Dis: 9-20; turkeys, grades unchanged. le * FOREIGN EXCHANGE New York, Aug. exchange firm; Great Britain demand in others in cents. Great, Britain 3.10; France 6.68%; Italy 8.70; Germany, 39.65; Norway. 25.61; Swe- den, 26.28; Montreal in New’ York, 102.2%; New York in Montreal 97.37%. GOVERNMENT BONDS New York, Aug. 17.—()—Govern- mient bonds: Liberty 3%s 103.15 Liberty 1st 4%8 108.10 Liberty 4th 4% 103.28 Treasury 4%s 112.6 Treasury 4s 108.6 MINNEAPOLIS STOCKS Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 17.—(®)}— Beal Stocks close: Chicago stocks, no quotation. NEW YORK BONDS New York, Aug. 17.—(#)—Bonds close: Great Northern 7s of 1936, 89. ‘Tobaceo Prod. 6%s of 2022, 106%. HOME LOAN BONDS - Home Owners’ Loans 4s '61, 99. (Over the York) Counter in New BESBESBBS Eges, 4,606, steady,| Fox Fil Rock | Ge: Prices un-| Int. * “Miscellaneous | Nota 17—()—Foreign | Pac. Gas HEAVY SELLING BY EASTERN TRADERS + Drop Falls Lack of Buying Sup- Chicago, and at one stage went to port Friday; Weakens in 37 68% 18% | 25% 20 8 % 21% a1 5% 33 21% 30% % 7 11% cents over Chicago for September 32 | : | 3 BEBE : Chicago, Aug. 17—()—A big tum. ble in corn values late Friday went Part of houses with connections east. On the rapid downward slide of the Ref. . corn market,.a profusion of stop loss to execution. No aggressive buying support was in evidence, and wheat weakened in sympathy with corn. Corn suffered an extreme drop of 3% cents, and closed nervous 1%.2% ‘Warner wheat irregular at 1% decline to % advance, Dec. New 103%-%, oats %- 1% off, and provisions varying from 10 cents set back to 5 cents gain. Rallies lifting wheat values at times to Thursday's finish or above appear- ed to be based largely on trade as- sertions that there was no price in- Sympathy With Corn taken that the Minneapolis wheat market Friday continued to display * i delivery, the widest difference of the season. | A handicap, however, on grain price upturns was cotton market weakness and the menace of a huge strike on +4; textile workers. A feature in the corn pit was an authoritative summary ’%4}showing that August rainfall in the corn belt has averaged 114 per cent faz lerop. Oats followed wheat price 9g ‘changes rather than corn action. 14%] Provisions made only a laggard res- td Ponse to fresh upturns of hog values. 12% |BPYING OF NEARBY FUTURES \FEATURES FRIDAY’S SESSION Minneapolis, Apg.. 17—(4)—Persist- feature of the wheat futures market here Friday and the close generally was fractionally higher. k of cash pressure and a tight immediate position had an effect in all markets and May contracts sold at a discount under September and December where the May usually shows a carrying charge. There was some short covering at intervals and 4 {congestion developed readily. There in| Was some buying stimulated by talk % | of removing the processing tax, New September wheat closed Kc higher, December %%-%c higher and 26%| May %c lower. In the coarse grain 4 |ists barley held strong while rye and oats eased off. Trade in flax was limited. Old September oats closed ‘4c lower, new ‘sc lower, December unchanged and May \c off. Septem- ber and December rye both closed 1% lower. Old september feed barley closed 1%c higher, new 1%c higher and December %c lower. September and December malting barley both closed 5c higher. September and De- cember flax finished unchanged. ‘8%, | _ Undertone of the cash wheat market was easy and demands lacked the Pep it displayed Thursday. Winter wheat was in steady demand and firm compared with futures. Durum of desirable milling qualities was very scarce and wanted. Corn demand was good at firm com. Parative prices. Oats was in good de- mand if fancy. Rye was in good de- 0% | mand and very firm. Barley tone was easy at the start but firmer later. Packard . Par.-Publix Ctf. ... Pathe Exchange “A’ RANGE OF CARLOT SALES JC.) Minneapolis, Aug. 17—()—Range of carlot grain sales: Wheat: No. 1 dark Northern 1.17%-1.19%. Corn: ,No. 2 Yellow 75%. Oats: No 4 White vf |sample grade 53. Barley: No. 2. 76%. Rye and flax not quoted. CHICAGO CASH GRAIN Chicago, Aug. 17—(?)}—Wheat, No. 2 52% -5316; red 1.02-02%; No. 1 hard 1.09%; No,|12% Pro 98; corn, No. 2 mixed|2, amber 4 red garlicky 18% -76% ; No. 2. yellow 76%-77; No. 2 white 17; sample gradc 71%; oats, No. 2 white 53; sample grade 48-49; rye, No. 1, 87%; barley 75-1.15; timothy seed 16.75-17.75 cwt; clover seed 12.00- % 116.50 cwt. DULUTH CASH GRAIN Duluth, Minn., Aug. 17.—(#)—Cash No. 1 dark northern heavy, 1.18%- 3 No, 1° dark northern, 1.16%- 1.15% - 114%- No. 1 northern heavy, 1.18%- > No. 2 northern, 1.16% -1.21%; No. 1 northern, 1.15%-1.19%; No. 1 amber durum hard, 1.19%-1.46%; No. 2 amber durum hard, 1.19%-1.46%; No. 1 mixed durum, 1.15%-1.37%; No. 2 mixed durum, 1.14%-137%; No. 1 Corn, No. 1 yellow, 75%; No. 1 % | mixed, 73%; No. 1 white, 74%. | Barley, malting, 15-85; No. 1 feed, bm | 74%-75%; No. 2 feed, 73%-74%; No. 3 4 |feed, 70% -73%. MINNEAPOLIS FLOUB Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 17.—(2)— Flour unchanged. Shipments, 23,250 barrels. Pure bran $23.50-24.00. Standard middlings $24.50-25.00. hand in hand with free selling on the Dec. orders were automatically forced in. | Dec. under Thursday's finish, Dec. 76%-%.| Dec. ent buying of nearby futures was the Dec. Grain Quotations ua pone aa Te RANGE jug. 17.- near cat Low Sept., old.. Thov 112) 1.10% Sept., new. 1.11% 1.12% 1.10% . + 1.10% 1.11% 1.00% $ ¢ Posters BEEP REAS Ss Seek se 338 a 3 FF one RR +. 196 194 192% 195% 195% 1.94% CHICAGO RANGE (e\— 3 aaRee2 FL RELL down to 5.75 and below; better light lights 5.00-75 or above; good packing ‘sows 5.00-35, according to weight and finish; average cost Thursday 5.20; weight 251 lbs. Sheep 2,000; run mostly native lambs; about four loads range lambs held over from Thursday; no early sales; packers talking sharply lower on all classes or 6.00 down ior native lambs; 5.00 and down for yearlings; sellers generally asking steady or bet- ter; up to 6.25 and above for native lambs; late sales Thursday. include 13 loads Washington range lambs sorted 30 to 33 per cent 6.40; averag- ing 79-82 lbs., sorted end to feeders 5.60-75 averaging 65-70 Ibs. Dairy cattle unchanged, good kinds 30.00-40.00 or better; common sorts down to 15.00. CHICAGO Chicago, Aug. 15.—(#)—(U. 8. D. A.) —Hogs 9,000, including 4,000 direct; slow; butcher unevenly 10 to 25 high- er; bulk good and choice 170-270 Ib. 6.40-60; top 6.65; packing sows 25-38 higher; bulk 5.75-90; few 6.00 and above; light light, good and choice, 140-160 Ibs, 5.35-' light weight, 160-200 Ibs. 6.00-60; medium weight, 200-250 Ibs. 6.45-65; heavy weight, 250- 350 Ibs. 6.25-65; packing sows, medium and good, 275-550 lbs. 4.50-5.90; pigs, good and choice, 100-130 Ibs. 4.00-5.40. Cattle, 1,500 commercial; 3,000 gov- ernment; calves, 500 commercial, 1,000 government; steady cleanup trade on Most classes; steers and cutter cows lose fairly active; other she-stock slow; vealers strong; choice around 1200 Ib. steers at 8.10; yearlings averaging 904 Ib, at 7.50; native grass steers mostly 3.00-4.50; selected vealers 7.00 to all interests. Slaughter cattle and vealers: Steers, 4 |good and choice, 550-900 Ibs. 5.50-8.00; flation in a market where futures were | Dec. selling at 7 cents discount under spot | Dec. cash property. Much notice was also| Ma’ relative strength as compared with ee of normal, the best so far on the| Sei * Men Line lie Line 85 > -- 8% Mipimantimparac | - 197% 197% 196 1.96 MINNEAPOLIS CASH GRAIN is, Aug. 17.—()—Wheat iday 151 compared to 188 cle ang jotat follow. rain closing quotations : id ‘Wheat— * Delivered Arrive 15% protein 1 dk north. 2°dk north. ie protein in 1 dk north. 2 dk north. north. pRPeeRE i quae RRRERRREARRSR 8 i 5 i e' + 115% 1.16% 1.14% 1.15% eererepsransns eo8om, MURMUR MY: 115% 1.16% 1.14% 1.15% 14% 1.16% 1.13% 1.15% : South Dakota Wheat fe mUR 4 % 2 seve 112% 1.13% 112% 1.13 ~ UAL% 1.12% 111% 112% 1 amber 1.38% 1.46% 1.36% 1.43% + 137% 145% .... + 127% 1.33% .... in 1.26% 1.32% .... + 116% 1.19% + 115% 1.18% .... a Se “au 14 4” 4 jcommon and medium, 4.25-6. 900-1100 Ibs. 5.75-9.00; 1100-1300 Ibs. 6,00-9.50; 1300-1500 Ibs. 6.75-9.50; com- mon and medium, 550-1300 lbs. 2.25- 6.75; heifers, good and choice, 550- , |750 lbs. 4.50-7.00; common and med- 50; cows, good, 2.75-4.25; common and medium, 2.00-75; low cutter and cutter, 1.25-2.25; bulls (yearlings excluded), good (beef), ium, 2.25. * |2.75-3.50; cutter, common and medium, 2.00-3.25; vealers, good and choice, 4 |5.75-7.00; medium, 3.50-5.75; cull and 4 |common, 2.50-3.50; stocker and feed- er cattle: Steers, good and choice, 500-1050 Ibs. 4.25-5.25; common and medium, 2.50-4.00. Sheep, 9,000; lambs opening decid- edly slow; indications around steady; early bids lower; best lambs held 7.00 upward; most bids and few initial sales well under 6.75; aged sheep steady; native ewes 2.00-75; slaught- er sheep and lambs: Lambs, 90 lbs. down, good and choice, 6.00-7.10; 3; ewes, 90-150 Ibs. good and choice, 2.00-3.00; all weights, common and medium, 1.50-2.50; feeding lambs, 50-75 Ibs. good and choice, 5.50-6. SIOUX CITY Sioux City, Ia., Aug. 11—-(#) U. 8. Dept. Agr.)—Cattle, 6,000, including 5000 governments; all classes general. ly steady; spots strong on yearlings; few sales yearlings 7.00-35; and 1200 lb, steers 7.65; bulk fed steers and yearlings 5.00-7.00; few better grade heifers 6.00-50; most beef cows 2.00- 50; few Dakota grass cows 3.60; cut- ter grades 1.25-75; stockers and feed- ers scarce, few sales common and me- dium stockers 2.50-3.65; package stock steer calves, 4.50. Hogs, 4,000; butchers mostly 15-25 higher to shippers; light weight hogs up more; sows fully 25 higher to all interests; top 6.15; bulk better 180- 280 Ib. weights 5.85-6.10, 150-180 Ibs. ‘selections 5.00-85; sows 5.40-60; feed- er pigs up to 3.50. Sheep, 3,500, including 1350 direct and 600 billed through; no early ac- tion on slaughter classes, indications around steady on fat lambs; packers talking weaker or around 6.25 down; holding best offerings above 6.50; package medium grade native feeders 485, steady. BYRD KEPT SEVERE ILLNESS 10 SELF Isolated Antarctic Explorer Had Prepared to Die, Asked No Aid Little America, Antarctica. Aug. 17 —(#)—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd prepared himself for a lonely death in the antarctic, yet sent no appeal for aid, the outside world learned Fri- day—two months later. A message from the advance weath- er base where Byrd spent nearly five months in isolation told how he re- signed himseif to death and left a note for a relief party which he feared would “arrive too late.” Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, head of the tractor expedition of three which fcught its way to Byrd's side, report- came so ill in June from fumes from his stove he thought the end was near. “My observations here and remarks that Admiral Byrd has made,” said Dr. Poulter, “convinced me that he has gone through things, particularly .|Guring the first three weeks of June and the past two weeks, that must +|heve been beyond human ability to withstand. “He was convinced he had reached the limit of his endurance. He was true to the polar code and played the {man gallantly.” y 89, 8T. PAUL South St. Paul, Aug. 17.—(@)—(U. 8. Dept. Agr.)—Cattle 1,800; 6,800 gov- ernment; fairly active; dryfeds rela- New England to Get $8,600 for. Building Washington, Aug. 17.—(#)—The Public works administration Friday allotted $24,540,270 for 215 non-fed- ts. They include: Grand Forks, N. D., street loan and grant $83,000; New England, N. D., + | community building, grant $8,600. Many of the allocations were to communities in the drouth areas of + | the west. down The $40,000,000 allotted to PWA by Friday's allocations, which brought the total of non-federal projects to them. ‘| ‘The new allotments will create equivalent of a month's work 102,489 men, the sdministration mated. “You don’t have to sell me on the idea of Bismarck Tribune want-ads. I have been sold on them for long time. a long, "Member when we lost Sandy —how quick that Tribune want-ad brought him back? “And then we never would have found this lovely home if it hadn't been for a want-ad, or even some of the valuable pieces of furniture which we picked up dirt cheap. “Why, it even took a want-ad to sell that filling station for you three years ago. “No, I never let a day go by but what I read the Tribune want- ads!” Tribune Want Ad Rates Are Low Cuts and border used on want ads come under clasified display rates of 75 cents per column inch per single insertion. No clairvoyant, fortune teller, matrimonial, or doubtful advertising accepted. We reserve the right to edit or reject any copy submitted. ALL WANT ADS ARE CASH IN ADVANCE words .. 1 insertion, 25 All ads of over 2! A Representative Will Call If You Desire 1 insertion, 15 words 45c 2 consecutive insertions, not over 15 2consecutive insertions, 3 consecutive insertions, not over 25 words 1.00 6 consecutive insertions, not over 25 words 1.45 5 words add 3c per word to above rates —eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee______ Wanted to Buy WANTED—Chevrolet six truck, must be in good condition and priced right. Long wheel base preferred. Also small radio. Spielman Imple- ment Company, Underwood, North Dakota. WANTED TO BUY—Cucumbers for Pickling. Phone 1670-J. FOR SALE—Well equipped cafe in good town, doing good business. Priced to sell. Write Tribune Ad. 7539. Wanted to Trade ed by radio that the commander be- | this WILL TRADE equity in i934 ve Front Street. C ONTINUE D Government Casts Anxious Eye Over coupe for Model A. Call at 617 from page one Many Labor Fronts Sharp words flew between J. Kohler, ih former governor of Wisconsin, and union leaders after the latter had rejected as a “stinging insult” Koh- ler's plan to end the strike in the Plumbing factory which bears his| mor GA name. Kohler hinted of a court fight. In the Pacific northwest, however, conditions improved. Crafts unions in Great:Falls, Mont.. accepted terms for settlement of their strike and unions in Butte and Ana- conda were to vote on them Friday. U. S. Buying Seed for Planting Next Year Operations of the government seed purchase program which aims at in- suring sufficient seed for planting the 1935 crops will be under way soon in North Dakota, Dr. H. L. Walster, director of the State Agricultural college extension service, made known week, Two representatives of the federal seed procurement office have been assigned to North Dakota to work with the extension service on the seed problem, Walster said. 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