The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14
ROUND The TICKER
AND IN THE PIT
Gossip Of the Trading Floor and
About the Brokers'
g" Office.

Shaw sold 10000 Steel common.
Caspary bought $4,000 shares Read
ing;
Bartlett-Frazier big sellers of wheat.
Steel corporation has record orders on
it's books. ~
Northern Pacific earnings Is per cent
on common.
Time money easier in New York but
not much lower. ~ -
j. S. Bache-Bears have confidence in
lower prices in stocks.
A. G. Brown-Nothing to prevent a
considerable improvement soon.
Chandler Brothers right people
are buying the stocks to hold them.
Marshall Spader-The strength of
certain groups of stocks is very reas-
Manrtin-Wheat holds the advance
well and looks stronger and higher to
me.
Logan-Wheat market will continue
scalping affair for the present.
Cowen, Kansas City-Considerable
port via the gulf.
Crosby-Pretty tidy short interest
has been permitted to accumulate here
in Chicago December wheat.
! Canadian Pacific books show 10000
stockholders with average holdings OF
only about 40 shares each.
| Ontario bank of Toronto taken over
by Bank Of Montreal because of inside
stock speculation and bad condition.
| McQuestion to McKinnon-Still pre-
fer to buy wheat on the small breaks
for quick profits pending a larger move
ment.
Moore to Watson-Think it good
time to unstraddle wheat-sel May and
buy December in Chicago.
Setback to Lewis-I look for the diff
ference between December and May
wheat to widen much more before it is
over.
Ben Bryan-sell stocks on rallies for
next few weeks. The public has been
New York-Gates was very hullish
on Union Pacific, but turned seller late
: in the week, especially Saturday.
Logan bought wheat Saturday, also
Wrenn. Both came together in the Chi
cago pit and the market went up.
C. G.. Smith-If they back off any.
just jump in and buy Union Pacific,
Baltimore & Ohio or st. Paul for neat
profits.
Sweeney was said to be selling out
l his stocks Saturday. He was supposed
to be long a big line Of Chicago wheat.
Lewis from New York-Anyone long
: Of Lead common would be wise to sell
, it out for the present.
Chicago has received $4,000 bu
r wheat this week and shipped out 1000
0 bu. At this rate, there will be easily
e 100000 to 100000 blu contract
e wheat for December delivery there.
: Wortley says: 81 do not look for
e much of a market between now and
d election. think the big people are do
r ing some liquidation in Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific In Copper there
seems to be no disposition to work it
! up at the present. ..-
/ Finley Barrett to Piper" Argentine
e news is being watched with more than
/ the usual interest and will be factor
+ as a pricemaker in wheat from now on.
/ The crop in Argentina is nearing a crit
:, ical point and conditions there are such
II that damage might result. Private ca.
/ bles say Argentina is very much in need
u says offerings from the interior are
E light and the home market firm under
Il a good demand ...
/ Jackson to Watson: eff the north.
s western farmers continue to increase
1 their durum acreage believe it will be
x eventually delivered on contract at Min
= neapolis with penalty like our No.
hard wheat is here.' $50
New York to Whallon: "Frineds o.
a E. H. Hartman say it is only a ques
r ton of few weeks when Southern Pa
that on all recessions it is purchase
current earnings of this system ar
, above the official estimates and togeth
e, er with rights to be given to holder
" will, these observers declare, form thu
IS basis later on for a tremendous move
1T ment in the stock which is perhap
st more closely held than any other O
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