The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-13
WESTERN MARKETS,
GRAIN, POY|S|0hS
CAT Tie AND HOGS
The Days News from Boards Of
Trade and Stockyards Of
Great Central West.
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York, Nov. 12.-StOcks dis
played general Improvement in the
early stages of today's dull session,
gaining one to three points. This adj
vantage was materially and i'll some
cases wholly lost later, moderate sell
ing succeeding the publication OF
President Wilson's Buffalo address.
Absence of untoward foreign devel'
opments over the week end, more en-
couraged domestic industrial advices
and the extent Of the short interes.
were factors of varying Importance IN
the early improvement.
More tnan so of the more prominent
rails. industrials, shippings and spe
cialties were c0mprehended IN the
DAVIS dealings, the market making W
in breadth what it lacked in activity
Coalers. trunk lines and Pacifics were
strongest Of the transpOrtations, Du'
that entire division fell back ON a
sharp reaction in Canadian PACING
and St. Paul. .@:
United States Steel rose early to
94%, but yielded two points and closed
at 90, a net gain of half a point. Othe:
steels and the coppers and equipments
moved in the same irregular way, Du'
shippings and some of the motors held
the better part of their one to three
point advance. ....
Trading dwindled as prices sagged
in the last hour on the lack OF Dulllsh
initiative and a renewal OF bearish az
gressions, the market closing with an
irregular tone. Sales amounted tt
COS, 900 shares.
Exchange on Rome and Petrograd
rallied appreciably, mainly as the re
suit Of relaxed pressure. Domestic
money rates hardened for the short
maturities and call loans were unal
tered. ... a..
Foreign issues made decided recov'
cries in the otherwise irregular bond
market, gaining from q to 2 points
Total bond sales (par value) aggre
gated $3,570,Oo0.
Liberty As made further decline
from SO. 989 to 1896, the 3A's rang
ing from 99.36 to 1926.
United States bonds, old issues, un
changed on call. ...
. CHICAGO GRAIN.
Chicago, Nov. 12.-Both inactivit!
and strength, oats today led corn
Scarcity of cars available for the
movement of oats proved the domin
ating factor Oats finished 2 to 25st
net higher. Corn gained ~ to 2hc
closing unsettled, with December a
,s1.2Ok and May at $1.l5A. Prov
sions advanced 21a to soc.
Attention focused on knowledge
that although large stock OF oats ex
listed, the supply was not in position
TO enter readily into commercial chan
nels. It was explained that produc
ers had become extra cautious abou
sales of oats to arrive for nearby dc
liveries. In this connection, report
were current that railroad equipment
was necessarily being utilized to tn
utmost to dispose of soft corn, per
ishable commodity, OF which the az
gregate this season had assumed huge
proportions. Likelihood Of a falling
of in arrivals of oats drew specia
notice to free buying for seaboard &C
count and to relative smallness o.
the amount of oats on hand here lest
than quarter Of the total year ago
Corn rose mainly as result OF up
turns in the oats market and in Wal
street quotations. Besides. some au
thorities commended that the yield Q
merchantable corn would not be mucl
in excess of last year.
Provisions swung upward VIII
grain.
option. Open. High. Low. Close
Corn
Dec. ). 1874 120k 119 1901
May -. HAS 116h 114H ll5S
Oats