The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-02

having been mad" n :" H"F S''''' '''' ,
,iulc funds going I" 81. per cent
Commodity Markets.
Iron: The market is quiet TO- the
present. but is likely. arc"rdlnE TO ir-
ports tn experience Il revival ht'"E 'lt
li7st Of the var. ii"ch"d orders VIII |
, nrrp ;hr furnaces n u"ir capacity l"E
the n"xs SIN months. Frees Tor Ne"
York are: So IN foundry. 5000; NJ"
N foundry. :$3".li.
Coffee: rnr,s: ri''"L trading IN co..
r.. futures on tn. N.w lurk coffee and
Sugar exchange i'..;:t:. H:;at'" On Discern
h,.r Sd TIA" first sarr VAS May COL
tracts al lT.5h cents. IL. c":nlAr'G win
,hr uIaNimuuu p".cc 81 80. cons on
October Is. when IA" exchange closed
'rF,"re were similar advances on "lncr
months. Spot coffee" which closed al
los. cents an October Is. was nominal
" IL: cents ~ t"'"'llH"r -" SANTOS
as wrrc ,iuu;c,l 4; "2iA and go. c"nt>
! Invoice quotations from MarlcalHo wrr"
~ and @@i. cents: washed. ~ u ana
al. cents; Ro"u;a common. ~ and :"
,c,uts. fancy - and "Ji: cents: Eu-
; ,,arar,auc;, IL. and =" cents: washed.
! - and 80. cents: Costa kica. common.
/ n AMI ~ cents: prlm" To coicc. -o1
i and - l. cents.
/ Sugar: Supplies nrc limited. but i'm
c-oveman, il looked rnr shortly. Tho
: tiXed price TO rrtlners ~ New 10TH
for Cubas and Porto Eicos remains at
7.2S cents.
! Cocoa: Quotations on December %
were: Bahia. - and It,. cents; Accra.
;l4t, and Is cents: sanchez. AK and ID
cents: Arriha. ISL. and l5% cents; Ma
chaio. Is and Isl. cents.
! Wheat: The food administration has
j refused r. cargo Of 1000 tons of Aus
! tralian wheat brought to Puget Souno
! because of tho prediction of a rccor"-
! breaking crop here. New forK quota
; tons are: No. Northern Sprins'
: 50 4ni.; No. Red. f. o. b.. S@.5TH = No
! " Hard Winter. .. b.. S2.7' Z.
! Corn: \ fairly larg" amount OF AT
rcrt;nc corn has been purchased here IN
! :he belief that transportation faciIit'ss
will soon be available. No. lello*
Was quoted in New York on December -
| at $1.66M.
| Crude Rubber: All restrictions upon
| tn, quantity which may be imported
| from overseas have been removed quo
! ta,ions on December 81 were: Up-river
fine, So cents: Ccntrals. IS and As cents.
/ Hides: \ stronger market ia looked
for with the removal OF MAXIMUM
prices by the first of the year. Quotu-
lpfSsflrDcT =
and. Ss1t cents: Central Americas II =
/ andI SeE cents: Orinocs SEX and S3ht
crat.: Ecuadors IS and 3sH cents.
| c<,,t Skins: The market is dull Hnd
! <oaturelcs-.. Quotations on December 30
! were: Oaxaca- first selection 80 cents:
T>rozi,. frs, selection $3.50: Payta 90
. cents.
! cotton: Four ships have BEEN assigned
| to tho OVERSEAS cotton trade and II ~
expected fifth ship may be added soon.
! On December IS. January cotton sold at
ee.65 and $3.50 cents: March at 2S.46 and
oq.1o cents; and May at 27.65 and 1886
cents. z
Tin: Trading in tin is TO continue
under government control until all that
was Affected to the United States Steel
| Products Company by the lntcr-Alleo
Tin Executive has been disposed or
This amounts to 10000 gross tons. inc
fixed price is 72is cents pound 1
dock or store, port Of New YORK or NInl-
caSn. or (. O. b. delivery points ut chi
ego and points east. sellers option: and
Ill. cents 4 pound. cN-dock or shore'
Pacific coast ports. sellers option. In
London. Standard ia quoted ut t-66a Tor
soot and e256 for future delivery.
Conner. Tho War Industries Board
has announced that price control will
end with tho first of the year. Tho new
Conner Export Association. Inc. has es-
ttahlished n price of twenty-three cents
nound on copper for export. covering de-
lIveries for the first quarter OF the year
and il is believed that tho same price
| will prevail for domestic business. Until
the first OF January. tho official price -
twenty-six cents for CARROTS ana ZT.5o
for lesser quantities.
Lend: Price restrictions wcrH rcrno|-
I'd from December 21St. but very little
activity in the market is anticipatcd DC
fore the first Of the year. The Metal
EXCHANGE is quoting 5& to S L cents Tor
December and ) /. To So cents for Janu-
AIRY delivery.
spcl,cr: Tho market is extremely dull
and practically m trading is taking
place Prime Western. New. York. Is
oro,cd ~ SIS cents for spot and $40
cnn,s for D<ccrher delivery. At East
St. Louis. s ccnts is quoted for spot and
December delivery and T.55 cents on de-
l!vcries for the first quarter OF 1919.
Aluminium: Trade is very inactive
The base price OF thtrty-thrcc cents a
pound. f. q. b. producing plant for fifty
tons and over fo- inEots Of IS 70 80 per
cont. will remain n force until March
: ! I. 1919.
Anthony: The market is dull and
!. thcrn Is very little demand. Nominal
quotations range from 7& TO cents.
Tungsten: The market is without ilfe
and little actual business is anticipated
. before the beginning nc the year. High
, grade wolfranitc is quoted at SEQ 10 SCI
md schceltr ut s24 10 S25.
Quicksilver: Very little demand has
. developed and the price is quoted NJ Sis
. ncr flask Of rs pounds for prompt hip
mont.
/ Silver: Tho official price is UNCHANGED
y, sfD1M Dor ounce in New York and
4S%. RI. in London.
Molybdenite: Tho market changes
: ,ycr,- little. 4 few transactions have