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WITH STRENGTH IN HIGH-GRADE LIST
BY F. H. RICHARDSON (Special Wire Journal NEW YORK. Saturday, Aug. Bonds with strength in Saturday The characteristic of current investment demand the difficulty of supplying prime issues to satisfy inquiries for them- to force these descriptions to highs Over of the gain in the prime group is wide, though the daily appreciation is so narrow to be noticeable of the time. But the fact cannot be ignored that bonds like Atchison general 4s, Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania phone Standard of New York 1/24s, Standard of New 5s, Dequesne Light 41/28, Utah Power Light 5s and New York Telephone 4½S, are all selling at their best prices since 1928. United States Government bonds also to near their best prices in two years, though trading was Volume Saturday was a little more than half that of Friday. The usual Saturday stagnancy was aggravated by the approach of the August bank holiday in England. thus drying up the English demand in this market. rates Convertibies were dull featureless with the stock market Warner Pictures 6s advanced 1½ points while the complementary stock was dropping. However, since the carries per cent coupon and the price at which the stock can be ercised is away out line at when the stock is selling $36 the stock's for the moment have ceased to have a direct effect on the Junior rails were irregular and gave evidence of again being played by speculative was only the comparat poor bonds, which in the past have shown wide fluctuations, that gained, such as Chicago Great Western 4s. St. Paul adjust ments International Great Northern Seaboard Air Line 6s. Better grade junior rails like St. Rock Island Erie general and refunding 5s and Southern Railway 4s. Industrials pursued an indeterminate course. Chile Copper 5s, United States American Sugar Refining 6s and Anglo Chilean Nitrate 7s showed firmness while Certainteed Hudson 5s, Goodyear 5s, Phillips Petroleum PanAmerican Petroleum 6s, Skelly Oil 1/28 and Shell Union 5s sold off. dropped to new low at 87 in the department, afterwards regaining part of the loss. Austrian 7s to sell at point Belgium (1955) were at their best price of the year under fair demand from abroad. French government dollar bonds were still at their high price for the year
Commodity Prices
McGILL Editor McGill Commodity Service the past the comthe of three years declined teen groups last are two Little hange was noted the week July decrease was bile. iron and steel, such upturn industrial during the closing agreeset recovery any All All prices broke new low such live hides and leather textiles and vege. table Industrial Prices were finished are materials Agricultural One of the new records tion heat waves the west Deterioraleading Auproduction estimater vised This help to healthy relademand Non Metals the first This was to firming up and Other products to the established. Both coarse and fine textile prices Coarse particular are fibers hemp and Most important price changes: This Previous First Week 1930. 75.6 Industrial Agricultural and leather Textiles, fine Vegetable 82.8 83.7
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET NEW on the New York ExHudson Hudson Flour dull and spring Pork steady: strong midile-west Petroleum New York 15c; $2 per Lloyd's barrel. Majestic quiet: Hides per Central Cucutas, Orinoacaibos, packer) native brands. Colorados 13c. and Long Island Sweet and easy southern poultry cents steady per Island Live poultry (cents quiet: broil- Northern 22: turkeys 17@33 Cheese (pound) steady whole milk fancy Young Ameriquiet Phoenix per Pub Eggs (cents per dozen) market firmer Reliance white state whites. Pacific Rep fresh nearby browns,
Pennsylvania Bank Closed by Heavy Runs CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Aug. (/P)-Heavy runs in the past two days were blamed for the closing Saturday of the First National Bank of Vanderbilt, near here The runs were believed the result of the closing of three the four banks in Connellsville within the past month The affairs the institution were placed in the hands of B. Bleakley national bank examiner W A. Cosgrove, president, expressed that all depositors ultimately would be in full. The paid was capitalized at $25.000. statement reported surplus of 000, demand deposits of $8,453. and time deposits of $89,764.