The following chart shows average price of automobile, automobile tire and automobile accessory manufacturing stocks traded in on the New York Curb for 1906-9-12-16:
Securities on Various Exchanges in Other Cities and Data for 1916.
Securities traded in on various stock exchanges of other cities show very little activity or regularity.
Below is shown the trading in the great automobile center of the world.
| Detroit. | 1916 | |
|---|---|---|
| High | Low | |
| Auto Body Co. | 481⁄2 | 32 |
| Chalmers Motor | 255 | 90 |
| Chevrolet | 277 | 1711⁄8 |
| Continental Motors | 421⁄8 | 71⁄2 |
| Ford Motor Co. of Canada | 415 | 275 |
| General Motors | 800 | 418 |
| Preferred | 127 | 1121⁄2 |
| Maxwell Motors | 951⁄8 | 575⁄8 |
| Packard Motor | 260 | 160 |
| Preferred | 1041⁄2 | 1001⁄4 |
| Paige-Detroit | 571⁄8 | 32 |
| Reo Motor | 471⁄2 | 321⁄4 |
| Reo Truck | 451⁄4 | 233⁄8 |
| Studebaker | 1611⁄8 | 1207⁄8 |
Cleveland shows greatest activity in the tire stock on account of its proximity to the great rubber center of Akron, Ohio.
| 1916 | ||
|---|---|---|
| High | Low | |
| Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. | 1,700 | 740 |
| Goodrich Co. | 781⁄2 | 603⁄8 |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | 402 | 198 |
| Portage Rubber Co. | 1831⁄2 | 621⁄2 |
| Republic Rubber Co. | 145 | 1281⁄2 |
| Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co. | 110 | 79 |
| White Motor Co. | 60 | 471⁄4 |
Principal Companies Whose Securities Are Not Generally Traded In.
Until the past two or three years, motor and motor accessory stocks were traded in but little on the open market. Even today, when these securities are traded in much more generally, there is a large number of companies whose stocks are very closely held and it requires some unusual occurrence to loosen them for trading on the open market.