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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
11
Explanatory notes describe air pressure at sea level and lines of equal air pressure, temperature contours, and isotherms passing through defined points. The fragment mentions Banks lines and dotted isotherms with continuous lines for pressure readings.
The railroad commission granted Santa Fe railway a special eight cent per 100 pounds rate for sulfuric acid from Sugarland to Houston and ten cents to Galveston. Minimum car weight is 36,000 pounds for drums or carboys, or full tank gallonage for tank cars. Rate effective immediately to support W. T. Eldridge's planned sulfuric acid plant at Sugarland.
San Francisco reports the Standard Oil Company of California raising gasoline to nineteen cents a gallon beginning today. The price this time marks the fifth hike in two months, with a year ago’s price at twelve cents per gallon.
The Bulgaria First Bulgarian Insurance Company of Rustchuk Bulgaria is certified compliant with Texas laws to conduct business for the year ending February 28 1917. Commissioner MO S Patterson and State Agent Leon Dargen sign the authority notice at Austin.
Texas market reports show cotton prices advancing at several market points. Prices rose as traders cited strong demand and steady futures, with farmers receiving improved cash values across multiple districts.
Daily quotations from principal spot markets show upward price moves amid a larger crop acreage estimate. San Antonio and Savannah report stronger demand and higher bids, while buyers in San Antonio push offers to 11.75 cents per pound and German interests are active buyers for storage.
The New York cotton market opened quiet on April 6 with irregular early fluctuations. Liverpool showed a mixed tone from easy to firm as old crop months attracted buying. July dipped to 11.96 before rallying to 11.98 in the first hour. Firmer late cables and good Savannah spot demand supported gains, with July reaching 12.06 and October 12.24 as prices lifted above last night’s close.
Demand for hogs stayed strong with Chicago Kansas City and Fort Worth reporting higher quotations. Receipts totaled 127 cattle 81 calves 66 horses and 172 hogs with 88 cattle 81 calves and 85 hogs eligible for local sale at steady prices. Steers sold 6.50 to 7.00 per cwt calves 6.50 to 7.50. quality improved due to recent rains. No sheep or goats offered.
Mercantile Marine issues remained the standout feature of the day in New York trading on April 6. both common and preferred shares were heavily absorbed, with Specialties rising to new highs and several leaders like Westinghouse Studebaker and Goodrich posting gains. Norfolk and Western led the railroad group with a near point advance as prices hovered near top quotations before an irregular close.
New York markets show May at 11.81 and July 11.00 after opening. October advances to 12.16 and December 12.32 with a later rise to 13 points. Futures close higher, listing intraday highs and lows as 11.98 to 12.26.
A Friday opening is anticipated with Liverpool set to gain 5 to 6 points. An 11 o'clock call notes New York call results and forthcoming dates including May 11 82 July 11 99 and October data with a decline from 108.
Fort Worth Texas April 6 cattle receipts 2500 market unchanged Reeves 86508.50 stockers 6.00 7.50 heifers SA MOGS.A cows 4.00 6.50 bulls 4.50 6.25 calves 4.00 8.50 hogs receipts 6000 market five cents higher bulk 9.35 9.50 heavy 9.09 9.40 medium 9.40 9.50 mixed 9.30 9.40 light 9.30 9.55 common 7.25 8.25 pigs 4.50 7.00 sheep receipts 1500 market steady lambs 8.50 9.75 yearlings 7.50 8.50 wethers 7.50 8.00 ewes 7.00 7.75 culls 4.50 5.50 goats 4.00 5.76.
The wheat price uptick boosts the flour market with all northern latent flour up 16 cents per barrel via San Antonio distributors. Local flour brands hold firm and trend higher as bran and other grains rise. Canned fish demand surges while sardine case prices rise 10 cents. country produce movement slows due to recent rain. packers keep meats and lards price lists steady. Seed jobbers report sales gains with price changes as seed supplies remain available.
In New Orleans on April 6 the cotton market opened with moderate offerings as cables weakened, leaving most active month futures down by a point in early trading. Brokers bought enough to lift prices one to three points, then Liverpool’s surge and favorable spot reports pushed a rise of six to nine points by noon. By 1:30 the market stood 9 to 14 points above yesterday’s close amid thin contract supply and wary buyers.
Receipts and quotations show hogs at 6660 head with higher market. best bids for heavy and light hogs range around 9.55 to 9.70 and 8.00 to 8.85 for pigs. Cattle receipts near 2000 with strong market. prime fed steers 9.25 to 9.85, dressed beef steers 8.00 to 9.25, cows 5.00 to 6.00, stockers 8.75 to 8.75. Sheep receipts 600 with strong market. lambs 19.40 to 11.15, yearlings 9.50 to 10.20, wethers 8.50 to 9.25, ewes 7.75 to 8.60.
Apr 6 Chicago reports receipts of hogs 23,000 with a strong market and varied bulk and heavy hog price ranges. Cattle receipts total 40,096 with steady demand. native steers and western steers priced around 7.70 to 9.90, stockers 6.00 to 8.79, heifers 4.10 to 9.00, calves about 6.00. Sheep receipts 12,900 with steady market. wethers 8.25 to 9.10 and lambs 7. etc.
New Orleans opening bids show May 11.71, July 11.88, October 11.93, December 12.07, January 12.16. Prices closed 11 to 13 points higher with scattered figures listed for July and October contracts amid a thin trading session.
In St Louis on April 6 receipts show 6500 hogs with higher prices. Pigs and lights 7.25 to 9.85, mixed and butchers 9.65 to 9.95, good heavy 9.85. Cattle receipts 1600, market steady with native steers up to 9.76 and cows 3.50 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 25900, market steady with yearling wethers 8.00 to 10.40 and lambs 9.00 to 11.85.
Liverpool April 6. Cotton spot remains steady as good middling prices 7.814 and middling 7.67 while low middling sits at 7.334. Sales reach 7000 bales for speculation and export with 1000 bales and receipts total 9000 bales.
Liverpool reports firm futures with April at 7.474 and April May at 7.46d. Sequential contracts show gains from May June at 7.464 to March April at 7.224 with varied decimals across the calendar.
Fort Worth and Oklahoma City cattle market notes list multiple sellers with vehicle weights and prices. Texans include Encinal and Pecos consignors with steers and stocker calves priced from about 6.00 to 7.75 per cwt, while Oklahoma City shows cattle and hogs trading steady to firmer with top hogs near 9.60 and steers around 8.00. A New York coffee update closes the brief.
San Antonio dispatch lists prices for country butter poultry and eggs with rates: butter 31 36c. eggs higher. hens 6.00 per dozen. fryers 5.50. turkeys 19 20c per lb. ducks 5.50 per dozen. geese 7.00 10.00 per dozen. Minnesota and Dakota shipments noted. Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and Dakota receive poultry and potatoes noted.
Quotations show creamery products at 5 cents, firsts 33 cents, seconds 24 cents, and other dairy items. Poultry prices list hens, turkeys, and springs with small adjustments. figures reflect market conditions and regional variation as of April 6 in Kansas City.
Raw sugar held steady at 5.98 dollars. Centrifugal sugar, refined products firm with cut loaf at 8.15. Molasses and sugar consignments priced. various grades listed from 8.00 to 6.95 for con fectionered A No. 1.
Lead bids at 7.78 with copper firm and no quotes for spelter. Firectromic prices nearby at 28.00 to 28.60 and for June and later 27.00 to 27.75. Iron firm and unchanged, tin strong with spot at 54.00 bid.
Mercantile paper at 3.3 percent. Sterling rates sixty day bills 4.72 percent demand 4.76 percent cables 4.77. Guilders demand 0.43, cables 0.43 percent. Bar silver 61 1 2 cents. Mexican dollars 47 1 2 cents. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds firm.
New York reports mixed cotton seed bids with Spot at 10.40. April to November futures show varying levels from 9.30 to 19.54 across months. Total sales reach 11,760 units.
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Thursday showed bids and asks for silver pesos at 41 and 42 cents, half pesos at 80 cents, and state and national bank notes at 8 and 16 cents respectively plus a Bank of London and Mexico rate of 14 to 15 percent.
Lead at 33 pounds sterling per hundredweight Spelter 923 pounds Spot copper 117 pounds Sterling Futures 114 pounds Electrolytic 185 pounds Spottin 291 pounds futures 196 pounds sterling Reflects spot and futures values in London market with multiple metal grades listed.
New Orleans reports rice prices holding firm across all grades with Japan clean steady. Receipts totaled 2662 rough, 2062 millers, 5321 clean. sales include 486 pockets clean Honduras at 81 163 and 584 pockets Japan at 3 3 8 percent.
The New York dry goods market was quiet with firm prices. Cotton goods for the bag trade sold freely while worsted goods, laces, and embroiderers remained quiet.
Cotton production figures are listed for multiple ports and areas with counts in thousands. Items include Galveston 5941, New Orleans 8702, Savannah 1292, Charleston 424, Wilmington 652, Norfolk 2641, and other regional totals.
Time loans steady at 2 and 3 percent for 0 days 2 3 per cent, 90 days 8 3 percent, six months 3 percent. Call money steady with high 2 percent low 1 percent and ruling rate 1 percent. Last loan 2 percent, closing bid 1 percent, offered at 2 percent.
Galveston Texas April 6 marine intelligence lists ships arriving El Valle from New York Topila from Tampico Fort Morgan from Nov Puerto Mexico and more. Vessels sailing include El Occidente to New York Miguel M Pinillos to Barcelona Matador to Liverpool Pilar de Larrinaga Toftwood Jotunfield and Riojano to Liverpool Aarhus and other Atlantic ports.
Lordon reports bar silver at 29 44 per ounce with a money rate of 474 per cent and discount rates for short bills and three months at 4 percent each.
Chicago April 6 Wheat prices rose on late seeding delays in the northwest but later fell as rains in the Southwest improved sentiment. May and July contracts fluctuated with modest gains and a sharp setback before settling mixed. Corn followed the wheat trends with steady to higher closes and oats firmed alongside. Provisions remained steady.
Carrot buyers paid grain prices in San Antonio on Thursday. Wheat Texas per bushel 1.30. Northern per bushel 1.38. Corn No 3 Texas per bushel. Northern No 2 mixe Soc per bushel 0.58. Oats Texas red per bushel in sacks 0.46. Northern white in bulk 0.64. Oklahoma prices align with Texas grades.
Thursday pricing from a local packing house shows dry salt and fancy bacon bellies and hams with average weights. Key figures include 14 percent salt bacon at 16 cents, 26 cents for fancy breakfast bacon, 18 cents for 14 to 17 pound bellies, and 22 cents for Italian compound turd.
Quotations today list wheat No 2 red at 1.23 percent, No 3 hard at 1.189, corn No 2 yellows at 8 8le, oats standard at 41 %c, barley at 76c. Prices reflect mixed movements in the Chicago market.
Quotations list grain prices in St. Louis on April 6 with bids for No 2 red and hard corn and No 2 white varieties, including prices around 1.26 for red, 78 cents for No 2 hard, 75 cents for No 2 white, and 48 to 49 cents for additional No 2 white options.
Quotations show grain prices at Kansas City on April 6 with wheat No 2 hard at 1.11 to 1.20 per bushel and No 2 red 81.18 to 1.20, corn coil 2 mixed 70c, No 2 white 49 to 51c, oats No 2 white 47 to 48c, and No 2 mixed 41 to 48c.
Wind velocities below one tile per hour and precipitation under one inch are published here. Allen Buefil, Local Forecaster, notes ongoing weather data.
Robert Newton Webber 53 died in a San Antonio sanitarium at 4 am Thursday. A Mount Vernon Kentucky native, he lived in San Antonio eight years and is survived by his widow, six daughters, and two sons including Robert A. Webber in Mexico with the U S Army and Donald R. Webber of San Antonio. Funeral from 223 Dunning Ave at 10 am Friday with ministers Gaston Hartsfield and H E Fitts. Interment at Mission Burial Park.
Florence D Kaiser 24 died at her Charlotte Texas home at 3 am Wednesday. Survived by husband L W Kaiser and a brother in Yoakum. Body sent to Yoakum for burial under Sloan Hagy Undertaking Co. interment set there.
Turpentine quiet at 49 with no gale activity. Receipts 115, shipments 423, stocks 6 8. Resin firm with sales 897, receipts 283, shipments 714, stocks 70 140. Prices listed for several grades note A B C and others around 4.80 to 5.40.
Wheat May at 1.09 dollars, corn May 70 cents and July 7, oats May 43 cents. Fifteen wells bored in New J odlang search for petroleum, five producing oil.
Miss Helen M Howard aged 79 died at noon Wednesday at her residence 320 Milam Street. Born in New Hampshire she had lived in San Antonio for the past years.
Forty years. She is survived by a brother in New Hampshire. The funeral will be held from the chapel of the Ludwig Undertaking Company at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon and interment will be made in City Cemetery No. 4.
A series of guest arrivals and registrations are noted from several hotels. J 7 Muller of Boston stops at the St Anthony. Mrs William Byrd Jr of Carrizo Springs visits the Gunter. F W Krauss of Philadelphia arrives at the St Anthony. R B Dickson of Kewanee Illinois at the Menger. Mr and Mrs Earl A Brown of Waxahachie Texas registered at the Menger. Charles P Wallace of Houston at the Gunter. J Teadley of New York at the St Anthony. R W Roberts of New York stopping at the Menger. W L Beattle of Milwaukee among new arrivals at the Gunter. J R Wilkinson of Chicago at the St Anthony. M H Slater of New York at the St Anthony. C C Ladick of Corpus Christi guest at the Gunter. H Holzhauer of Dallas on arrival. S M Fields of Dallas stopping at the Menger. Mr and Mrs W K Sullivan of Plantonia Texas registered at the Gunter. G L Collins of Houston among new arrivals at the St Anthony. J F Harrell of New Orleans stopping at the Gunter.
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