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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1917

Page

11

Cotton Market Gains Then Slight Loss on Ocean Freight News

The cotton market opened with a small to moderate gain on firmer cables and lower ocean freight rates from New Orleans to Liverpool. Prices drifted to a small net loss as fears of a tighter English blockade and favorable crop weather emerged, with New York closing 8 to 13 points higher and New Orleans up 6 to 10 points. San Antonio spots at 18.60.

San Antonio Houston Galveston New York New Orleans Liverpool Cotton Exchange England Antonio

New York Cotton opens steady then softens on shipment fears

The New York cotton market opened steady with a 6 to 10 point advance on overnight orders but soon eased as Liverpool tied houses sold here. Reports of ships sunk raised shipping anxiety, while New England mills and New Orleans connections supplied or withdrew sales. May 19.89, July 19.61, October 17.64 midday.

New York Liverpool New Orleans New England

Cotton futures steady at opening in New York trade

Cotton futures opened steady in New York with May at 19.85 cents a pound, July 19.66, Gerehey 18.59, December 18.67 and January 15.70. Futures closed Thursday up 13 points.

New York Gerehey

New Orleans Cotton Trades On Ocean Freight Slump

Good cables and reports of lower ocean freight to Liverpool spurred early buying in New Orleans cotton. Offers were slender, prices rose 15 points in the first hour, then eased to 2 to 9 points down by noon. The market steadied in the afternoon as contracts availability shrank.

New Orleans Liverpool England

Cotton futures rise as markets close higher

New Orleans April 26 cotton opened steady with May at 19.10 and July 18.78 and October 18.03 and December 18.10 and January 18.20. Futures closed Thursday 6 to 10 points higher.

New Orleans Liverpool

Liverpool cotton market report April 26

Liverpool spot cotton trades listed with good middling at 12.85 pence per pound and middling 12.73, low middling 12.55. Sales reach 700, including 1000 for speculation and export, receipts 7000.

Liverpool

Futures steady and calendar notes from Liverpool

Futures drift steady in Liverpool with dates from April to December forecasts. A new medicine bottle stopper named Geepece is introduced and a lemon treatment claims to double juice yield when warmed before squeezing.

Texas farm and ranch loans offered by security firm

10,000 acres in Atascosa and McMullen Counties at 35 percent land value with special bargain at 10 dollars per acre. 60,000 acres near Marfa stocked with h grade cattle. 0,009 acres in Duval County at 5.50 per acre, well improved ranch with easy terms. TEXAS SECURITY & MORTGAGE CO. By W. H. Sarrain.

Atascosa McMullen Marfa Duval County Texas Security & Mortgage CO W. H. Sarrain

Wholesale Market Prices For Fresh Vegetables And Produce

A detailed rundown lists wholesale prices to trade for onions lettuce peppers and more. Texas Texas Bermuda onions at various per dozen prices. peppers and cabbage from Texas and California. fruits including apples oranges and lemons with crates, boxes, and per pound rates.

Papal New Texas Texas Bermudas Texas Florida California Euce Fiat Peoewerries Ben Davis Commerce Missouri Wwkikle RalsiNs Choice LLC L. M. Raisins Choice Peaverry Choice Rio Arbuckle Maxwell Tee Maxwell House Honduras Japan

Texas cattle raisers deny stocker market shipping

Ed R. Henry traffic manager for the Fort Worth Livestock Company testified at the Shreveport rate case hearing that Texas cattle raisers do not ship beef cattle under the stocker cattle market to avoid higher rates. He provided 1916 movement figures for Fort Worth and noted small local farmers have sold cattle in minor amounts using automobile trailers.

Dallas Tex Texas Ed R. Henry Fort Worth Livestock Company Shreveport Thurtell Interstate Commerce Commission Fort Worth

Austin Banks Buy $600000 in Government Certificates

The three national banks in Austin have subscribed to $600,000 of the federal governments 3 percent short term certificates in a move tied to a pending $25,000,000 bond issue. The American National Bank took $350,000, the Austin National $200,000, and the State National $50,000. The certificates mature in sixty days.

Austin Tex American National Bank Austin National State National

Wheat market closes day at a straddle

Fresh high wheat prices driven by export competition and domestic millers. weather delays in Dakotas Minnesota and Canada. Portugal removes cereal import duties. May futures rose to 2.64 2.65, July to 2.16 2.21 before close. corn and oats strength noted. hogs and cereals lift provisions.

Chicago Ill Great Britain Portugal Dakotas Minnesota Canada

Market Quotations Chicago Wheat Corn and Oats April

Chicago quotations show No 2 red wheat at 2.95, No 2 hard nominal. No 2 yellow corn at 1.63 and 62 percent, standard oats at 74 75 cents, and barley at 1.15 to 1.56.

Chicago

Market quotes from Kansas City grain and feed prices

Kansas City quotations show wheat at 2.85 to 2.93 for a 2 hard, No 2 red at 2.88 to 3,0. corn No 3 at 1.56 to 1.57, No 2 white at 1.69 to 1.0. oats No 2 white at 1. Terse feed market snapshot with mixed notations and gaps in OCR.

Kansas City

Grain futures close with May wheat at 2.62

KC grain futures finish with May wheat at 2.62, July 2.14 3/4, September 1.874. Corn for May 1.484, July 1.43, September 1.32 1/2. Values show price changes across contracts.

Kansas City

Market Quotes for Wheat and Oats from St Louis

Quotations posted in St. Louis on April 26 show cash wheat values with No 2 red at 2.909 5.00, No 2 hard at 2.90, and No 3 white at 1.68. Oats quotes list No 2 at 74% and No 2 white nominal.

ST. Louis

Metal markets report from New York on April 28

Lead firmer at 9 percent, copper and iron futures steady with spot and prompt delivery terms. Tin prices strong with spot around 358 dollars. No. 1 northern iron quoted near 42 to 43 dollars per ton and other grades varying.

New York Erie

Market Summary for London Metals and Tin

London markets show lead at 30 pounds 10 shillings per ton spot, speller at 54, spot tin at 158 with futures at 228 pounds 6 shillings, tin and electrolytic prices noted. Futures quoted for tin and related metals in the April 26 report.

London

Rice market report from New Orleans on April 26

Rough and clean rice remained strong in demand with receipts of 423 sacks rough and 10 038 pockets clean. Sales included 859 pockets of Clean Sere 800 pockets Japan and 1823 Blue Rose with Clean Honduras at unchanged quotations.

New Orleans Japan Honduras

Coffee futures steady as Paris paper coffins noted

New York April 26 futures for coffee No. 7 or 10s were steady with May at 7.86 and July at 8.05. In an unrelated note a French invention uses paper coffins praised for cheapness and lightness.

Enn York

Wholesale price changes in local markets report

The article lists price shifts in commodities including flour at 13.90 per barrel, corn chops 3.50 per hundredweight in job lots and 3.40 in car lots, New Mexico alfalfa 35 per ton in job lots and 33 in car lots, sorghum 24 per ton in car lots, navy beans 16 per hundredweight, and compound lard at 18 cents.

Columbia River Alaska Texas Kansas Mexico New Mexico

Provision Markets Quotations From Local Packing House

Local packing house quotations show dealer prices for various meat products. Highlights include bacon extras at 24 percent, dry salt bellies averaging 14 to 16 pounds at 24 cents, fancy breakfast bacon at 38 cents, fancy hams at 28 cents, bacon bellies around 10 to 14 cents per pound, and American cheese at about 17 cents per pound.

Hursday

Shippers' Market Prices and Poultry Rates

Prices for shippers and commission agents show steady rates in Texas country markets. Poultry items remain firm with large hens at 7.50 to 9.00 dollars, mediums 6.00 to 7.00, small hens about 5.60 to 6.75, large turkeys 6.00 to 7.00, and small springs around 4.00 to 4.25 per unit. Candied products and dairy like Texas creamery at 32 to 3be per pound are listed alongside country prices and assorted commodities.

Jess Texas Texas Creamery Ducas Gree

Chicago Market Quotation Summary April 26

Quotations today show butter and creamery at 34 3 8 cents with higher keg prices. Receipts total 23, 39 cases with Firsts 31 8 2 cents and ordinary Firsts 30 6 cents at mark. cases 309 32 cents. Potatoes unchanged with 26 curs receipts. Washington, Colorado and Idaho waste priced 3.00 to 4.50. Michigan and Wisconsin white 2.85 to 2.00. Poultry alive unchanged. fowls 23 cents per pound.

Chicago Washington Colorado Idaho Michigan Wisconsin

Cotton Statistics Read in Gulf Ports and Cities

Partial OCR listing cotton receipts by city shows Bates Galveston 3024 bales, Houston 3024, New Orleans 2085, Mobile 0, Savannah 828, Charleston 14,896, Wilmington 0, Norfolk 0, Boston 205, with totals labeled Lac Pelmdans Meee Total.

Bates Galveston Tex

New York Sugar Prices Steady Across Grades

Raw sugar remains steady with centrifugal at 6.27 dollars and molasses at 53.9. Refined sugar also steady with fine granulated listed from 0.75 to 0.80 dollars per pound.

New York

Cotton goods market steady amid government demand

In New York on April 26 buyers showed fair interest as most cotton goods and yarns not sought by the government remained firm. Auction attendance held steady with knit goods in fair demand, while a Frenchman was noted as the inventor of a bead stringing motion by centrifugal force.

New York

Northern livestock market strengthens across major centers

April 26 Union Stock Yards reports higher hog prices at St Louis while Fort Worth led gains for cattle. Chicago and St Louis saw steady to slight increases. Kansas City and St Louis noted firm sheep. Local trade remained slow with prices near yesterday. Cattle and hog receipts totaled about 1990 cattle and 116 hogs for the city trade.

Fort Worth Chicago Kansas City St. Louis Union Stock Yards Kaneags City

Fort Worth cattle market prices rise on April 24

Fort Worth Texas receipts show cattle market higher with steers 7.00 to 10.05, stockers 6.50 to 8.50, heifers 5.50 to 10.00, cows 6.50 to 8.60, calves 5.00 to 10.50, bulk 14.75 to 16.10, top 15.20. lambs 14.00 to 16.00, yearlings 7.75, wethers 10.50 to 12.50, ewes 10.50, goats 5.50 to 8.50. receipts 2,500 cattle, 200 others.

Fort Worth Tex

Chicago Livestock Receipts and Prices Report

Chicago April 26 receipts and quotations show Hoge firm demand with cattle and sheep markets detailed. Native beef cattle ranged from 9.00 to 18.40, stockers and feeders 7.15 to 10.00, cows and heifers 5.70 to 11.20, calves 8.60 to 12.00, sheep with lambs and wethers in varied 10.75 to 13.10 and 12.25 to 12.60 respectively. 시장 강세 및 혼합 분류별 가격대가 제시됐다.

California Illinois Maine Chicago

Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Kansas City market report lists hog receipts 7000 with higher quotes and various hog classes priced from 14.00 to 15.90. Cattle receipts 2000 include southerns with strong to higher tone. prime fed steers 12.00 to 12.75, dressed beef steers 9.00 to 12.00, cows 6.50 to 10.75, heifers 9.00 to 11.09, stockers 7.50 to 10.50, calves 7.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 4000 with strong to higher market. lambs 12.50 to 16.30, yearlings 12.50 to 14.50, wethers 11.00 to 13.75, ewes 10.60 to 13.50.

Kansas City

Market Receipts and Quotes for Hogs Cattle and Sheep

St Louis reporting receipts for hogs 7500 with prices 15.25 to 16.40. Pigs and mixed hogs quoted 10.76 to 16.00. Cattle receipts 1200 with native beef steers 7.50 to 138.00 and yearlings 8.60 to 12.00. cows 6.00 to 11.00. stockers 6.00 to 10.15. Sheep receipts 1000 with lambs 13.00 to 16.15. ewes 9.50 to 12.25. yearlings 12.76 to 14.25.

St, Louis

Farm Loan Bank appraisers named for Texas districts

A Washington dispatch says the Federal Farm Loan Board announced Houston Farm Loan Bank appraisers including H. J. Jacoby Dallas B. L. Shroppshire Houston R. T. Milner Henderson K. Franklin McKinney A. P. Graves Gatesville S S. P. Smith Fluvanna T. P. Whiting Plainview and J. W. Mackey Beaumont.

Dallas Washington Times-Herald Houston (Tex Farm Loan Bank Federal Farm Loan Board H. J. Jacoby B. L. Shroppshire Houston R. T. Milner Henderson K. Franklin McKinney A. P. Graves Gatesville S&s

Icelandic coal deposits reported at 180 million tons

Observations note wind under 10 mph and precipitation below .01 inch not published. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau, reports discovery of coal deposits estimated at 180,000,000 tons in Iceland.

Allen Buell Weather Bureau Iceland

Cotton Region Bulletin for Houston District Weather

Temperatures and rainfall summarized for the Houston District stations for the 24 hours ending 8 a m. Pain mostly light but locally heavy at three stations across the South Atlantic coast states and nearby regions. Day temperatures run six to ten degrees below normal in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Meteorologist Weather Bureau.

San Antonio Tex Houston Atlantic Coast Alabama Tennnessee Arkansas Oklahoma Mississippi Texas North Carolina Allen Buell Meteorologist Weather Bureau

Market closes irregular despite gains across most stocks

New York stocks opened higher with general gains from the prior session. United States Steel held steady near its peak after a small initial dip, while copper and popular equipment shares rose fractions. Rails and shippings fluctuated, with Industrials slipping 1 to 2 points late, leaving a mixed closing.

New York St. Paul Ohio United States Steel Pittsburg

Money market quotes from San Antonio banks

Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio on Thursday showed bids and asks for various notes and coins. State Bank and National Bank notes quoted around 1 to 4, Bank of London and Mexico at 10 to 12, with silver at 64 and other minor figures listed.

San Antoni Ccceveesevess Bank of London and Mex

New York Money Markets Report April 26

Mercantile paper 44.4 percent, Sterling 60 day bills 472, commercial 60 day 471 percent. Demand 475, cables 430. Guilders demand 41 percent, cables 414. Bar silver 3?hye: Mexican dollars 66 percent. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular.

New York Mercantile Paper

Time loans rates and call money in New York market

New York reports a time loans firm rate for 60 days at 34 4 per cent 90 days at 40 44 per cent and six months at 44% 4% per cent. Call money is weak with a high of 2 percent and a low of 2 percent. Closing figures show bid at 2 and offered at 2 percent.

New York

Nevada Leads in Army Recruiting Rates in April

Nevada topped states in regular army recruitment from April 1 to 24, contributing 94.4 percent of its war quota based on population. Oregon Indiana Utah Illinois Kansas followed, with 59.8 45.4 40.7 28.3 and 27.9 percent. Other states listed include Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Tennessee and Arkansas with lower percentages and quotas. Vermont at 2.5 percent rounded out the figures.

Washington D. C Nevada War Department Oregon Indiana Utah Illinois Kansas Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Tennessee Arkansas Vermont

District abolishment reorganizes Southern Department troops

In line with Pershing's regional realignment, the order abolishes the territorial district label effective April 30. It dissolves districts Brownsville, Laredo, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Big Bend, El Paso, New Mexico, Arizona, Nogales and Yuma, with commands becoming more specific regiments and detachments under division leaders.

Pershing Brownsville Laredo Eagle Pass del Rio Big Bend el Paso New Mexico Arizona Nogales Yuma

Food Shortage Seen Reducing Pneumonia Deaths in Chicago

Chicago health officials report 26 pneumonia deaths yesterday and 181 in the last week. Health commissioner John D. Robertson argues overeating worsens pneumonia, claiming a food shortage could curb the disease.

Chicago John D. Robertson Health Department Robertson

Germans Seek Parley With Russian Forces

Telegram from Riga says German efforts to parley with Russian soldiers continue in Petrograd area. In one location a placard reads Russians do not attack, we also will not attack.

Petrograd London Riga

Poe to Furnish 5500 Bail in Temple Embezzlement Case

H C Poe former president of the State Bank of Temple was brought from Dallas on a sheriff's warrant charged with embezzlement tied to a real estate deal. He prepared to post 5500 bail as attorneys advised him to refrain from statements about the case.

Temple Tex H. C. Poe State Bank of Temple Dallas Sheriff's Office Poe

London Bar Silver And Discount Rates Reported

London reports bar silver at 37 5 14d per ounce with money at 4 percent. Discount rates listed include short bills 4 3 4 percent, three months 4 4 7 percent.

London

Chinch Bug Appears Across Texas Alarming State

The Texas State Department of Agriculture reportschin chinh bug is appearing in large numbers across various regions. Though tiny, they sap plant vitality and kill them. the chief entomologist will act immediately to control the infestation.

State Agricultural Department Austin Tex State Department of Agriculture

Hero of Vimy from Oklahoma Disappears Near Bartlesville

H C Harrington of Bartlesville was reported wounded at Vimy Ridge in Ottawa dispatches Monday but disappeared from his ranch after leaving his post. A Sunday message to his sister-in-law said he was among the missing in France.

Vimy Oklahoma Bartlesville Okla H. C. Harrington Ottawa Vimy Ridge France H. R. Harrington

First State Bank of Forestburg Receives Texas License

The First State Bank of Forestburg in Montague County is licensed to do business in Texas by the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking. Capital stock is $10,000 and the bank adopts the guaranty fund plan to protect depositors. James F. Freeman serves as president and James E. Strong as cashier.

Austin Tex Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking First State Bank Forestburg Montague County Capital Stock James F. Freeman James E. Strong

Turpentine and Resin Market Reports from Savannah

Turpentine firms report 48 sales 5 percent receipts 147 shipments 205 stock 8703. Resin firms show 763 sales 533 receipts 2380 shipments 2 stock 2. Announcements note bid ranges from 5 to 6.15 with various prices listed for different grades and firms.

Savannah

Eight Teams Enter Indoor Ball Series

Eight teams join the Sunday School Indoor Baseball League under the Y M C A. Two divisions National and American set the schedule from April 28 through June with a final world series between division champions. 경기

Cavalry Baptist Prospect Hill Baptist St. Mark's Episcopal First Presbyterian Government Hill Methodist Westminster Presbyterian McKinley Avenue Methodist Laurel Heights Calvary Baptist

Great Lakes training fleet readied for naval mobilization

April 26 Great Lakes naval training station announces a fleet of mobile training ships to sail the lakes. Capt W A Moffett commands a program arming vessels from one pounders to six inch guns to train recruits and defend lake cities. Flagship Eastland, rebuilt as a gunboat, leads two former Spanish gun boats from Manila Bay.

Great Lakes United States Naval Training Station W. A. Moffett Eastland Chicago Dewey Manila Bay

West Side Saloonkeepers Back Prohibition as Defense

The West End Saloonkeepers Association of Chicago, about fifty members, votes unanimously to endorse a national dry nation if President Wilson labels it a national defense measure. The group expressed readiness to support prohibition should the President deem it best.

Chicago West End West Side Wilson

President Defends Press Right to Criticize Officials

President Wilson in a letter to Arthur Brisbane of New York declares opposition to any censorship that would deny the public its indisputable right to criticize their own public officials. He says he will not permit laws to suppress criticism regardless of Congress action.

Washington, D. C Wilson Arethur Brisbane New York United States

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