Antifuture tax debate draws mixed local reactions
Pro and con voices surge over the Clarke rider imposing a fifty cent tax on each bale of future cotton sold. Critics say it harms farmers and markets and could unconstitutional, while supporters claim it curbs gambling and preserves legitimate hedging. Cotton firm representatives, O Mealy of the San Antonio Cotton Exchange, and Pell Co. argue hedging is vital and tax refunds on delivered cotton would protect legitimate trades.
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Clarke
Cotton
Cotton Oil News
Dallas
Memphis
The
Cotton News
Messrs. 5S. H. P. Pell & Co. Cotton Factors
New York
Messrs. Pell & Co
Browning & Co
Damocles
Secretary of the Treasury
O'Mealy
San Antonio Cotton Exchange
Cpete
New Orleans
New England
Manchester
Russia
Saskatchewan Crop Totals Forecast by Province
Regina reports 1913 grain outlook with Wheat 125,557,014 bushels Oats 121,435,630 Barley 10,137,897 Flax 13,589,918 bushels Total 270,670,459. Also notes New York cargo arrivals and New Orleans rice prices amid broad commodity market activity.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Butter Prices Rise Amid Large Chicago Cold Storage Stock
Chicago report says 65,000,000 pounds of butter are in cold storage, up over 10,000,000 pounds from last year. A half-cent rise pushed prices to 26.5 cents to jobbers, with a predicted one-cent increase for today. Consumer prices range 35 to 38 cents. Jobbers, storing butter on Elgin price basis, face higher costs as Elgin quotations stay strong. Heavy production keeps stock high, raising fears of a market crash if winter is mild.
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Chicago
Ill
Elgin Melon Shipments Reach Noted Revenue
Elgin Texas August 6 The daily watermelon shipments exceed early estimates with Elgin farmers earning about 13000 from sales so far and projected shipments adding hundreds more. The average price per car stood around 85 dollars and prices topped those of last year.
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Elgin
Tex
Wool Market Better In Boston On Demand For Domestic Wool
Demand for domestic wool is rising across grades with steady values. Western clip is largely sold and bidding remains active. prices edge higher in the west. Leading quotes include Wisconsin and Missouri fleeces 24c, Kentucky 14-blood unwashed 24 25c, Texas fine 12 months 52 53c, fine 6 to 8 months 47 48c.
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Boston
Far West
West
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kentucky
Texas
Cotton seed meal and linters market figures from Memphis
Prime basis of meal listed at 31.60 to 32.00 dollars and linters at 2 percent. New York Cotton Oil quotes show firm cotton seed market with spot at 9.3775 and futures for August to March, including sale counts and prices across October to January. Lead price steady at 4.69 bid and spelter at 5.60 to 5.70 with London sterling quotes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Linters
New York
London
Market Lead Spelter Prices From St Louis Report
ST LOUIS METAL ST LOUIS MO Aug 6 Lead 4.37 percent Spelter 5.42 to 5.46 to 5.60 per hundredweight observed in the brief market update.
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ST. Louis Metal
ST. Louis
Cotton Region Bulletin August 6 1913 Weather Summary
Weather in the belt is fair with above normal temperatures. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Charlotte Lumberton Raleigh and Batesburg. Minimum temperature data for last 12 hours and remarks for Houston district noted by Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Houston
Charlotte
Lumberton
Raleigh
Batesburg
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Market Prices for Produce and Staples Listed
A historical price list details retailer quotations across produce and commodities. Eggs, poultry, butter, vegetables, fruits, canned goods, flour, sugar, coffee, peanuts, and meats are listed with per dozen, per pound, per crate, per hundredweight, or per barrel prices. Numerous items show regional sourcing from Texas, California, and local markets with varied cents and dollar amounts.
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Texas
Best
California
Colorado
Valencia
Alaska
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
Navy
Muscatel
London
Observations Taken at Eight on Wednesday August Sixth
Weather observations recorded at 8 a m on Wednesday August 6 1913. Data likely include barometric pressure temperature wind and visibility as part of a daily meteorological report.
Agriculture Bureau Weather Summary Shows Meager Rain
The weather bulletin reports yesterday’s precipitation as none to normal with .09 inch. Total precipitation since January 1 stands at 158.82 inches with a deficiency of 4.44 inches for the period.
New York Market Briefs Show Mixed Commodity Prices
Aug. 6 report from New York notes crude sugar at 3.20 dollars a hundredweight, refined petroleum and molasses firm, with leather prices steady. Other lines list various commodity movements and refinery notes in a terse market summary.
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New York
Evger
Art Eteety
Market quotes from St Louis August 6 poultry and dairy
Quotations from St Louis on August 6 list poultry prices for chickens springs turkeys ducks and geese along with butter Creamery at 26 1 4 cents and related minor variances in prices.
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ST. Louis
Eggs firm receipts rise at New York market
New York reports eggs firm with receipts totaling 12 851 cases. Fresh gathered birds and poorer stock priced around 15 1 2 cents. Kansas City and Boston round up miscellaneous market mentions including mining stocks and commodity prices.
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New York
Union Pacific Gains on Dividend Report Rumors
Union Pacific rose two points on unconfirmed talks it will pay a cash dividend from proceeds of selling Southern Pacific holdings. Other leaders mixed as profit-taking trimmed advances. American Locomotive and Canadian Pacific gained, Western Union declined, and bonds held steady during a dull session. Spot cotton in Memphis steadied at middling 12 cents.
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New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Steel
Amalgamated
Reading
Colorado
Southern First
American Locomotive
Laclede Gas
Western Union
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Canadian Pacific
Hill and Harriman
New York Central
Lehigh Valley
Louisville & Nashville
Amalgamated Copper
Texas Oil
Pittsburg Coal
Live Stock Receipts Steady at Union Stock Yards
Union Stock Yards reports Aug 6 receipts about as usual with 84 cattle 50 calves 28 hogs and 80 sheep. Prices hold steady with best cows $4.50 to $5 per cwt calves $5.50 to $6.50, hogs top at $8.50, and stock sold as soon as arrived.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth Market Report Shows Steady Beef Prices
Texas cattle and calves totaled about 3600 head with 18 hog cars and 45 cattle cars late arrival. Beef steers sold around 6.00 to 6.75, stocker steers 5.50 to 6.25, cows 5.25 to 5.65, canners 3.25 to 4.50, heifers steady, bulls about 8.85 to 4.50, calves slow but near steady. Hogs were weak at 8.65 to 8.90, sheep sold readily with a strong basis as buyers returned after noon.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Livestock Receipts and Quotes Aug. 6
Hogs receipts 24,000 with best grade steady while others weaken to five cents under yesterday's average. Bulk sales 8.10 to 8.70, light 8.70 to 9.20, mixed 7.90 to 9.06, heavy 7.65 to 8.70, rough 7.60 to 7.80, pigs 5.00 to 8.25. Cattle receipts 14,000 with market steady to ten cents higher. steers and cows varied from 6.25 to 9.10 with calves at 8.00 to 10.76. Sheep receipts 19,000. market weak with natives 5.50 to 6.90, western 4.10 to 5.50, lambs 5.20 to 6.26.
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Chicago
Reeves
Texas
Kansas City Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and quotations today show hogs with 10 000 head and steady market. Bulk priced at 8.45 to 8.66, heavy 8.45 to 8.65, lights 8.45 to 8.72 five. pigs 6.50 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 8000, including 1200 southerns, market steady. Prime fed steers 8.30 to 8.65, dressed beef steers 7.25 to 8.26, southern steers 4.90 to 6.75, cows 3.50 to 6.25, heifers 4.50 to 8.50, stockers 5 to 7.30. Sheep and lambs receipts 6000, market higher. Lambs 6.00 to 7.00, yearlings 4.50 to 5.50, stockers 2.50 to 4.25.
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Kansas City
Market Report From St Louis Cattle Hogs and Sheep
ST LOUIS Mo Aug 6 Receipts and quotations were as follows today Cattle Receipts 5500 including 600 Texans market steady Native beef steers 5.50 9.00 Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.25 7.75 cows and heifers 4.25 6.50 calves in car load lots 5.00 6.00 Hogs Receipts 5500 market strong Pigs and lights 7.75 9.10 mixed and butchers 5 754 9.00 good heavy 8.75 9.10 Sheep Receipts 4000 sheep steady and lambs 25c higher Native muttons 3.25 4.25 lambs 5.75 7.25
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Money on call and market rates steady in New York
New York financial desk reports money on call steady at 2½ percent with closing bids at 2½ percent and offers at 2½ percent. Time loans ease with 60 days 3½ percent to 4 percent, 90 days 4½ to 4¾ percent, six months 5 to 6 percent. Prime mercantile paper quoted 6 to 6½ percent. Sterling exchange steady at 483.10 for 60 day bills and 4.86.65 for demand. Commercial bills 4.82½ percent. Silver at 59½ cents per ounce. Mexican dollars 47 cents. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds strong.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
New York Cotton Market Advances on Dry Weather News
The New York cotton market opened steady up 30 to 5 points, buoyed by better cables and a dry weather map. Prices fluctuated with light demand from traders, Liverpool and New Orleans showing gains while other spots remained mostly unchanged. By midday the market firmed to about 12 to 14 points higher then eased 3 to 4 points on afternoon realization.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
Lée
Memphis
Cotton futures open and close steady on New York market
New York cotton futures opened steady with August at 11.57 and December near 11.98. The session saw varied intraday levels across months including October 11.02 and January 10.90, ending steady after a day of mixed highs and lows.
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New York
BOR Sec Cass
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Dry Western Belt
New Orleans reports cotton futures opening steady with a 3.5 point gain on good cables and dry weather in the western half. Shorts cover amid fair weather forecasts, Texas crop accounts are unfavorable from heat and breath. By noon trading 13 to 16 points over yesterday, afternoon quiet but steady with prices 15 to 16 points higher.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton futures open steady as market closes modestly higher
New Orleans reports cotton futures opening steady with most contracts near 11.0 cents. August at 11.386, September 11.134, October 11.09, December 11.06, January 11.05, March 11.16, May 11.20. Closed steady with a 13 to 17 point gain. prices show mixed intraday moves across months.
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New Orleans
Cotton Prices in Liverpool Market Report Aug 6
Spot cotton in Liverpool shows moderate business with rates down. Middling fair at 7.030 pence, good middling 6.734 pence, middling 6.43 pence, low middling 6.23 pence, good ordinary 6.76 pence, ordinary 6.41 pence. Total sales 6000 bales, including 5100 American and 600 for speculation and export. receipts 12000, including 1700 American.
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Liverpool
Futures close steady on Liverpool market
Liverpool reports futures closed very steady with August at 6.20 and different roll spreads across the year. Notable figures include August-September 6.11, September-October 6.02, October-November 6.98, and December-January 6.94. The data runs through July-August 5.90 and ends with June-July 6.00.
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Liverpool
Spot cotton holds steady amid New Orleans market
New Orleans on August 6 reports quiet, unchanged spot cotton with middling at 12 cents. Sales on the spot total 42 bales, arrivals 18 bales. Listings show various grades with nominal prices and receipts at 136 bales, stock tally at 21,916 bales.
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New Orleans
Spot market closes quiet with unchanged prices
Houston Aug 6 spot market remains quiet and steady with no sales on the spot. Total stock stands at 27 095 bales while shipments amount to 1 459 bales.
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Houston
Tex
Spot cotton in Galveston steadies after sales
Galveston Tex August 6 spot cot ton remains steady with 701 bales traded on the spot. The day’s figures show 22 852 bales in stock and receipts of 685 bales. Prices range from low ordinary 7 16 to good middling 12 1 16 cents with several intermediate grades listed.
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Galveston
Tex
Spot cotton market quiet with no sales
New York on August 6 reports spot cotton steady with Middling uplands at 12.00 and Middling gulf at 12.25. No sales recorded in the session.
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New York
Gulf
Burial permits for several local residents listed by age and death date
Burial permits issued for James H. O'Brien 36 died August 5 at 424 Rigsby Avenue Adolph Simon 64 died August 5 at 627 East Commerce Street Luciano Elizondo 88 died August 5 rear 918 South Laredo Street W H Hollingsworth 57 died July 5 in Monterey Mexico Two potato shortage in England caused prices to rise June 1 in Manchester to 30 dollars a ton up from 122 90 last year.
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James H. O'Brien
Rigsby Avenue
Adolph Simon
East Commerce Street
Luciano Elizondo
South Laredo Street
W. H. Hollingsworth
Monterey
Mex
England
Manchester
Plan Grows for Weevil Fight Amid Cotton Pest Spread
Washington reports after meetings between cotton states and Agriculture Department experts that the current campaign plan against the cotton boll weevil will largely stay intact. Improved cultural methods remain the best tool to curb spread, despite proposals for a quarantine strip across several states.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cotton Statistics Semi-Weekly Movement 1911 1912 1913
Houston Texas data shows receipt shipment and stock figures for three years with totals. Receipts 12,573 in 1911, 4,143 in 1913, shipments 13,816 in 1911, 6,648 in 1913, and stock 66,604 in 1911, 87,082 in 1913. Data reflects cotton movement metrics for period.
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Gees
Butter and dairy prices and receipts in Chicago market
Butter higher with creamery prices from 23 23 to 26. receipts 10 935 cases. Cheese varieties show mixed quotes like Daisies 14 14 ½, Twins 13 ½ 18 ½ cents. Potatoes drop 60 to 100 cents with 65 car receipts. Poultry alive prices rise for fowls 14 cents, springs 16, and turkeys 19 cents.
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Chicago
London Metals Markets Close with Mixed Prices
London markets closed with copper steady at 67 pounds 17 shillings 6 pence per ounce and tin firm at 185 pounds sterling. Lead and spelter quotes stood at 20 pounds 15 shillings and 20 pounds 10 8 respectively, while Cleveland warrants for iron traded at 66 shillings.
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London
Cleveland
Coffee futures steady as Rio No.7 slips to 9c
New York August 6 coffee market reports No 7 Rio at 9 cents, futures steady with September at 8.52 and March at 9.138. The brief note records price levels for Rio grades and near-term contracts as trading continues.
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New York
Rio
Copper and Tin Prices Move on New York Markets
New York spot copper quotes range from 14.35 bid for standard to 15.50 for lake and casting across August and September delivery. Tin steady with spot at 41.62 to 42.00 and August 41.45 to 41.70, September 41.30 to 41.50, October 41.254 to 41.87. Fiona nominal at Cookson's, iron steady with no change.
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New York
Lake
Ctober
Cookson
Detroit routs New York in 10-5 baseball win
Detroit defeated New York 10 to 5 as New York committed fielding errors and Keating started for New York before Schulz relieved him. Bauman hit a first inning homer off Schulz, Morriarty stole home in the fifth, and Caldwell finished the game for Detroit.
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Detroit
Keating
Bush
Schulz
Bauman
Caldwell
Morriarty
Dubuc
Stanage
Keating, Schultz, Caldwell and Sweeney
Cubs Slug the Pill Chicago in Batting Bee
Chicago defeated Brooklyn 13 to 2 as Rucker and Curtis faltered under a barrage of hits. Cy Williams, Notre Dame recruit, collected four hits in four at bats while Bridwell reached base twice and Needham drove in three with a bases loaded double in the fourth. Final: Brooklyn 2, Chicago 13. Batteries: Rucker Curtis Miller Pierce Needham.
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Brooklyn
Rucker
Curtis
Cy Williams
Notre Dame
Bridwell
Needham
R.H. E
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Miller
Pierce
Ed Walsh Leaves for Specialist to Check Pitching Future
Chicago pitcher Ed Walsh, star for the American League club, travels to Youngstown, Ohio for a specialist examination after a sore arm kept him from many games this season. His last outing for the White Sox was July 19 in Chicago, when he retired after two innings against the Athletics. If unable to pitch again, he plans to switch to outfield.
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Ed Walsh
Youngstown
White Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Smith Tosses No Hit Game For Pittsfield Club
Pittsfield Mass August 6 William I Smith of the Pittsfield Eastern Association Ball Club removed from sprints due to injury pitched a no hit game against Waterbury yesterday shutting them out 3 to 0 Smith walked no batters and fanned six hitters
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Mass
William I. Smith
Eastern Association
Waterbury
Smith
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Joseph L Caldwell and Lillian Katherine Fest Daniel Saenz and Marguerita Rivera Wesley Brown and Senste Goetz Librado Cuello and Cebera Cadena licensed in the period charts show multiple marriages recorded by local authorities.
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Lillian Katherine Fest
Daniel Saenz
Marguerita Rivera
Wesley Brown
Senste Goetz
Librado Cuello
Cebera Cadena
Wild Man Terrorizes Warrensburg Then Captured
A reportedly insane man, barefoot and naked at times, frightened residents in Warrensburg Missouri. He was seen in water and woods before Deputy Sheriff Norman captured him. He claimed the name John E Wilson and said he recently left Missouri penitentiary after a four year burglary sentence.
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Warrensburg
Norman
John E. Wilson
Missouri Penitentiary
Corn narrows gains then slips as market whipsaws
Chicago August corn opened lower then rose, then reversed, finishing higher for September at 70 70. Wheat and oats followed corn’s swings with mixed early losses and late firmness. Provisions echoed grain volatility as traders digested a Kansas crop outlook and large-scale trading activity persisted.
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Chicago
Ill
Tyc
Kansas
Daily grain quotations from St Louis market
Quotations show cash prices for wheat corn and oats with bid ask ranges. Receipts include flour barrels and grain bushels while shipments list totals for flour wheat corn and oats. Futures close with September and May contracts showing minor moves and no trades in oats.
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Louis
Chicago grain prices from August report
Cash wheat prices across grades record No 2 red new at 86 86 and a half cents, No 1 hard at 86 86. The report lists No 2 hard at 86 and a half, No 2 spring 88 to 91 cents, velvet chaff 86 to 90 cents, durum 84 to 90 cents. Corn quotes show No 2 at 69 to 70 and a half cents, No 2 white around 70 to 81, No 2 yellow 69 to 70 cents. Oats quotes for No 2 new 39 cents, No 2 white 42 42.5 cents, standard new 41 to 42 cents, old 41.5 to 42.4 cents.
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Chicago
Wheat and corn prices in Kansas City market update
Kansas City spot quotes show wheat at No 2 hard 83 88 1 2 cents, No 2 red 83 84 cents, No 2 mixed 51 4 54 cents, No 8 white 57 60 cents, oats No 2 white 43 44 cents, No 2 mixed 42 43 cents. September wheat 82 in cents, December corn 74 4 percent in the report.
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Kansas City
Blazing bull causes panic at Georgia camp meeting
A tarred bull set ablaze charged a Millwood camp meeting, spooking about a thousand worshippers. The fiery animal stampeded the crowd, injuring over fifty people who fled in fear, while the preacher described hell fire. The blaze started after tar on the bull’s head ignited.
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Millwood
Hell
Blind trash collector keeps job in Denver
Edward Dormer, a Denver garbage collector, hid his blindness for two years while earning a solid record. City sanitary officials were astonished upon learning of his affliction, yet he has not missed a day and will remain employed. Also noted are Texas bond records for road funding in early 1913.
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Denver
Edward Dormer
Sanitary Department
Dormer
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