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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1912
Page
9
Explanatory notes show 8 a.m. observations, air pressure, temperatures, and precipitation. Forecast issued for San Antonio vicinity and East Texas, predicting fair conditions overnight and Tuesday with no yesterday rain and a 0.07 inch daily deficit. Cumulative precipitation since January 1 totals 15.02 inches, deficit 2.29 inches.
Consumers balk at high fruit prices as California crops arrive and Texas demand shifts. White grapes and other fruit are quoted at 1.85 per standard crate, with expectations of lower prices later as home production and imports adjust. Packers raise meat prices while pork and eggs face supply and storage challenges amid hot weather. eggs fetch 16 cents per dozen candied and 20 to 21 cents cold storage.
The page lists wholesale prices for poultry beef lard and pork products, dairy items and eggs, assorted fruits vegetables and nuts with per hundredweight per crate and per box rates. It includes cotton items like seeds and canned goods with varying regional prices for California and Texas origins.
Standard spot and August copper quoted at 17.25 to 17.50 with September 17.35 to 17.45 and October 17.30 to 17.50. Antimony and zinc markets show little movement while iron remains firm with No 1 northern sixsepts at 25 and No 1 northern soft at 18.25.
Raw sugar nominal at 89 test 3.55 cents. Centrifugal 6 test 4.05. Molasses sugar 8 1/2 test 3.30. Refined quiet. petroleum and molasses steady. Hides quiet. Leather firm.
Aug 12 Union Stock Yards reports a sparse market with under 150 head. 66 cattle 33 calves 4 horses 17 hogs traded as a featureless session. Best cows up to 4 dollars. calves around 4.50. hogs near 1. No sheep or goats offered.
William N. Waddell head of the state livestock sanitary board visits Fort Worth to discuss improved quarantine status and rising cattle profitability. He predicts widespread clean territory soon and warns of tight cotton seed hulls and oil as feeding demand grows this winter. R. B. Pumphrey of the Cattlemen's Exchange heads to Wharton to promote his commission business amid high cattle prices.
Quoted today butter soft with creamery and daisies around 22 to 28 cents. Eggs steady with 8480 cases received. firsts 164 to 164? and prime firsts 184? cents. Cheese steady with daisies and twins around 14 to 15 cents. Potatoes strong with 60 car lots and varied regional prices. Poultry live steady with turkeys 1 cent and chicks 1 cent. veal 9 to 13 cents.
Quotations for the day show butter at 24 cents for creamery, 22 cents for firsts, 20 cents for seconds and packing stock. Eggs list extras at 20, firsts 19, seconds lic.
New York reports eggs steady with receipts of 127 cases and fresh gathered extras 24. Coffee futures ease with No 7 Rio Sept at 12.42 and Mar 12.63.
Final plans outline a big track meet in Floresville on Monday August 19 between San Marcos and Floresville Boy Scouts. Both troops boast strong athletes with W. O. Murray Jr. and Richard Ezze coaching, drawing on college football and track experience.
Cincinnati National League club won from Baltimore International League in the ninth inning. With two men on, McDonald, sent in for Dawes, tripled and scored on Bescher's hit.
In Fort Worth Texas on August 12 cattle receipts rose with a 25 cent drop in calf prices. Be steers sold up to 5.75 and 5.65 with other loads at 4.95. Cows and heifers sold around 3.30 to 4.25 while bulls stayed steady. Hog arrivals from St Joseph went to Armour and Swift with weak average quality though overall market held firm. Sheep from Omaha reached Armour & Co with steady to firm demand.
Receipts and quotations show wattle and hog markets with steady to higher trends. Cattle include Native steers at 6.50 to 10.10 and southerns from 4.80 to 7.60, hogs mostly 8.20 to 8.40, and sheep with muttons 3.50 to 4.40 and lambs 6.50 to 7.30. Market movements noted as steady to weak for cattle and steady to 10c lower for sheep.
Receipts total 2500 cattle with Texan portion. native beef steers between 5.75 and 10.00, cows and heifers 3.50 to 7.00, calves 5508.60. Hogs receipts 5000 with prices 6.75 to 8.50 for pigs and lights up to 8.40 for good heavies. Sheep receipts 5500 with native muttons 5.50 to 7.50 and lambs 3.75 to 4.75. Market steady across categories.
Chicago market notes show cattle receipts about 1000 with steady tone, cattle prices ranging from 2.65 to 9.75 for calves, hog receipts near 29,000 with values up to 8.45 for mixed and 8.30 for heavy and pigs around 6.00 to 8.15, and sheep receipts about 30,000 leaving the market steady with native and western lambs and yearlings priced in the 3 to 7 dollar range.
The New York cotton goods market ends the week quieter as cotton falls and buyers pause. Jobbing and retail show broader consumption, mills face labor shortages, while strikes in New Bedford and Adams Mass halt thousands of looms. Prices for print cloths and textiles hold firm with several branded lines rising.
Railroads show strong demand for steel as they plan to move expected traffic. About 200000 tons ordered last week with 180000 tons for fall delivery. New York Central, Great Northern, and others place locomotive orders and subway structure work fuels further steel needs.
The twelfth annual Trans Mississippi Golf Association tournament opened at the Minikahda Club in Minneapolis with 205 entrants from cities mainly west of the Mississippi River.
In New Orleans Atlanta beat New Orleans 10 to 2 while Mobile and Chattanooga played thirteen innings to a 1-1 tie. Montgomery won at Memphis 5 to 2 as Nashville Birmingham game not played.
Chicago August grain notes show wheat futures slipping while December contracts hover near prior levels. Corn and oats show modest gains in early action. provisions drop on heavy selling with pork and lard prices mixed. Hedging limited September activity as prices hold near steady late trade.
The report lists cash grain prices for wheat and corn by grade and variety. No 2 red wheat about 1.06 per bushel, No 2 northern around 1.05, No 2 spring near 1.02, durum near 0.99, velvet chaff 1.00. Corn No 2 around 1.76, No 2 white 0.77, No 2 yellow 0.77. Oats show mixed quotes across No 2 white and other grades with several cents per bushel differences.
The report lists cash grain bids and nearby futures for wheat corn and oats. Wheat No 2 hard 87 and 97 cents for different grades. corn No 2 mixed 75 cents. oats No 2 white 85 cents and No 2 mixed 35 cents. Futures show Wheat Sept 87 2, Oct 89? May 90 1/2. Corn Sept 68 1/2, Dec 61 1/2, May 52 1/2. Oats Sept 32, Dec 42 1/2.
The Times- Democrat summarizes July reports from New Orleans correspondents on the cotton crop. Overall, conditions show moderate improvement but remain backward and spotty. Insects may cause damage, labor is ample, and cutting has been good. overall progress will lag normal by about three weeks depending on rost dates.
Nellie Schmidt, 20, holder of the Pacific coast women’s one mile swim title, crossed San Francisco Bay five and a half miles in three hours and six minutes. She becomes the first woman and third person to complete the feat. Dr. F W Riehl, who did it thirty years ago yesterday, celebrated his seventieth birthday by swimming with Schmidt for about five minutes off Goat Island.
At Louisville Louisville 10 1 St Paul 6 7. At Tele 1 Minneapolis 3. At Indianapolis Indianapolis 2 1 Kansas City 6 2. At Toledo Toledo 0 Milwaukee 1 16 innings.
Early trading shows a bearish market with New York and other spots down. Cotton prices fall from session highs, selling off to net losses around 36 to 40 points for active months as weekly crop outlooks remain bearish and covering offers only partial.
Cotton futures opened steady and declined sharply as poor cables and favorable belt weather spurred selling. By midday prices were about 29 to 80 points under Saturday’s close with heavy short selling and little support from bulls.
Open high and low figures appear with scattered numbers as cotton futures end steady with a net decline of 35 to 46 points. Various contract ticks show January through December readings around 11.6 to 12.0, indicating minor shifts amid a fluctuating market.
Closing on August 12 shows spot cotton with 5 point declines. American middling fair at 7.61d, good middling 7.214d, middling 6.834d, with 5,000 bales sold and 16,000 bales received, including 10,000 American.
Futures opened easy and closed barely steady in Liverpool. August 5.45444, August-September 6.45 percent, September-October 6.34 percent, October-November 6.28 percent, November-December 6.244 percent, December-January 6.23 percent, January-February 6.24 percent, February-March 6.254 percent, March-April 6.26 percent, April-May 6.26 percent, May-June 6.27 percent, June-July 6.26 percent.
Leading spot markets in New Orleans report quiet trading on August 12 with no arrivals. Quotations list low to good middling ranges from 11 to 12 1/2 cents, and receipts total 127 bales with stock at 23,834.
Galveston spot cotton closed easy down 3-16 to 12 11-16 cents with lows of 8 1/16 and highs near 12 15-16. Sales totaled 14, receipts 2,667 and stock 20,657 as week activity shows buyers cautious.
The Houston cotton market on August 12 shows prices down for all grades with low ordinary around 7 3/4 cents and middling near 12 1/2 to 13 cents. Shipments total 680 bales, stocks at 21,000, reflecting a subdued session amid erratic demand.
Memphis Teon August 12 spot cotton trading remains steady with a nominal drop. Middling cotton priced at 12 3/4 cents per pound with a slight decline observed in the market.
In Memphis on August 12 prime basis oil trades at 54.5 to 47 cents, meal quoted at 26.50 to 27.00, and linters at 3 1/2 de.
New York reports seed oils steady with spot and futures ranges across months. Prices show Aug to Feb contracts from 6.09 to 6.33 dollars, with sales totaling 20 900 units between third and fourth calls.
Washington reports the agriculture department shows prices paid to farmers and cotton planters averaged one tenth of one percent less on August 1 than a year ago. The figures cover most of the crop value and include corn wheat oats potatoes cotton potatoes hay hogs cattle and more with July 16 comparisons also listed.
San Antonio reports 24 hour weather data for Houston district stations ending this morning with temperatures and rainfall figures. The record notes the lowest temperature occurred in the last 12 hours and indicates some data not used in district averages.
Generally fair weather with near normal temperatures except in the southwest where it is unusually high. Rainfall totals exceed one inch at Greenwood Lafayette Livingston Macon and Waynesboro per the Weather Bureau.
An August 12 1912 report notes wind direction and speed, temperature, rainfall, and weather state. A California inventor claims a wave power motor can pump water to a height of forty feet with it.
Stocks opened strong with fractional gains in active issues and many specialties. Canadian Pacific hit a new record as Louisville and Nashville rose three points and General Chemical up 19. A crop report boosted further gains while Southern road shares stayed strong. Bond activity was irregular and market closed irregular with Reading weakness dragging down Lehigh Valley and other rail stocks.
NEW YORK Aug 12 Prime mercantile paper 56 5 percent, sterling exchange steady with banks at 4.84 50 for 60 days and 4.87 26 for demand, commercial bills 4.83. Silver 61 1 2 cents, Mexican dollars 48 1 2. Government bonds heavy, railroad bonds irregular.
The New York money market shows steady rates with 2 to 3 percent on time loans. Closing bids indicate 2 percent for 3 percent, 90 days, and six months at 4 percent, reflecting stable conditions.
Davis Club players W. B. Sh and T. A. Beard won the final sets at Eureka courts Friday. They defeated Winterborne and Converse as the scores rolled 6-2, 6-5, and 6-5.
Ad Wi and Parkey McFarland will meet in a 10 round bout at the Garden Athletic club in New York on October 3. The fighters are to weigh 136 pounds at 3 o'clock on the day of the bout.
Harlandale led by strong pitching from F. Stanley and timely hitting by Masch and Wheeler beat the H. N. Moore nine 12 to 2 Sunday morning. The Moore battery was F. Stapley on Whiteline, with umpire Conner presiding as the Harlandale team played a clever, well executed game.
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