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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1911
Page
11
Today’s receipts show 160 cattle 36 calves 108 hogs and 8 goats at Union Stock Yards. Market steady for choice cattle but demand weak for inferior portions amid drought reducing shipments and delays from rain forecasts. Prices ranged 2.50 to 3 for cattle and 6.25 to 6.50 for hogs as other quotes held steady.
Stock yards receipts included one car of cattle and calves from Pavo to Union Stock Yards and one car of cattle calves and hogs from Sabinal to Union Stock Yards. Heat affects residents and stockmen alike. army cots are used during the torrid hours. George Saunders, veteran commission man, leads the movement.
The Associated Press reports Fort Worth Texas cattle sales today with detailed bidding and buyers present. Prices and stock numbers reflect a bustling market as auctioneers move lots through the rings.
Chicago reports from August 21 say Western crops show improvement as rains feed corn growth. Bankers visiting Ohio note conditions are better than last year though root depth varies by soil, with potential yield near or above 2,700,000,000 bushels barring frost.
Duluth Minn August 21 Last year’s grain crop has largely shifted inland, leaving little activity for boatmen until new harvests arrive. Elevators at Port Arthur and Fort William holding about one million bushels of storage capacity unused.
A Washington Post report claims Bongo the volcano in Japan dumps raw sulphur on the world market free of duty. Customs admits no practical way to collect duties as the crater produces sulphur faster than tax authorities can track.
Forecast until 7 pm Tuesday shows San Antonio and nearby areas fair tonight and Tuesday. East Texas also fair with a drifting storm over the eastern Rocky Mountains and another storm off the south Atlantic bringing heavy coastal rain, Wilmington reporting 3.58 inches. High temperatures persist in the southwest.
Chicago wheat opened mixed with December around 94 to 95 cents and firmed to 95 1/8 by day’s end. September moved to 91 cents early then slipped to 90 1/2. Corn slipped on rains and competition from Kansas City and St Louis resale rumors, with December around 61 to 62 cents and losses into close. Oats stayed quiet but firm with December near 41 1/4. Provisions opened firm with pork at 16.60 and lard near 9.25.
Quotations show wheat 134 cars five contracts grade, corn 213 cars 101 contract grade, oats 180 cars. Total receipts of wheat at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth today 477 cars, up from 474 last week and 395 a year ago.
Cash grain quotes list No 2 red 90 91c No 2 hard 92 95c No 1 hard spring old 1.15 1.16 No 1 northern spring old 1.14 1.15 No 1 northern spring 1.05 1.10 No 2 spring old 1.05 1.11 No 2 northern spring 1.00 1.05 No 3 spring 98 1.02 Corn No 2 644 4 sc No 2 white yellow 644 4 c Oats No 2 40 No 2 white 41 42 6c standard 41 42c
The Associated Press reports New York money markets on August 21 show money on call steady at 1 2 percent with ruling rate at 2 percent. Time loans remain steady with 60 day loans at 2 percent, 90 days at 3 percent, and six months at 3 percent.
Hog receipts 1150 with prices five cents higher and tops near 7.95. Cattle and calf listings show mixed demand with steers 5.00 to 5.85, grass fed and calves steady to firmer, bulls 2.50 to 3. Bulls and cows hold steady while sheep see steady markets and ewes at 3.75.
Quotations today show cattle receipts near 25 000 with market steady to 10 cents lower. Hogs receipts around 30 000 with market 6 to 10 cents higher. Sheep receipts about 28 000 with market weak across all classes and regions.
Kansas City Aug 21 receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle totals 22 000 with steady to ten cent lower values. hogs 4 500 up 5 to 10 cents. sheep 10 000 steady to weak with muttons and lambs priced per market. South ern and native cattle and calves listed with ranges.
On August 21 at St Louis, cattle hogs and sheep markets were steady with large receipts. Cattle included native beef steers from $4.50 to $8.00, cows and heifers $3.00 to $7.25, and Texas and Oklahoma stockers $3.00 to $4.75. Hogs showed a slight 6 to 10 cent rise, with pigs and lights $5.50 to $7.50 and butchers $7.70 to $7.90. Lambs and sheep traded steady with cerve lambs $3.25 to $3.75 and lambs $4.00.
Associated Press report from St. Louis notes futures for corn and oats show limited moves with autumn contracts mixed. No. 2 wheat futures edge up while oats rise modestly and December oats trade firm, reflecting uncertain harvest pace and market jitters.
On August 21 in New York mercantile trading closes stable with bankers and commercial bills quoted around 4.83 and 4.83 plus, Sterling exchange steady at 4 83 50 for sixty days and 4 85 95 for demand. Government bonds hold while railroad bonds show heaviness as markets reflect cautious demand.
In a brief London or New York market note dated Aug 21, prices show lead weak at 4.43 to 4.45 and spelter steady around 6.00, with little change in early trading. Market observers cite limited demand and steady supply impacting the early session readings.
Opening stock trading shows broad weakness with Union Pacific down about 3 to 4 points and U S Steel and Southern Pacific slipping near 2 points. Texas Company falls sharply while readings of other rail stocks and bonds move sideways amid overall dullness and late-session attempts at minor recovery.
In Harper's Bazar a vignette depicts two Fireflies, the first facing arrest while the second admits speeding without a light, framed as a witty, anthropomorphic fable with casual humor.
New York lists firm opening gains of 4 to 10 points on August and later months amid higher cables and cooler forecasts in the southwest. Trading is active with shorts covering, but southern selling rises on new crop movement. prices swing from losses of 2 to 3 points to gains around 6 to 8 points before settling near unchanged at the day’s end.
Cotton futures opened firm with January 11.38 39, March 11.48 49, May 11.60 offered, August 12.38 34, September 11.82 33, October 11.32 offered, and December 11.43 44. Futures closed steady.
Cotton futures started higher by 6 to 11 points on English troubles but eased midday as bears sold amid Liverpool dock rumors. Weather maps showed rain in the central belt and dryness in the west. By noon prices were about 1 point above Saturday’s close, closing up 2 to 14 points overall with steady late trade.
Fragmentary financial notes show monthly figures with August through May points and a bid in January. Values range around 11.29 to 11.61 with December and September readings included. No clear event, entity, or outcome specified.
Close cotton spot in limited demand with prices 6 points higher. American middling fair 7.45 and good middling 7.11. middling 6.81. low middle 6.61. good ordinary 6.35. Sales of the day 3000 bales, 2800 American, no receipts. Futures steady with August at 6.51 and later spreads listed.
Freeland Bruner a 26 year old Choctaw Indian citizen owning about 1400 acres of land declares in an advertisement he has paid $1440.65 in fines for drunkenness and appeals to Beggs Oklahoma residents and officers for mercy. Soon after he was arrested again for drinking and fined $16.25.
Galveston Texas announces September 1 changes by Mallory and Morgan lines lowering through rates on Texas interior cotton to New York and eastern milling points. Dallas to New York via Galveston drops from 86 to 72 cents per 100 pounds, Boston from 91 to 87 cents. Rates from Dallas to Galveston and Galveston to New York plus New York to Boston form the new totals. Steamship agents expect faster movement to Atlantic seaboard with heavy volume this fall.
Cotton statistics show figures for Galveston Texas and New Orleans Louisiana with counts of 11 054 and 316 respectively while Savannah Georgia records 756 and Charleston South Carolina 65 and Norfolk Virginia 643 with last year values noted in scattered form.
A terse clippings-like item lists places today and last year including Houston Texas Augusta Georgia and Memphis Tennessee with sparse numeric tokens 2 21 987 158 12, implying a compact cross-city notice or timeline reference in a historical page. The fragment hints at movements or comparisons across cities within a year.
The market opened higher as English troubles settle, with last week’s buyers active and limited new cotton offers. Weather maps show rainfall in the central belt and dry western areas, with east Texas fair and light coastal winds, and cooler conditions in the Panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma. Demand for late shipments remains slack. a weaker basis may follow after this week’s August commitments are filled. North Texas expects a short crop. Central Texas, Elis county, and McLennan show varied prospects. stalks in many areas have finished growing.
Kansas City reports nearly two inches of rain fell over northern Oklahoma today providing a welcome soaking for crops that had endured weeks of dryness.
The report summarizes mixed activity across major hubs with New York and New Orleans showing quiet trading while Houston and Galveston remain steady. Prices are listed for Liverpool, with trading noted at 6.81 and 12.00 respectively, and volumes including 3,000 units in New Orleans and 402 in Houston.
New Orleans on August 21 reports spot cotton up 1 16 as sales reach 290 bales with arrivals of 200. Grade prices range from low ordinary 8 5 16 to strict good middling 12 5 16 and middling 12 15 16 to 13 11 16, receipts 316 and stock 23 773.
Spot cotton finished muted in New York with middling uplands at 12.50 and gulf at 12.75. No sales reported. The cotton exchange will close at 2 PM on Friday before Labor Day weekend.
Memphis spot cotton holds steady on August 21 with middling grade at 18 cents per pound. Traders note unchanged prices across the market as buyers and sellers await further demand signals.
Memphis August figures show prime basis oil at 4.55 to 4.57 cents, meal at 25.50 dollars, linters at 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cents.
New York market quotes show cottonseed oil futures with open and close values for Rob es kos and other seeds. Notable figures include September at 5.87 to 5.91 and other months trading around 5.57 to 5.58.
Quotation figures from Kansas City show cash wheat higher with No 2 hard at 91 66 cents No 3 at 89 96 cents and No 2 red at 86 4 8 cents Corn is lower with No 2 mixed and No 3 white at 60 cents Oats rise with No 2 white at 42 44 cents and No 2 mixed at 41 42 cents Close prices include Senet at 88 percent and Dec at 90 percent
Prices on potatoes onions cabbage and many fruits fall 10 to 25 cents as crops mature and supply increases. Potatoes $2.40 to $2.50 onions $2.25 cabbage $2.50 oranges $4 peaches $1.30 pears and grapes down 25 cents. Markets report brisk trade with shifting shipments from New York and California and improving supplies easing household costs.
Prices show per pound butter 25c cream 17 20c cheese firm various, eggs firm with fresh candling 17 18c, poultry steady with hens per dozen 6.00 and various poultry items listed, turkeys 15 16c per pound, ducks and squabs priced per dozen.
Butter steady with creamery prices at 20 to 26 cents and Daisies 18 to 22 cents. Begs steady, receipts 7546 cases at mark with firsts at 15 cents and prime firsts 17 cents. Cheese firm with Daisies 13, Twins 12 1/2, Young Americas 13 1/2, Long Horns 13 1/2 cents. Potatoes steady with Jerseys 1.20 to 1.25 and Ohios 1.10 to 1.15. Poultry firm turkeys 11 4e, chi 12 1/2, springs 14 1/2, veal firm 50 to 60 lb 9 cents, 60 to 85 lb 9 1/2 to 10 cents, $5 to 110 pounds weights.
Quotations announced in St. Louis show poultry firmer with chickens at 12c, turkeys 16c, ducks quiet. butter steady and creamery at 2 25c. eggs higher by 16c.
Butter creamery 25c firsts 28c seconds 21c packing stock 1c. Eggs extras 21c firsts 18c seconds 104c.
Partial financial ledger from New York dated August 21 shows 909 cases and receipts for various goods. Mentions fresh goods, checks, and prices including 3.60, with references to Sesta en Kernan.
Elgin Ul August 21 Butter firmat 28c Sutput 849 pounds.
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