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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
9
New York August 22 The stock market opened heavy with speculative selling led by Steel and Union Pacific while Mexican conditions weighed on sentiment. Declines of one to two points were common before a late morning recovery and a firm close as investors covered shorts and Chesapeake & Ohio rebounded.
Cotton Region Bulletin notes 8 am Friday August 22 1913 shows fair belt weather and near normal temperatures in the Houston area. Rainfall reported at Camden Arth. totaling 1.30 inches. Allen Buell, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau. General weather report.
New York and London commodity quotes show quiet lead at 4.70 dollars and copper steady around 15.87 to 16.00 dollars with given London prices. Tin remains easy with several monthly futures in the forty dollar range while antimony and iron hold steady. St Louis reports lead at 4.76 and spelter strong at 75.80.
Mrs Edith Watson a young blonde Englishwoman arrives aboard the Caronia and faces immigration officers with two other young women. She declares Miss Gladys Gunn and Miss Hilda Coral are her half-sisters. after initial reluctance she agrees to provide details. The trio proceed to the Waldorf Astoria.
Brockton Massachusetts reports Rev William E Keating of St Patrick s Catholic Church warned widows not to hurry marriage until the younger women are mated. He advised against stingy or spendthrift husbands and urged avoiding men who promise to die for you. He warned of lazy suitors and the nine dollar a week man, stressing livelihoods over romance.
A compilation of 1913 and 1918 real estate transfers shows numerous buyers and sellers including S. E. Gant to J. H. Becker, Los Angeles Heights Company to R. A. Engelking, and James L. Lytle to Steve Casanova, detailing lots, blocks, locations like Kingston Heights and Los Angeles Heights, dates, and prices ranging from fifty to twelve hundred dollars. The entries cover quit claims, new city blocks, and various neighborhoods such as North Concho street, East End, Dignowity Hill, and Alamo Heights.
Birth notices list a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Steinwertz on August 21 at Presa street. a boy to Mr. and Mrs. J. Dittling on August 16 at Corpus Christi road. a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Battaglia on August 19 at Guadalupe street. and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Englehardt on August 10 at Loop street.
No 3971 Buick Walker Moore Grocer Company 8 S tracks No 3972 Indian motorcycle W M Black 801 Fredericksburg Road No 3978 Chalmers E A Chapman 657 Main Avenue No 8974 Little J Rubiola 1025 South Pecos Street No 3975 Studebaker Otto Brown 1813 Monterey Street
A recent report shows the Department of Agriculture achieving a decisive win over Browns as part of ongoing bureau activities. Details outline the agencies involved and the implications for governance and policy.
Local mills raise corn prices to zero cents per bushel today, up 15 cents from last week as Chicago market gains push farmers higher. Flour climbs a dime to 5 per barrel, corn meal up 15 cents per 85 pound sack. traders predict corn may reach 1 per bushel in 30 days. Pioneer and Liberty flour mills post today prices: flour per barrel 5, meal per 85 pound sack 65 cents, bran 1.40 per hundredweight, corn chops 1.70 per hundredweight.
Market report lists brices for country candled HWGGS freesh 20¢ per dozen, various poultry, dairy, vegetables, fruits, and canned goods with Texas and California origins. Includes prices for tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cabbage, celery, corn, cucumbers, beans, peppers, eggplant, melons, oranges, lemons, peaches, limes, bananas, dried fruits, nuts, syrup, molasses, meats, lard, flour, sugar and coffee.
Fob price报价 shows corns and tomatoes with rates per bushel and per crate. Listed entries include fancy Maine corn at 1.35, standard 0c, and bulk carload prices. The note mentions second quality and miscellaneous vegetables with 95c and 1.25 figures.
Chicago market report shows Nutter eggs cheese and potatoes unchanged with receipts of 7843 cases for eggs and 25 cars for potatoes. Poultry prices rose with springers at 14 cents per pound and fowls at 14 cents, reflecting a modest uptick in fresh meat demand.
Kansas City and New York market notes report butter eggs and poultry unchanged. Butter firm creamery extras at 28 1/2 cents, cheese unchanged, eggs steady. Coffee futures steady with Rio No 7 at 9 cents, September at 8 83, March at 0 35.
New York reports a firm market across commodities with raw sugar variants Muscovado and centrifugal at 3.23 dollars per unit, refined sugar steady, and petroleum and molasses holding steady. Hides steady with Bogota 29% 50 and a half cents, leather pricing firm.
New York money on call remains steady at about 2 1 4 percent, with ruling rate 2 1 2 percent. Time loans show easing demand with 60 days at 8 percent, 90 days 4 1 2 percent, and six months 5 percent.
On August 22 Liverpool reports weekly cotton statistics with imports totaling 20,000 bales across all kinds and 26,000 bales from America. Stock stands at 618,000 bales, including 411,000 American. Forwarded American stock is 44,000. Total exports amount to 9,600 bales.
Blanco Texas August 22 A prominent local farmer living a mile and a half east of town delivered the first bale of the 913 crop yesterday. The bale weighed 525 pounds and was ginned at the Cage gin marking the season's early start.
Edw E McCall chairman of the state public service commission accepted Tammany Hall leaders designation as mayoral candidate for New York City A conference suggested renomination of Mayor Gaynor but McCall did not favor the plan A potential triple contest looms with an independent movement urging Gaynor to seek re election regardless of Tammany and fusion picks
Fernando Flores and Mariana Dominguez, Oscar L Crockett and Lawry Torry to St Paul Minnesota as the American Life Association winds up its 1914 convention here. Officers will be elected today and the 1914 convention will be held in Dallas Texas.
Paris Texas reports light showers fell in Lamar county yesterday aiding crops with modest rainfall, easing heat stress and boosting soil moisture for ongoing growing season activities.
The session at Union Stock Yards was brief and featureless with only 25 cattle, 20 calves and 15 sheep offered and sold at unchanged prices. Cows topped at 5 dollars, calves around 6.40, hogs not above 8, Fort Worth reported 9.16, northern centers active and strong.
Fort Worth market notes a 25 cent hog advance with top at 9.15. One thousand hogs marketed. bulk sales 8.80 to 9.10. Cattle receipts 3500 with calves. Beef steers steady 5.50 to 6.60. stocker steers 5.50 to 6.00. cows 4.00 to 5.25. heifers 6.25 to 6.00. Bulls 4.00 to 5.25. calves 5.50 to 6.00. 1600 sheep offered. wethers 4.25, yearlings accordingly.
Chicago August 22 receipts and prices show hogs 15000 strong demand with bulk sales 7.05 to 8.75, rights 8.40 to 9.29, mixed 7.65 to 9.10, heavy 7.50 to 8.80, pigs 4.25 to 9.80. Cattle receipts 1500 market Osama Reeves 7.00 to 59.15, Texas steers 6.75 to 7.70, stockers and feeders 5.50 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.60 to 8.20, calves 8.00 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 000 market steady native 8.75 to 11.90, yearlings 5.00 to 5.96, native lambs 5.65 to 8.10.
Kansas City reports receipts for hogs at 3500 with a higher market. Bulk sales 5.65 to 5.90, heavy 8.50 to 8.85, light 8.65 to 5.05, pigs 6.00 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 2000 with 6060 southern cattle, market steady. Prime fed steers 8.50 to 9.00, dressed cattle 7.50 to 8.59, southern steers 5.25 to 6.50, cows 3.50 to 6.50, heifers 4.75 to 8.75. Sheep receipts 2000, market steady. Lambs 6.25 to 9.00, natives 4.55 to 6.00, wethers 4.50 to 5.25, ewes 3.50 to 4.76.
Receipts totals include 2300 cattle with 600 Texans, hogs 4500, and 3200 sheep. Cattle steady with native beef steers 5.50 to 5.00, cows 4.75 to 6.75, Texas steers 6.26 to 7.75, calves 6.50 to 6.00. Hogs higher with pigs and lights 5.59 to 9.05. Sheep strong with native muttons 3.25 to 4.00 and lambs 6.50 to 7.26.
New York reports firmer cotton markets and active trading in convertible and tech yarn divisions. Raw silks advance while yarns stay steady with a higher tendency. Textile trade for spring shows cheap brocades. A Paris cathedral bell weighs twenty tons with its accessories adding ten tons.
Private forecasts of better southwest weather and reports of rain in Texas and Oklahoma unsettled the market. Liverpool declined while New York and New Orleans swings showed mixed results. By early afternoon, prices were down 10 to 12 points with some late rallies as showers in the Southwest kept trading activity volatile.
Cotton futures in New York opened steady with August at 11.76 cents, September 11.62, October 11.47, November 11.42, December 11.46, January 11.38, February 11.40, March 11.48, and May 11.48. The session closed steady with prices showing small changes across contracts. Updated figures include AUSTRALIA and other symbols, but the core data reflect a flat to modestly firmer trend.
New Orleans August cotton futures opened steady down 1 to 5 points on weak enables and private rain reports. After the call a western belt rain forecast sparked selling, with prices sliding. Official weather data conflicted with private rain notes, leading to churning prices through 2 PM, ending 3 to 6 points below prior close.
Futures opened steady with August at 11.89 bid and September at 11.53 to 11.55. October 11.47 to 11.48, December 11.47, January 11.48, March 11.59, May 11.69 to 11.71. Cotton futures closed steady with a net decline of 1 to 3 points. most months showed minor daily shifts across open high low and close figures.
Spot cotton quiet and easier with middling grades around 6.6 to 7.2 pence. Sales reach 7000 bales including 6300 American and 500 for speculation and export. Receipts reported as none.
Futures closed barely steady in Liverpool with August at 6.32% and near-months around 6.25d to 6.14% across the curve. The report lists December-January at 6.03sd and May-June near 6.14d, reflecting a narrow range as traders assess harvest and demand.
New York middling at 12.15 cents, New Orleans at 121 to 160, Houston at 12, Galveston at 12e, Liverpool at 0.62 a, Memphis at 11.c.
New Orleans on August 22 reports spot cotton holding steady with middling at 12 3/16 cents and varied quotes for other grades. Receipts total 691 bales and city stock stands at 17,720 bales.
Spot cotton remained quiet in New York and Aus with middling uplands at 12.14 and middling gulf at 12.40. Sales totaled 200 units, reflecting cautious demand and stable pricing.
Memphis spot cotton prices remain steady as of February 2 in Memphis Tennessee with middling grade at 11 1/2 cents per pound.
Galveston marine intelligence reports arrivals yesterday of steamers Amberton Shields Logician Liverpool Colorado New York and ships El Sud New York Aiden Liverpool Bosuga Puerto Cortez sailed.
Prime mercantile paper shows steady sterling at 4.98.10 for 60 day bills and 4.86.49 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.82.5. Silver at 59% per ounce. Mexican dollars quoted at 460. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds easier.
Washington Aug 22 The Department of Agriculture moves toward seven definite corn grades by grain standardization. Acidity degree is key to soundness and storage safety, but not yet a grading factor due to unfamiliarity and equipment limits. Findings: low acidity under 22 cubic centimeters indicates good quality. above 26 signals deterioration. 80+ signals inferior quality. Public hearing planned for late September or October to hear objections before final adoption. Descriptions cover white yellow and mixed corn with color and moisture rules, plus ticket statements for adjusted sample grades.
Crop expert F. M. Cordill reports a crisis in Texas as cotton suffers from poll weevils and pests. He notes the belt needs rain within ten days to determine if the season will yield a bumper crop or a short one, despite early good conditions and rapid boll opening.
Stock data shows Balea and Stock yesterday at S L38 948 while stock this day last week is 44 444 133 644 and last year 253 798. The season deficit stands around 300 298 with unclear terms. Data appears garbled but indicates fluctuating cotton stock levels and a season shortfall.
A fragment shows last week trade data with Great Britain and France entries, listing quantities 6 384 and 17 657 to Britain and France respectively, plus additional figures 918, 20 161, and 8 054 referring to continental exports and other markets, implying diverse movement of goods across destinations.
Prime seed at 7.55 cents per pound with meal at 31.50 to 32.00, linters 24 3ke.
The New York cotton seed oil market closed lower with poor bids. August at 9.10 to 9.25, September 8.16, October 7.64, November 7.78, December 6.72, January 7.74, February 6.77, March 6.77. total sales 12,900. Numerous small lots moved, including 100 at 7.65 and 200 at 7.84 for October and 296 at 6.77 for March.
Building permits issued for a dwelling on Wilkins Avenue listed to W A Batty at 1628 dollars and another residence on Wiking Avenue for 1800 dollars attributed to W A Batts. W W Cottingham, superintendent of schools at Watson, Pa, is noted for sixty years of service in that one position.
Chicago August 22. Corn led a nervous grain market amid bearish rains in Kansas and eastern regions. December opened lower and drifted. wheat weakened on milder showers and gains in Europe. Oats fell after opening steady. provisions weak with pork around 19.50 and lard near 11.30. Trading mixed as traders bought on dips. December corn closed around 65 to 65 1/4 cents amid a net loss.
Chicago prices today list cash wheat with No 2 red at 88% to 89% cents, No 2 hard at 88% to 89 cents, No 1 northern 82 to 83 cents, No 2 spring 81 to 82 cents, velvet chaff 88 to 92 cents, duc rum 58 to 58 cents. Corn quotes show No 2 at 78 to 78 cents, No 2 white 78 to 79 cents, No 2 yellow 75 to 78 cents. Oats No 2 at 40 cents, No 2 white 43 to 44 cents, standard 42 to 43 cents.
Quotations today show cash wheat at No 2 hard 86 to 87 cents, No 2 red 84 to 88 cents, corn No 2 mixed 75 to 85 cents, No 2 white 70 to 72 cents, oats No 2 white 42 to 43 cents. Futures close: wheat September 81 1/2 cents, December 86 1/2. corn September 73 1/2 cents, December 70 cents.
Quotations for wheat, corn, and oats listed for No 2 red and white varieties with price ranges. September and May futures noted. Receipts show flour 14,000 barrels and large grain volumes: wheat 100,000 bushels, corn 53,000, oats 121,000. Shipments include flour 14,000 barrels and grain totals: wheat 102,000, corn 31,000, oats 56,000 bushels.
State Senator Johnny Bailey of Cuero, visiting San Antonio, predicts Governor Colquitt will align with prohibitionists within three years. Bailey, elected to fill the term of Murray at the penitentiary, says Colquitt may declare as a pro if endorsed for U S Senate. He urges the anti-prohibition stance to expose the policy. The likely main rival in the race is W P Lanham, the state comptroller.
London dispatch reports the Mexican legation received a cablegram from the Mexican government denying any ultimatum sent to the United States. The message says the rumor is entirely false and that confidential negotiations are proceeding with mutual good faith.
In Green Bay Wisconsin Mrs Van Venroy age Ta" died at home. She was mother to 24 children with 150 grandchildren and great grandchildren. Born in Holland she came to the county with her husband who survives her.
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