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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1912
Page
11
Rice traders report Texas growers still face strong prices as crops run late and harvest extends into the rainy season. Louisiana shipments enter market while new Texas rice remains scarce. Canners plan larger tomato sales, but last year’s strong prices are expected to hold, with few discounts anticipated.
Agricultural price list shows poultry, butter, cheese, eggs, produce, fruits, vegetables, nuts, canned goods, meats, lard, sugar, coffee, beans, and hides. Includes specific rates for hens, fryers, turkeys, corn, tomatoes, apples, peaches, pears, and several imports, with unit details and per-case or per-pound figures.
A. Fuquay applies for a five room dwelling on Marlborough Street with an estimated cost of $1200.
Observations taken at 8 a m noting air pressure at sea level, isobars and isotherms for zero freezing 90 and 100 degrees with symbols for clear partly cloudy rain and snow. Report missing arrows showing wind direction and record first temperature second precipitation third maximum wind velocity.
Butchers report light meat demand and refuse to pay high prices, while packers operate under capacity. Market shows subdued activity with 121 cattle SS hogs and 8 hogs in pens. Cows sell around 4.25 and calves 4.50 to 5. Hog prices near 8.25 per hundredweight as a carload is sent to Fort Worth.
J Ogden Armour proposes shifting consumer demand from beef and pork to mutton as a partial remedy for high costs. Packers say profits hinge on price and production, with beef and hog markets at 9 to 9 1/4 dollars per hundredweight. Fort Worth reports Oklahoma steer at 9 1 0, hogs near 9 1 0, while markets eye 10 for hogs first. M Bayley of Burke Ranch in La Salle County was in town yesterday after a coast trip reporting feeling benefited.
Quotations show butter steady in creameries at 212 25c and 21 23c for Daisies. Eggs steady with 13,064 receipts. firsts 1s or 2c. cheese shows various dairy products with Daisies 15% 0c Twins 14% Young Americas 15% 15% and Long Horns 14 4 ec. Potatoes steady with 30 car receipts Wisconsin 45 55c New Jersey 88 90c Minnesota 45 50c. Poultry live steady with turkeys 12c, chickens 11c, springs 11c. Veal steady 9.
Quotations show poultry steady with chickens 11 to 12 cents, springs ice, turkeys 17 to 19 cents, ducks 9 to 9.5 cents, geese 15 to 16 cents. Butter dull, creamery 22 to 23 cents, eggs higher at 19 cents.
Quotations listed for butter at creamery 22 cents, firsts 22. cents, seconds 20, packing stock 20 21 cents, extras 22, firsts 21 cents, seconds 18. cents. The report dated August 23 notes price levels for creamery butter and related dairy grades in Kansas City.
News from New York on August 28 reports steady egg prices with 21,880 cases received. Raw sugar markets stay firm with centrifugal 96 test at 4.117 cents, Muscovado 8 test at 3.67 cents, and molasses sugar 89 test at 3.42 cents. Molasses, hides, and leather also show firmness.
Arrived yesterday: Senator from Norway and Frontera. Cleared: Lugano from Britain to Newport News, Louisianian from Britain to Liverpool, Livargón Drea from Sweden to Fredrikshaven via Norway. Sailed: Barrister to Havre, Cayo Soto to Havre and Antwerp via Norfolk, Montauk via Havre, Bluefielde to Perthimon, El Oriente and New York.
Paris reports three per cent rentes at 93f 50c for the account with exchange on London at 261 2714 for checks. Private discount rate stands at 2 percent.
Closing stocks, money rates, and discounts noted in London markets. Silver steady, money at 1 5 for percent, rate discount on short bills 3 1 1 percent, three months bills 36 16 percent, for account 75 16.
Fort Worth Texas August 28 two loads of Oklahoma hogs brought 9.10 dollars per hundredweight marking a top level in two years. Market quotes were higher and excited with strong demand from local packers and outside buyers paying premium. Calves sold around 6.25 with gains 50 cents, while cattle and calves rose 25 to 50 cents and hogs plus horses and mules saw keen competition.
Chicago market today shows cattle receipts around 14 000 with steady to strong tone. Hogs receipts near 18 000 with steady trends across classes. Sheep receipts about 35 000 with market steady to firm for natives and westerns.
Receipts total 6000 cattle including 300 Texans with steady demand. Native beef steers 5.50 to 10.50, Texas-Oklahoma steers 4.50 to 8.00, cows and heifers 3.50 to 7.00, calves 5.50 to 8.50. Hog receipts 5000 with prices 6.50 to 9.05 for pigs and lights up to 9.05 for mixed and butchers. Sheep receipts 4500 with native muttons 3.75 to 6.00 and lambs 5.50 to 7.70.
Receipts total 10 000 cattle including 2000 southern steers with a steady to strong market. Native steers priced 6.75 to 10.60, southern steers 4.50 to 4.25, southern cows and heifers 3.25 to 5.26. Hogs receipts 5000 with bulk selling 8.50 to 5.75, heavies 8.40 to 8.65, cutters and butchers 8.60 to 8.75, lights 8.55 to 9.80, pigs 6.00 to 7.60. Sheep receipts 000 with market strong to 10 cents higher. Muttons 3.60 to 4.40, lambs 6 to 7.00, range wethers and yearlings 4.00 to 5.25, range ewes 2.25 to 4.00.
Prices on the local wool market held firm with an upward tendency over the past week. Quotations include Wisconsin and Missouri fleeces and other grades with ranges from 27 to 66 cents, depending on blood, wash, and finish.
In St Louis on August 28 wool markets showed steady tones with medium grades and clothing at 234% to 26 cents, light fine worsted and heavy fine 13 to 18 cents, tub washed at 26 to 3 cents.
The New Orleans market shows rough rice from Honduras active with a price range of 2.60 to 4.20 for sales. Japan rough is nominal with clean Honduran rice quoted at 4 and a quarter to 4 and a half cents per pound, while clean Honduras bids at 4 to 6? cents and Japan at 4 and 4? cents.
London market notes copper spot at 79 pounds 15s with futures 79 pounds 17s. Local sales show 75 tons, tin dull with spot at 210 pounds 6s, futures 209 pounds. Lead at 26 pounds 5s, spelter 26 pounds, iron Cleveland warrants 628 12 3d in London.
To Mr and Mrs F Flores a girl born August 20 at 420 South Frio street To Mr and Mrs Wred Benke a boy born August 26 at 1101 Burleson street To Mr and Mrs J Ochoa born August 19 To Mr and Mrs F Luna a twin boy and girl born August 23 at 714 South Frio street To Mr and Mrs M Vargas a boy born August 21 at 2702 South Prega street To Mr and Mrs R Aguirre a boy born August 15 at 644 North Camaron street
Burial permits show multiple deceased individuals with names and dates of death in late August. Locations include South Flores Street area and North Olive Street with varied ages and mixed legibility in the OCR transcription.
Chicago wheat prices slid from near last night’s levels as liquidation pressured futures. December opened around 94% to 94% 1/4 c and moved lower, corn eased after early firm demand, oats firmed on European cables, and pork lard and ribs posted modest gains on domestic inquiry.
Quotations show cash grain values for wheat corn and oats with multiple grade distinctions. No. 2 red and hard wheat range around 1.05 to 1.06 dollars, No. 2 northern around 96 to 99 cents, corn No. 2 about 80 to 82 cents, No. 2 white 82 to 84 cents, and oats No. 2 around 32 to 33 cents. Additional small lots and futures-like notes appear in the brief market tape.
Quotations today show corn prices for No 2 white and mixed corn with September December and May futures. Wheat futures list September December and May prices. Sugar notes and cass price lines appear with month markers and cents per bushel.
The report lists cash wheat and corn bids with varying grades and futures for September and December. Prices show No. 2 red wheat around 1.03 and corn bids near 80 cents with several contract months noted.
New York reports steady demand with frequent small orders for bleached and colored cotton goods. Napped goods sell well and dress ginghams show fair demand. No further price cuts on print cloths as jobbers maintain strong house trade.
Observations taken at 9 a m on Wednesday August 28 1912 include wind direction wind velocity temperature rainfall and prevailing weather state captured in five columns for daily climate tracking.
Cotton prices opened barely steady on Aug 28 as favorable Texas Oklahoma crop reports offered But selling by trade interests pushed values lower. Early gains faded into a net weekly loss with midday rumors of deterioration countered by short covering before noon.
Cotton futures opened steady, down 4 to 5 points on a favorable weather map and clear dry conditions across the belt. By midmorning pricesw ere 6 to 7 points under yesterday, then rose to hold near unchanged before afternoon gains pushed trading months 2 to 3 points above yesterday’s last quotes.
The market closed barely steady with a net decline of 4 to 7 points as nearby and deferred contracts showed uneven moves. Turnover and quotes across August through May hovered around 10.8 to 12.3 cents with mixed bid and ask levels.
Closing on the Liverpool cotton market shows prices down five points. American middling fair at 7.204, good middling 6.80, middling 6.40, low middling 6.16, ordinary 5.68. Day’s lint sale 6000 bales, 600 speculative/export, 4500 American. Receipts 1000 bales including 200 American.
Futures opened steady and closed quiet in Liverpool on Aug 6 with prices for August through July futures quoted in pence and fractions. The values show a narrow range across nearby and distant contract months, indicating a muted trading session.
Leading markets report spot cotton in New Orleans with prices for middling and standard grades, sales on the spot limited to 40 bales and no arrivals. The summary lists various grade levels from low ordinary to good middling with precise fractions, receipts at 735 and total stock at 23,611 bales.
Galveston Texas August 28 spot cotton closed quiet down 4 1/4 cents. Class figures show low ordinary 6 15 16, ordinary 7 15 15, good ordinary 13 16, low middling 11 7 16, middling 11s, good middling 11 1 6, middling fair 12c. Spot Tamne 485 f o b 2388. Stock 160,907 receipts 13,332 bales.
Spot cotton in Upston Texas on August 28 closes easy with grades listed from low ordinary to good middling. Market details show 2873 sold, 23840 shipped, and 33543 in stock.
The market reports cotton prices in New York on August 28 with middling uplands and middling gulf quoted at 11 25, sell no sales recorded as of the report.
Memphis spots market in Memphis Tennessee holds steady at 11 1/2 cents a pound with unchanged middling prices as of the Aug 28 trading update.
Fragmentary cotton seed market report from Memphis dated August 28 notes prime basis around 334 47 with mid range 14.50 to 27.00 and other quotes including Unters 24 212.
New York cotton seed market ends irregular with spot trading around 6.30 to 6.55 and numerous bids across months from August to February. Copper and coffee futures note steady trends with Rio No. 7 coffee at about 14 percent and near-term prices for September and March.
In New York and San Antonio reports, heavy dealing dominated the day as steel and Reading led declines with fractional losses from yesterday's close. Amalgamated and several Rails showed pressure late, while Canadian Pacific and Rock Island fluctuated on rumors of capital changes. Bond activity was irregular and the market closed with losses in several coal and iron segments.
A compilation of property transfers including Edgewood Distilling to August Limburger on multiple blocks in Kenwood and Highland Park, prices listed. Southwestern Land Corp to Refugio Serna in 1912 at Rosedale Park. W W Brown to Pp J Owens and back. Kabayek transfers in Berlin Heights. Los Angeles Heights and Starr Street blocks changing hands. numerous figures and street names cited in a dense 1910s real estate ledger.
No. 2661 Rand Graves at 737 East Houston Street and No. 2662 Dr J G Selby at 1025 East Crockett Street listed for automobile license issuance in the local notice.
Filing for a Brockton marriage license revealed a four wedding sequence involving eight people from two families. Two ceremonies have occurred and two more were planned, including Laura Bonney and Albert Leonard and William Bonney with Ruth Linendoll, amid secrecy by relatives.
Copper stays quiet but firm with spot to November around 17.26 to 17.50 for Standard and similar levels for electrolytic lake and casting. Tin holds near 46.30 to 46.75 with August and September bids. Lead strong at 4.60 to 4.75 with Spelter quiet around 7.10 to 7.20. Antimony and Cookson’s 8.46 unchanged. Tron firm and unchanged.
St Louis market note reports lead firm at 467 percent, spelter firm at 7 with August 28 pricing and related industry movement.
Money on call closed steady at 2 3 percent with bidding at 2 percent and offers at 8. Time loans showed strength with 60 days at 3 14% and 90 days at 4, 413 and six months at 4 percent.
Cotton belt weather report from Dallas Texas notes temperatures ranging from 8 to 95 degrees with clear skies today.
London reports 152000 pounds of bullion entered the Bank of England today with an additional 25000 pounds withdrawn for shipment to Jara. The movement indicates a substantial transfer of precious metal assets through the bank.
Sherman Banks, a 11 year veteran traffic officer at Fifth Street and Broadway, suddenly became deaf. Doctors study whether permanent loss will persist, attributing the condition to constant traffic noise and tram vibrations. Banks signaled for help after hearing nothing when he blew his whistle and summoned Sergeant O’Brien.
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