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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1911
Page
13
Speculators see Taft message dampening market interest while grocers push for cheaper sugar. A New York wholesale group plans a petition to Congress to cut sugar duties, arguing high prices hurt household consumers. Prices for oranges apples and potatoes shift as trade sources note duty and shipping effects on the market.
Quotations today show steady market tones for dairy and eggs with receipts of 2057 cases. Creameries move within 28 31 to 25 33, with selections from firsts and extra firsts. Poultry prices listed for turkeys chickens and meat cuts, with weights and ranges noted amid general firmness.
The Associated Press reports egg prices in New York on December 193? with fresh gathered eggs firm at 43 cents for extra, 40 for firsts, 24 for No 1, 20 for No 2, and checks and prime grades around 20 to 21 cents. Refrigerator storage paid 244 cents.
Quotations are reported with creamery firsts and seconds and packing stock figures for the city market as of December 5. The page lists prices such as 35 for firsts, 33 for seconds, and 21 for extras across categories.
A witness before the House committee investigating sugar prices warned the United States can raise world sugar costs by limiting supply. Willet, a sugar expert, said U S production should draw on the world market to meet a 700 000 ton annual shortfall and that prices could rise from 4 94 to 7 50 per hundredweight.
Rice offerings remained light in a quiet market with quoted values for clean and rough grades. Prices indicated nominal movements for Honduras and Japan, with clean Honduran rice around 7.34 and Japan rough around 1.75.
The report covers ongoing revisions in goods markets with continued activity in Lonsdale and hill 4x4 goods, prices rising to seven cents. Jobbing trade shows fair demand for January February delivery, cream and ivory demand strong, raw silk in firmer foreign markets.
The Union Stock Yards saw receipts reach the thousand mark with most livestock bound for Fort Worth. Cows topped at 3.50 dollars, calves around 3.65, hogs 5.75 to 6.50, while sheep and goats offered but had no noon sales recorded.
State Live Stock Inspector Sto ner and US Inspector Dr Johnson supervised the fourth dip of Holmes cattle from Del Rio as buyers W H Holmes and J C Powell stayed in town awaiting second dipping. Arizona cattleman H L Marshall notes high fall prices and predicts better spring values as Mexican buyers flood the interior.
W. E. Witherby of Del Rio visits the Cattlemen's exchange and says the Del Rio country is in good shape. He notes less feeding icing than last year but mills are busy in the meal and hulls sectors. He predicts fancy cattle will head to markets in a few weeks.
Fort Worth market report notes cattle and sheep sales by W F Simpson Valley Mills. Heifers and cows traded around four five dollars per hundredweight with varying prices. Detailed figures are faint but indicate a mid week sale activity and price range.
Worth Texas December 5 Associated Press reports cattle receipts at 3700 head with steers stockers and cows steady. hogs down ten cents at top 6.45 and bulk 5.90 to 6.30. sheep receipts 75 head steady.
Cattle receipts 9000 with 400 southerns show steady to 10c higher values for native steers from 6.20 to 9.00, southern steers 4.00 to 6.50, cows and calves mixed. Hogs receipts 19,000 down 5 to 10c with bulk sales 6.75 to 6.25 and heavies 6.20 to 6.30. Sheep receipts 6000 steady with mut tons 3.00 to 4.00 and lambs 4.25 to 6.00.
Cattle receipts about 7500 with slow steady prices. Hogs receipts around 33000 with a dull market and prices down about ten cents. Sheep receipts near 25000 with a weak market and varied ranges for natives and western fat lambs.
Cattle receipts 4000 including 500 Texans. Native beef steers 4.50 to 9.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 7.00, stockers and feeders 3.25 to 6.25, Texas and Indian steers 6.75, cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 15,000, 5 to 10 cents lower. ye and lights 4.50 to 6.00, packers 5.00 to 5.15, butchers and heavy 6.00 to 6.75. Lambs 4.25 to 6.00.
A North Carolina like ruling from Grand Forks county in the Hagart case says a husband may seek separate equitable relief to compel wife to support him when he is unable to work and not abandoned. The dispute centers on property valued at $40,000 as the Hagarts contest ongoing divorce proceedings in court.
Lawyers helping impoverished New Yorkers trapped by loan sharks report their clients took loans totaling 8299.60 with 3744.71 in interest due within three months. In most cases lawyers persuaded lenders to renew loans at 6 percent annually. Loans were mainly used to pay doctors’ bills or funeral expenses.
Japan adopts various devices to control flies but still faces a significant pest problem with persistent fly populations across regions and industries.
Chicago cash wheat stays burdensome as owners tout bargain sales. May futures open unchanged to ½% lower, later slide to 99% near night. corn slow with cash houses easing market tone. Oats gain slightly on commission buying while pork lard and ribs drop with loan-driven pressure. May pork at 16.06, lard 9.20, ribs 8.42, as December cash wheat sinks.oi
The Chicago cash grain listing shows wheat grades with prices for No. 2 hard red at 106 to 108 cents, No. 2 northern 106 to 108c, No. 2 spring 100 to 105c, velvet chaff 85 to 104c, drum 85 to 80a, old 70c, No. 2 yellow old. Oats No. 2 49 to 49c, standard 48 to 49c.
Quotations show cash wheat at No 2 red 97 to 99 cents, No 2 hard 97 to 101 cents, No 2 white corn not listed, oats at No 2 49 to 50 cents. December wheat at 94 and 4? percent, May 98 percent. corn December 63 to 64 and May 63 to 64 cents. oats December 49 to 49 and May 49? cents.
Kansas City market quotes list cash wheat with No 2 hard at 99 1.05 and No 2 red at 95 96. Corn values show No 2 mixed No 2 white 65 66 with further lines for December and May futures. Wheat December and May near 95¾ and 98, corn December around 62¾ with May and July at 63c.
New York notes show Rawes quiet with Muscovado 89 test at 4.44c and a trifugal 96 test at 4.94c. Molasses 89 test unchanged while Refined molasses remains steady. Leather prices are firm in quiet trading.
New York futures rose 1 point to 2 points at opening and drifted. by noon the market was 7 to 9 points lower on rumors of softer interior spot markets. Prices steadied late with active months within a few points of yesterday’s close as covering bids emerged.
Cotton futures opened steady with a one to four point advance on good cables and a favorable weather map. By midmorning bear reports from dry goods markets and withdrawals by large cotton goods houses spurred selling, sending prices about 2.4 points below yesterday's close.
In New Orleans on December 5, cotton futures opened steady with December at 9.04, January around 8.96 to 8.97, March 9.02 to 9.03, May 9.09, July 9.20 and August about 9.13 to 9.16.
Liverpool decembers cotton market shows spot sales at higher quotes with 14,000 bales traded and 27,000 receipts including 20,000 American. Futures opened firm, closed barely steady with mixed spreads from Dec-Feb to Oct-Nov across several months.
Memphis prices list cotton seed products on December 5 with Prime basis oil at 4.46 47 per unit, meal at 24.75, and linters at 1% 3% as quoted in local market report.
Houston market reports spot cotton steady at middling 9 1/2 cents as of December 5 with no change in the middling grade.
New York reports a quiet spot market with prices up five points. Middling upland settles near 9.36 cents and middling gulf at 9.60 cents as sales activity remains limited.
Spot cotton remains steady as of December 5 with middling at 9 1/2. In New York trading, cotton seed oil closes steady with several futures quotes and sales reported, including 100 sold at 5.49 and 1 100 May at 5.57, totaling 67 000 in sales across calls.
Associated Press dispatch lists today’s grain receipts in Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth with 620 wheat cars 468 corn cars 108 oats and notes week compare 665 last week 446 a year ago. A separate line warns Prince Edward Island motor vehicle violators face a 500 fine or six months jail.
California undertakes construction of two vast concrete oil storage basins, each planned to hold a million barrels, with a total project cost around $500,000.
A French wireless station has been installed in Morocco and communication established with the station on the Eiffel Tower.
Weather Bureau weekly forecast says temperatures will average near or above normal across the cotton belt. Only cold weather expected in the northeast Monday as a disturbance moves from the Ohio valley, with a Pacific coast disturbance bringing rain or snow and a later cooldown in the northwest.
In St Louis on December 5 wool markets held steady with mid grades combing and clothing at 21 21 1 2 percent, light fine 15 19, heavy fine 13 15, tub washed 27 30.
Trading in stocks was nearly suspended awaiting publication of the president's message. Opening volume barely moved the market before it stagnated with prices mostly unchanged from last night. Texas Pacific rose while Wabash securities and American Can preferred weakened. Wabash bonds fell. Wall Street held a cautious tone as activity dwindled and only gradual gains appeared in the more active section.
Citizens rejoice as a burglar is captured in Edwardsville after a year of break ins. Police report he used a church Bible as a pillow while hiding in the school building. He gave multiple names and carried stolen goods in a suitcase.
The Chicago News mocks exam questions for would be police, defining larceny as marrying a relative and misusing terms. It lists misdefinitions for misdemeanor, robbery and policeman duties. Nearly 1000 applicants took the exam.
Bohemia increasingly consumes nonalcoholic beverages in recent years with growing preference for solda and mineral waters, signaling a notable change in regional drinking habits.
New York summary shows close on mercantile paper at 4.41 percent, sterling exchange with bankers' bills at 4.83 for 60 days and 4.86 20 for demand, commercial bills 4.82, bar silver 55, Mexican dollars 46. Government bonds steady while railroad bonds weaken. Money on call firm at 4 1/2 percent, with time loans active at 3 to 4 percent for 60 to 90 days and 4 to 4 1/2 percent for six months.
Lead steady at 4.2749 cents per pound in New York on December 4. Spelter trades firm at 6.85 cents per pound with little price movement noted.
Nashville. Mrs Karl Samuel, accused of fatally shooting Miss Lacie West in a local theater, appeared in court and had bond set at 5000. She was indicted yesterday on the murder charge and will execute bond today.
A visitor describes a small rustic bunting perched on Montezuma quail in a Bronx Zoo cage. The bunting plucks feathers from the larger bird’s neck, pausing when the quail winces, then resumes once the pain subsides. The companion speculates the quail’s condition may be parasitic and cured by feather removal.
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