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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1911

Page

11

European Buying Slows Amid Cotton Market Decline

The article notes declines in American cotton market values and a broad drop in refined sugar and orange prices. It reports San Antonio sugar prices around 6.55 dollars per hundredweight and hints at further lower levels as Christmas buying winds down. California oranges for Christmas may dip to 2.50 per box, with current local quotes near 2.86, while overall market firmness fluctuates amid supply shifts and regional price movements.

New York San Anto Texas Sugar California Ays Priod San Antonio Christy Atever Colorado

Creameries and produce market brief from AP

Quotations today follow: creamery prices steady with 28 37c ranges. Receipts 1479 cases. grades include ordinary 25 27c and firsts 28 30c. Daisies and Twins Young Americas listed at 15c and 16c. Turkey and chicken prices steady with 50 to 60 pound weights.

THE Associated Press Dee

Quotations For City Creamery and Packing Stock Prices

City reports quotations for creamery items with firsts at 34 cents and extras at 33 cents, packing stock 21 cents, and seconds at 36 cents, reflecting daily market values for dairy products.

THE Associated Press City

Egg prices and grades at New York market report

The Associated Press reports on egg pricing with 950 cases. Fresh gathered eggs and dirties listed with 46c and 4% charges. Refrigerator fancy and dirties priced around 26c and 16c respectively.

Associated Press York Noresh

Quotations Steady Across Poultry and Creamery Prices

Quotations today were steady with choice chickens at 104 to 10c, turkeys 14c, ducks 11%c, and creamery at 26 to 36c. The market shows no change in dairy and poultry pricing.

Associated Pressuis

Local betting quiet with varied odds in rough department

In New Orleans on December 6, betting activity was subdued with several odds listed across rough and clean Honduras and Japan markets. Notable quotes include rough Honduras at 2.50 and 2.0 to 3.12, Japan at 3 to 3.5, and clean Honduras and milt offerings with limited demand.

Associated Press Orleans Honduras Japan

Bleached goods prompt shift in selling agents

Bleached goods drive activity among selling agents while jobbing is seasonably quiet. Fall lines and new fall men’s wear are being priced and ordered, with firmer columns and steady demand evident in early reports.

Ion Associated Press

Sugar Markets Steady Amid Mixed Trading

Sugar prices show little movement with 89-test and 94 molasses sugars trading steady. Centrifugal markets hold firm, molasses sugar also stable as trade remains quiet.

Associated Press

Cattle Market Steady at Union Stock Yards Prices

Cattle prices held steady with cows topping at 3.50 and calves at 3.76 for best lots. Demand focused on quality butcher stock, with common grades selling slower. A late stock arrival wasn’t listed at noon. hog market remained featureless and unchanged.

Union Stock Yards Price, Holmes and Dolan J. H. Spivey G. Weiblen Bexar

Stock Gossip Reports Active Cattle Trade Across Midland Area

Frank Henry of Tilden notes good pasture in his region and similar feeding needs to last year. Cattle trade heats up near Midland with large sales, including 2800 four year olds to Oklahoma buyers and 1061 head shipped from Alpine district, signaling end of drought lull.

Large Mexican cattle shipments bound for U S markets

From Chihuahua Mexico a major Babicora ranch cattle shipment passed through the city last week en route to eastern U S markets. Hayes, ranch manager, just returned from El Paso after arranging duties. An additional large shipment is planned this week totaling about 60 carloads over two weeks, signaling rising Mexico U S live stock activity despite current market conditions. A sizable influx entered through El Paso this Sunday, 64 cars, and T O Ranch reported 1500 head at Sierra Blanca on Monday. Ike Pryor of the local cattlemen exchange heads to Kansas City Friday after weeks there plus a stop at the Trans Mississippian congress in November.

Frank Henry Tilden Texas Chihuahua Mexico Babicora Ranch United States C. Hayes Isl Paso el Paso Merony T. O . Ranch Sierra Blanca Ike T. Pryor Cattleman’s Exchange Kansas City

Forest Supervisor notes scarce big game in Wyoming

Forest Supervisor Allen, long in Wyoming forests, says this year’s big game is less plentiful. A five hundred mile horseback trip yielded no elk, four distant mountain sheep seen, few specimens bagged. Hunters from around the world report droughts as the cause.

Allen Wyoming

Hogs Drop Ten Cents In Fort Worth Market

Fort Worth Texas December 6 1920 Associated Press reports cattle 4800 head hogs 2000 head market 10 cents lower top 6.42 bulk 6.38 calves 3.60 to 5.25 sheep 400 head bull and steer prices listed with stockers and feeders receipts noted.

Fort Worth THE Associated Press Tex

Kansas City Market Roundup Prices and Receipts

Kansas City market data show cattle receipts about 6000 with 8000 southerns, steers and cows quoted across ranges. Hogs receipts near 18000 with prices mostly 10 cents lower, bulk sales about 5.65 to 6.15, lights 5.40 to 6.00. Sheep receipts 6000 with steady tone, muttons 3.00 to 4.00, lambs 4.25, wethers and yearlings 3.25, ewes 3.00 to 5.00.

Kansas City O.v

St Louis Live Stock Receipts and Quotations

Receipts and prices in St Louis today show cattle 4000 head, hogs 17500, sheep 3000 with markets steady. Native beef steers 4.50 to 9.00, hogs 4.50 to 6.00 for pigs and lights, lambs 4.25, muttons 3.00 to 3.80.

ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Chicago Livestock Market Report Summary

Chicago receipts about 22 000 cattle 37 000 hogs and 45 000 sheep with prices varied. Cattle ranged 2 45 8 26 per head with beves and calves at different market levels. hogs sold mostly 5 40 6 25 with light to heavy varied. sheep and lambs mostly 2 50 6 00 with yearlings and western lambs noted.

Chicago Dee. G Texas

Cattle sale prices reported at Fort Worth market

Fort Worth Texas buyers and sellers reported mixed cattle trades with varying weights and prices. Louis Conrad of Albany posted a top price around 3.50 per hundredweight for 640 head while Martin Joyce and Walker sold 106 cattle averaging near 4.35. M Hadley of Cisco moved cows at about 3.80, with other consignments at 4.35 per hundredweight.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex Dec Price Louis Conrad Albany Martin Joyce Walker Jolly M. Hadley Cisco

Coffee futures steady as December contracts close

New York data shows December coffee futures at 13.57 with March at 12.99 as trading closes. Market notes steady activity for Rio 14% quality.

THE Associated Press New York

Wheat futures slip amid weak cash demand in Chicago

In Chicago on December 6 the cash wheat market weakened as futures fell throughout the session. May prices opened near unchanged then dropped to 97 4 9 to 98 1 2 cents. Corn declined alongside wheat while oats and hogs also sagged amid bearish sentiment.

Chicago Longs

Chicago Wheat and Corn Receipts Reported at Six Hundred Cars

Chicago dispatch reports today total receipts of wheat 566 cars across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth, with 20 wheat contract grade cars or 4. Corn totals 422 cars with 6 contract grade cars, oats 92 cars. compared to 480 last week and 401 on the same day last year.

Associated Press Chicago Minneapolis Duluth

Wheat price quotations in Chicago market report

Chicago quotations show cash wheat ranges with No 2 red 94 to 96 cents and No 2 hard 96 to 97 cents. No 1 northern trades around 1.07 to 1.08 dollars and No 2 northern 1.05 to 1.07. Spring and durum values sit near 98 cents to 1.05 dollars with velvet chaff at 90 cents.

Associated Press Chicago

Grain prices in St Louis market report

Quotations today list cash wheat and oats with several grades and closes. No. 2 red wheat quoted 96 98 cents, No. 2 bard 96 cents, oats No. 2 48 cents, No. 2 white 50 cents. December wheat 94 cents, May 98 percent, corn 63 cents for December and May, oats December 48 cents, May 49 cents.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Market quotations from Kansas City grain and seed

Quotations today show cash wheat at 98 cents to $1.04 for No 2 hard and No 2 red 94 to 95 ¼ cents. Corn mixed at 62 to 65 cents for No 2. oats at 48 ½ to 49 cents for No 2, mixed 47 ¼ to 48 cents. Soybeans around 95 to 96? scarce. May and July futures noted for wheat at 62 ½ cents.

Associated Press Kansas City

Cotton opens steady then declines in New York trade

New York opened steady with a 5 to 7 point drop across most active months amid liquidation by yesterday's buyers and local bear pressure. Foreign buyers and covering eased losses, but spot markets faltered as prices edged lower and then steadied near midday, with middling uplands quoted around 9.85.

Associated Press New York Liverpool

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Dips on Cables

New Orleans December cotton futures opened 5 to 7 points lower amid weak cables and light scalper pressure. Short covering caused a brief rally, but selling intensified, leaving six to seven points under yesterday’s close at the half hour. Buying demand from shorts later supported a recovery to 2–3 points under yesterday’s final.

Associated Press New Orleans Shorts

Cotton futures end steady with mixed moves across contracts

Cotton futures closed very steady with minor changes from yesterday. December to January and other nearest months showed slight shifts, with bids and asks hovering around 9.00 and 9.20 in multiple contracts.

Liverpool cotton prices and sales report

Spot cotton in Liverpool firm to higher with American middling fair at 5.64 and middling at 5.06. Sales total 10 000 bales with 500 for speculation and export and receipts 13 000 bales. Futures opened steady then eased with December at 4.86 and later months around 4.9.

THE Associated Press Iverpool Vie

Wool growers hold out as Texas wool stored unsold

Nine million pounds of Texas wool remain unsold as prices offered by buyers fall below production costs. A. G. Rutledge of San Angelo cites 5,000,000 pounds in warehouses with 2,000,000 at San Angelo, 1,500,000 at Kerrville, 1,000,000 at Uvalde. Growers refuse low bids and expect higher markets after buyers from Boston firms visited the state. The bulk sale pattern concentrates at three warehouses.

Texas A. G Rutledge Stockman San Angelo Kerrville Uvalde Boston

Liverpool steady 5.06 10 000 Newark dull ce 68 1ba 93

Newark shows dull ce 68 with 1ba 93 while Liverpool remains steady at 5.06 and 10,000 units. Houston and Galveston display a 9% rate on 426 ae with steady trends. New Orleans firm at 9% on 1000 shows mixed market signals across early figures.

Liverpool Newark Dull New Orleans Firm Houston Galveston

Spot cotton prices hold firm in New Orleans market

New Orleans on December 6 reports spot cotton unchanged with 1800 sales and 6500 arrivals. Prices range from low ordinary at 5 9 16 to middling terms 9 9 15-16, with receipts totaling 8224 bales and stock at 227,849.

Associated Press New Orleans

Spot cotton dull at New York prices with no sales

The market closed dull in New York with middling uplands at 9.36 and Do Gulf at 9.60 cents per pound. No trading occurred.

THE Associated Press New York

Cotton seed product prices from Memphis market

Prime bNEG?ze 4.46 47, meal 24.76, linters 1% GC. Market notes from Memphis dated December 6 indicate current price quotes for cotton seed by product.

Memphis Tenn

Spot cotton steady middling price in Houston

In Houston on December 6, spot cotton held steady at middling grade 9 16s to 9 165-16 cents per pound, reflecting firm market conditions for the day.

THE Associated Press Houston Tex

Cotton Prices Steady in Memphis Market

In Memphis on December 6 spot cotton held steady with middling grade quoted at 9.5 cents.

Cotton seed oil prices and sales report with historical note

Cotton seed oil futures closed easy with a broad forward curve and several December and January lot sizes detailed. The report lists spot prices and 11,000 total sales across multiple months, followed by a historical note on a 1809 Nish monument in Serbia linked to a Turkish victory and a World Magazine reference.

Associated Press New York

Hat Price Hangs On Thread Says Ultimate Consumer Laughs

The Kansas City Star reports the downtrodden Ultimate Consumer buys a velour hat and learns a white basting thread around the band saves fifteen percent duty. The hat, deemed unfinished material, slips through at a lower tariff, giving the consumer a rare victory over the Payne Aldrich tariff.

Kansas City

Marseilles Industry and Port Traffic Reported

The French port city of Marseilles produced 266,340,000 dollars in industrial output last year and recorded 8,318 vessels entering the port during the same period.

Marseilles

Oldest US Resident Claim Emerges from Virginia Cherokee

A Cherokee Indian in Virginia asserts he is the oldest living American, claiming to have lived over 120 years. The statement centers on his age and heritage, with no corroborating documents provided in the excerpt.

United States Virginia

Uruguay reorganizes meteorological service under minister

The minister of public instruction in Uruguay announces a reorganization of the national meteorological service. The move aims to streamline operations, improve forecasting, and centralize weather data across government agencies.

Uruguay Minister of Public Instruction

Money on Call Rates and Sterling Exchange Report

New York money markets show call money at 4 percent with a ruling rate and close bid of 4 percent. Time loans firm at 4 percent for 60 90 days and six months. Prime mercantile paper 4 percent. Sterling exchange easy with actual business in bankers bills 4.82 75 for 60 day bills and 4.86 05 for demand commercial bills 4.824 percent.

Srcated Press New York Sterling Exchange

Market Report Steady at 4.374 Percent

In St. Louis on December 6 the market shows steady rate at 4.374 percent while spelter remains unsettled with quotes ranging from 6.65 to 6.89.

ST. Louis

Rivalry of DePauw Coeds Under Honor System

System of Honor fuels competition among DePauw coeds across four sections. The Indianapolis News notes rivalry has left two sections tied for last, with faculty hoping a lapse won’t follow the strain. Students' days are spent watching peers "awfully sick on lemonade and fudge" as the pressure mounts.

DePauw Indianapolis News

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