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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1911

Page

13

Local market report notes price shifts across sugar, pecans and produce

Local markets show a dime decline in breadweight and advice of further drops in the News market. Sugar wholesaler buys at $6.40 with wholesale prices quoted as the lowest in months while pecan demand rises due to a short national crop. Tomatoes firm on higher quotes, canned goods demand strong, oysters scarce from cold weather, cranberries rising with expected new highs, celery and cauliflower prices firm or higher amid tight supply.

Couit Texas

Fresh country candled goods and dairy prices listed

The column notes general market conditions with firm to easy prices. Fresh country candled eggs for 22 23 cents a dozen, creamery butter 23 cents a pound, various poultry and cheese prices listed including hens and ducks. Returns show steady but dull demand and mixed dairy product prices across items like granulated sugar and Swiss cheese.

Badle

Market quotations steady across dairy and produce lines

Quotations today show steady dairy markets with creamery prices at 28 to 37 cents, receipts 1965 cases, ordinary firsts at 28 to 30 cents. Daisies and Young America items listed, Horns at 15 16 cents, Wisconsin and Michigan milk quotes near 80 to 87 cents, turkeys and chickens noted as ready with weights 50 to 60 pounds and prices 7 to 11.

Associated Press Wisconsin Michigan

Quotations From Market Creamery Prices Reported

The Associated Press lists dairy quotations in City on December 7 with Creamery stock levels including 35 for firsts 33 for seconds 21 for stock 33 for extras and 31 for firsts in the sample.

Associated Press S City Secce Xtra

Eggs Steady as Markets Report Fresh Gathered Supplies

Eggs remain steady in trading across 376 cases noted by AP from URE on December 7. Fresh gathered and dirties show varying prices with primes marked and refrigerated lots cited. details include miscellaneous rates such as 6c to 25c in noted classifications.

Associated Press

Quotations for poultry and dairy prices in today’s market

AP reports today’s quotations show chickens at 8 cents, springs at 14 cents, ducks at 11 and one half cents, geese at 8 cents, creamery butter at 26 to 36 cents, and milk at 29 cents.

Associated Press

Raw sugar and molasses steady as markets close

In New Orleans trading, raw sugar futures show 89 test at 4.44 cents and 96 test at 4.94 cents, while 89 test molasses runs at 4.18 cents. Leather firm in market notes with steady activity across commodities.

Rice market keeps steady amid light demand

Associated Press report notes rough rice prices quiet with light demand and nonclean grades steady. Honduras rough grades quoted at $1.75 to $2.25, Japan rough at $3.12 and clean at 24 4%c, with various domestic figures lingering on sparse shelf space.

Associated Press Honduras The Japan Ugh

Market Slows at Unicon Stock Yards on Opening Day

A slow opening at Unicon Stock Yards sees buyers from butcher and packer sides circling but leaving without deals. Receipts total 246 head, over half hogs, with prices slipping to around 5.60 to 6.00 for select lots as heavy supply prevents a firm market.

Unicon

Livestock Gossip on October Exports and Local Ranch Deals

The New York Journal of Commerce reports October hog and lard exports at 72.0 million pounds, with month to month and year over year comparisons. Eight months of summer pork and meat data show rising hog numbers and slaughter totals from 1902 to 1911. Arizona stockman Harry N. Carley visits San Antonio while Dr. H. B. Durrett plans a large scale cattle operation near Douglas. A Gonzales rancher visits the Bexar hotel with business, and a Roswell prairie town anecdote notes rattlesnakes near prairie dog holes amid a debate at the cattlemen’s exchange.

New York Journal of Commerce Lord Ibs Harry N. Carley Douglas Ariz Albert R. Kilburn Kansas City H. 8. Durrett Roswell Pope Ter

New York Dry Goods Market Steady With Some Variations

Cotton goods markets are generally steady with exceptions in gray goods recently advanced. Bleached cottons are selling more freely since new spring prices were named. Robbers are doing a light house trade.

Associated Press New York

Paris Market Summary From Paris December Report

Three per cent rentes listed at 965. The exchange rate on London stands at 25 francs 22 centimes for checks. The private discount rate is reported at 3 percent.

Associated Press Paris London

Steers Steady Hogs Nine Cents Higher At Worth Stockyard

Ort Worth Texas cattle receipts total 2506 with steers and feeders steady and hogs up nine cents. Prices show tops around 6.45 with bulk trading near 5.85. Bulls and calves generally steady amid light Sherry receipts around 300 head.

Associated Press Ort Worth Tex

Market report from Associated Press livestock receipts and prices

Receipts and quotes show 5,000 cattle with Reeves, Tex and western herds. hog receipts about 28,000 with prices from 5.50 to 6.85. sheep receipts around 18,000 with natives, Western earlings and lambs priced from 2.50 to 6.15. Market steady to mixed, hogs up to five cents.

Livestock Quotations From Kansas City Board

Receipts by class include cattle 6000 with 300 southerns and hogs 16000. Cattle prices range from 2.50 to 9.00 with varieties native and western steers, cows, and calves. Hogs show gains with bulk sales near 8.60 to 6.26 and pigs 4.00 to 5.25. Sheep receipts around 3000 with lambs at 4.50 and mutton ranges 3.00 to 4.00.

Kansas City

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Steady to Strong in St Louis

Receipts totaled 2500 cattle including 400 Texans with a steady to 10 cent higher trend. Native beef steers 4.50 to 5.00, cows 3.00 to 4.70, stockers 3.25 to 5.25. Hogs 14,000 with values up 5 to 10 cents. pigs 4.25 to 6.00, packers 5.60 to 6.15, butchers 5.50 to 6.35. Sheep 1860 with strong market. lambs 4.25, muttons 4.00 to 5.90.

Associated Press ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Cattle Sales Report From Fort Worth Texas

Cattle sales today in Fort Worth list buyers and lot details including M. W. Smith Bluffdale with steers and heifers at around 5.80, Edds and Thompson Hebbronville, H. J. Thompson Alde, and Dale and Tanner Henrietta. Several feeder lots and cows are noted with prices ranging roughly from 4.95 to 6.30 per hundredweight.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex M. W. Smith Bluffdale Anesewer Thompson Hebbronville H. J. Thompson Alede Dale and Tanner Henrietta Leedeee Tooderg Lossneviarters

Wheat prices in Kansas City futures report

Cash wheat quotes and futures summaries from Kansas City indicate No. 2 hard around 97 to 108 cents, No. 2 red near 94 to 144 cents, and No. 2 white around 49 to 50 cents. December and May contracts show near equal values, with July futures listed in the low 60s to mid 60s.

PPS Kansas City

Bad Weather Boosts Grain Market

Chicago reports show Argentine weather forecasts lifting wheat prices amid cold US winter wheat damage. May wheat opened higher, rose to 98 to 98 1 2 cents, then closed steady at 97 1 2 to 97 cents. Corn rose with wheat as hog prices improved and pork, ribs, and lard traded mixed.

Associated Press Chicago United States May Illinois

Fragmented OCR Price List Snapshot

A garbled OCR extract shows scattered price entries and numbers such as 1.02 1.06 950 1.03 and 48 4 standard 48% 50e with no clear items or context. No identifiable brands or products are discernible from the fragment.

Associated Press

Receipts of Wheat Cars Reported at Chicago and Duluth

Receipts today totaled 512 cars across Chicago and Duluth, with 380 cars of contract, 110 cars of oats, and other grains. Compared with the holiday last week and the same day a year ago, figures show changes in daily movement.

Wg Associated Press Chicago Duluth

Fragmentary sports note with incomplete team data

A rough OCR fragment lists race or craft terms and percentages with references to teams or firms and authors. Details are unclear, but mentions No 2 white, May, and a drum or light fiber context attributed to a St Louis source. No coherent event or outcome can be established.

Cotton opens steady as market awaits government report

New York prices begin with a steady to up three point advance and rise 5 to 7 points through the forenoon on shorts covering and trade buying. Southern offerings expand as the market quiets with spot middling uplands at 9.35 cents.

Associated Press New York Shorts South

Cotton Futures Open Steady With Mixed January Through December

New York December Cotton futures opened steady with slight variations across contracts. January closed at 8.85 86 cents, March 8.92 93, May 8.99 9 and July 9.07 08. August 9.11 13, September 9.13 14, October 9.16 11, November 9.19 bid, and December 9.11 12 cents.

Associated Press New York New Orleans

Cotton futures steady as shorts cover after survey guesses

New Orleans December cotton futures opened steady and rose 2 to 3 points in early trading as shorts covered heavily. Prices stayed firm through the morning with support from rain expectations and a government crop guess pool showing an average 14,753,000 bales, range 13,900,000 to 16,250,000.

Associated Press New Orleans

Market quotes fragment recalls year-end trading snippet

Fragmentary financial data lists December and months with bid and ask levels. Entries show December 9.04, January 8.99, March 9.04, May 9.12, July 9.25, August 9.20, October 9.16 with varying asks. The incomplete record hints at a steady opening and fluctuating prices.

Liverpool Cotton Prices Edge Down in Dec 7 Market

Closing spot cotton shows good activity with prices down two to four points. American middling fair at 6.62 and other grades listed. sales reach 12 000 with 27 400 American bases in receipts 36 000. futures open and close steady with varied forward price Quotations for Dec to Nov contracts extending.

Associated Press Liverpool

Cotton seed oil prices steady with varied futures

New York reports steady cotton seed oil trading amid mixed futures. Spot ranges from 5.38 to 5.46 with near contracts from 5.37 to 6.41 and several hundred barrels sold across December through July deliveries. Total sales reach 238,800 barrels.

THE Associated Press New York

London bullion flows and Bank of England movement reported

Bullion totaling 188000 pounds sterling was deposited in the Bank of England yesterday and 100000 pounds sterling withdrawn for shipment to Egypt. Consols held at 77 for money and 77 1 2 for account while bar silver remains at 25 1 2. Bills of exchange quoted 3 3 4 for three months.

Associated Press London Bank of England Egypt

Fall Wheat Acreage Falls Short of 1910 Levels

The December crop report shows winter wheat sown this fall at 32,213,600 acres, below the 32,648,000 acres for 1911 as per census estimates. Rye planted totals 2,436,000 acres with a rye condition of 93.3 percent of normal.

Bureau of Agriculture Washington Department of Agriculture Census Bureau

Cotton Statistics Exports to Britain France and Continent

This article lists last week cotton exports by destination. Britain's import figure is 84,899 and 37,300 for another category, France receives 18,228 and 11,552, the continent 88,497 and 94,519, with exports to Mexico and Japan at 1,610 and 1,218 respectively. It summarizes weekly totals by region.

Britain France Continent

Cotton Prices and Market Receipts in New Orleans

Spot cotton held steady with firm values across grades. New Orleans reports sales on the spot, arrivals and day receipts, with rough figures for each grade including low middling and middling ranges and a stock total of 242,542 bales after 14,468 receipts.

Associated Press Orleans

Spot cotton holds steady in Houston market

By AP Houston on December 7 reports spot cotton unchanged at middling 95 and 16.

Tith Associated Press Houston Tex

Cotton futures close steady as prices edge higher

Spot cotton in New York on December 7 closed quiet with a 5 point rise. Middling uplands priced at 9.40 and dogulf at 9.65, with sales totaling minimal.

THE Associated Press New York

Coffee futures close steady on New York market

New York trading round reports No 7 Rio coffee futures closing steady as December draws near. December futures settle around 13.88 with March futures near 13.31 as holders wait for further market cues.

THE Associated Press New York

Bold Borderers Beg Better Butter in Mining Town

A miner town revolt over butter quality in Livingston NL ended with Mrs. Neuenschwander fined $3 and costs and her husband held for the grand jury after a saloon gunfire by a defender. A five man boarders committee led by Bernard Byle approached her with demands.

Pearl Neuenschwander Livingston Edwardsville St. Louis Times Court of Justice of the Peace B. Glass Bernard Byle Neuenschwander Boyle

Narrow activity in New York stocks amid widespread liquidation

Opening trading showed small gains and sharp early selling across many issues. Canadian Pacific weakened further, American Can preferred rebounded, while Rock Island and Wabash slid, bonds eased, and the market closed steady after a day of narrow moves and persistent liquidation of inactive issues.

Associated Press New York Canadian Pacific American Can Npse Union Central New Jersey Delaware and Hudson T Company Fed Mining Allis Chalmers Denver and Rio Grande Louisville and Nashville Pacific Wabash United Railways and Investment American Car Ttz Rock Island Pittsburg Commerce Court Illinois Central Amalgamated Copper Amer Anaconda Mining Co Atohigon Jo Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake , Ohio Chi N. W Mil St. P. Seeee Colorado Fuel and Iron Ever Colorado and Southern Denver and Rio Grande Bill i Cn Tote Weneees Bok Interborough Missouri Pacific Kan Tex National Biscuit National New York Central Wats Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Ssoee Pacific Mail Pennsylvania Ioanand People’s Gas Pullman Palace Careooee Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Ewee Texas Company

Money on call and market rates slip under steady edges

New York report shows money on call near 4 percent with close around 4 percent for 60 and 90 day loans. Sterling exchange firm and bankers’ bills quoted at 4.82 25 for 60 day bills and 4.86 for demand. Commercial papers steady while Mexican dollars rise to 46 14. Railroad bonds show heaviness in trading.

Associated Press New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Lead market slips as spelter prices drop in early trading

In St. Louis on December 7 a lead firm at 4.37 percent and spelter at 6.35 percent pressured the market, with prices showing a clear demoralization in early dealings.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Roosters Banished in Los Angeles Ending Early Crow

California women voters influence reform as Los Angeles passes an ordinance banning roosters from municipal units. Mrs. George Dalrymple motivated action by arguing the right to life liberty and happiness includes uninterrupted sleep, prompting city officials to enforce a roosterless city policy.

California New York Mail Los Angeles George Dalrymple Dalrymple Legislative Committee

German chemist claims metal melting in vacuum by solar focus

A German chemist asserts metals can melt in a vacuum by concentrating sunlight. He describes a device that uses a lens or mirror to focus solar energy, generating high temperatures sufficient to melt various metals without atmospheric pressure.

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