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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
23
Market reports show broad bear control with strong demand for various staples. Cabbage, potatoes, and dairy prices rise on limited supply while fish and fruit trade see brisk activity. Analysts note Alaska pigot output may not offset Puget Sound shortages as prices firm across multiple sectors.
Union Yard market shows Friday dullness with receipts barely 100 head. Hog prices remain weak and cattle trade slow with mostly steady to lower prices. best cows top $2.60, vealers and bulls around $3 to $4, with midrange around $5.50 for lots shifted to the hog division.
Livestock figure Qelonal Inew Pryor of Castle weslxelangy returns home after a weeks long absence tied to annual Kansas City business travel. Rumors he may run for National Livestock Association president were denied by Pryor, who says he is not in position to attend next meeting. Texans praise Pryor as a strong candidate for the role though. Pryor also noted his Chicago fat stock show win and praise from top livestock authorities for Texas exhibitors.
Seven oyster men aboard the Ute sloop Lillian I from Ryans of Alexandria were spotted clinging to the wreck by Captain Wade H. Gray of the steamer Pilot near Tangier Sound. A red undershirt fluttering from the mast signaled the rescue as the battered sloop drifted toward the Great Wicomico river where the crew was finally taken aboard.
Fort Worth traders report steady demand and mixed prices across cattle and sheep. Cattle receipts top 1000 with steers steady near 40.90 per hundredweight, cows and bulls varied, and sheep and lamb markets show stable to firmer quotes amid broad regional activity.
Spot cotton markets show steady to easy tones with mid upland and gulf varieties listed. Receipts and sales figures are given, alongside commentary on prices and demand in New York and Houston markets, with technical notes on machinery fatigue in historical engines.
Reuters style ledgers report in Chicago and Kansas City price shifts for wheat and corn with May futures rising and profits sought as deliveries, receipts and quotes fluctuated. Market activity shows wheat slipping then steady, while corn and oats faced lighter demand amid overall market movement.
Bureau report notes New York and New Orleans deficits ranging 22 to 86 points with mixed moves across markets. Cotton opened steady. New Orleans and Liverpool show losses, while spot middling uplands remains nominal. Overall trading dull with continued arbitrage activity and pressures from southern offerings amid unsettled gold and currency signals.
New Orleans December 8 The cotton market opened steady as traders weighed reports of a potentially large U.S. crop. Estimates range to 14 500 000 to 15 000 000 bales with bears arguing for 14 750 000, while prices moved 21 to 28 points lower from the prior close.
The Liverpool spot cotton market closes with prices largely unchanged, offerings moderate and trading active in spots. American middling around 6 and various grades quoted from 4.74 to 5.88 with 36 000 bales in receipts. Futures show mixed spreads and months from December through October reflect small shifts.
A fragmentary cotton market note lists prices and futures with scattered figures, dates, and commodity terms. The text shows mixed entries from New York and other markets, mentioning December rounds, March and May futures, and several price points amid a garbled stream of figures.
A Morris II dispatch reports excitement over gold trade in Ayala kitted on Aux Suble. Hotel chef attracted by particle brilliance in the glands during Thanksgiving Tay. Hunters yesterday brought in more ducks as authorities investigate the glaxards posed by the fowls. W. J. Reed of Los Angeles registered at the Mayorloky.
Lexington reports the American Tobacco Company bought all remaining Burley Tobacco pool stock, about eight million pounds, at sixteen and a half cents per pound. The sale ends a five year struggle, widens grower wealth, and concludes the Burley Society’s efforts for higher prices.
The Orient has concentrated over 200000 pounds of wool with the Wool Growers Central Storage Co this fall. Transit rules allow wool to be shipped from a point and unloaded in San Angelo for storage until sale. About 10000 pounds originated on the southwestern extension and most wool goes to Galveston by rail then to Boston by steamer.
Members gathered at Texas Cattle Hunters meeting admitted forty new members representing four score forty head of cattle. The convention in Fort Worth next March will discuss industry issues and future plans for the association.
Weekly cotton statistics show imports across all kinds at 140000 bales. American imports stand at 113000 bales with stocks at 088000 bales. American forward 5000 bales and total exports 3190 bales.
Heavy stock values dominated early dealings with many issues slipping while others showed slight gains. Dealers cited government policy and investor pessimism as pressure weighed on rails and industrials. By noon, broad weakness persisted though some leaders rallied modestly from the session lows.
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