Argentine crop reports boost wheat and corn in Chicago trading
In Chicago on December 12 bids for grains surged after Argentine damage reports. Wheat May eased to 89 cents as the market climbed, while corn May held around 48 ½ cents with a late recovery. Oats strengthened with May at 32 ½ cents. First pork, lard, and ribs contracts moved higher on buying, and Argentine crop reductions supported overall grain strength with May corn steady near 48 ½ cents.
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Wheat and corn prices in Kansas City market report
Quotations today show No 2 hard wheat at 82% to 83 cents, No 2 red around 97 to 101 cents, and No 2 mixed corn at 46 to 48 cents with No 2 white 48 cents. Oats No 2 white 34 to 35 cents. futures for July wheat at 81% to 81 2. May 84540 and May corn 46% to 46 1/2 cents.
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Wheat and oats futures prices listed in Chicago quotes
Quotations show No 2 red wheat at 1.02 to 1.03, No 2 hard 85 to 86c, No 1 northern 84 2 to 92c, No 2 northern 84 1/2 to 86c, No 2 spring 84 1/2 to 85 1/2c. Oats No 2 white 35c, standard 33 1/2c.
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Wool Market Steady With Varied Quality Grades
In St Louis on December 12 the wool market shows steady demand across grades. Medium combing and clothing wool traded at 24 to 26 cents, light fine 19 to 21 1/2 cents, heavy 13 to 18 cents, tub washed 27 to 36 cents per pound.
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Big Oil Deal Reported in Tulsa Sale of 5650 Acres
Tulsa oil brokers announce sale of 5650 acres across the mid-continent field to a British banking syndicate. The package includes 210 producing wells averaging 3200 barrels daily, priced at 1.5 million dollars and valuing about 500 dollars per barrel. English buyers take control January 15.
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Mid-Continent
Cuba Expects Record Sugar Harvest This Season
Havana December 12 Cuba's sugar crop grinding has begun and forecasts from exports put the crop at 2 150 000 to 2 351 009 tons versus 1 895 984 tons last year.
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Market rates in leading international spots
New York mid 12.90. New Orleans 12 13-16c. Houston 12&c. Galveston 12% c. Liverpool 7.07 4. siemphis 13%c.
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Galveston
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Siemphis
Cotton Spot Steady in New Orleans Trade
New Orleans reports spot cotton steady with a 1 16 cent rise. Middling price listed at 12 18 16 cents with receipts totaling 13 080 bales and current stock 221 228 bales.
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Cotton Market Closes Steady in Houston as Prices Hold
Houston, Dec 19 report shows spot market closing steady with 1821 sales and 18 827 shipments. Bales total 152 691 with price grades from low ordinary 8 cents to good middling 13 1/2 cents.
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Tex
Galveston Cotton Market Steady with Mixed Prices
Galveston Texas reports a steady cotton close with varying prices from low to good middling. Spot sales reach 1059 bales while receipts total 30,183 bales and stock sits at 489,487 bales.
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Cotton Spot Closes Quiet in New York Market
On December 12 in New York the cotton spot market closed quiet with middling uplands at 12.90 and middling gulf at 13.15 per bale, with 200 bales sold.
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Memphis Cotton Spot Price Steady at 13 1/2 Cents
Memphis spots market reports cotton at 13 1/2 cents for middling, with steady trend noted on December 12. Trade activity described as routine with no price changes indicated.
Cottonseed product prices in Memphis market
The Memphis cottonseed market lists Prime basis oil at 5.40 to 5.47 cents per pound, meal at 25.50 to 26.00 dollars per long ton, and linters at 4.00.
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Cotton seed oil market closes easier in New York
The New York cotton seed oil market ends softer with spot 6.26 to 6.40 cents. December contracts trade around 6.28 to 6.30 cents with 200 barrels sold at 6.26. January 6.23 to 6.25 cents for 6,500 barrels. other months shown with varied bids and totals. overall sales reach 16,700 barrels.
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Wheat and corn price quotations from St Louis market
Quotations list cash wheat and corn prices with bids for No 2 red and hard wheats, No 2 white and yellow corn, and oat futures for May and July. Close figures show May and July values across wheat corn and oats with minor fractional changes.
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Bank of England Transfers and Haul Reported
London reports state bullion movements with 30 000 pounds seized into the Bank of England while 300 000 pounds sterling shipped to France and 60 000 pounds sterling sent to Germany.
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Coffee futures steady as Rio No.7 hits 14c
New York market report shows No.7 Rio coffee at 14 cents a pound while March futures trade around 13.64 cents and May around 13.74 cents. The brief notes prices hold steady in light trade.
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Liverpool Cotton Exchange Reopens for USDA Crop Estimate
The Liverpool cotton exchange adjourned at 4 p m and reopened from 6 45 to 8 o clock to receive the Agriculture Department estimate of the American cotton crop.
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Agricultural Department
Mastodon Find Sparks Alaska Valdez Dispatch
Cable reports from Valdez Alaska describe a Coffee Creek mastodon believed larger than any on record. Tusks measure twelve feet six inches and hair remains well preserved. Baron Hans Van Bergen, en route to Dawson then New York, may winter in Dawson with seventeen horses as his Yukon voyage nears conclusion.
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Fox Shipment to St John B N Likely Boosts Fox Farms
The Mariposa with Captain Moore carries 250 passengers from Alaska and a salmon load from Yakutat. An unusual consignment includes twenty cases of live blue foxes bound for St John New Brunswick to start fox farms, reflecting a growing northeastern Canadian fox industry. The foxes arrived in Seward aboard the Dora from western Alaska.
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Weather Bureau Observations at 8 a m
Observations taken at 8 a m seventy fifth meridian time. Air pressure reduced to sea level with isobars and isotherms shown. First figures show temperature, second precipitation for past 24 hours, third maximum wind velocity.
Rain Lifts Cattlemen Spirits at Union Stock Yards
Wet pens kept buyers away but quotation lists showed light receipts of 115 cattle 85 calves and 68 hogs at noon. Cows sold 3.50 to 4.25 dollars calves 4.50 to 5.25 dollars hogs 7.00 to 7.50 dollars with prices steady amid renewed optimism from recent rains. Reports from Southwest Texas noted widespread precipitation and a Fredericksburg stockman said snow and ice may boost next wheat and grain crops.
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Calves Lose Quarter as Cattle Market Mixed at Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas December 12 Combined receipts of cattle totaled 3800 head with 800 calves. Calves declined 25 cents while steers and stockers moved steady to higher butchers stock weak. Hogs rose about 5 cents with tops near 7.67 and 7.40 to 7.65 bulk. Sheep receipts 50 with ewes at 4.50.
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Kansas City Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Cattle receipts 4500 with 600 southerns and steady market. Native steers 6.75 to 10.75, southern steers 7.40, southern cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 12,000 with market 5 to 10 cents lower. bulk 7.25 to 7.45, heavy 7.40 to 7.50, packers and butchers 7.30 to 7.45, light 7.15 to 7.40, pigs 6.25 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 5000, market steady. muttons 4.00 to 5.25, lambs 6.25 to 7.85, range wethers and yearlings 4.50 to 7.00, range ewes 3.25 to 4.50.
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Chicago cattle and hog market summary from December
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts around 7000 with slow demand and varied prices for Texas and western steers, stockers, cows, heifers and calves. Hogs receipts near 26000 with steady to lower tone and price ranges across lights to heavy and pigs. Sheep receipts about 18000 with strong to higher prices for native and western types and for yearlings and lambs.
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Reeves
Texas
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Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices in St Louis Market
Cattle receipts 6000 including 2000 Texans, market steady with steers 5.55 to 10.75, Texas and Indian steers 6.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 3.75 to 5.00, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 16000, market 1.0 to 0.5 lower, pigs 6.50 to 7.50, mixed and butcher types 7.25 to 7.66, good heavies 7.45 to 7.66. Sheep receipts 2500, market steady, muttons 4.30 to 4.50, lambs 5.70 to 8.15.
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Shipping arrivals and departures at Galveston
Galveston report records arrivals including El Occidente and St Stephen and La Plata via St Lucia, with departures of Denver Osceola and Copenhagen, and sailings of Denver Victorian Wilberforce to European ports.
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Rice Prices and Shipments Move Higher in New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on December 12 rough rice prices showed strength. Buyers quoted Clean Honduras at 4 5%4c and Japan at 83 3%c. Receipts totaled 8336 rough bags, 7966 millers, 1390 clean. Sales included 435 rough Honduras at 3.65 to 4.25, 993 Japan at 3.75 to 4.00, 2151 clean Honduras at 3 5%c, and 88 Japan at 34c.
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Cotton goods market quiet firm in New York trading
The New York cotton goods market was quiet and firm on December 12. Worsted yarns gained with active sales and jobbers reported steady distribution throughout the day.
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United States Cotton Crop Forecast For 1912 13
Government report places total U S cotton production at 13 820 000 bales of 500 pounds excluding linters with Texas at 4 850 000 bales and Virginia Florida Georgia North Carolina and other states showing varied outputs. Last year’s crop exceeded this estimate and values are noted for each state.
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New Year Rise Seen in Staple Foods Prices
Jobbers expect a material advance in staple groceries early in the year with rice singled out as ready to climb. Packaged rice has risen 4 cents per pound this week as demand remains high amid meat price pressures. A leading Louisiana milling firm notes 1912 stock and carry-over are 500,000 bags less than 1911, due to floods and cold planting delays in Texas Arkansas and Louisiana. Mills may set prices high as Honduras rice from Texas and Louisiana is now in mill hands.
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Retail price list for poultry fruits and basics
A dense ledger of prices for poultry butter cheese eggs vegetables and fruits. It lists large and medium hens fryers and broilers turkeys and various produce items with California and Colorado origins and per unit or per weight pricing across numerous items.
Bears Press Market After Mixed Cotton Trade
Trading remained very active at the close with cotton futures opening steady and majors down across New York New Orleans and Liverpool. The Department of Agriculture estimated U S crop at 13 82 million bales while pools formed around the figures and bears pushed selling before bulls steadied prices late in the session.
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Department of Agriculture
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Bears
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans session
New Orleans December 12. Cotton futures opened steady with prices in the 12.76 to 12.92 cent range for December through May and July bids. The market closed barely steady with a small net decline across contracts, reflecting light turnover and mixed session data.
Cotton opens steady as traders await government crop estimate
New York cotton markets opened steady to slightly higher on steady cables and covering. By midmorning prices drifted irregularly with modest gains before easing, then firmed again on continued covering. Spot noon quiet at 13 cents middling. government crop projections loomed as the day's focal point.
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Cotton futures open steady with varied early bids
Cotton futures opened steady in New York with bids across the crop calendar. December at 12.48 cents, January 12.65, February 12.62, March 12.72, May 12.68, June 12.68, July 12.64, August 12.56, September 12, October 11.88.
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Closing cotton prices rise in Liverpool market
Liverpool December 12 closing cotton market shows higher prices with American middling at 7.61 pence and good middling at 7.27 pence. Sales reached 10,000 bales with 1,000 for speculation and export including 100 American. Receipts totaled 9,000, of which 2,600 were American.
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Liverpool Futures Open Steady on December Open
Futures for Liverpool opened steady and finished quiet on Dec 6 with prices in the December to November spread ranging from 6.75 percent near January to 6.324 percent for Oct-Nov. The session shows modest activity across successive monthly contracts with gradual declines into later months.
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Copper and metal markets steady with mixed commodity quotes
New York reports copper quiet with spot and near term bids around 16.75 to 17.10 for various forms. Tin holds firm near 49.55 to 49.62. Lead and spelter ease, antimony steady, iron unchanged, reflecting a cautious trading session.
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Chicago Market Prices Decline and Hold Steady Across Goods
Markets in Chicago on December 12 show butter steady at 28 35 cents per pound from creameries. Eggs steady with receipts of 1872 cases. fresh current receipts 18 22 cents, refrigerators firsts 18 cents, firsts 24 cents. Cheese stable with varied grades from 16 to 17 cents. Potatoes steady with 30 car receipts from Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota at 45 52 cents. Poultry irregular with live turkeys 15 cents, dressed 20 1/2 cents, live chickens 11 cents, springs 11 cents. Veal steady 9 14 cents.
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Poultry Prices Move in Markets as Eggs Fall
Poultry firms list prices for chickens at 10 cents, springs at 12 cents, turkeys 17 cents, ducks 13 and a half, geese 11 1/2 cents. Butter remains steady. creamery butter at 28 36 cents and eggs see a 25 cent decrease.
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Butter and Poultry Prices in Kansas City Market Report
Butter creamery 34c firsts 32c seconds 30c packing 20 21c. Eggs extras 24% firsts 24% 254c seconds 13c. Poultry hens 11%%c roosters 8% young turkeys 16 18c ducks 13 14c.
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Eggs Hold Firm On New York Market
New York December 12 eggs market firm with no price change as receipts reach 6312 cases.
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Sugar and commodity prices steady in New York dealings
Raw sugar grades hold as Muscovado 89 test at 3.55 cents, 96 test at 4.05 cents, and molasses sugar 89 test at 3.30 cents. Refined sugar, petroleum, and molasses steady while hides ease and leather remains firm.
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London copper and base metals steady in London markets
London copper held steady with spot at 75 pounds 108 and futures at 76 pounds 10s. Tin was quiet with spot 226 pounds and futures 225 pounds. Lead traded around 18 pounds 1s 3d and spelter at 26 pounds 10s. Iron, Cleveland warrants, quoted at 67s 38d in London.
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Prairie Oil and Gas Announces Oil Price Increase
IndependenceKan December 12 The Prairie Oil and Gas company announced an advance of two cents per barrel in crude oil prices. Other agencies matched the increase.
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Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Colorado & Southern Declares 1 Percent Dividend
The Colorado and Southern railroad announced an annual 1 percent dividend on its common stock, a reduction from 2 percent paid since December 1909.
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Colorado & Southern Railroad
London Financial Markets Report Declines and Rates
Consols for money stand at 74 11-16 with 74% for the account. Bar silver steadies at 295d. Money rates show 8 percent and 4 percent. Short bills quoted at 4 percent and three months bills at 4 13-16 percent.
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Paris Money Rates In Brief Dec 12
Paris reports three per cent rentes at 90 francs per 100 for the account. Exchange on London quoted at 25 francs 23.4 centimes. Private discount rate listed at 3 per cent.
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London
Moveme stocks rally then falter on New York market
Trading in New York shares opened firm with Union Pacific jumping as much as 15 points from prior close, then fell back. Steel and Canadian issues slipped while readings and smelting saw declines. overall the market showed volatility but gradual stabilization as speculation returned to a normal level.
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Mercantile and financials slide and rise in New York markets
On December 12 in New York mercantile paper stands at 6 percent with sterling change firm. Bankers' bills show $4.81 for 60 day bills and $4.85¼ for demand. Commercial bills at $4.8014. Bar silver at 63¾ cents. Mexican dollars at 49¾ cents. Government bonds steady while railroad bonds show strength.
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Money Market Update from New York Opens Dec 12
New York money market reports easy money conditions with the ruling 4 1/4 percent rate, closing bids at 4 percent and offers at 4 percent. Time loans show 60 days at 6 1/6 percent and 90 days at 6 1/2 percent as rates ease.
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