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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1912

Page

12

Market Irregularities in New York Stocks Close Firm

First prices showed uneven moves with gains for Union Pacific Colorado Fuel American Sugar and Reading while Canadian Pacific and New York Central fell. Southern Pacific fluctuated with a late setback amid bear pressure and merger news. Bonds were irregular and overall market firmed by close.

New York Union Pacific London Colorado Canadian Pacific Amalgamated Southern Pacific New York Central Unionacific Amalgamated and Steel T'day Viday Amalgamated Copper Brig American Smelt American Sugar Refining American Tel. & Tel Anaconda Mining Company Atchison Ee Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Es Brooklyn Rapid Transit Eevee Es Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern St. Paul Norfolk & Western Ee Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People’s Gas Ee Southern Railway United States Steel Wabas Aes Union Aves Texas Company

New York Mercantile Market Close Report

Prime mercantile paper quoted at 6 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4.80.80 for 60 day bills and 4.85.10 for demand. Commercial Bills, Bar silver 64c, Mexican dollars 49⅔c. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds irregular.

New York Sterling Exchange

Money on Call Steady Amid Shifting Rates

New York money on call remains steady at 3.3 percent with the ruling rate. Closing bids stand at 4 percent, offers at 4 percent, while time loans ease with 60 and 90 day terms at 6 percent and six months at 5 percent.

New York

Metal prices report from St. Louis market desk

St Louis metal market notes Dec 13 with lead at 4.17 percent and spelter weak at 7.12 percent.

ST. Louis

London metals market reports dull trade in copper tin and lead

Copper and tin prices are steady with futures near 75 pounds 12s 6d and 225 pounds 10s. Lead and spelter show firm quotes and London warrants on iron hold at 66s 10d in London. Local tin sales reach 5 tons.

London Cleveland

Galveston Shipping Movements Reported

Galveston reports arrivals including Steamers Penrith Castle Tampa Harry T. Inge Vasconia Sabine and El Sud. Cleared ships include El Sud and esa. Sailed vessels include Musician El Sud Strathclyde Havre with London and New York routes.

Galveston Tex Penrith Castle Tampa Harry T. Inge Bocas del Toro Vasconia Swed Sabine New York el Paso el Sud Eso Nor

Paris Financial Note Shows 3 Percent Rentes and Exchange

Paris reports 3 percent rentes at 89 francs 80 centimes for the account with London exchange at 26 francs 22 and one half centimes. Private discount rate stands at 3 percent.

Paris London

London Markets Report Shows Consols and Bills Stabilizing

London stock exchange notes Consols for money at 34 9-16 and do account at 74 percent. Bar silver steadies at 29 9-16. Ready money quoted at 4 4 percent. short bills at 5 percent. three months bills at 4 5 percent.

London Der

Wool prices steady in medium to heavy fine grades

Wool market reports from St. Louis on December 13 show steady prices across medium combing and clothing ranges at 23 to 26 cents, light fine 19 2/3 to 21 1/2 cents, heavy fine 13 8/3 to 18 cents, tub washed 27 to 36 cents.

ST. Louis

Rice markets show strength in New Orleans trade

New Orleans reports all grades of rice firm with rough Honduras quoted at 2.50 to 2.65 and Japan at 2.75 to 4.10. Receipts totaled 4,843 rough and 4,492 millers, with sales of 3,73 rough Honduras at 3.50 and 2,900 rough Honduras at 3.8 to 3 1 4 per cent. other readings mixed.

New Orleans Honduras Japan Aoe Alean Honduras

Bank of England Handles Large Bullion Shipments

London reports bullion totaling 28 000 pounds entered the Bank of England yesterday. The bank dispatched 25 000 pounds to a location and 75 000 pounds to India.

London Bank of England India

Liverpool Cotton Stats Reflect Trade Activity

Liverpool reports weekly cotton data showing imports at 151000 bales with American imports at 104000. Total stock across all kinds stands at 1081000, American stock at 933000, American forwarded 88000, and total exports at 5400.

Liverpool

Leading Spot Markets Across U S Ports and Liverpool

The report lists current middling prices for key markets: New York at middling 13.10, New Orleans 12 percent, Houston 12 percent, Galveston 123-16c, Liverpool 7.064, Memphis 13 percent. Prices indicate mixed movements and regional variation.

Galveston Tex New Orleans Mobile Ala Savannah tGa Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York City Boston Mass Philadelphia Pacific Ports Texas City New York Houston Liverpool Memphis Dirand Temp Abilene Amarillo Augusta Birmingham NE Brownsville Chicago Corpus Christi del Rio Fort Worth Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Knoxville Tenn Louisville Macon Miami Fla Montgomery Oklahoma City Palestine Piddy St Louis St Paul Minn Shreveport la Tampa Tavior, Tex Washington Allen Bumle Toca

Spot cotton prices hold steady in New Orleans market

On December 13 in New Orleans spot cotton prices were steady to up 1 16 cent with middling at 12 ½ to 13 ⅛ cents. Market receipts totaled 7,487 bales with 195,573 bales stocks reported. arrivals 1,450 bales and 700 bales expected.

New Orleans

Houston Spot Market Closes Steady Amid Mixed Bales

The Houston spot market closed steady as buyers bought 1301 bales. Prices ranged from ordinary 9 ½ to 13 ½ cents per pound for various grades. Shipments reached 12,844 bales with stock at 154,126 bales and total sales at 1301 bales.

Houston Tex

Upland and Gulf Cotton Prices Hit Quiet Trade

New York reports cotton spot market steady with middling uplands at 13.15 and middling gulf at 13.85 per unit. Sales reach 800 bales as activity remains subdued.

New York

Memphis Spots Cotton Steady at Middling 13 5

Memphis Tennessee December 13 spot cotton prices show steady demand with middling grade holding at 13 5 cents per pound. Market observers note stable trading and unchanged daily quotes across grades.

Memphis Tenn

Markets Chicago Dated Quotations For Dairy Produce

Quoted declines and steadies across dairy and poultry items in Chicago today. Butter ease to 27 34 cents. eggs mixed with live receipts near 19 22 cents and refrigerated firsts at 17 cents. cheese steady with several varieties around 16 16 1/2 cents. potatoes steady with regional receipts. poultry prices soft for turkeys and springs. veal steady in the 9 to 14 cent range.

Chicago Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota

Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas

Observations at 8 a m show air pressure and temperature patterns with isobars and isotherms. Forecast to 7 p m Friday calls for fair conditions and likely frost in parts of East Texas, with frost probable tonight in south portions and generally fair Saturday.

San Antonio East Texas

Wheat market extends gains on weaker world shipments

Chicago closing prices show wheat rising on forecasts of smaller global shipments and strong stock market. May contracts opened higher then slipped to about 90 cents, with corn and oats trading mixed as hog provisions rise and rumors of war effects linger.

Chicago Servia Austria

Grain quotations from Chicago market closing

Chicago prices for wheat corn and oats list No 2 red wheat at 1.02 to 1.04 dollars and No 2 yellow corn around 6% to 7 cents with oats near 33 to 35 cents. Prices cover No 2 hard and northern wheat and standard oat classes with several fractional values.

Chicago

Agricultural market quotes from St Louis report

Quotations show cash wheat prices with No 2 red at 1.07 to 1.08, No 2 hard at 0.86 to 0.92. Corn No 2 at 48 to 49 cents, white at 49 cents. Oats No 2 around 33 to 38 cents. Futures close May wheat about 91 to 86 cents, corn May 47 to 48 cents, oats May and July around 38 cents.

Chicago Mess Park ST. Louis Kansas City

Market quotes Kansas City grain prices dated December

Prices for cash wheat and corn across grades listed with No 2 and No 3 classifications. Oats quoted by grade with values for No 2 white and No 2 mixed. Futures shown for May and July contracts with small percentage changes.

Butter Eggs and Poultry Keep Steady Prices

Kansas City report notes butter eggs and poultry prices remain unchanged with no notable shifts in the market.

Kansas City

New York Market Hikes on Fresh Gathered Eggs

New York trading reports show firmer egg prices on December 13 with 5099 cases received. Fresh gathered extras sell at 82 to 35 cents, fresh gathered dirties 16 at 118 cents, and checks 14 at lower cents.

New York

Poultry and Dairy Prices Listed by Local Firm

Poultry firm lists prices for chickens 10 cents, springs 12 cents, turkeys 17 cents, ducks 18 percent, geese licensed. Butter steady, creamery 28 to 36 cents. Eyes lower, 24 cents.

ST. Louis Springs

Sugar and goods prices report from New York market

New York market report shows raw sugar Muscovado 89 test at 3.55 cents a pound and 96 test at 4.05 cents. Molasses sugar 8 1/2 test at 3.30 cents. Refined products steady. Petroleum and molasses steady. Hides easy. Bogota price 28 to 29 cents. Leather firm.

New York Muscovado Bogota

Copper and tin market notes from New York reports

Copper quiet in New York with spot bids at 17.00 and December 16.87 to 17.25. January 16.75 to 17.10. electrolytic and lake 17.62 to 17.87. cast ing 17.25 to 17.37. Tin dull at 49.45 to 49.76 for spot and December. Lead steady at 4.25. speller at 7.20 to 7.40. antimony quiet, iron unchanged.

New York Cookson’s

Coffee futures steady as Rio No. 7 quotes ease

New York December 13. Coffee futures hold steady for Rio No. 7 with March at 13.54 and May at 13.74 per hundredweight as prices stabilize amid mixed demand signals.

New York Rio

Fort Worth Cattle Receipts Hit Heavy Week Highs

Fort Worth Texas December 13 One of the heaviest cattle runs of the week arrived with receipts of 3500 cattle and 500 calves. Market slow and dull though prices remained firm. Hog receipts 1000 with prices steady top 7.70. bulk 7.45 7.60. Sheep yarded sparsely. Cattle with steer values 5.25 6.75, stockers 4.50 5.50, cows 3.25 5.00, bulls 3.00 4.25, calves 5.50 7.75.

Fort Worth Tex

Texas Stock Market Sees brisk yet modest cattle sale

Union Stock Yards reports a quick pen clearance with cows at 4.25, calves at 5, hogs near 7.50. Rain influx continues across Texas as Colonel Ike West touts a million-dollar rainfall boon for stockmen and farmers amid a prosperous fall and early winter. No sheep or goats were offered.

Union Stock Yards Ike West Texas Colonel West

Kansas City Market Receipts and Prices Report

Receipts and quotations today show cattle at 1000 head with natives and southerns steady to mixed, hogs at 6500 with a strong to five cent higher tone and a bulk sale range of 7.25 to 7.50, and sheep at 2000 with a strong market. muttons 4.00 to 5.25, lambs 6.25 to 8.00, and range sheep values 3.25 to 7.00.

Kansas City

Grain and Livestock Prices Report From St Louis Market

Receipts noted include cattle 4000 with 1000 Texan cattle and market steady. Native beef steers priced 5.50 to 10.75, Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.00 to 7.75, cows and heifers 3.75 to 5.00, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs 10,000 with 5 to 10 cent drop. pigs to lights 6.25 to 7.40, mixed 7.25 to 7.45, good heavy 7.40. Sheep 6000 with market steady. muttons 4.50 to 6.50, lambs 5.60 to 8.25.

ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma Chicago

Cattlemen Exchange Hears Christmas Beef Prospects

Dudley Bennett of Houston Packing visits the Cattlemen's Exchange to gauge offers as hotels and restaurants seek prime beef for Christmas. Ike Flowers of Uvalde reports strong range conditions and high prices, with buyers and sellers active though current cattle numbers are limited. Flowers plans to move south next and ship a few loads of choice beeves for the holiday week.

Dudley Bennett Houston Packing Company Cattlemen's Exchange Houston Packery Ike Flowers Uvalde Mr. Flowers

Chicago market cattle hogs and sheep receipts and prices

Chicago reports cattle receipts about 4000 and a steady market. Hogs receipts around 20000 with prices from 7.00 to 7.60. Sheep receipts near 15000 with native and western offerings trading from 4.10 to 8.35 for various classes.

Corder Reports Growth in Texas Cattle Raisers Association

N R Corder of Sanderson returns from Fort Worth where he attended an executive committee meeting of the Texas Cattle Raisers association. He notes growth in membership and resources and says the association is prepared to press cattle tariff issues. He adds that a bumper calf crop is expected this spring as ranges are in excellent condition after plentiful rains.

N. R. Corder Sanderson Cattlemen's Exchange Fort Worth Texas Cattle Raisers’’ Association Texas Livestock Industry Corder

Texas Stocker Demand Surpasses Beef Market Push

In Texas the move toward livestock production gains strongest traction this year with stocker and feeder demand outpacing beef grades. Local buyers increasingly outbid packers, as J. M. Malone of Clay County reports selling a load on the Fort Worth market with packer offers around six dollars per hundredweight.

Texas J. M. Malone Clay County Fort Worth Faunery

Price of meat cuts slashed by Chicago packers

Chicago meat packers via their San Antonio branch report a 25 point cut across their pork products, totaling a 50 point decline in two weeks. Pure lard drops while compound remains firm, driven by ample hog arrivals at northern centers and expectations of a future rise as supplies tighten.

Chicago San Antonio Armour & Co Turkey

Wholesale Retail Prices For Poultry and Groceries Listed

A long list of prices for poultry eggs butter cheese meats and a wide range of fruits vegetables and dried goods. Notable items include large hens $6.00 to $6.50 per unit, fryers $3.60 to $4.00, turkeys 2 cents per pound, apples Ben Davis Missouri Pippin Winesap and Jonathan priced from $1.25 to $1.90 per box, California navels $3.60 per box, lemons $5.50 per box, bananas $3.25 to $3.50 per hundredweight, and various canned meats sardines and dried fruits with multiple case prices.

California Colorado Ben Davis Jonathan Texas Jane Milcher

Cotton market opens firm with gains amid mixed signals

New York and New Orleans led advances with 7 to 25 point lifts as spot buying and renewed support from spot houses supported a steady to higher tone. Reports of light December ginning and strong investment buying kept prices firm into the afternoon, with middling uplands around 12.90.

New York Liverpool Manchester Austria Paris Commission House Canadian Pacific

Cotton futures stay steady with mixed December to October bids

New York cotton market shows firm futures with December at 12.47 and October around 11.89. Price quotes span December through July futures with several daily highs and lows, reflecting a steady close across contracts.

New York SUNS Aus So 'Waee Bart ALOE

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Up on Fresh Buying

Cotton futures opened steady gaining 9 to 12 points on good cables and fresh long buying. European political tension kept prices under some pressure though offerings were light. By midmorning prices rose 15 to 18 points, later trading 28 to 29 points higher on active months amid bullish crop rumors.

New Orleans Commission

Cotton futures close steady with modest gains

Market closes steady for December through July contracts as December to July cotton futures show small gains. Notable figures include December at 12.78 and March near 12.84 with 148.03 implied in the reading and July around 13.03 while overall activity reflects a modest up move.

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Liverpool Cotton Prices Rise in Moderate Trade

Spot cotton in Liverpool shows higher prices with American middling fair at 7.60d and good middling at 7.26d. Daily sales reach 8000 bales including 7100 American. receipts total 19000 bales with 11700 American.

Liverpool

Futures Opened Quiet in Liverpool Trading

Futures in Liverpool opened and closed quiet with values across the calendar spreads. December 6.834, DecemberJanuary 6.81%4d, JanuaryFebruary 6.80%d, FebruaryMarch 6.79d, MarchApril 6.774%4d, AprilMay 6.76%d, MayJune 6.75%d, JuneJuly 6.73%4d, JulyAugust 6.714, AugustSeptember 6.61d, SeptemberOctober 6.43d, OctoberNovember 6.87%d.

Liverpool

Cottonseed product prices in Memphis market report

In Memphis on December 13 prime basis oil traded around 5.54 to 5.57, meal ranged from 25.50 to 26.00, and linters listed at 4 4 1/2 cents.

Memphis Tenn

Cotton seed gear closes steady with wide bids

New York cotton oil market reports steady prices for cotton seed gear incl spot at 6.28 and a full month range from December 6.31 to May 6.46. Mixed sales occur across March, May and July with hundreds traded and total sales reaching 9900 units.

New York

Doubtful Attitude Cited On Congress-Boss Clique Split

A political remark by Alton B. Parker questions whether a congressman left a bosses clique for ethics or was expelled. The quip compares the dispute to a fashionable restaurant chat about a woman dropping out, ending with a joke about encyclopedias and marriage plans.

Alton B. Parker Washington Star

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