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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
13
The market holds firm as refined sugar prices stay at 6¢ cash with small discounts, while demand rises about 20 percent. Steel advances to highs not seen since September as refiners report no near term price changes. In California, holiday demand and limited supply push prices, with forecasts of a possible winter slump after the new year.
A dense price list outlines current quotations for potatoes vegetables canned goods fruits nuts and dried fruits plus meats and lard. It cites California beans, navy beans, navy peaches pears and various apples alongside flour grain and molasses.
At Union Stock Yards on December 14 fewer than 50 cattle were in pens and buyers faced a dull day. Cows sold around 3 to 3.50, calves to 3.76, hogs steady with bids near 5.50 to 6, and most hog lots moved by noon. No sheep or goats were offered.
Fort Worth reports James Callan of Menard as a leading candidate for president of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association with former president Ed Lassater and backer Sam Davidson backing him. Treasurer B A Burnett declines the post. Also noted are hog packing gains in western centers and Interstate Commerce Commission delays on stock cattle rate rises. Cattle taxation disputes in Pittsburg County Oklahoma and Nogales crossborder movements to California are mentioned along with International Land and Cattle Co shipments to Bakersfield.
The notice markets seeds for vegetables including onion sets turnip squash tomato and pumpkin seed with per pound and per hundredweight prices. beans corn and peas priced by bushel. Bermuda grass seed and sugar and coffee retailer pricing listed for various brands and containers. Reads as a mid century catalog page with scattered OCR errors and unit notes.
By the Associated Press in New York on December 14 raw sugar held steady with Muscovado 89 test at 4.37 and centrifugal 96 test at 4.87. Molasses 69 test at 4.12 and refined also steady. Petroleum, molasses, hides and leather markets remained firm.
Fort Worth Texas reports cattle and hog markets with receipts of 3300 head. Steers steady to $4.66, stockers and feeders uneven, cows steady to $4.26, bulls $2.40 to $2.60, calves steady. Hogs receipts 1500 head steady with top about $6.45 and bulk around $6.00 to $6.40. Sheep receipts 250 head steady to strong with lambs around $6 and ewes near $3.99.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts about 7000 with steady to ten cents lower prices. Hogs receipts around 33000 with dull trade and five cents lower. Sheep receipts near 21000 with market steady and ranges for natives and westerns, yearlings, and lambs across several price bands.
Receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep reported in St Louis on December 14. Cattle native beef steers around 4.76 to 9.35, cows and heifers 3.75 to 7.00, stockers 3.25 to 6.25, Texas and Oklahoma stockers 3.75 to 6.75. Hogs receipts 11,5000 with pigs and lights 4.75 to 6.10, packers 5.45 to 6.60, butchers 5.50 to 6.40. Sheep native muttons 3.25 to 4.00, lambs 4.25 to 6.25.
Wattle receipts total 4000 with 600 southern cattle mixed. native and southern steers and cows show a range of 2.75 to 7.26 for cows and heifers. Hog receipts near 11,000 with bulk sales 5.70 to 6.15 and heavy 6.16 to 6.20. sheep steady at 3.00 to 4.00 for muttons with range of 0.40 to 5.00 for lambs and yearlings.
The Associated Press notes Fort Worth Texas cattle sale results with prices and weights for several buyers. Wynnewood Oklahoma led with an average weight around 1102 pounds fetching about 6.85 dollars per hundredweight. Other entries include Thackerville Oklahoma and Refuge s for cows and bulls priced near 2.25 to 3.20 dollars per hundredweight.
Prime basis oil 28 42 percent meal 24 50 75 laters 1 percent c.
New York market closed firm with mixed spot and future prices for cotton seed oil. Transactions show December and March contracts traded around 5.33 to 5.49, with July and May bids noted, and total sales reaching about 21,100 units across December, March, May and July positions.
Chicago grain market muted with indecisive moves across wheat corn and oats. May contracts opened mixed and ended steady to easy amid firm notes from Iowa state and weak pork and rib bids.
Receipts today show 17 cars of wheat, 248 cars of corn with 1 contract grade, and 116 cars of oats. Total wheat arrivals at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth totaled 465 cars, down from 512 last week and above 420 on the same day last year.
Chicago on December 14 reports cash wheat quotes with several grades and bids. No. 2 hard and northern varieties show mixed results from 96 to 108 cents. Durum and other futures values listed with byproduct notes and white varieties around 48 to 49 cents.
The record shows bids for wheat corn and oats with December and May futures. Wheat No 2 red 9544 and 63 white with 63 bite appear alongside December wheat 93 97 percent. Corn December 65 May 64 and oats December 18 May 49 with percent figures.
Cash wheat and oats figures with No 2 hard and mixed varieties listed. Close prices for December wheat 95 percent, May 97 and July 91 percent. Corn quotes show December 63, May 63 and July 63 percent.
New York December markets show quiet trade with easing in some gray goods and print cloth yarn construction. Worsted yarns are in stronger demand as staple cotton hosiery for fall is displayed.
Wool closed quiet yesterday and opened today at unchanged figures. Medium combing and clothing 21 21 and a half cents. Light fine 15 190. Heavy fine 13 15 cents. Tub washed 27 30 cents.
New York December cotton opened steady and advanced as much as four points on upbeat ginning returns. Reports from Memphis showed December ginning around 950,000 bales, boosting buying and triggering short covering. By afternoon, prices ranged 17 to 19 points above yesterday’s close with broad buying across months.
New Orleans December cotton futures opened steady to two points higher. Cables were near due. Early trading showed fair demand led by commission houses signaling overnight buying. Weather maps indicate excessive rain in the cotton region, keeping bears wary. By mid-session, prices rose 2 to 8 points from yesterday, with December the strongest.
Commodity futures quotes list steady to firm movement across months. December bid at 8.89 and January at 8.81 82. March at 8.84 85. May 8.96 with 9.05 07. August 9.02 04. October 9.02 bid.
Oklahoma wheat prospects look good after recent rains. Winter wheat condition December 1 stood at 78 percent, above last year's 58 and near the ten year average. Total Oklahoma wheat acreage is about 1.7 million acres, near last year's average.
Chicago December 14 price quotations for dairy and eggs list red steady with creamery cases 24 33 cents. firsts 25 27 cents. prime firsts 28 30 cents. Cheese steady with Daisies 15 cents, Twins 15, Young Americas 15, Long Horns no 7. Potatoes easy with Wisconsin 15 71 cents. Michigan Minnesota 80 88. Poultry prices for turkeys chickens and springs vary by weight.
Heavy trading marked New York stock activity as United States Steel surged to 67 1/2 then slipped to 67 amid profits taking. Copper and other steel shares rose briefly on brief demand from short sellers before offset by steel selling. The market opened steady with mixed gains and later fell back on U S Steel pressure.
ST. LOUIS December 14 poultry firm quotes show chicks and turkeys at fractions of a dollar with varying prices. Ducks and geese listed with modest changes, butter steady, creamery butter at 26 to 38 cents, eggs lower to 28 cents.
New York market notes show eggs firm on good fresh and fair extras at 37 to 40 cents. Extra large and quality grades hold 21 to 26 cents, buttered and dirties priced lower and No 2 grades reserved for refrigerator storage at 22 cents.
Closing cotton in Liverpool shows steady futures and stable spot markets. Prices for American middling fair to ordinary remain unchanged to slightly down with robust sales of 10 000 bales including 9 700 American bales and futures mostly quiet.
Kansas City dairy prices show butter at 88c a pound for creamery stock and 3c for firsts, 2c for seconds. Eggs list extras at 38c, firsts at 1c, seconds at 17c.
New York December coffee futures finished steady as No 7 Rio traded at 14 1 4 cents per pound. December futures closed at 13.91 cents and March at 18.25 cents, reflecting little change for the session.
Burial permits record multiple deaths with ages and addresses including Manuela Santellano 20 from 712 El Paso, Bessie Lewis 48 from 303 Henderson, Amelia Kennedy Werden 53 from 245 West Johnson, Thomas Ellison 69 from Bexar County Hospital, Ilaria Rocha 29 from 728 South Laredo, Clara Huebner 83 from 523 East Crockett, Patricia Kenny 8 months from Mebane, John Little 4 months from 1423 Matamoras, Bruce A. Massey 25 from 1220 North Flores, Paula Basquez 18 from El Paso and Smith.
Liverpool holds steady while New York remains quiet and Houston and Galveston show steady tones. Prices listed include 4.94 for a 10,000 unit sale in New York and 9.45 in New Orleans with Houston and Galveston both steady as market activity tightens across the region.
The Associated Press reports in New Orleans on December 14 that spot cotton firmed by 1 16 cent. About 1500 bales to arrive 3050. Quotations show low ordinary 6 44c, good ordinary 7 11 10c, strict good ordinary 8 1 16c, low middling 8 c, middling 9 god middling 7e, strict middling 9 god middling 18 16c. Receipts 11 447 bales, total stock 272 968 bales.
List of newborns with parents and addresses including December dates and streets such as Sunset alley 201 Sunset, San Marcos street 219, North San Saba street 501, Nolan street 929, McMillan street 139, Leigh otto, Hammond avenue 224, Wyoming street 1215, West Houston street 905, San Pedro Avenue 111, Speed atreet 1203, Edgar street 107, and various parental names like Schelper, J Andra, L B Vickers, Willard, George H King, Tom Griffin, Felix Parra, A Lom, J L Power, A M Gonzales, Charlies G Karr, Felix Pena, Baybeld.
Spot cotton finished up 25 points as middling uplands traded at 9.45 and dogul f 9.70. Market volume reported at 2500 bales with a quiet tone prevailing.
Spot cotton held steady in Houston markets on December 14 with middling prices reported unchanged at six and a half cents per pound. Market watchers noted quiet activity as traders awaited clearer demand signals from regional buyers.
Memphis cotton market closes steady with spot prices unchanged. Middling cotton trades at 13?c per pound for the day, reflecting a stable regional level and no immediate price shifts in this report.
In New Orleans on December 14 the rice market showed steady clean rice with light rough offerings and a quiet tone. Receipts totaled 11 851 clean and 44 242 rough with no sales of rough. Honduran clean at 23 16, Japanese at 28 16. Honduras clean 84 6c and Japan 34 3c. Additionally 400 plus young French men in London presented for possible military service enrollment.
A Paris Figaro quip contrasts a daughter’s singing with a future in water-color painting. The exchange frames a witty assessment of talent and potential, reflecting cultural humor of the era.
A quoted remark from Baltimore America questions who would back recall if it applied to themselves. The reply admits actors would support such a measure, illustrating public debate over accountability and self-interest.
Money on call steadies with a ruling rate at 4 percent, closing bid 34 percent, offered 314 percent. Time loans firmer at 60 days 4 percent and 90 days six months 4 4. Prime mercantile paper 44 4 percent. Exchange firm with bankers' bills 4.83 for 0 day and 4.86.40 for demand. Bar silver 55c. Mexican dollars 46c. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular.
Market notes from St. Louis show lead holding at 4.58 with slight variation, and spelter trading around 6.15 to 6.20, indicating steady to dull activity in these base metals notes.
Paris quotes show three per cent rentes at 951 6240 for the account. Exchange on London stands at 26 francs 26 centimes for checks.
London market update with Consols for money at 773.16 and account 77 percent, bar silver steady at 25 percent, money rates at 3 3 percent, short bills at 316-16 percent discount, and three months bills at 8 percent.
London reports a quiet lead market at 16 pounds 10 shillings per marked ton. Spelter also quiet at 26 pounds 17 shillings 6 pence. Tin shows weakness with spot at 198 pence sterling and futures at 190 pounds 10s.
London reports 166000 pounds sterling deposited at the Bank of England while 500000 pounds are withdrawn for shipment. The transaction indicates substantial bullion movement amid ongoing financial operations.
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