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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
9
Observations recorded at 8 p m show air pressure with sea level adjustments and isotherms plotted for key temperatures. The chart notes weather conditions such as clear partly cloudy cloudy and precipitation events with arrows indicating wind direction and speed.
Trading on December 15 shows a broad market softening with bearish sentiment growing. American Telephonefell sharply, New Haven shares strengthened, Canadian Pacific slid four points, and other issues posted modest losses amid lingering uncertainty and liquidation.
Lead quiet at 3.96 05. Spelter 5.05 5.15. Copper steady with Standard spot and month offers around 14.25 and 14.17. Electrolytic 14.37 14.50. Lake 16.00 15.50 nominal. London copper firm spot 65 pounds 7s 6d futures 65 pounds 2s 6d. Spot and December 37.55.
Petroleum values hold steady with refined New York bulk at 6.26, barrel moe 8.75, cases 11.25, while New Orleans open kettle 36 55c. Hides firm with Bogota around 29430c and Central America 29%c. Leather markets firm as Hemlock firsts reach 29 30c, seconds 28 29c.
Liverpool spot cotton, December 15, reports demand with prices easing. Middling fair 7.784, middling 7.444, middling 7.224, low middling 7.004, good ordinary 6.34, ordinary 6.00. Sales 8000 bales including 7800 American and 100 for speculation and export. Receipts 13000 bales including 1100 American.
In Liverpool at the futures market, contracts closed mixed with several month pairs quoted. Rates include Dec 6.884 and Jan-Feb 6.854, with varying figures across Feb-March 6.85, March-April 6.144, and other curves such as Oct-Nov 4d and Dec-Jan 6.29444, reflecting a cautious trading day.
Spot cotton remained quiet in New York on December 15 with Middling Uplands at 13 cents and Do Gulf at 13.25 cents. No sales were recorded.
Dealers in Texas pecans report strong demand and rising prices with 7 to 8 cents paid to growers. The Brownwood area yields about 2.5 million pounds across 87 carloads, generating roughly $200,000 at over 6 cents per pound. Ballinger and Brownwood orchards produce high value paper shell nuts, while irrigation and planting imported trees signal long term expansion in the Southwest pecan industry.
Wholesale market listing shows eggs at 34¢ a dozen and 30-81c storage, poultry hens $4.60 to $5.50 per dozen, ducks $5.50 to $7.00, geese $8 to $12 per dozen, rabbits 90c to $1.25 per dozen, and squabs $1 to $1.50 per dozen. It also lists butter and cheese prices, vegetables including California potatoes 1.76 per cwt, onions 3.50, cabbage 1.75 per cwt, lettuce 3.25, cucumbers 2 per crate, and fruits like oranges 2.50-2.76 per box and lemons 6.00-6.75 per box. The long catalog covers canned goods, meats, grains, dried fruits, and more across California and Texas markets.
Census Bureau reports for three months to November 30 show supply at 12,902,121 bales with beginning stocks 1,158,438, ginned 11,282,001 and imports 21,682. Consumption 1,196,278, exports 949,343, and total stocks ending at 7,457,505 across manufacturing firms warehouses and elsewhere.
Quotations show creamery milk at 22 to 35 cents per gallon and cheese steady. Receipts total 2 556 cases with various quality grades. Potatoes decline while overall market steady with red varieties at 60 to 63 cents and white 60 to 68 cents. Poultry alive steady with springs at 12 cents and fowls 12 1 2 cents. turkeys 16 cents and dressed 22 cents.
New York figures show raw sugar nominal for Muscovado at 2.89 dollars, centrifugal 3.39, and molasses sugar 2.64. Refined sugar remains quiet with cuts and powders ranging from 4.15 to 5.30 dollars, including No. 1 at 4.16 and powdered varieties at 4.40 and 4.35.
Cotton Seed Products Memphis reports prime basis at 5.87 dollars per unit meal priced around 27.25 to 27.50 dollars per ton with linters at 2 percent. The brief notation dated December 15 notes current market figures.
Galveston reports arrivals of steamers Mexicano Crisped Ceara Chemnitz Bremen Moderni New Orleans Kilpatrick and United States transport from New York. Sailed: Preston Alabama Talisman Ha vana and others. New York lists Cymric arrival from Liverpool and California from Glasgow. Also a United States iron mines stat shows 483 mines employing 65 176 people with operating and development costs of 74 17 830.
Chicago reports wheat leaning bear as world demand shifts toward the United Kingdom. Missouri winter wheat condition hits 100 on December 1. Wheat opens lower, rallies briefly, then declines with ample hogs supply dragging provisions down. Market closes firm but mixed as demand from corn interests nudges a modest recovery.
Market notes show pork and lard futures with January open highs and lows around 20.70 to 20.90 for pork and 10.70 for lard. Short rib futures hover near 10.80 to 11.10 with May settlements around 11.00 to 11.07 percent changes.
Quotations show wheat across grades with No 2 red at 96 to 97 cents, No 2 hard near 89 to 89 and a half, No 2 northern and spring around 89 to 90, oats at 40 to 41 cents, barley at 52 to 75 cents. In St Louis cash wheat No 2 red 95 to 97 cents, corn No 2 about 69 cents, No 2 white around 71 cents, oats 40 to 41 cents. Futures close Dec wheat about 89 and May near 92 cents, corn Dec 69 to 71 cents, oats Dec 40 to 42 cents.
Quotations today in Kansas City show cash grain prices. Wheat No 2 hard 84 89c, No 2 red 91 98c. Corn No 2 mixed 674 8c, No 2 white 70c. Oats No 2 white 41 40c.
Memphis reports spot cotton holding steady at middling 18½ cents while notes Ohio's prominence in eastern wood production. The brief market item records general activity and state comparisons in the cotton trade.
The London Times reports from key British centers that the Underwood tariff has not yet boosted UK trade with the United States in most towns. Dundee Leeds and Belfast show some lift as prices fall, with widespread expectation of future gains despite stockpiled exports and market volatility.
Chicago trading today lists receipts of 58 000 hogs 35 000 cattle and 50 000 sheep with a slow to weak market. Hog quotes mix from 7 50 to 7 85 for various grades. Cattle beves Texas steers stockers feeders and cows and calves shown with a wide range. Sheep native and yearling prices reported with weaker tone and lambs at 6 40 to 8 00.
Receipts and prices listed for livestock at Kansas City on December 16. Hog prices ranged from 6.50 to 7.70 with bulk sales 7.30 to 7.65. Cattle receipts 17 000 including 1500 Southern cattle with prime fed steers 8.25 to 9.40 and cows 4.40 to 7. Heifers up to 9.00. Sheep receipts 9000 with lambs 7.25 to 8.00 and yearlings 5.76 to 7.00. Market described as lower for cattle and steady for sheep.
Receipts and quotations reported today show 16 000 cattle at markets with 10 1b pricing ranging from 6.50 to 7.80 for certain classes and 6 50 for Tex market. Native beef steers bring 7.56 to 9.15, cows and feeders 4.26 to 5.50, Texas Oklahoma cattle 5.75 to 7.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.00, native calves 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 3200 with muttons at 3.75 to 4.80 and lambs 5.25 to 15.00.
Observations recorded at 8 a m on Monday December 15 1913 noting meteorological readings. Details describe temperature pressure and sky conditions though full data is unreadable.
In New York on December 15 shoppers saw eggs priced as fresh gathered extras 39 40 cents extra firsts 87 38 cents firsts 35 36 cents and refrigerator special fancy 30 cents. The report also notes that in 1912 there were 1344 murders across the thirty leading U.S. cities.
New Orleans cotton futures opened lower on weak cables and a Census Bureau report showing November U S consumption at 482 594 bales. Bears pressed all markets while bulls noted fewer working days in November and a year over year lead. Hedge selling and rising local stock compounded pressure as prices slid to intraday lows.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with December at 12.72 and March 13.02. The market closed steady with a net decline of 27 to 29 points, showing mixed intraday ranges across December through July contracts.
Burial permits list multiple decedents with ages and addresses including Maria Ramirez 22 Felice de Garcia 40 Seferina Davilla 18 Feliciana P Abrigo 13 Annie Mary Ahr 82 and Dr Houston We Chaney 53. The record notes December death dates and street locations across Joliet Will County and nearby hospital. A separate item states smoke nuisance costs the American people nearly 50 million dollars annually.
Judge Smathers left the district court to catch a train and kept witnesses and lawyers aboard his auto as he sped down Market street. Testimony continued with no objections as the judge boarded the train and rapped for order. He reserved decision in the Barry versus Nurrock case while humor arose over a mud turtle request. City notes report New York City employing 82,015 regular municipal workers.
Washington announces final estimates of fourteen key crops for 1913 and 1918 total values. The crops account for about 9 billion dollars in farm wealth, with corn, wheat, oats, hay, and cotton comprising most of the area and influence. Prices to farmers are up, offsetting some production declines due to drought.
In New York today cotton traded active yet unsettled. Cables dipped below due and the local market opened lower by 10 to 17 points under heavy liquidation. January futures dropped to 12.58 with Eeld at 13.86 in late October, then rallied briefly before slipping again into midday trading.
New York market reports cotton futures opening easy with December at 12.80 cents, January 12.85, March 12.75, May 12.70, July 12.61, and October 11.86 cents.
To Mr and Mrs Isidora Chapa a boy born December 9 at 612 Morales Street. To Mr and Mrs F Acosta a girl born December 18 at 403 South San Marcos Street. To Mr and Mrs B Tujo a boy born December 2 at 1012 Durango Street. To Mr and Mrs B Garza a boy born December 8 at 418 3 Pecos Street. To Mr and Mrs Hobart Huson a boy born December 5 at 102 Carter Street. To Mr and Mrs Conrad Geffers twins a girl pair born December 5 at Lakeview Avenue. To Mr and Mrs W D Roberts a girl born December 11 at 832 Texas Avenue. To Mr and Mrs M L Francis a bar born December 8 at 307 E Cypress Street. Last April frosts in France affected the walnut crop.
A dense sales notice lists eggs at 35c per dozen and butter at 40c per pound. Dressed poultry variously priced, fish and oysters, fresh and cured meats with many per unit costs, fruits and vegetables including oranges, bananas, apples, beets, onions, tomatoes, and more with values ranging from a few cents to over a dollar.
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