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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
11
A Christmas demand driven market shows firmer prices in turkeys celery cranberries and sugar with cautious optimism on shortages and holiday purchases. Local commission trade remains light but strong forward price indications suggest higher retail prices and stock replenishment before Christmas.
Readable items show prices for produce nuts canned goods and meat by the hundredweight weight and crate. Entries include potatoes yellow yams pumpkin yams California navels fancy apples and assorted beans and canned fruits with assorted prices per weight per crate and per dozen.
Receipts today in the cattle division reached 420 head plus eight calves with a carrot consign ment from Moore and a few drive ins. About 200 feeder cattle arrived for direct feeding. Prices held near yesterday with best cows at 3.50 and most sales around 3.00. Calves hit 4.00 for top figures and 3.75 for bulk. no sheep or hogs offered.
A trade summary shows 139000 live cattle valued at 312200 and large beef and pork exports in 1911. Douglas reports Frank Morson of Hereford predicts price stability for months with a dip late spring. Weller and Barnett travel to Fort Worth area for cattle market talks amid sector consolidation and feeder optimism.
Fort Worth reports cattle receipts 8300 with steers stockers and feeders steady. cows and bulls range to 4.50 and 3.40 respectively. Hoge market: 3000 head, top 6.49, bulk 5.85 to 6.25. Sheep receipts 1200, ewes 3.85, no sales recorded.
Receipts today total 2500 cattle including 100 Texas with higher tone. Native beef steers bring 4.50 to 9.25, cows 3.75 to 7.00, stockers 3.25 to 6.25. Hogs receipts 13,500 with steady market. pigs 5.30 to 6.80, butchers 5.70 to 6.30, heavy 6.20 to 6.30. Sheep 3000 with strong market. native muttons 3.25 to 3.00, lambs 4.25 to 6.10.
Chicago receipts and price ranges show cattle at 4.20 to 8.70 for Texas and western steers with calves to 5.00, hogs trading dull with heavies 5.85 to 6.26 and bulk 5.95 to 6.15, sheep firm with natives and westerns from 2.50 to 6.10 and yearlings at 4.00 to 5.25 as market quotes vary by category.
Cattle receipts 4000 with southern and western categories, steers and cows priced from 2.75 to 7.50, market steady to higher. Hogs receipts 12000 with bulk at 5.75 to 6.20, packers and butchers 6.00 to 6.20, lights 5.50 to 6.10. Sheep receipts 6000, market strong with muttons 2.75 to 3.75, lambs 4.40 to 6.00, range animals 3.00 to 5.00.
Boston officials report after three months of school examinations that only 14 957 of 42 750 children were physically normal. Defects include defective teeth 19 518, hypertrophied tonsils 9 738, nasal breathing 3 562, malnutrition 11, skin and rickets 675, and other issues such as cervical glands 4 425 and pulmonary and cardiac diseases.
Cattle movement increases as Arizona herds head to Texas for winter feeding. Over 1800 head passed Douglas last week with shipments from Bates & Fife 460 head James Nolan 800 head and the Cachuta ranch 1000 to 1200 head. J. R. Addie reports six panthers killed in the past month harming local flocks. The quoted value involved in these deals reaches about 40000 dollars but the text is fragmented and unclear in places.
Chicago wheat fell as reports of Argentine crop damage were questioned. May futures opened down and fluctuated with oats and pork prices weak. Prices then closed steady for May at 94 cents, with corn seen rising on rain forecasts.
Chicago market report shows today there were 80 cars of wheat including 2 contract grade, 155 cars of corn, and 107 cars of oats. Total grain receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reached 482 cars, up from 452 last week and 441 on the same day last year.
Chicago on December 20 quoted grain prices with Wheat at No 2 red 96% 98c and No 2 northern around 1.04 to 1.09 per bushel. Corn No 2 old around 70c and Oats No 2 at 46% to 48% per bushel. Velvet chaffs and durum traded near 1.00 to 1.05 per bushel.
Quotations today show cash wheat at No 2 hard 99 to 101 and No 2 red 69 level with prices in cents. Corn ranges No 2 mixed 63 64c and No 2 white 64 66c with May and July futures near 99 to 66c.
Quotations today show cash wheat with No 2 red at 97 cents and No 2 hard at 99 cents. Corn prices list No 2 at 65 1/2 cents and No 8 white at 62 cents. Date values include No 2 at 47 32 cents and No 3 white at 48 1/2 cents. May and July futures for wheat and corn are shown with mixed gains and declines. Oats trades show December at 48 cents and May at 4 cents.
New York reports that the Frahm system using water tanks placed athwartship aims to curb rolling in large ocean liners. The effort includes German experiments with a rolling pendulum device to record heel movements as part of advancing naval tech.
New York cotton opened steady with a slight decline then rallied as old shorts covered and trade buyers accumulated positions for December and future months. By midday prices hovered near yesterday's close, spot middling uplands at 9.50, with a steady underlying tone and buying in January May and July contracts.
Prices for butter and eggs soar this year amid tight supplies and rainy weather. Fresh country eggs sell around 40 cents per dozen wholesale, 48 cents retail, with demand strong as cold storage eggs from Kansas City fill gaps. Butter markets show light country supply and prices said to be the highest in 19 years.
New York stock openings show irregular gains led by International Harvester rising about 1 percent as prices edge up after early losses. Union Pacific and Lehigh Valley dip, but most leaders recover with broader market strength. German financiers seek year end money. loans to 7 percent and higher offered.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened 1 to 6 points lower on a bearish census report showing 13,759,652 bales but held steady by mid session. Traders cited holidays and a storm damaged wire services, with bulls supporting gains and some claims of market manipulation. By afternoon trading months were 4 to 14 points above yesterday and closed 8 to 10 points higher.
Fragmentary OCR lists dates with decimal values and scattered figures such as December 9.17 and March 9.04 05. The lines read like a timeline or catalog of bids or quotes but lack full context or subjects. Further readable details are needed to identify people, places, or events.
Close: fair demand with prices up four points. American middling fair 6.73, good middling 5.35, middling 5.09, receipts 63,000 bales including 44,200 American. Futures opened quiet and steady with several nearby contracts around 4.93 to 4.96 and later months up to 6.05.
The market in New York reports steadier small orders for prints staple ginghams and bleached domestics with a 2 of a yard advance in reading staples for spring delivery. Yarns remain quiet though large contracts are being priced.
New Orleans reports spot cotton steady with a range of grades. Middling at 9 3 16 cents and bales on the spot at 930, arrivals 1390, receipts 6276, stock 298594.
Spot cotton closed quiet and advanced 15 points with middling uplands at 9.65 and gulf at 9.90. Sales totaled 200 bales.
Houston market reports on December 20 show cotton prices steady with midling at 9.65, indicating no change in value for the session. Traders expect little movement as demand remains stable.
By the Associated Press. Memphis Tennessee reports spot cotton steady and unchanged with middling prices at a steady level for the day.
Lutter creamery shows 35 for firsts and S3c for seconds with lic packing clock 2044 c Higgs extras 320 and firsts 30c seconds lic.
New Orleans market report shows rough rice unchanged and clean rice steady. Receipts list rough 3002, clean 2788, millers 1258, sales include 176 Honduras at 1.76 to 3.00 and 285 Japan at 3.42, clean 1883 Honduras at 2.4. Quotations show rough unchanged and clean Honduras at 34%5c, Japan at 34 3%ec.
In St Louis on December 20 wool markets displayed steady values with medium grade cane and clothing at 21 21% and 21 0c, light fine 15 10c, heavy fine 18 15c, tub washed 27 0c.
Cottonseed oil closed steady in New York with spot at 5.27 80 and near-term futures quoted across several months. Trading included 7600 total lots with December at 5.33 and January at 5.35, plus multiple bids and asking levels through July.
Butter remains steady with creamery quotes around 26 to 35 cents. Dairies list varying prices for products like Daisies and Twins plus prime firsts, and cheese items show irregulars. Potatoes stay strong across Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan, with poultry and turkeys steady and poultry weights noted.
New York market report lists unsettled conditions on December 20 with fresh gathered extras 414 4éc and dirties 4c, checks prime 21c, and refrigerator specials ranging 25 to 26e. Prices vary from fresh to poor quality with several grades noted.
December 20 report that a lockout affecting about 100000 cotton operatives is feared to begin on Christmas Day. The dispute centers on the employment of nonunionists as employers and workers clash over labor union policies.
Today’s market notes show a poultry firm with chickens at 8 capr and turkeys at 16¢, ducks 12%, geese steady, butter and creamery prices holding. Eyes quiet with minor activity in the dairy and poultry trades.
A brief New York market note reports Ravengar as barely steady and Muscovado with mixed fractional quotes. It mentions refined sugar and molasses with minor price shifts while noting molasses hides and leather as context.
In New York on December 20 the Mooney on Steady yields 3% to 4% with bids at 3% and offers near 3+. Time drafts show strength with 60 day at 4% 90 days and six months at 4% close prime mercantile paper 44 tee. Sterling exchange holds firm around 4.83 to 4.86 for demand, commercial bills 4.53 to 4.54, bar silver 54 cents, Mexican dollars 46 cents, government bonds steady, railroad bonds uneven.
Quotations remained steady with copper at 4.35 and spelter firm at 6.30 as the market closes in St. Louis on December 2.
Lead quiet at 15 pounds sterling, Spelter steady 26 pounds, Tin spot firm at 206 pounds, futures 193 pounds. Market activity subdued with prices holding across metals in London trading.
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