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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
7
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New Orleans market reports rough Honduras and Japan rice holding steady with quiet but firm clean grades. Quoted prices show rough Honduras at 1.50 to 4.00, Japan at 1.00 to 3.25 for rough, clean Honduras 4 6 cents, Japan 2 38 to 3 cents. Receipts total 2692 rough and 1985 millers. Sales include 12 sacks rough Honduras at 2.25 to 3.00, 699 sacks Japan at 1.10 to 2.70, 2253 pockets clean Honduras at 1.36 to 0.36, 908 pockets Japan at 0.02 to 0.03.
New York markets show subdued activity with small buys in cloths at lower prices. Narrow cloths and cotton yarns remain quiet and staple taffeta ribbon prices have been revised downward to pre-advance levels due to raw silk fluctuations.
The WA Department of Agriculture forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair weather Saturday night and Sunday with colder temperatures and frost Sunday morning. East Texas should see fair, then colder conditions with freezing in the north and frost in the south except along the immediate coast. Precipitation yesterday was none, with 0.04 inches for the day and a total since January 1 of 37.59 inches, an excess of 11.24 inches.
New York December 20 American Telephone rose on news of the dissolution agreement with Western Union. Initial trading pushed to 124 a gain of 7 points before a brief pullback, then buying pushed shares higher again and the market closed near the top. Western Union gained 1 point as many stocks advanced.
Wheat opened weaker but moved higher on bullish estimates of Argentina exports and expectations of reduced US visible supply. Corn benefited from a cold wave outlook while oats and other grains showed mixed moves. Provisions remained weak amid large weekly receipts and shipping contrasts with last year.
Census bureau reports seven cotton ginning season totals show 12,923,606 bales ginned before December 13, up from 12,439,036 a year earlier. Data breakouts by state include Sea Island and round bales with year‑to‑year comparisons. next report due January 9.
Chicago December 20 butter unchanged with receipts of 3609 cases. Prices for creamery 26 31c, ordinary firsts 28 20c, firsts 31c. Cheese and potatoes steady with receipts 26 cases. Poultry unchanged.
New York report shows raw sugar unsettled with Muscovado at 2.70 and 3.23 for centrifugal, re fined steady near 2.45, molasses sugar at 2.48. Market tone quiet with little trading activity.
The weekly statement from New York clearing house banks and trust companies reports a reserve of 17,439,350 dollars above legal requirements, up 1,459,060 dollars from the prior week.
New York reports hides steady while leather remains firm. Kansas City bulletin shows butter eggs and poultry unchanged from prior levels.
In New York on December 20 futures for Rio No.7 coffee rise to $9.49 for March and $9.73 for May while Memphis cotton spots show steady prices with middling at 13 cents.
Receipts on a Saturday market reached 2300 cattle 400 calves 1200 hogs and 1200 sheep. Cattle mostly Mexicans were steady with steers at 5.50 to 6.75 dollars cows 4.00 to 5.50 heifers 5.00 to 6.50 bulls 4.00 to 5.25 calves 4.50 to 7.50. Hogs active and steady top 7.85 with bulk 7.65 to 7.80. Sheep market remained steady.
Chicago receipts show hogs 15 000 with a slow market and mixed price ranges from 7 30 to 7 85, cattle at 400 with steady trade including Texas steers 6 60 to 7 60 and calves 7 00 to 10 50, sheep 2 000 with a slow market and native lambs 6 25 to 7 00 in quotes.
Receipts and prices show hogs steady with values from 7.40 to 7.70 for lighter and heavy pigs 6.50 to 7.25. Cattle receipts 500 with prime fed steers 8.25 to 9.50 and dressed beef steers 7.00 to 8.25. southern steers and cows and heifers listed. Sheep receipts none with lambs 7.00 to 7.60 and ewes around 4.60.
In St. Louis on December 20, hog receipts reached about 5000 with lower prices noted. Pigs sold at light weights around 6.75 to 7.65 dollars, good heavy hogs at 7.65. Cattle receipts totaled 450 with 200 Texas arrivals. native beef steers 7.50 to 7.25, cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.50, Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.75 to 7.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.00, calves in carloads 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 150 with steady market. muttons 3.75 to 4.65, lambs 5.26.
Metals dull and practically nominal in New York trading. Lake copper quoted around 15.00 to 15.50 dollars, electrolytic copper near 14.37 to 14.50, with costing at about 14.00 to 14.12 dollars. Iron shows no change.
The New York cotton seed oil market closed weak with values ranging across months from December at about 6.60 to July near 7.29. Numerous lots sold throughout the day, totaling 8400 barrels, with prices illustrated across December, February, May, June and July contracts and additional first and second call activity.
New York December 20 cotton futures drop sharply after the census shows 12 923 606 bales ginned by December 13. Traders see a larger crop than government forecast with substantial selling pressure. January dips to about 12 cents per bale, then some recovery as closes stay steady.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady to down 12 to 17 points as the census bureau reported 12,923,606 bales ginned before December 18, a figure above expectations. Bears say it proves an underestimation of the crop, while bulls cite favorable weather for heavy ginning. The market slid to 21 to 22 points below yesterday's close after half an hour.
New Orleans December cotton futures opened steady with December at 12.43 and March 12.64, May 12.74, and July 12.79. They closed steady with a net decline of 32 to 86 points.
Liverpool spot cotton stayed quiet with prices steady. Middling fair 7.44, good middling 7.81, middling 7.08, low middling 6.84, good ordinary 6.16, ordinary 5.84. Sales 7000 bales, including 5400 American, 1009 for speculation and export. Receipts 19,000, including 800 American.
Futures at Liverpool closed quietly with mixed Dec figures and several months of rates listed. Dates shown include Dec 6 754 and Jan 6 74194 with multiple month spreads such as Feb 6 7644 and March 6 78 4. Markets indicate varied demand across the calendar.
The report lists New York at 12.60, New Orleans at 13 cents, Houston at 124 cents, Galveston at 12 and a half cents, Liverpool at 7.084, and Memphis at 13 and a half cents middling.
Data from Galveston and other ports show cotton receipts with Pacific totals and regional figures. The document lists measurements and values like 9,838 and 15,845 for certain port exchanges. The OCR text is fragmented with many misspellings and unclear entries.
Galveston reports arrivals yesterday include steamers Harmonie Rosarito Bocas del Toro El Oriente New York San Jacinto New York. Cleared vessels include El Alba New Yor Ellis Bocas del Toro Chemnita Bremen. Sailed vessels include Swansey Havre City of Mexico Vera Cruz Kennebec New York Moderni Havana Castano Liverpool Val Salice Ttal Genoa Dowlais Anarhus Luckenbach Tampa El Norte New ark.
At 8 am on Saturday December 20 1913 observations were recorded detailing weather and sky conditions including temperature and cloud cover. The brief notes note the time date and general atmospheric state for the day.
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