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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1913
Page
19
Chicago reports mixed grain signals amid cold weather and crop damage fears. Kansas remains key, with wheat largely spared by zero temperatures while other states show danger. May wheat 92.5 to 93.5 cents, corn firmer on freight car shortages, hog prices pressured by ample receipts and cash bids.
River market notes show cash wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.08 to 1.18 and No 2 hard around 94 to 99 percent. Corn No 2 around 49 to 61 percent and No 2 white 61 percent. Oats No 2 84 to 86 percent with White variety at 36 to 36 percent. May and July futures quoted for wheat corn and oats with differing margins.
New York公布的本周银行与信托公司实际状况报告显示总储备超法定要求为16,125,200美元，较上周减少5,340,200美元。贷款达到1,995,956,000美元，增加25,835,000美元；金银币353,173,000美元，下降1,222,000美元。法币83,188,000美元下降2,700,000美元，流通量46,329,000美元上升113,000美元。银行金库现金储备369,970,000美元，信托公司金库66,341,000美元，总储备16,125,200美元。清算所成员持有现金储备25%时的信托公司储备61,726,000美元。在纽约州其他银行及信托公司贷款56,1135,300美元，增加31,985,900美元；金银币61,557,100美元，增加701,500美元；法币7,707,400美元下降6,400美元；存款640,213,900美元，增加3,.
Pittsburg crude oil closed at 2.40 a barrel, the highest since 1895, despite forecasts of a week’s end near 2.50. W. H. Libby of Standard Oil cites 1912 as a turning year with rising demand for petroleum products, falling crude output, and substantial price gains across Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas, and California.
New York, Feb 1. G Dun review notes steady expansion in 1912 carried into January 1913 with satisfactory sections. Weather and tariff uncertainty slow some buying while iron and steel remain buoyant and open winter aids building prospects. A large gold outflow, mainly to Paris, signals unsettled European markets amid Balkan crisis.
The New York coffee market opened quiet with a 2 to 6 point drop, then steadied on week end covering. Havre and Hamburg futures eased, Brazilian quotes unchanged, and the close held steady with total sales of 13,750 bags.
Copper remains easy in London with spot at 68 pounds per hundredweight and futures at 68 pounds 17 shillings 6 pence. Tin holds near 228 pounds 16 shillings spot with futures at 224 pounds 15 shillings, while lead rises to 16 pounds 10 shillings and spelter sits at 26 pounds. Iron Cleveland warrants quoted at 66 shillings 9 pence in London.
Florence Gamble known as Iowa’s champion heart breaker admitted to federal officers that she corresponded with more than 600 bachelors, receiving 15 to 50 dollars from suitors while about 150 letters a week. She pled guilty to swindling J L Prater and was bound over to the federal grand jury with 1000 dollar bond as more charges loom.
Eighteen square inches of skin were grafted from six men to the 14 year old adopted daughter of C. T. Williams in Mount Washington. Each man contributed three square inches of cuticle as doctors at the Homeopathic Hospital sought to save her life after a December 14 fire.
Market watchers note a sudden 10 cent rise in refined sugar after a prior 20 cent drop, with refiners predicting a firm trend and raw Cuban sugar supplies uncertain. January collections improve in San Antonio as grocers, jobbers, and wholesalers adjust to a dull season yet steady prices across groceries and seed commodities.
Extensive price catalog listing farm eggs fresh country 21.00 per dozen, poultry by class with per dozen or per pound rates, butter and cheese, vegetables including potatoes onions cabbage lettuce celery and cucumbers with regional origins, fruits such as apples grapes oranges and lemons, syrup molasses nuts beans and canned meats with varied package sizes and prices, plus dried fruits and grains. Notes include oil and feed items like alfalfa Johnson grass and hay, with prices quoted in dollars per unit and per hundredweight.
Bradstreets weekly review notes a promising outlook with strong farm cash sales and hardware shipments as farmers prepare for early crops. While retail trade is uneven, money is easy and western banks buy commercial paper, though demand slightly exceeds supply. Week ending January 30 shows 861 business failures vs 312 a year earlier. 26 failures in Canada.
A dense inventory of sugars, coffees, vegetables, meats, furs, and flour with varied prices. Items include granulated sugar at $5.36 per hundredweight, Maxwell House coffee at 32c per pound, corn Illinois fancy at $1, and Pioneer flour at $5.10 per barrel.
Butter steady with creamery 27 340 and eggs firm as receipts reach 4695 cases. Potatoes steady with receipts described as cars from Wisconsin and Michigan Minnesota 43 4ic. Poultry alive steady with turkeys 160 and chickens lic and springs lic.
New York reports eggs firmer with receipts of 6230 cases. Kansas City notes butter prices at 32 1 2 cents for creamery firsts and 28 1 2 cents for seconds, with extras at 26 cents. Hatchable lines indicate varying prices for hens roosters ducks and stock levels.
New York prices show raw sugar steady with Muscovado at 2.98 cents, centrifugal at 3.48, and molasses sugar at 2.73. Refined sugar remains quiet with crushed at 6.05, granulated fine 4.35, and powdered 4.46 cents. Petroleum steady, refined in barrels 8.50, molasses steady, while New Orleans open kettle trades at 35 56 cents.
The notice lists price marks for poultry items: chickens 12 cents, springs 13 cents, turkeys 118 cents, ducks 16 cents, geese 180 cents, butter creamery 27 34 cents, and eggs 21 cents.
The cotton seed oil market ends steady with spot price at 6.20 to 6.24 in New York and near-month futures around 6.25. March to August contracts range from 6.23 to 6.37 with several hundred tons sold, totaling 2900 units between first and second calls. Hides also show firmness with Central America and Bonita quotation around 25 to 29 1/2 cents. leather prices remain firm across grades.
The South Texas stockman watches national live stock markets where receipts are moderate and prices steady. At Fort Worth and nearby yards, cows sold up to 4765 with most between 3.60 and 4.60, calves peak at 5.25, hogs meet fair demand, and sheep are scarce as weekly totals show 116800 cattle 306750 hogs and 127655 sheep across five markets.
Fort Worth on February 1 reports insufficient receipts in each department to form a market quote. Cattle totaling 760 cattle 90 calves and 100 hogs shift mainly Mexicans cows and steers with stockers at 4.46 and cows at 4.10. Hogs top at 7.76 with one fresh car and two hold overs. Mexican steers sell 3.75 to 4.60 while stocker calves bring about 4.85.
Receipts cattle 400 including 100 southerns steady prices native steers 7.00 5.75 southerns 5.75 7.65 cons and heifers 3.75 6.26 hogs receipts 2600 market strong bulk 7.30 7.50 heavy 7.80 7.45 packers 7.45 7.65 lights 7.60 7.62 pigs 6.26 6.76 sheep receipts none market steady muttons 4.00 5.50 colorado lambs 7.75 6.40 range wethers and yearlings 6.00 7.60 range ewes 3.26 6.00
New York reports very decided activity with declines not strong and little speculative interest. World visible supplies near year-ago figures. receipts through September 1 projected 1 million bales less. Bulls hope for spring demand, while southern holders support market steadiness amid a cautious outlook for mills and print cloth sales.
The New York cotton market ended the week February 1 with values ranging from 1 to 14 points lower than the previous week. The report compares the weekly close to the prior close and outlines the gains and losses across grades and futures positions.
Liverpool Feb 1 Spot cotton prices hold steady with American middling fair at 7.87d and middling around 6.884d. Sales reached 4000 bales, including 8600 American, with receipts totaling 20,000 bales of which 14,300 were American.
January movement totals show 1,274,259 bales brought into sight, down from 1,906,320 last year, with five month totals at 42,409,000 plus. Northern spinners and foreign exports figures are given, as well as seaboard stocks and marketing percentages for January and five month periods.
The report lists total cotton receipts since September 1 across United States ports, interior towns, and Liverpool with year over year comparisons. It notes afloat stock to Great Britain and weekly receipts, outlining current and prior totals for markets including New York.
Readable figures show Overland to mills and Canada totals around 664,631 and Southern mills takings about 771,800,000 with stock at interior towns noted as excess at Sep 1. Brought into sight for the week totals 276,214 and season receipts include 444 bales deducted.
Futures in Liverpool opened easier and finished steady with a sequence of fixes across the year. February to January contracts are listed from 6.15% to 6.68% with shifts between short and long positions and minor fluctuations throughout the calendar spreads.
In St. Louis on February 1, wool values held steady amid varying grades with medium and fine combing fibers quoted around 21 to 26 cents, light fine 19 to 21 cents, heavy fine 13 to 18 cents, tub washed 27 to 36 cents. Stan
Receipts total 3800 cattle including 3000 Texans with native beef steers at 5.50 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.66 to 6.00, calves to carload 5.00 to 6.60. Hogs receipts 4500 with market strong, pigs and lights 6.00 to 7.75, mixed and butchers 7.60 to 7.80, good heavy 7.65 to 8.0. Sheep receipts 100 with native muttons 5.00 to 6.25, lambs 7.00 to 8.75.
Chicago Livestock market report shows cattle receipts at 200 with steady prices across cattle classes. Hog receipts reach about 14,000 and trade stronger to slightly higher than yesterday, with bulk sales around 7.60 to 7.65. Sheep receipts near 1,000 and market steady with native muttons and lambs quoted in the mid 4 to 6 dollar range. George Wentz of Philadelphia is credited with a back injury repaired by silver wire, amid unrelated fiscal tax figures.
Galveston maritime report notes arrivals of Largo Law from Liverpool and Bowden from Bocas del Toro and El Mundo from New York. Cleared vessels include Bowden Mercator and El Sol. Sailed include Ni ceto de Larrinaga and Manchester. Peanut oil fuels tested for motor engines with expected success.
New Orleans on February 1 reports spot cotton steady at middling 12 1 16 cents with 171 bales ginned or on the spot to arrive 18. Receipts total 890 and stock stands at 143,194. Various grade values range from low ordinary to good middling with nominal figures noted for several categories.
Galveston spot cotton closed lower with prices in the low to mid points. Grades listed include good ordinary at 10 3/4 cents and middling around 12 1/2 cents. Sales reported at 198 bales, receipts 9,485, stock 269,136.
Houston spot market closed quiet and unchanged with no sales and 708 shipments. stock at 145,284. Prices ranged from low ordinary to middling, with middling at 13 1 4 cents. New York spot also quiet with middling uplands at 13 cents and gulf at 13 1 4 cents. no sales reported.
Memphis spot cotton remained quiet and unchanged at middling 12 ¾ cents as of February 1. New Orleans rice trade showed firm rough rice and steady clean rice with receipts and sales detailed for Honduras and Japan cargos and prices across rough and clean lots.
New York stock market featured American Can as the standout issue for the week with fluctuations in other stocks. Continental Can plans expansion after increased capitalization to meet rising demand for tin containers. United States Steel reported quarterly earnings of 35.19 million dollars, deemed favorable by traders. The market was irregular with intermittent slumps amid broader concerns over the money trust hearings and Balkan tensions lingering in the background.
New York on February 1 reports prime mercantile paper at 4 percent with steady sterling exchange. Bankers bits at 483.10 for 30 day bills and 487.25 for demand. commercial bills 4.83. Bar silver 61 1/2 cents. Mexican dollars 48 1/2 cents. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds irregular.
New York February 1 metals mostly steady with lake copper at 16.50 and 16.26 for ton electrolytic while iron remains unchanged. Money rates in New York show gall eetee loans at 60 and resale loans firm with 90 day rates around 4 34 percent and four months near 4 4 percent.
New York reports cotton goods remain steady overall with regional demand varying by quarter, while woolen markets stay generally quiet amid fluctuating activity and sales.
New York reports domestic fined sugar markets steady at one. European beet sugar market holds steady with February at 9s T%d, March at 9s 844, and May beets at 9s 10%d.
An established fifteen year old San Antonio grain shipping and jobbing operation seeks an interested partner. Only applicants able to assume active management with the current manager will be considered. Requires high ability and line experience, salary conditions waived if taking profitable interest. Drawer 118% Sen A
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