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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
13
The day opened unsettled with a sizable recession as prices fluctuated. Liverpool supported New York in the morning, then heavy selling followed on news Germany sank a vessel with Americans, leaving New York 77 to 106 points and New Orleans 85 to 105 points below yesterday.
The New York cotton market opened steady with gains in March but soon eased. Prices fluctuated through the morning as Southern selling and liquidation appeared, Liverpool buyers remained active, and May contracts hit around 14.68 cents amid a rumor of an American vessel being sunk.
Rent a city home with piano included selling cheap. Modern furnishings or unfurnished option. Call or visit Travis at 547 for details.
An Antonio Loan and Trust Co advertises a $100 cash, $25 monthly plan for a new 4 room cottage near Hammond Ave. A 7 room residence near Menger Hotel lists $6000 with $2000 down and 7 percent balance. W B Whitaker marketed properties on Commerce Street and Crockett 6121.
New York cotton futures opened steady with March at 15.17 to 16.06, May 15.26 to 15.07, July 15.10 to 15.07, October 14.52 to 14.56, December 14.66, and daily ranges shown for highs and lows. Trades reflect varied movements across near months with notable points price spread.
In New Orleans the cotton market started with losses of 19 to 26 points but soon recovered 14 to 20 points, leaving active months 5 to 8 points down. Spot buyers were active after interior reports, while afternoon trading weakened on mill selling and war rumors about Germany and American crews.
Irregular start in New Orleans with March at 14.35 and May 14.51 as futures close 85 to 105 points lower. Prices show notable swings across contracts with October around 14.10 and December near 14.28 amid mixed early session activity.
Spot cotton remains quiet with prices firm at 10.43 for good middling 10.334 for middling and 10.15 for low middling. Sales reach 7000 bales including 1000 bales for speculation and export. Receipts total 7000 bales with 6700 bales of American origin.
Futures closed at Liverpool with February 9.674, February-March 9.65d, March-April 9.65d, April-May 7 60d, May-June 34 July-August bia, August-September 9.33d, September-October 9.12d, October-November 900d, November-December 8.924, December-January 890d, January-February 88id.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged immediate measures to protect American business amid the European war. It backed most favored nation clauses in trade treaties and called for consulting business leaders in negotiations, while opposing a literacy test and supporting daylight saving and a strong merchant marine. The group also floated a referendum on naturalization treaties and favored commercial arbitration and freedom of the seas.
Paris reports the front line co operative stores now widespread after a successful Argonne experiment. Soldiers manage main stores with branch networks, profits go to the units, and funds are reserved for emergencies. The shops stock carp, lobster, shrimp, oysters and vegetables under enemy fire.
Yesterday had no precipitation and amounts matched normal for the day. The daily deficit stood at .05 inches, with total precipitation since January 1 at .96 inches and a January 1 deficit of .78 inches.
The local market shows eggs at 46 and 46 cents a dozen with receipts nearly nil. Poultry and butter hold steady while Florida peppers sell at 17 percent per pound wholesale and green beans fetch $4.00 to $4.50 per bushel. Corn and oats prices dip by one cent with new quotas listed for Texas White No. 3, mixed, and oats, plus seed potatoes up to $7.50 per 11 peck sack.
Comprehensive list of wholesale prices for fresh vegetables fruits canned goods and staples to traders. Includes onions cabbage celery cranberries lettuce peppers sweet potatoes bananas oranges raisins peaches prunes apricots dates apples and more with Florida California Texas and Illinois origins and per unit weights prices listed for boxes crates barrels and per hundredweight. Also covers meats fish and grains with Chicago and Texas price points and common pack sizes.
Wholesale prices to trade listed for a variety of commodities including syrups per gallon and per dozen, garlic pepper and seeds by weight, seed potatoes, milo maize and feterita by hundredweight, Sudan Kaffir corn and other grain seeds with car lot and job lot pricing, plus nuts and hides with delivered and per pound rates and animal products.
Friday market notes show eggs higher while butter steady and dairy prices mix across Texas. Creamery butter 30 31c per lb, country 25 28c, packing stock 24 25c. eggs rising. poultry values range from hens 4.80 7.00, friers 5.60 7.00, broilers 3.60 4.00, turkeys 21 22c per lb, ducks 7.00 8.00 per dozen, geese 12.00 15.00.
Chicago price report shows butter unchanged at 38 to 38 1/2 cents, eggs up with firsts 44 cents and ordinary firsts 42 to 43 cents, potatoes unchanged with 15 car receipts. White potatoes vary by region with Wisconsin and Michigan figures listed, poultry alive unchanged with fowls 20 cents and springs 19 1/2 cents.
Kansas City market bulletin lists butter firsts and packing prices, creamery at 39 cents, eggs firsts 42 cents, poultry hens 19 cents and roosters 13 cents, turkeys 25 cents, potatoes at 2.10 dollars.
Weekly cotton data show 69 000 bales forwarded to mills with 59000 American bales, total stock 884 009 including 738 000 American, imports 62000 bales of which 43000 American, and exports 7000. All figures reflect market activity and comparisons to prior periods.
Union Stock Yards notes a quiet northern cattle market with light receipts across cattle hogs and sheep. Hogs were weak Fort Worth prices down 15 cents while St Louis up 15 cents from yesterday and 25 cents off the peak. Sheep rose 10 to 15 cents in Kansas City. Receipts smaller than usual. traders expect a good week ahead.
Fort Worth cattle receipts $200 head, market slow and steady with steers $6.50 to $9.25, heifers $6.00 to $8.00, cows $4.25 to $6.50, bulls $4.25 to $6.60, calves $4.50 to $9.50. Hog receipts 5000 head, market slightly lower, bulk $10.25 to $10.75, top $10.90. Sheep receipts none. lambs $12.50 to $13.50, yearlings $11.00 to $12.00, wethers $9.25 to $9.75, ewes $8.50 to $8.75, culls $6.00 to $7.00, goats $3.50 to $6.50.
Chicago reports receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with quotes on each class. Hogs show bulk at 11.60 to 11.90 and pigs 9.50 to 10.76, cattle mix native beef 7.75 to 12.00 and western steers 7.75 to 10.15, calves 10.00 to 14.00, sheep with wethers 10.40 to 11.75 and lambs 12.15 to 14.60, with market firm for sheep and steady hogs compared with yesterday.
Livestock market reports show receipts of hogs around 4000 and cattle near 1000 with steady to slightly higher trends. Hogs sold mainly in the 11.50 to 11.75 range, cattle including primo fed steers at 11.00 to 11.75 and dress beef steers 8.75 to 10.90, lambs and yearlings also listed with gains of 10 to 16 cents.
In St Louis on February 2, receipts and quotations show hogs rising 15 cents from the prior close. Lights and mixed cuts range from 9.00 to 12.00 dollars. Cattle receipts total 1700 with a steady market. native beef steers 7.50 to 11.75, yearling steer and heifers 8.50 to 11.50, stockers 5.30 to 8.50, prime southern beef steers 8.00 to 11.00, beef cows 4.25 to 9.00, native calves 6.00. Lambs 12.75 to 14.50, ewes 6.50 to 10.50, lamb offerings 11.00 to 12.25.
East St Louis Feb 2 Hogs sold as high as 12.25 dollars per hundred pounds at the National Stock Yards, stated as the highest price ever paid for the grade in any western market, including Chicago.
A student aide at the public library is approached by a middle aged woman who, after finishing Laura Jean Libbey, rejects a suggested book. The assistant misreads the shelf prompting a clumsy defense about a bird Cardinal, which fails to win approval.
New York trading opened with mixed gains and losses as investors weighed Washington Berlin tensions. Major issues such as Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Crucible Steel Baldwin Locomotive and Erie hit new low records while United States Steel fluctuated and rails led to broad market liquidation ending with a weak close.
Mercantile paper 3% 2% per cent. Sterling 60 day bills at 472% commercial 60 day bills on banks 47213. Commercial 60 day bills 472% demand 475.80 cables 476718. Francs demand 584% cables 583% Guilders demand 40% cables 40%. Far silver 76% c¢ Mexican dollar 59% ¢. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds weak.
New York report notes time rates steady with three day, ninety day, and six month figures. Market observers indicate no sharp shifts as investors await clearer guidance on monetary policy.
The English money market reports discount rates at five and a half percent. Notes show 2 Bar silver priced at 975 164 cents, with short and three month terms mentioned.
Lead steady and spelter soft with spot East St Louis delivery at 9 1 2 cents. Copper electrolytic quoted at 29.50 to 42.50 a pound, tin firm around 50.00 to 52.00. Market conditions reflect steady to firmer demand across metals with minor shifts noted for electrolytic copper and tin.
London market summary with lead and zinc prices quoted. Lead at 20 pounds, spelt er prices, copper futures and spot tin levels given, including electrolytic tin futures and spot prices.
An excited elderly man bursts into a city office, grabs a phone without permission, and berates a caller as a disused line rings. A note from the clerk reveals the line has been disconnected for a week. The exchange ends with the man realizing the error.
Federal Reserve Board reports continuation of nationwide prosperity with a midwinter lull after Christmas. Districts note cautious manufacturing in New York, strong activity in Chicago, uneven post holiday results in St. Louis and Dallas followings, rising bank clearings and deposits in Kansas City, and little change in San Francisco with a hopeful outlook.
The Federal Trade Commission will conduct a thorough investigation of the livestock industry from Texas ranges to retail meat sales. It seeks a $140,000 deficiency appropriation via Secretary McAdoo from Congress. The decision followed a House conference with Rep Garner of Texas and long effort by the Texas Cattle Raisers Association.
Raw sugar remained quiet with centrifugal at 4.89 and molasses at 4.02. Refined sugar held steady with fine granulated at 6.75. Sugar futures at noon were unchanged to two points lower as contracts were squared.
New York stock market notes show February coffee futures trading irregularly with No. 7 Rio at 10 cents and May futures around 8.51 cents. Traders weigh supply outlook against demand signals in a cautious session.
Galveston dispatch lists arrivals at the port on February 2 with vessels EF Dia from New York Mexicano Tampico Hyacinthus from Britain and Philadelphia. Sailed: Edward L from Doheny bound for Tampico.
New Orleans on February 2 reports both rough and clean rice prices steady with quotations unchanged. Receipts totaled 1061 pockets with clean Honduras sold in 100 pockets and Blue Rowse moving 958 pockets.
In Savannah on February 2 turpentine shows dull demand with receipts at 230 and shipments 79. Prices noted include various lots from 6.30 to 6.99 per barrel with several grades and stock levels reported, amid unsettled activity.
New York on February 2 reports cotton goods markets at a standstill with little yarn trading due to the break in cotton. Buyers stayed cautious during the uncertainty while sellers remained active enough to prevent overstocking. General dry goods buyers continued careful purchases for future delivery.
The Memphis Cotton Exchange has suspended spot quotations and factors announced that no trading efforts would be made under current conditions.
Observations taken at 7 a m Friday February 2 1917. Wind velocities under 10 mph and precipitation under .01 inch not published. LLEN BUELL meteorologist Weather Bureau.
Jinkson seeks help in a small northwestern town after his dog goes missing. He places a 100 reward notice with No questions asked to improve odds, only to find the editor and staff out searching for the dog. In the office a boy explains everyone is out helping.
Wheat markets showed a cautious start in Chicago on February 2 as relations US Germany created uncertainty Employment of bull bets amid no rupture prospects supported gains while extreme cold and weather risks lent lift. May and July quotes swung with intraday moves and ended near mixed levels with May around 1.60 to 1.61 and July about 1.43 to 1.43. Corn rose on active seaboard demand while oats and provisions also moved, with packers lifting prices in parts of the session.
Chicago February 2 wheat and grain prices shown with No 1 red at 1.66 and No 2 hard at 1.69 to 1.70. Corn No 2 yellow 97% to 98. Oats Standard 53 to 54 cents. Barley 1.00 to 1.27.
Quotations to heat No 2 hard 1.68 171 No 2 red 1.67 1.69 Corn No 2 mixed 94 1/2 95c No 8 white 95 35c No 2 yellow 96 06c Oats No 2 white 56 16c No 8 mixed 55 57c Rye 1.40 1.41
Kansas City February 2 grain markets closed with May wheat at 1.55 and July at 1.39. May corn quoted at 94 2 3 cents and July at 93 1 2 cents.
Quotation slate shows wheats at 1.71 to 1.72 for red and No 3 hard at 1.72. Corn had No 2 yellow around 97 cents, No 2 white at 97 7s and oats listed as No 2 at 54 cents.
Local markets quote packing house items with dry salt extras at 17 cents and bacon extras at 19 cents per pound. Prices cover dry salt berlies bones average and four items including fancy breakfast bacon and pure lard with compound lard at 14 to 17 cents per pound, plus American cheese at 27 cents per pound.
Detroit catcher McKee has signed his 1917 contract with the Detroit club after a busy season split between the International League and Detroit. The team may retain McKee as catcher Baker is released to San Francisco, with rumors Burns could also be sent there.
Kansas City team of the American Association plans exhibition matchups with Western League clubs. The schedule includes Lincoln on April 6 and Omaha on April 7 and 5, with trips to several smaller league cities planned.
Hal Liebold, outfielder for the Americans, rejects a strike threat led by Baseball Players' Fraternity president David L. Fults. He has signed a 1917 contract and says he is regaining form for what could be his best year. He urges players to act rather than litigate and recalls a prior fine for resisting an officer.
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