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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1912
Page
9
The bear market for apples persists as jobbers with fancy varieties sit on cold storage, not yielding below 2.50 to 8 dollars per box. US holdings total about 4 million barrels with Texas at 100 thousand boxes, while demand exceeds supply and a March market near 3 dollars per box for Winesaps and Jonathans is anticipated.
A long catalog of wholesale prices for vegetables, fruits, and related goods. Items include Idaho potatoes at 56 and 275 per hundredweight, sweet potatoes at 2.15, cabbage 2.10, onions 3.00, cucumbers 2.50 per bushel crate, tomatoes 2.50 per four-basket crate, kraut and garlic prices, and assorted berries, nuts, dried fruits, canned goods, and grains with varied per hundredweight, per crate, or per sack quotations.
By the Associated Press in St. Louis on February 6 wool prices held steady. Medium combing and clothing grades brought 20 21 and a half cents, light sie 15 30 cents, heavy fine 12 15 cents, tub washed 8 7 30 cents.
New York on February 6 reports firmer cotton goods markets with mail orders for the day much higher than a week earlier. Yarns and burlaps show advances while the trade notes good afternoon house traffic. A quoted joke from the Boston Transcript appears in the chatter.
Feed pens again supply most cattle with desirable quality. Trade active steady and in spots higher. Cows to 4.00, calves to 4.50, hogs to 6.00, best porkers 6.00, bulk 5.60 to 6.00. No sheep or goats offered. Cattle, calves, hogs and a carload of bulls shipped to Fort Worth. February 6. Union Stock Yards.
Northern stock men head toward San Antonio as spring demand for cattle is seen broad and prices high. Ranchers slowed by feed costs from a long cold spell hasten marketing while trade reports warn buyers to act before demand peaks. Hogs show a firm undertone though receipts are heavy and overall supplies remain abundant.
In New Orleans on February 6, the rough rice market was strong and active. Quotations held steady with rough at 63 51 for anne, 64 40 for millers, and clean bales quoted for rough Honduras at 2.60 to 3.50, Japan at 3.50 to 3.85, and Honduras 4% at 2.??.
Victoria Texas reports that El Campo will form a baseball association to enter the Mid coast league. Bay City plans to leave the Southwest Texas league for the Mid coast with meetings set February 24 and 26 in Victoria. Corpus Christi also seeks to join the new circuit as towns rush for admission.
Cattle receipts reach 3000 with steers 4.50 to 6.00, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 5.25, cows 3.00 to 5.40, calves 3.45 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 200 with top 6.60 and bulk 6.10 to 6.30. Sheep receipts 125 with clipped wethers around 4.00.
Associated Press reports Chicago market activity with receipts for cattle 5500 hogs 30000 and sheep 27000. Cattle prices range from 2.25 to 8.50 for various grades while hogs show slow demand with bulk sales around 6.20 to 6.30 and sheep steady to slightly down.
Cattle receipts 3000 with 400 Texas. native beef steers 4.75 to 8.50. cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.76. stockers 4.50 to 5.50. Texas steers 5.00 to 7.00. calves 5.00 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 7000. market steady. pigs 5.00 to 7.50. mixed 6.75 to 6.90. good heavy 6.40 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 6600. market steady. native muttons 3.75 to 4.75. lambs 5.00 to 6.86.
Cattle receipts at 9000 with native and southern classes listed and steady to strong prices. Hogs receipts at 17,000 with values $5.75 to $6.35 and tendency steady to five cents lower. Sheep receipts at 8000 with muttons and lambs quoted steady to ten cents lower.
Chicago February 6 market notes show butter steady with creamery and dairy quotes, eggs weaker with mixed case and grade pricing, cheese steady across varieties, potatoes easing with price ranges, poultry firm with turkeys, chickens and springs priced, weights 60 pounds and under steady at 7 cents.
Quotations today show creamery butter at 32 cents for firsts, 28 cents for seconds, 24 to 32 cents for packing stock and extras at 32 cents. firsts at 30 4 cents and seconds at 22 cents.
New York on February 6 reports eggs steady with unchanged quotes. Refrigerator firsts sell around 36 percent at 87 cents per dozen.
Raw sugar tests hold steady as cen trifugal and refined grades trade near 8.92 cents, 3.67 dollars per test. Petroleum and molasses markets show steadiness while leather firms and hides maintain steady levels.
Cuero district judge John M Green checked into the Gunther hotel in San Antonio this morning and mingled with friends at the bar before noon.
Chicago trading reports wheat edging up on Liverpool tone before retreating as coarse grain weakens. May wheat opened at 1.03 to 1.08 dollars and finished near 1.03. Corn fell, oats fell with corn, provisions echoed hog demand, May pork at 16.20, lard 9.30 to 9.32, ribs 8.72 to 8.76. Closing May wheat 68 4 8c net down.
The market lists cash wheat with several grades priced from 39 cents to 1.14 dollars and oats with No 2 white at 62 cents and standard oats at 51 cents. Prices shown include No 2 red 1.01 dollars and No 2 hard 1.02 dollars with accompanying purchase ranges.
AP market brief shows cash wheat prices for No 2 hard at 1.04 1.10 and No 2 red at 1.00 1.01. Corn No 2 mixed 68c No 2 white 68% payable. Oats No 2 white 53% and No 2 mixed 61% payable. May wheat 1.03 and July 95 bid. May 69%c selling, July 67 bid.
Quotation list shows Cash wheat No. 2 red at 1.01 to 1.02 and No. 2 hard at 1.03 to 1.13. Corn No. 2 at 63 and No. 2 white at 65. Vats No. 2 at 52 and No. 2 white at 44. Close: May wheat 1.01 to 1.01 and July 95. Corn firm with May 69 4 and July 68. Oats firm May 62.
New York opened with a decline of 11 points tied to lower Liverpool cables and bearish ginning predictions. Traders priced in heavy selling with profit taking, large losses midmorning, and a later partial recovery as shorts covered, with spots mostly steady and middling uplands around 9.90.
New York cotton futures opened barely steady with January around 10.05 and March about 9.57. Prices showed a steady close after a range near 9.50 to 10.12, with several contracts finishing near the day’s lows and highs.
In New Orleans on Feb 6 cotton futures opened steady with a 5 to 10 point drop as ginning reports circulated and selling orders accumulated. By noon prices were down 10 points, then recovered to close 4 to 7 points higher than yesterday, amid rumors of spot concessions and mixed outside selling.
New Orleans market report shows steady opening for cotton futures with February at 9.91 bid, March 9.97 bid, May 10.02 03, July 10.11 12, August 10.03 bid, September 9.98 10c, October 100 asked, December 10.06 08c.
Closing prices show fair demand with spot cot ton 10 points lower. American middling fair 6.31, good middling 6.93, middling 6.67, receipts at 69 000 bales, 60 800 American bales. Futures opened easier and closed easy with multiple monthly spreads listed.
The leading spot markets show mixed activity with New York and New Orleans noted as quiet or steady. Prices listed for several cities including New York at 9.00 with 10,000 units and Houston at 62 with 1,004 units, while Galveston shows a slight decline of 10 percent amid 3,200 units.
Spot cotton remains steady in New Orleans with 1350 bales sold and 1075 arriving. Prices range from low ordinary at 6 6-16 to good middling 10 9-16, receipts total 10,908 and stock 277,197.
Spot cotton closed quiet as middling uplands settled at 9.90 and middling gulf at 10.15. Transactions amounted to 100 bales.
Memphis Spot in Tenn reports steady cotton market with middling price at 10 and three quarters cents. Prices hold firm as demand remains stable in the membrane market for February spot trading.
One game is scheduled today in the San Antonio Scholastic league after Garden academy withdrew. Brackenridge High School travels to West End to face Peacock Military on their court. No league schedule changes have been announced yet. managers may meet tonight or tomorrow to set the remainder of the pennant race.
Marshall Training school basketball team defeated St. Louis college 26 to 16 yesterday afternoon, rising to a firmer second place in the Academic league. The winners used weight and strength to advantage while St. Louis showed flashes of teamwork and clever passing. Touche and Roth starred for St. Louis, with Schleicher and Brown standing out for the winners.
Abe Attell arrives in Los Angeles and moves to Vernon training quarters ahead of the February 22 world featherweight title defense against Johnny Kilbane. Attell recalls their Kansas City win and warns of a hard fight if Kilbane has improved. He is joined by Gil Boag and One-Round Hogan as promoter McCarey opens talks for Hogan to face Freddie Welsh.
The American Automobile Association execu tive committee met at the Blackstone hotel and opted New Orleans as the likely destination for the 1912 Glidden tour with a possible Panama side trip. Seattle was a strong bidder and cities from Detroit to Buffalo competed for the national run start. A new national trophy, the A A A cup valued at $5000, will replace the Glidden title.
Memphis on February 6 reports prime basis oil at 4.73 74 and meal at 24.50 with terms. New York markets show dull but steady cotton oil closing with spot 5.40 to 5.60 and futures ranging from 5.45 to 6.89 across months, with total daily sales 7,800.
University of Texas basketball officials denied reports of disbanding. They plan to host Baylor University for the state intercollegiate title and may schedule a San Antonio YMCA and Turners game at Clarke Field before season’s end.
New York reported February 6 that coffee futures remained steady with No 7 Rio at 14 percent. March contract finished near 13.33, May around 13.12, reflecting a quiet session in the market.
The Corning and Gloeckner teams in the Turner Ninepin league will meet tonight on the Turner alleys. Arrangements are believed to have been made to prevent further forfeited games. The Heye and Kleeman teams in the St Joseph series will also play tonight on the league alleys with fast games promised.
William Queal, American runner, defeats Englishman Al Shrubb in a tight 12 mile race at Watertown New York. Queal's time is 1 hour 6 minutes 17.45 seconds on a slow track. he pulls away in the final mile to win by about half a lap.
New York manager John J. McGraw confirms Otis Crandall has signed for 1906 as a Giants mainstay. The New York Nationals club also reports signed contracts from pitcher Roy Caldwell and infielder Priest, signaling ongoing roster moves.
New York stocks opened higher on Lehigh Valley gains with a mixed session. American Tobacco fell while Reading and Union Pacific rose, as room operators backed large railroad purchases and overall activity cooled into a late profit taking, leaving the market near yesterday's levels.
The Associated Press reports Feb 6 in New York closing prices for prime mercantile paper at 3 4 percent, sterling exchange steady with bankers bills 4.84.50 for sixty days and 4.87.25 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83 percent. Bar silver 58 cents. Mexican dollars 47 cents. Government and railroad bonds steady or fluctuating.
NEW YORK February 6 Money markets show steady call rates at 24 cents and ruling rate near 2 percent. Closing bids hold around 2 percent with offers noted. Time loans ease with 60 days at 2 percent and 90 days at 2 plus a small premium, six months at 3 percent.
London prices list Consols for money 0? 9-16, account 77 percent. Bar silver steady at 26 15-16 per ounce. Money percentages short bills 3 9-16, three months bills 3 7-16.
Lead quoted at 15 pounds 15s per long ton, spelter at 26 pounds 5s, tin quiet with spot at 194 pounds and futures at 191 pounds 10s. Market notes dull activity in metals trading in London.
Lead prices moved lower while totals reached 3.924 as Spelter held steady at 6.40 in the St. Louis market report dated February 6.
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