Cotton Market Turns More Encouraging In Trade Signals
Market observers report a more encouraging political stance and firmer spot cotton prices. Traders note advances in policy discussion boosting confidence in near term demand.
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San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1916
Page
7
Cotton market gains on political outlook and tied to Lusitania
International political developments lift prices with a two to three point advance in futures and spot cotton. San Antonio reports steady local prices and smaller Texas acreage. ginnings under 3 million statewide, Bejar gins about 25,000 bales to date as May and July futures rise on settlement hopes tied to Lusitania talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Exchange
San Antonio
Vwliety
Germany
Texas
Bexar County
Asoa
Ashington
Lusitania
San Antonio Pala
New York Cotton Opens Steady Then Softens
The cotton market opened 3 to 4 points higher on steady cables with May at 12.05 and July 12.19 on the call. Optimism from stock market strength faded as demand remained light, prices edged back to 12.14 for July and 12.06 for May amid scattered selling from the South and local traders. Liverpool and New Orleans activity provided some support, but mid day rally failed to broaden, leaving gains about four points net.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Memphis
New York Cartoon Futures Open Steady With Mixed To Close Gains
Futures for March through December traded steady at the open on the New York market. Prices showed small gains by close with mixed highs and lows across contracts, including March at 11.84 and December at 12.35, reflecting a cautious tone after opening.
New Orleans Cotton Opens Slightly Higher Then Slips
In New Orleans on February 7 the cotton market opened with a small gain but failed to sustain support. Prices moved down about two points midmorning, with limited demand and modest selling. By noon months showed a net four point rise, and trading remained dull in the afternoon with a final one point uptick.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures open steady with mixed old crop quotes
New Orleans futures markets opened with steady tones for March 11.58, May 11.85, July 12.05, October 12.06, and December 12.20. Closing figures show little change, with ongoing quotes across grain sections and soy notes sparingly listed.
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New Orleans
High
Law
SOOM
Icc Eee Lee
Seeseence Cs Ca
Cotton Market Report From Liverpool February Trading
Liverpool cotton market notes low middling price at 7.64 pence per pound with total receipts around 13 000 bales. The day’s activity includes roughly 6900 bales traded and 14 000 bales allocated for real estate and speculation.
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Liverpool
Interpreting a Jumbled Future Contracts Series
A dated Jamaica-Liverpool style list shows a chain of future contract figures for multiple month pairings including February through January. Values range around 7.2 to 7.7 with several fractions and occasional letters amid digits.
Last Week of Cold Storage Eggs in San Antonio
Reports show storage eggs exhausted in San Antonio with no further shipments from outside. Market will be supplied by fresh country eggs. receipts rising daily. 1916 storage season noted as possibly the longest. unsettled weather delayed movement from the country.
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San Antonis
Wholesale Markets Fill City With Fresh Vegetables
The market lists wholesale prices to trade for a wide range of produce and staples. Colorado and California onions, Cuban tomatoes, Texas celery, Florida peppers, and Louisiana sweet potatoes are quoted by weight or crate, with many other fruits, canned goods, and dry goods included. Prices cover grains, nuts, dried fruits, canned meats, and seafood, indicating a broad wholesale catalog for retailers and shippers.
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Colorado
California
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Washington
Monday Active Day in Live Stock Trade at Union Stock Yards
Buyers and sellers moved quickly to set prices as the local live stock market stayed brisk through 2 pm receipts of 430 cattle 82 calves 51 horses and 623 hogs. Steers 6 to 6.75 cows 5 to 5.75 calves 6 to 7 with good bulk quality. More consignments expected tomorrow while other markets were mixed. cattle steady hogs higher and sheep barely steady.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth Cattle and Sheep Market Report Today
Fort Worth Texas cattle receipts 2600 steady with varied prices across classes. Cattle ranges include stockers cows heifers bulls and calves with multiple price points and confirmation of lower age totals. Sheep receipts 200 active with lambs yearlings wethers and ewes noted alongside goat pricing.
Chicago Livestock Receipts and Market Summary
Receipts show hogs at 65 000 with a firm market and cattle at 21 000 with a weak market. Native beef steers bring 6.35 to 9.60, western steers 6.69 to 8.15, cows and heifers 3.15 to 7. Calves 8.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 18 000 with a weak market. wethers 7.60 to 8.16 and lambs 8.50 to 11.15.
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Chicgago
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and sheep reported at Kansas City dated February 7. Hogs 11,000 head market steady to strong with various weight classes listed. Cattle 15,000 head market steady to lower led by prime fed steers and grassed beef steers with multiple price ranges. Sheep 9,000 head market steady to weak with lambs yearling wethers and ewes priced across a spectrum.
Live Stock Prices from St Louis Market Report
Hogs receipts 20 600 steady to higher with pigs and lights 6.60 to 8.15 mixed and butchers 7.95 to 8.30 good heavy 8.20 to 8.25 cattle receipts 4 800 slow to steady native beef steers 7.50 to 9.50 yearling stockers and feeders 5.50 to 7.25 texas and indian steers 5.25 to 8.50 cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.56 native calves 6.00 to 11.50 sheep receipts 2 000 steady yearling wethers 5.90 to 9.50 lambs 9.00 to 11.10 ewes 6.25 to 7.50
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Maxwell House
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Texas
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ST. Louis
Wheat declines as free selling hits Chicago market
Free selling by leading houses sent Chicago wheat prices down today amid uncertain export prospects from German raiders and European government control. May and July futures opened around 1.32 to 1.34 and 1.24 to 1.25 respectively, with big receipts at Chicago and Peoria weighing on corn while oats and other cereals fell and hogs showed firmness.
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Chicago
Nij
Atlantic
Michigan
Kansas
Peoria
Grain prices in San Antonio market report
San Antonio grain buyers posted prices Monday for Texas and northern grades. Carrot prices ranged per bushel with heat at 1.85 and northern at 1.36. Corn included Texas No 3 at 0.80 and northern No 2 mixed at 0.80. Oats prices showed Texas red at 0.53, northern white at 0.51 to 0.60 depending on bulk or sacks. Oklahoma prices tracked Texas grades.
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Pioneer
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Sudan
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Oklahoma
Local Packing House Price Quotations For Dealers
Monday quotations list dry salt extras at 13 cents, bacon extras 14 to 14 cents, dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pounds average at 16 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 28 cents, fancy hams 19 cents, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds average at 16 cents, pure lard 11 cents, compound.
Market quotes from Chicago grain trading floor
Quotations show No 2 red wheat at 1.29 to 1.31 dollars, No 2 yellow corn and oats at 48 to 49 cents, barley at 68 to 8 cents, with standard pricing for oats.
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Chicago
Market quotes for wheat and oats in St Louis
Quotation list from St Louis on February 7 shows No 2 red wheat at 1.88 to 1.34, No 2 hard and No 2 white figures nominal, and No 2 oats at 49 cents with No 2 white nominal.
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ST. Louis
Market quotes from Kansas City grain report
Kansas City on Feb 7 quoted wheat at No 2 hard 1.231.30 and No red 1.34, corn No 2 mixed 69%c, No 2 white 70%c, oats No 2 white 62 58c and No 2 mixed 48%19.
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Kansas City
Grain futures close with mixed gains in Kansas City
Kansas City grain futures closed with mixed results on February 7. Wheat for May at 1.18 and July 1.14. corn for May and July around 71 1 2 cents. oats May at 47 4 cents.
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Kansas City
Marine Intelligence Galveston Report Arrivals and Departures
Galveston on February 7 reports arrivals from New York including Sud and El Siglo Athos Progreso Avanguardia and Pensacola. Departures include El Rio bound for New York Wes orth Br London via Pensacola.
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Markets Briefs: Eggs Butter Poultry Prices Mixed
Wholesale prices show eggs steady and butter firm with Texas creamery at 32 3 30 per pound. Poultry remains firm with hens at 4 50 to 6 00 per dozen friers 3 50 to 4 50 broilers 2 00 to 3 50 turkeys 11 6 to 16 c per lb ducks 4 50 to 5 50 per dozen geese 7 00 to 10 00 per dozen rabbits 0 76 to 1 00 per dozen.
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Texas
Texas Creamery
Metal market report from New York February 7 1924
Lead bids at 86.00 with no spelter quote. Copper firm electrolytic at 27.00 28.00 for June and later 26.00 26.50. Iron steadies with No 1 northern 20.25 20.75 No 2 19.75 20.25 No 1 southern 20.00 20.50 No 2 19.75 20.25. Tin quiet spot 41.37 1/2.
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New York
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Southern
State anti trust statutes bar joint bond guarantees by insurers
The assistant attorney general advised the insurance and banking commissioners that state anti trust laws prohibit a combination of two or more insurers to jointly execute bonds guaranteeing cotton warehouse receipts.
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Austin
Tex
C. A. Sweeton
Oklahoma City cattle and hog market reports
Oklahoma City cattle sales at Tupah market steady with 750 cattle and 1700 hogs, top hog price 8.65 and range 7.70 to 7.95, sheep around 600 with steady demand. Texas and nearby consignments include Mack Sayre and E B Johnson of Norman with mixed cattle figures. New York cotton seed oil closes easier at 9.27 spot with February bid noted.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Mack Sayre
Oklahoma
Steaatle
Strong City
E. B. Johnson
Norman
New York
London Metals Prices Summary February 7
Lead at 31 pounds 5 shillings, Spelter 89. Spot copper 97 to 108, futures 97. Electrolytic copper spot 179 pounds 7 shillings, futures 179. Antimony 125. Market figures for London metal trades with fractional pound values.
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London
Oil Price Rise Hits Wichita Falls Market
In Wichita Falls Texas a bonus of 40 cents a barrel is paid today above the posted crude oil price of 1.30. The increase in price over the past year amounts to 230 percent.
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Wichita Falus
Tex
Chicago market prices lift butter and raise potato quotes
Chicago reports butter rising to 27 4 a pound with receipts at 3084 cases and mixed grades. Potatoes advance with 30 cars received from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota at 95 to 106 cents. Poultry prices move up for alive fowls and springs with light common quotes.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Dakota-Ohios
Market Quotations From Kansas City Recap
Kansas City market quotes show creamery butter at 29 cents for firsts with 27 for seconds and 19 for packing. Eggs list firsts at 29 cents and seconds at 20 cents, with hens at 17 cents and turkeys at 20 cents.
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Kansas City
Utter
Springs c
Ohio Oil raises oil prices in pairs of towns
Findlay Ohio February 7 The Ohio Oil Company advanced prices of North Lima South Lima Indiana and Wooster oils by five cents a barrel reflecting a market shift.
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Findlay
Ohio Oil Company
Northima
South Lima
Indiana
Wooster Oils
Coffee futures steady in New York with March and July bids
In New York the coffee market held steady as futures traded around 7.56 for March and 7.69 for July. Rio and Sc figures were noted but the focus remained on the steady U S prices.
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New York
Rio
Lusitania crisis sparks broad New York stock rally
Early trading on February 7 shows hopeful sentiment in the Lusitania dispute with gains across many sectors. War shares lead the advance with Baldwin Locomotive and United States Steel rising, while Lackawanna Steel plunges on merger abandonment.
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Cone
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Ee Ellis
United States Steel
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Baldwin
Berlin Reports Shifts in Foreign Exchange Rates
Berlin newspapers review the foreign exchange market since January 28 official quotations. By Saturday New York exchange fell, Swiss exchange rose to 1.375, Dutch down 6.75, Swiss up 0.75, and Austrian up 2.30. The papers say the new arrangement aims to curb speculation and is likely to succeed.
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Fa‘ville
Wor
Lv Financial Review
New York
Weather Bulletin Observations From February 7 1916
Department of Agriculture weather bulletin records observations taken in the morning of February 7, 1916. The fragment notes a location timestamp and standard meteorological notation. The text provides only partial data for an official climate report.
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U. 8
Department OF Agriculture Weather Bulletin
Mercantile rates and bonds show a steady market
New York reports mercantile power at 3.8 percent and sterling 0 day bills at 4.70 percent demand 4.75 percent cables 4.75. Guilders demand 4.1 percent cables 4.2 percent. Bar saver 56 percent. Mexican dollars 4.3 percent. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds firm.
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New York
Mercantile Pawer
Money Market Report Shows Low Loan Rates
NEW YORK MONEY reports easy time loans at 2 percent for 60 and 90 days, with 6 months at 2 to 3 percent. Call money remains steady with high 2 percent and low 1 percent, ruler rate near 2 1/4 percent, last loan at 2 percent, closing to 2 percent.
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NEW York Money
New York
Sharp Decline in the Wheat Market Feared in Chicago
Chicago February 7 stop loss ceiling on a heavy scale demoralized the wheat market today and sent the May option down sharply to about 1.281 and a half dollars per bushel. Traders blamed rising receipts and weak foreign demand for the drop and noted the market’s long decline.
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Chicago
Steves Returns From Martin Texas Health Boost
Commissioner Albert Steves head of the fire and police departments returns from Martin Texas in improved health and weight. He visits the central fire and police station to review reports and confer with department heads. He plans a traffic squad reorganization and notes a winter crop of burglaries with large sums stolen as homes are left unsecured. He vows vigorous prosecution to deter thieves in San Antonio.
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Fire
Martin
Tex
Central
San Antonio
Run Down by Auto Injures Cireldo Reyes in City
Cireldo Reyes about 50, of 510 South Pecos Street, was struck by a speeding car on Frio City road near Union stock yards at 8 30 AM and seriously injured. He suffered a broken arm and possible internal injuries. The vehicle fled. witnesses aided Reyes and police. He was moved to City Hospital after initial treatment.
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Reyes
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Robbed Priest's Home In Chicago Mystery
In Chicago on February 7 Rev James Burke of St David's Roman Catholic Church left the parish house after a call claiming a dying person needed the last sacraments. He found no one and the house had been entered by burglars aided by the housekeeper who heard the church bell.
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