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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
11
Granulated sugar rises 10 cents per hundred pounds in San Antonio after New York gains, with current quotes at 6.10 per hundredweight. Traders expect higher levels as buying shifts to meet demand, while stock levels remain unusually light. The piece notes coffee and tomato market moves, canner reports, and orange prices with frost considerations.
Idaho potatoes priced at 2.50 to 2.75 per hundredweight. Sweet potatoes yellow yams and pumpkin yams 2.16 per hundredweight. Cabbage 2.00 to 2.10 per hundredweight. Onions California sacks 3.00 per hundredweight. Cucumbers 2.50 per bushel crate. Tomatoes four-basket crate 2.60. Oranges California 2.75, Grapefruit 95.60, Bananas 2.75 to 5.00 per hundredweight. Apples various boxes from 1.40 to 2.25. Nuts and seeds with multiple per hundredweight and per sack prices. Canned goods and dried fruits listed with several case and per unit prices. Hides, rice, hay, meats, lard, seeds, beans, sugar and coffee prices included. A wide range of bulk produce and commodity prices for trade.
Tonight increasing cloudiness and colder conditions across San Antonio and vicinity. Friday remains generally cloudy and colder with similar conditions echoed in East Texas. Observations note a 218 a.m. time stamp and air pressure details with symbols indicating cloud cover and precipitation thresholds.
At Union Stock Yards on February 8, receipts were light and demand dull with buyers in an independent mood. Best cows brought about 3.76, some undesirables down to 3, calves to 4.50 for top grades, bulk 4.25, hogs slow but noon call showed improvement with best porkers at 6 to 6.26 and bulk near 6.
Texas Cattle Raisers Association meets in Fort Worth on March 2 with plans to discuss consolidation with the Panhandle Cattle Raisers Association, as both groups eye a single, stronger cattle industry. Invitations go out for the Panhandle convention in El Paso March 5 to 7, while El Paso promotes itself as the region’s livestock center.
Fort Worth livestock market reports a light supply with steady to strong demand. Calves posted a 95 cent gain per hundredweight amid active trading. beef steers ranged 4.50 to 6.00. stockers 4.25 to 5.35. cows 2.65 to 5. bulls 3 to 4.65. calves from 3.0 to 6.50. Hogs at 6.0 to 6.60. lambs at 5.80.
The Associated Press notes cattle receipts around 7000 with markets steady to strong. Beeves bring 4.80 to 8.65, Texas and western steers 4.65 to 7.10, stockers and feeders 3.85 to 6.10, cows and heifers 2.15 to 8.70, calves 5.75 to 8.25. Hog receipts about 59,000 with quiet to steady demand. prices 5.85 to 6.32 for most classes, quality heavy 4.25 to 6.95, pigs 6.05 to 6.25. Sheep receipts 15000, market slow. natives 3.15 to 4.65, western 3.40 to 4.65, yearlings 4.70 to 5.50, native lambs 4.25 to 6.55, western 4.60 to 6.60.
Cattle receipts 3000 including 600 Texas. market steady to strong. Native beef steers 6.75 to 8.50. cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.75. stockers and feeders 3.50 to 5.75. Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.00 to 7.00. cows and calves in carloads 3.00 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 10,500. market steady. Pigs and lights 4.75 to 6.35. mixed and butchers 6.10 to 6.40. good heavy 6.30 to 6.40. Sheep receipts 2200. market steady. Native muttons 3.75 to 4.75. lambs 6.00 to 6.76.
Receipts and quotations for cattle hogs and sheep reported at Kansas City on Feb 8 with steady to strong tone. Cattle includes natives southern stockers feed- ers bulls and calves with varying price ranges. hogs show bulk sales 5.90 to 6.30. sheep steady with mut tons lambs yearlings and ewes priced between 2.75 and 6.40.
Quoted market report shows butter steady with 28 to 32 cents for creameries and 24 to 30 cents for dairies. Eggs ease with 27.5 to 29.3 cents per dozen. cheese prices listed for several varieties. Potatoes steady with 70 car receipts. top Michigan and Minnesota values quoted at 1.06 to 1.08. Poultry easy with turkeys 4 cents, chickens 12 cents, springs 14 cents. weights 50 to 60 pounds at 7 cents.
Chicago reports wheat eased after news of an Argentine railway strike settlement. May wheat opened higher and drifted. corn strengthened on buying, May corn rose despite early declines. oats gained as shorts bought. provisions held steady with pork, lard, and rib May values near last night levels.
Cash wheat items list No. 2 red at $1.00 to $1.02 with 1.02 percent, No. 2 hard $1.01 1.06, No. 1 northern $1.11 4 1.14, No. 3 northern $1.07 1.13, No. 2 spring 900 1.08, velvet chaff 90 cents to $1.07, durum 0 cents to $1.06. Oats figures: No. 2 62 to 62 cents, No. 2 white 63 cents, standard 62 to 64 cents.
In St Louis on February 8 quotes show Cash wheat at No 2 red 1.02 and No 2 hard 1.02 1.11. Corn prices No 8 64 4c and No 8 white 65 6ic. Oats No 2 82%C No 2 white 54 c. Futures close May wheat 1.01 July 95%c. May corn 69%c July 68%c. May oats 62%c July 46%c.
Kansas City trading data lists May wheat at 1.02 1/2, July 94 1/2 cents, May corn 81 1/2 cents. Cash wheat No 1 at 1.08 1/2 to 1.10, No 2 red 1.00 to 1.01, corn No 3 mixed 67 6 1/2 cents, No 2 white 68 1/2 to 54 1/2, No 9 mixed 0 to 8 1/2 cents.
New York cotton prices opened steady to higher with active present crop deliveries reaching new highs amid foreign buying and trade support. By mid-morning, active months fluctuated, early gains faded, then late-day covering pushed May to 10.22 and July to 10.33 as old crop positions shifted to early new crop deliveries.
The New York cotton market opened barely steady with contracts for March through January trading around 9.92 to 10.26 cents per pound. The session closed steady with a narrow trading range, showing slight gains in some months and steady levels across others.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened with a 2 to 5 point advance as favorable weather subdued crop concerns. Early gains peaked 4 to 10 points, then eased. by noon most active months stood 8 to 16 points higher, with late morning buying from bulls and quiet afternoon trading keeping gains at 6 to 12 points.
New Orleans notes show steady opening with February at 10.24 and March 10.39 high by 3 to 4 points, May 10.42, July 10.49, August bid 10.41, September 10.27, October 10.29, December 10.34. Close marked very steady with gains of 9 to 16 points on the session.
London reports the Bank of England cut its rate to 3 percent after extended discussion. The move reflects easy monetary conditions worldwide and a strengthening gold reserve, with slackening gold demand in India and American gold shipments to Paris reducing the need for the prior 4 percent rate from September.
Shipping quotes show mixed activity with Liverpool and New Orleans holding firm, while New York experiences quiet trade. Houston and Galveston report steady to firm conditions with notable cargo figures and pricing signals across the listed cities.
New Orleans on February 8 reports spot cotton firm with sales of 3650 bales to arrive 1200 bales. Quotations range from low ordinary 6.5 percent to middling fair 11.4 percent. Receipts 98,886. stock 291,592.
The New York market closed steady with spot cotton up 15 points on February 8. Midling uplands selling at 10.30 and gulf at 10.55 with no sales reported.
Liverpool spot cotton shows higher quotes with American middling fair at .49 dollars per pound and total sales around 15,000 bales, including 14,400 American. Receipts reach 9,000, futures opening quiet and closing steady with several near term spreads listed.
Memphis Spot in Tennessee reports a steady cotton market on February 8 with prices advancing about 4 cents, middling at 10 cents. Trade shows continued demand as growers evaluate fiber quality and market trends amid winter storage and plantings for the season.
Memorandum from the Memphis market dated February 8 shows prime basis figures for cotton seed products including meal at 25 dollars and linters at 2 3 4 percent.
New York reports cotton seed oil closing strong with spot at 5.60 to 6.02 and mid-month bids across March May July and September. Trade shows multiple lots sold including 1400 March and 2000 May with diverse price points and total sales not fully listed.
Butter prices show creamery 82 cents, seconds 28 cents, firsts 80 cents. Eggs quotes include firsts 27 1/2 cents and seconds about 23 cents, with abbreviated OCR text indicating retail rates and mixed units.
New Orleans trading on the rice market shows rough rice steady while clean rice remains strong and active. Receipts total 13 237. sales include 369 rough Honduras at 3.25 to 4.00 per unit and 2 727 Japan rough at 2.75 to 4.00. clean 2 850 at 8 5 8 percent and 600 Japan at 2 1 2 percent. quotations list rough unchanged and clean Honduras at 4 5 percent, Japan at 3 4 percent.
St Louis market report lists prices for poultry and butter. Chickens at 12 ½ to 15 cents, turkeys 15 cents, ducks 14 cents, geese 8 cents. Creamery butter 26 to 28 cents, eggs 28 cents.
The report notes steady sugar and molasses prices with muscovado and 89 test varieties showing little change. Leather and related commodities remain unchanged as markets hold firm.
In New York on a February day, figures show brisk activity with fresh gathered dirties and related checks. The data lists prices and quantities such as 84 86c for dirties and 23 25c for checks, reflecting market movement.
A brief note shows price observations for coffee with references to March and May figures around 13.02 dollars. The fragment references Rio and association context but lacks full details.
The tail-end of their feed pen holdings includes about 800 head. They report the stock in fine condition and expect markets to steady and quote current prices soon before shipment to market.
Trade in the goffon goods markets improved during the day with better house trade. Worsted and cotton yarns advanced and ready-made articles grew firmer due to steady yarn price increases.
Market report notes wool prices steady with light movement in middling and fine grades. Prices for combing and clothing wools vary by quality with heavier fleece at higher weights and spread across regions.
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Manager George Leidy outlined the San Antonio infield for the 1912 season with Metz and Kelley at first Breitenstine at second Wallace at short and Daringer at third. Outfielder Collins will join the club to guard three outfield berths while Miller splits catching duties with Smith. If Miller proves strong Betts may shift to the outfield.
The body of 10 year old Goldie Williams was found in a vacant house in Grand Island Nebraska. The corpse was covered with quicklime and hidden beneath a deer carcass, discovered February 8 by authorities responding to the scene.
New York trading opened with gains in copper and other shares as investors welcomed a producers' association report. Tobacco issues led the decline, with American Tobacco dropping sharply and Liggett & Myers and Lorillard tumbling. Despite some late recovery, the session ended steady with overall caution in the market.
In New York on February 8, money on firm rates held firm with ruling rate and closing bid at 2 percent, offered at 2 percent. Time loans remained steady with 60 day calls at 2 percent, 90 days at 2 1/4 percent, and 6 months at 3 percent.
In St. Louis on February 8, lead held at 3.92 percent while spelter ranged 6.40 to 6.46, with both metals showing firmness.
Lead quiet at 15 pounds 15s. Spelter steady at 27 pounds. Tin firm at 195 pounds 10s. Futures 192 pounds 10s.
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