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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1912
Page
9
Wholesale produce dealers quote retailer prices at 22 to 23 cents per dozen with a 90 cent per case profit, while buyers ship carloads to Chicago and New York. Markets in San Antonio show large outlets and storage operators expect big sales as eggs price lower.
A dense list of wholesale prices for vegetables fruits meats and dried goods. Items include Yellow yams Pumpkin yams White yams Cabbage Onions Cucumbers Tomatols Kraut Garlic Cranberries Bananas Oranges Grapes Pears Apples Prunes Currants Apricots Figs and more with per hundredweight per sack and case figures, plus notes on beef hides nuts sugar coffee flour and seeds.
Illustrated weather chart notes air pressure at sea level and lines for equal temperature and pressure. It lists symbols for cloud cover from clear to snow and shows wind arrows. Temperatures, precipitation totals, and maximum wind speeds are indicated for the past 24 hours.
Fort Worth cattle dealers offered 2100 head with dull activity and softer bids in many categories. Beef steers held at 4.65 to 5.50, stocker and feeder steers 3.65 to 4.25, cows 2.65 to 5.25, bulls 2.65 to 4.30, calves 3.50 to 6.50. Hog receipts 2100 head nickel lower, top 6.50, bulk 6.00–6.36. Sheep demand strongest in weeks with wool wethers 4.50–4.60.
AP reports Feb 12 cattle receipts 11 000 with 1600 southerns and prices for native and southern cattle, stockers, calves, and western herds. Hog receipts 10 000 with a five cent dip. bulk sales 5.95 to 6.25. pigs 4.50 to 5.00. Sheep receipts 11 000 with lambs at 5.25 to 6.35 and muttons 8.25 to 4.50.
Chicago market summary shows cattle receipts about 26 000 with slower trade and prices down 10 cents. hogs estimated 60 000 with market softening 5 to 10 cents. sheep receipts around 38 000 with bids weak by about ten cents. Prices list diverse ranges for bees, steers, cows, calves, hogs, pigs, and lambs across categories and regions.
Live stock market report from St Louis dated February 12 shows cattle receipts 3300 with steady market, hogs 12000 with five cents drop, and sheep 5500 with steady pricing. Native beef steers, cows, calves and hog classifications with quoted ranges listed. Texas Oklahoma cattle also noted with price ranges.
Reports from New York indicate that prosecutions of anti trust cases influence market speculation while concern grows over the money trust inquiry in Washington. The steel and copper sectors show mixed signals with steel unfilled orders rising but revised, and copper stocks at low levels due to export demand.
Elgin Illinois reports butter production unchanged from last week with 625000 pounds produced.
By the Associated Press stock quotable items list prices on eggs and other commodities. Entries show eyes extras and firsts seconds with varying cent values. A brief note mentions telephone service between England and a location has been established over two.
On February 12 at Union Stock Yards the market showed a brisk tone with cattle, calves, and horses selling up to 25 cents higher as buyers responded to light feed lot offerings. Cows brought around 3.50 dollars, calves 3.75 to 4.25, with hogs scarce and priced up to 6.50.
The Chicago Drovers Journal reports the socialist party’s growing power could lift restrictions on refrigerator and frozen meats in Germany. A ban easing would lower meat prices and boost German trade with the United States and Argentina, which could press U S beef supply.
Market brief notes steady to easy conditions in several ports. Liverpool shows steady prices around 5.99 for 12,000 goods while New York and New Orleans ease. Houston and Galveston hold near steady levels with several hundred to a thousand units traded.
New Orleans buyers report easy spot cotton at 11 cents off with 2050 bales sold and 450 arriving. Quotations show low ordinary around 6.5 cents, ordinary near 7.9, and mids from 10.75 to 11.38 cents with good and strict good middling up to 11 3/8 cents. Receipts total 3852 and stocks sit at 298435.
Houston stock and sale figures cited with percent changes and class grades. Spot quotes steady to down with numbers for new shipments and total stock, outlining Low Ordinary through Good Middling ranges and daily movement.
In Galveston on February 13 spot cotton prices held steady with categories listed as low ordinary 6 percent ordinary 7 percent good ordinary 8 percent low middling 10 percent middling 11 percent good middling 11 percent middling fair 11 percent. Bales spot 1654 f o b 100 receipts 13238 stock 37460.
Market notes report eggs cut 5 cents a dozen to 25 cents, while butter stays firm. Spring chickens scarce and meat prices ease slightly, pork chops 15 cents, other beef and veal prices steady. Fruit and vegetables offer mixed values with several items at low single cents.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened 7 to 10 points lower on poor cables and a good weather map. The holiday in New York curbed fresh business while bears gained from quiet activity and expected normal regional weather. Prices closed 9 to 14 points lower.
Readable data shows monthly figures with February to December values and occasional bids. The sequence records price points and bids across winter to late year, highlighting changes in February March May July August September October and December with noted bids in August and October.
Liverpool spot cotton shows strong demand with prices up three points led by American mids in fair to good grades. Trading volume hits 12 000 bales with 1 000 for speculation and export, futures curves steady across several delivery months.
New Orleans February reports forecast a highly active week in the cotton market with expectations of a sharp correction after a rapid rise. Bulls aim to hold or push higher while shorts may cover, and bears predict heavy movement as spinners absorb more cotton and visible supply climbs. Weather and planting time add to bearish pressure or potential acreage optimism.
Members shot strong scores on the club range with Gus Heye Gus Altmann and R Kempf leading. The club intends to stage a city tournament within a month to attract rifle experts from across the state, with a Wednesday meeting to discuss plans and other matters.
The Y M C A Ponies withdraw from the City Basket Ball League citing larger enrollment and plan to form their own league. Several hundred members may form six to eight teams while remaining open to challenges from Soldiers Turners and other outside clubs.
In New York, a week of higher cotton prices boosts confidence among retailers and manufacturers. Brown and bleached cottons rise a penny, denims steady for four months, and discounts on duck shrink to 35 off. Fall River sold 10 000 pieces of print cloths, plus 200 000 for future delivery, with India shipments and Canton flannel exports noted.
Washington Feb 12. The house committee examines alleged political influence by Major Beecher B Ray army paymaster. Paymaster General Whipple testifies Ray has had frequent station changes and immunity attributed to President Taft. In thirteen years Ray served at eighteen posts, far above the typical three to four year tenure. Chairman Helm questions the assignments.
Laredo fans report meetings in San Antonio and Corpus Christi yielded no progress for a first class team next season. Dickinsons reelection as league president dampens local support and raises a not with Dickinson sentiment. Bay City states it will not join a midcoast league this summer.
Thousands of socialists revolutionists and anarchists gather for the funeral of Aeronult a syndicalist once central to Paris labor strife He died serving in an African battalion On returning from the cemetery anarchists clash with police for over an hour until rain disperses the mob Injuries and twenty five rioters arrested reported on both sides
Paris February 12 Theodore Roosevelt former president and famed hunter was awarded the society’s special grand medal for his work preserving America’s fauna. M Perrier director of the Museum of Natural History announced the honor at the annual meeting and praised Roosevelt’s conservation record. Ambassador Bacon was asked to convey the society’s admiration to Roosevelt.
New York February 12 The New York National League club has signed pitcher George L Pierce from Mobile and third baseman Frank P Nohowel a former Columbia University star. Manager McGraw announced the deals.
Memphis prices for February 12 show prime oil at 4.80, meal at 26.25, and interest 2 3/4 percent. Memphis spot unchanged with middling at 10 1/2 percent.
Prices in Chicago on February 12 show eggs and butter flat while cheese holds steady with mixed references. Poultry demand remains strong with turkeys around 18 to 19 cents and young fowls easing to mid-teens per pound.
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