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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1917
Page
11
A British correspondent recounts Camel Corps actions at El Arish Egypt on December 24. The camel troops with a mountain battery led a frontal attack aided by Territorial Horse artillery and Anzac praise, enveloping enemy positions amid heavy fire and long marches ending with a water-starved victory.
A contempor ary Ohio State Journal image shows a woman with a market basket after shopping. The note explains stores mark down items but add a 5 cent delivery charge, so repeated deliveries inflate the total cost and create a perceived square deal versus self pickup.
A Houston Post quotation contrasts opportunity with bill collectors on the first of the month. The speaker notes that many collectors force them not to answer the door, implying monthly financial pressures affect daily life.
Quotations from key cotton markets show middling grade prices for delivered cotton. San Antonio 15.80, Houston 16.45, Galveston 16.60, New York 16.30, New Orleans 17.19, Liverpool 10.84.
Cotton trading opened firm with better cables and a brighter view of political conditions boosting demand. New York closed very steady 60 to 86 points higher. New Orleans up 51 to 74 points. San Antonio spots quoted around 15 80.
The New York cotton market opened firm with advances of 17 to 27 points as buying by southwestern spot houses and improved export and demand reports supported prices. May and other active months traded higher, with May up to 16.03 cents and October around 17.75 cents, closing very steady despite light supply and steady demand.
New York cotton futures opened steady on February 13 with contracts for March at 15.69, May 15.83, July 15.95, and October 15.65. Prices fluctuated through the session, closing 60 to 86 points higher or lower from opening depending on contract.
Better cables and steady demand lift prices in early New Orleans trading. Active months rise 13 to 37 points in first half hour, spot markets favorable with increased cloth and yarn demand. closes near net gains of 51 to 74 points and then 66 to 88 points later, amid bullish talk and larger January exports.
Chicago Feb 13 A mixed wheat session ended with a net loss as reports of merchant ships sailing from the Virginia Capes and expectations of improved transport weighed on prices. May closed around 1.74, July near 1.48, while corn weakened on the wheat downturn and overall offerings remained light.
The Chicago market note lists mixed grain quotes with No 2 red at 77 and No 2 hard and yellow around 02 per unit. Barley prices show 1.00 to 1.30 with gate figures 574% 58 c.
In New Orleans on February 13, the cotton market opened steady with March at 58, May 15.51, July 15.56, October 15.06, and December 15.23 asked. Futures closed 51 to 74 points higher, showing firming sentiment across the session.
Wheat prices for No 2 hard and No 2 red quoted around 1.81 to 1.85 and 1.78 respectively. Corn No 2 mixed and white near 99 cents, No 2 yellow around 01 dollars. Oats No 2 white around 58 to 58 1/2 cents, No 2 mixed about 56 to 57 cents. Rye quoted around 1.40 to 1.49 dollars.
Spot cutter firm Good middling 169,944 bales, middling 10,844, low middling 106,664. Sales 8000 bales with 1000 for speculation and export. Receipts 43,960.
Kansas City grain prices closed with May wheat at 1.72 percent, July wheat 1.45 percent, May corn 99 percent, July corn 97 percent.
Quotations for grain in St Louis on February 13 show No 2 red $1.99 No 2 hard corn $1.84 1.90 No 2 corn $1.01 No 2 white $1.03 No 2 oats 57% 4 cents No 2 white oats nominal No 2 rye nominal
Futures closed with firm near term in Liverpool trading. Nearby February and March contracts show modest activity while distant months remain subdued. Price markers include February 14.52d and several successive spread figures through December-January.
Shippers report jobbers prices to retailers or paid shippers with lower margins. Texas country candled 24 to 35 cents. creamery butter 30 to 34 cents per pound, country 26 to 28 cents, packing stock 24 to 25 cents. Poultry steady with hens 7.50 to 9.00, men 6.00 to 6.50, small casings 5.50 to 5.00, large fryers 6.00 to 7.00, small fryers 5.60 to 6.00, broilers 3.68 to 4.00, turkeys 22 to 22 per pound, ducks 7.00 to 8.00 per dozen, geese 12.00 to 15.00.
Quotations show butter largely unchanged in Chicago with creamery grades at 32 to 42 cents and firsts around 40 cents. Potatoes steady with receipts of 60 cars in Chicago and $2.60 in Kansas City. Poultry markets remain unsettled with fowls at 19 to 21 cents and turkeys at 26 cents.
Local quotations to dealers show dry salt extras at 17 cents and bacon extras at 19 cents. Dry salt bellies average 14-16 pounds at 19 cents. fancy breakfast bacon 28 cents. fancy hams 22 cents. bacon bellies average 14-16 pounds at 21 cents. Pure lard 18 cents. compound 14 cents. American cheese 28 cents per pound.
New York mercantile prices show sterling sixty day bills at 47214, commercial 60 day bills 472%, commercial 60 day bills on banks 472%, demand 475, cable 584% for area, cables 583%. Guilders demand 4011-16, cables 40%. Bar silver at 79 cents, Mexican dollars 61 cents. Government and railroad bonds listed as irregular.
Additional evidence in the protest of the Texas Midland Railroad against the tentative valuation fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission will be heard at Kansas City. Examiner Renton will oversee the hearing with testimony on unit prices from the engineering report. An adjournment will occur to a Texas Midland location for land value testimony. Railroads nationwide watch as these hearings may set a valuation precedent.
New York reports call money steady with the aged 3 to 4 percent on 90 days and six months. High and low trades range around 2 percent, with the last loan at 2 percent and closing bid at 24 percent, offered at 2 percent.
U S Department of Agriculture bulletin noting 7 am observations for February 13 1917. Wind under 10 mph and precipitation under .01 inch are not published. Allen Buell served as Meteorologist for the Weather Bureau.
The metal exchange shows lead at 9.59 to 9.75, spelter quiet with East St. Louis delivery at 10 percent, copper firm with second and third quarters at 31 to 33 dollars. Tin steady at spot 53 to 56 dollars, other notes include No 1 and No 2 copper and varying tonnage figures.
London markets report mixed metal prices with lead at 30 pounds 10 shillings, spelter and futures at 134 and 199 pounds respectively, spot metals around 109 dollars and eight cents. Market activity noted across futures and spot trades with fluctuating demand.
New York sugar trade reports firm raw sugar prices with centrifugal at 5.02 and refined options steady. Market notes active converting in sugar futures as political conditions in Cuba and a firm spot market push values 14 to 19 points higher at noon.
Foreign commerce at New York port for the year ending June 30 totaled 3 805 882 189 dollars. The figure doubles since 1912 and last year accounted for about 52 57 percent of the nation s total foreign trade, compared with 46 59 percent in 1915 and earlier years.
The Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking granted certificates of authority for Guardian Trust Company of Houston with stock $200,000 and $50,000 surplus. Also certified were Beasley State Bank Beasley Fort Bend county capital $10,000 Guaranty State Bank Humble Harris county capital $16,000 and First Guaranty State Bank Bellevue Clay county capital $20,000. All four banks adopt the bond or cash reserve plan to protect depositors.
The Northern cattle market was weak today while hogs fell slightly at all centers and sheep stayed steady except Fort Worth where they rose. Chicago hog receipts reached 83 000 dollars and San Antonio yard tallies listed cattle 672 head calves 147 horses 33 hogs 334.
Fort Worth market reports cattle receipts 3690 with steady tone across steers stockers heifers cows bulls and calves. Hog receipts 6500 with prices 5 cents lower and top around 11.65. Sheep receipts 250 show strong demand with lambs 13 to 14 dollars and ewes up to 10 dollars.
Chicago totals show hog receipts about 3000 with prices steady to five cents under prior, bulk 12.30 to 12.45, heavy 12.05 to 12.50, pigs 9.75 to 11.00. Cattle receipts 7000 with markets weak. native beef 7.75 to 12.15, western 7.85 to 10.25, stockers 6.10 to 9.10, cows 5.10 to 10.40, calves 10.00 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 15000 with steady market. wethers 10.75 to 12.00, lambs 12.25 to 14.70.
Kansas City market notes receipts of 19 000 hogs and 11 000 cattle with markets mostly steady. Prices include prime fed steers 11 25 to 12 00, dressed beef steers 9 00 to 11 00, cows 5 50 to 9 50, yearlings 12 25 to 13 25, wethers 10 50 to 11 50, hogs 10 00 to 11 50, and assorted feeders 7 00 to 9 75.
On February 13 in St Louis receipts totaled 21 500 hogs 5 500 cattle and 1 500 sheep with hogs lower across the board and cattle trends down. Prices ranged from lights 12.20 to 12.50 pigs 9.00 to 11.00 mixed and butchers 12.25 to 12.50 beef steers 7.50 to 11.76 yearling cattle 8.50 to 11.50 cows 5.60 to 9.00 stockers 5.30 to 8.50 and prime southern beef steers 8.00 to 11.00 sheep lambs 12.75 to 14.76 ewes 6.50 to 10.60 yearlings 11.60 to 12.25.
In Savannah on February 1 several small firms show varied activity with resin and turpentine figures. Notable reads include sales, receipts, shipments, and stock levels across multiple firms with prices listed in a scattered notation.
New business tocked 103,125,744 feet while shipments reached 80,976,744 feet and orders on hand stood at 694,458,652 feet. The figures come from the Southern Pine Association as of close of business Friday in New Orleans.
New York trading round reports No 7 Rio coffee futures at 8 07 and March delivery basis 1 cent higher as market activity continues.
The crew of the steamer San Pedro, arriving from Navidad Bay near Manzanillo, Mexico, found gold dust in bags washed from a creek into the bay. After agreeing to complete loading cedar logs, the skipper granted a full day to mine, yielding about $60 per man with one worker exceeding $200.
A humorously framed tale has an expressman buying a horse and complaining it won’t hold its head high. The dealer deflates the issue by calling it bloomin pride, claiming it will rise once paid in full.
New York trading opened with gains led by Standard industries and shipping stocks. United States Steel rose while New Haven declined, and rails lagged early though Canadian Pacific advanced. overall, a dull mid session gave way to a stronger close as buyers returned and prices firmed across commodities and miscellaneous issues.
Cuban tomatoes rise to four dollars per six basket crate while Florida oranges reach three fifty per box. Tangerines sell at two fifty. raisins climb to nine and ten cents per pound. Salmon and egg prices move, hides and beeswax change slightly.
A listing of wholesale prices for presh vegetables by region and item. Includes California and Florida prices for potatoes onions celery cranberries cabbage cauliflower sweet peppers round green beans carrots lettuce and more with per weight per crate per dozen and per box figures.
In New Orleans on February 13 rough and clean rice markets held steady. Receipts totaled 2575 sacks of rough rice and 6670 pockets of clean rice with 226 millers noted. Quotations listed Honduras and Japan futures with several price points for Blue Rose and other varieties.
A chaotic railcar scene unfolds as a mother and a fussy baby provoke complaints from a large man and others. The man laments, a child is pointed at by harsh words, and a conductor-like interruption occurs as the train halts, shifting attention back to the Tit-Bits page.
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