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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
9
Chicago reports weather dampening wheat but rising prices as Northwest receipts decline. May wheat opened lower, traded around 92 3/4 cents, and closed 1/4 to 3/8 cent higher. Corn rose on unsettled weather, while oats held steady and hog prods eased. First sales matched last night with May pork at 19.70, lard at 10.57 1/4, ribs at 10.45.
Market listing shows May, July, and Sept futures for Goon High and Short Ribs with prices around 19.60 to 10.60 and percentages near 19.77 and 10.65. Data includes daily highs lows and percentage changes across months.
Kansas City cash grain quotations show No 2 hard wheat 85 88 cents, No 2 red 95 1.02, corn No 2 mixed 47 cents, No 2 white 47 cents, oats No 2 white 38 34 percent, No 2 mixed 32 33 percent.
Chicago on February 20 reports cash wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.03 to 1.07 dollars per bushel and No 2 hard at 0.90 and 0.91. No 1 northern 0.90 to 0.92. No 2 spring 0.87. Corn No 2 yellow 0.495 to 0.475. Oats No 2 white 0.335 to 0.36 and standard at 1.835.
Quotations for February 20 show No 2 wheat at 1.02 to 1.08, No 2 hard 89 to 90 1/2 cents, corn No 2 47 1/2 cents, No 2 white 33 1/2 cents. May wheat 91 7/8, July 89 1/20. May corn 51 1/4, July 52 1/2. oats May 34, July 34 1/1 cents.
President elect Wilson defends seven anti trust bills signed into law calling out evildoers who harm rivals or overcharge the public as the start of a new era in business life. Sulzer remains unshaken by stock exchange threats over reform program in New York.
Pueblo dispatch says after a 17 hour pursuit by a posse, Marshall Walker of Lexington Kentucky captured a man who yesterday was charged with wounding Harry ac at Rye Wyoming.
The Journal of Commerce reports U S and foreign capital in Mexico, citing estimates that total American investments range from 600 million to 1 billion dollars. Major players include Guggenheims and American Smelting, with banks and railways tied to numerous enterprises across mining, oil, agriculture, and industry.
Buenos Aires statistical reports show Argentina's livestock value rose to 651 million gold in 1908 from 379 million in 1895. Cattle and sheep quality improved with criollo and mestizo shares shrinking while pure-bred stock grew. imports from Europe declined as local breeding flourished.
New York bean market shows firm tone with No. 7 Rio Ho Futures holding steady at May 12.29, July contracts also listed as traders gauge demand and weather influences.
Spring business in San Antonio hits peak with buyers from Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Mexico in town. Millinery and dry goods show surge as 80 new buyers join markets. Halff & Bro. note high stock levels and home sourcing cutting freight. California Name on the Label bill is reintroduced to require manufacturer branding with penalties up to 1000 dollars.
A dense market listing outlines fresh eggs, poultry, fruits, vegetables, nuts, syrups, and canned goods with varied prices per dozen, per hundredweight, per barrel, or per box. Key items include eggs 15 to 19c per dozen, turkeys 25 to 30c, potatoes 1.40 to 1.60 per unit, apples up to 2.00, and syrups at multiple small-batch prices.
Visible supply and in sight figures for the week ending Friday are shown, with ginning totals and exports since September 1. The table lists prices for January and middling, weekly spinners takings, acres planted, and crop condition notes across monthly dates up to January 16, with totals for the season and overall state of the cotton crop.
A long list of bulk commodity prices including sugar and coffee, canned vegetables, dried fruits, beans, and peanut items. It covers granulated sugar, choice peaberry coffee, roasted peaberry, raisins, corn, oats, citrus peels, and various dried fruits with per hundredweight, per 100 pounds, or per bushel pricing, plus qualitative notes on grade and shipment terms.
New York price report lists raw sugar muscovado 89 test at 2.98 and centrifugal 96 test at 3.48 while refined sugar remains steady. Molasses steady amid notes of firm conditions in petroleum hides and leather sectors.
Kansas City report states poultry and butter hold steady while eggs show minor shifts with first grade at 18 cents and second grade at 13 cents.
Quotations list prices for poultry eggs and dairy products in St Louis on February 20 with chickens at 12 cents per pound springs 14 1 2 cents turkeys 18 cents ducks 11 cents geese zero cents butter creamery 28 35 cents and eggs 18 cents.
Rough rice steady with unchanged quotations in New Orleans trading on February 20. Receipts total 481 rough and 4060 clean, with millers at 481. Sales include 27 rough Honduras at 2.50 to 3.25 and 105 rough Honduras at 3% to 4%c, Japan 1% at 3%c. Quotation notes show rough unchanged, clean Honduras at 4 6%c, Japan 3 é4c.
New York on February 20 reports steady cotton goods markets with moderate first hand trading and active jobber demand. Worsted yarns in staples ease while silk piece goods maintain active demand and a brisk trading tone persists.
Encouraging reports from Fort Worth and the north lifted traders as the Union Stock Yards reported the day’s market active. Cattle sold steady with cows at 4 to 4.50 and calves up to 5.50, hogs around 7.50, and sheep yarded but not sold. Receipts: 113 cattle 95 calves 25 hogs 280 sheep.
Fort Worth buyers report cattle market largely steady with steers $6 to $6.80, stockers $5 to 6.26, cows $3.75 to $6. Bulls $4 to $5.60 and calves $4 to $7.50. Hogs slip modestly, carload top $8.50, bulk $8.25 to $8.40. Receipts: cattle 1800, hogs 1200, sheep 290. lambs around $7 to $8.
Receipts and quotations show cattle at 2000 head including 300 southern stock steady to strong with southern steers 6.25 to 7.75 and cows and heifers 4.00. Hogs at 7000 head down 5 cents with bulk 7.95 to 8.15, heavy 7.80 to 8.05, lights 8.00 to 8.20. Sheep at 8000 head strong with muttons 4.75 to 6.15, Colorado lambs 8.00 to 8.85, range wethers and yearlings 5.25 to 7.50.
In St Louis on February 20 receipts reached 2300 cattle including 300 Texans with steady quotes. native beef steers 5.75 to 9.00, Texas and Indian steers 5.25 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.50, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hog receipts 9500 with steady prices. pigs and lights 6.80 to 8.46, mixed and butchers 8.25 to 8.45, good heavy 8.35 to 8.45. Sheep receipts 1400 with steady values. native muttons 5.60 to 6.35, lambs 7.00 to 9.00.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts about 4500 with steady prices. Hogs: 34,000 received, top bids around 8.30 per cwt for bulk sales. light, mixed and heavy categories vary 7.85 to 8.35. Sheep: 14,000 received with natives 5.00 to 6.50 and lambs 7.25 to 8.00.
ST LOUIS February 20 Wool steady with all grades firm. Medium combing and clothings 24 to 26 cents a pound. Light fine 19 to 21 cents. Heavy fine 13 to 19 cents. Tub washed 27 to 36 cents per pound.
Southern mills and export buyers bid for cotton with gains in New York and New Orleans but declines in Liverpool and New York as selling pressure and Wall Street rumors pull prices. By midday May near 11.85 and overall market weakens with net losses around several points.
New York cotton futures opened steady as traders noted scattered bids across contracts from March through December. Prices show slight variations with March around 12.07 cents and nearby months trading near 11.9 cents, while late contracts hover near 11.4 to 11.5 cents.
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady with an advance of 1 to 8 points due to stronger Liverpool and bullish dispatches. Wet belt weather spurred buying while shorts offered and then pulled back as selling rose. May at 12.04 was quoted at noon, with trading months up 7 to 8 points early and finishing with small declines from yesterday.
In New Orleans on February 20 cotton futures opened steady with February at 12.08 to 12.10, March 12.18 to 12.20, May 13.10 to 13.12, July 12.18 to 12.20, August 11.93 to 11.95, September 11.61 to 11.63, October 11.49 to 11.50, December 11.00 to 11.02. The market closed with a net gain of 4 to 7 points from the open.
Cotton market in Liverpool on February 20 shows fair demand with prices for American grades slipping slightly. Middle grades range around 7.80 to 6.56 pence per pound with 10 000 bales traded, 9 700 of which were American. receipts 4 000 bales, 3 900 American.
Futures opened lower and closed barely steady on Feb 20 in Liverpool. The forward curves show the February to February and March to April spreads with values around 6.47 to 6.12 percent across the season, with several month pairs listed.
Money on call remains steady at 8 3 8 percent with a ruling rate of 3 percent and closing bids at 8 3 8 percent. Time loans ease with sixty and ninety day loans at 4 percent and six months at 4 percent.
Prime mercantile paper at 5 percent, sterling exchange steady. Bankers’ bills quoted at 483.25 for sixty day bills and 487.40 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.82 percent. Bar silver 61 1/2 cents. Mexican dollars 48 1/2 cents. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds irregular.
Cottonseed products in Memphis show meal at 24.75 25.00 and linters 3 to 4 percent. New York oil market closes steady with spot at 29 6.49 and futures ranges from March to September. total sales 15 100 units, including 1900 for July at 6.41.
Chicago and New York market summary shows butter steady creameries 28 35c per lb eggs firm receipts 5877 cases and 14995 cases respectively, poultry steady with turkeys dressed 21e, chickens alive 13c for Chicago and eggs firm in New York with undergrades 10 12c. Potatoes weak with regional receipts 74 cars across Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin at 43 48c.
Spot cotton markets in New Orleans and Houston show varied prices with mid and high grades listed. New Orleans reports middling at 12 9/16 cents, receipts 2903, stock 118,608. Houston closes quiet with no sales, middling 12 7/16, stock 138,507.
Cotton prices hold steady with middling at 12.50 in Memphis and 12.60 in New York. Gulf middling quoted at 12.76 with no sales reported.
New York price figures dated February 20 show steady to firm quotes across metals. Tin, lead, zinc, and antimony levels hold with mixed futures and spot ranges, while iron remains steady. copper variants include paid bids for February March and May delivery.
A roundup of property quitclaims and transfers from 1912 to 1918 lists buyers, sellers, lot and block numbers, districts, and prices across blocks in Rosedale Park Los Angeles Heights Sunny Slope Highland Park and other areas. Notable entries include Perrin to de Sha $400, Gray to Webb $30,000, Senn to Kirby $1,100, and Ellsworth to Trawalter $3,000.
Henry Gonzales and Sarah Santos obtain marriage licenses in Hill Maryland. Goodman and Mrs Rebecca Parrall appear as parties in related filings.
The New York market opened weak as traders dumped shares and bonds showed irregular trading. Tennessee Copper surged 1% while Canadian Pacific rose a point, but Reading and other industrials slipped as liquidation weighed on department stores and mall orders. overall closing tone was heavy.
In New York during February 2020 governors pressed a state bill to raise the stock transfer tax from 2 to 4 cents per share. The move aims to boost revenue amid ongoing fiscal debates and public spending concerns.
Lead price in St. Louis stands at 4.20 per order and zinc at 6.25. In London bullion totaling 239000 pounds sterling was deposited with the Bank of England on balance today.
Paris notes show three percent rentes at 8 francs 921 centimes for the account. Exchange on London is 25 francs 24 centimes for checks, with a private discount rate of 3 percent.
New York reports London markets steady with tin at 64 pounds spot and 63 futures, iron warrants at 61s 4d in London, and other metals including lead and spelter quoted. London tin and lead prices listed with spot and futures. iron warrants noted in London.
Maritime notices list arriving steamers Alamo Lucerio Valle and other vessels at Galveston and New York with freight and origin dates, plus sailings of San Jacinto Hippolyte Dumois and others bound for Leimon Cape Race and Havre. It records dockings at New York and international ports with dates in February and January.
A. Lachelin license number 3264 R issued for 2924 Sam Luis Street.
Burial permits issued for Sarah Newman age 60 who died February 15 at Burnett street and for Mrs. Robert Clarke age 10 who died February 17 at 123 Fir street. Also Jenevine Donly Johnston age 23 who died February 18 at Baylor hospital and W Y Gholson age 56 who died February 17 at 231 Post avenue. Like Mae Ridley age 27 died February 18 at 517 Delaware street and Jesus Cabrol age 80 who died February 18 at City hospital.
Birth notice lists two newborns to Mr and Mrs Juary on Paso street dated January 15 and another to Mr and Mrs Varelace on Commerce Street. The fragmentary item records a family birth notice with limited details.
Permits issued include a Baugh addition on Westfal avenue by Kuntz Albaugh Lumber Co for Lakeview sheds valued at 1500 dollars. W E Sturms addition on WN Cherry street for 200 dollars. Wv Escolera 3 room dwelling on Colima street for 450 dollars. Frits Rummel addition on Nolan street for 150. Villareal 1 room house on S Coleman street for 100. A Ryan alterations on Bain street for 800 dollars.
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