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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
15
Friday February 23 1217 local forecast reports partly cloudy and colder tonight for San Antonio and vicinity and for Fast Texas with similar conditions interior and eastern parts. Precipitation yesterday was none and normal for the day at .08 inch with a daily deficiency of .08 inch. total precipitation since January 1 is 1.44 inches and deficiency since January 1 is 1.47 inches.
Boston reporter details William James, star pitcher for the Boston Nationals in 1914, who has been injured and refuses a $3000 per year contract offer. He earned $6500 annually the previous two seasons, and business manager Hapgood says no higher offer will be made.
In Ishpeming Michigan on February 23 Waino Ketonen claimed the American middleweight championship by defeating Mike Yokel of Salt Lake City two falls to none in a three fall wrestling match.
Philadelphia announces catcher William Killifer has agreed to terms for the coming season while first baseman Fed Luderus contract has been received. The Phillies move to finalize batting and catching roster ahead of the season.
The first division of the New York National League club left Friday for training in Marlin Texas as the team prepares for the upcoming season.
Citizens of San Jose Illinois protested a Chicago and Alton policy to teach Spanish pronunciation San Ho say for their town. The Commercial Association petition, signed by nearly all residents, was sent to Alton President Byrd. He stated brake men would use the Anglicized San Jose pronunciation.
A dealer recalls an automobilist who owes money on a car while the delinquent customer asks for a device that will run for over half an hour without stopping, highlighting a dispute over the motor vehicle and its bill.
At Union Stock Yards on Feb 23 the northern cattle market held steady while hogs rose and sheep showed irregular demand. Fort Worth buyers kept firm on cattle, with prices for beeves and calves listed alongside range cattle in slow trade. San Antonio receipts totaled 129 cattle and 62 calves among others.
The daily spot cotton market quotation shows firmer prices earlier on news of Lloyd George's speech followed by a late slump. Liverpool and a holiday ahead push March contracts, while New York, New Orleans, and San Antonio close mixed with declines from prior levels. San Antonio spots at 6.70 are noted.
The cotton market shows renewed firmness with early March notices seen under 7000 bales and prices rising. The general list opens 12 to 17 points higher, with gains of 18 to 25 points before midday as Lloyd George speech weighs on export expectations and later deliveries soften from morning highs.
New York market report shows cotton futures opening steady with March at 16.30, May 16.50, July 16.69, October 16.18, December 16.23. Closing quotes cited range and intraday highs and lows, noting mixed movement across contract months and periods.
In Fort Worth on February 23 cattle receipts 2100 steady prices steers 13.06 to 14.00, stockers 6.50 to 8.00, heifers 6.50 to 8.50, cows 4.25 to 7.60, bulls 4.25 to 6.75, calves 4.25 to 9.50. Hogs receipts 4500 market strong bulk 11.25 to 11.80, top 12.00. Sheep receipts 600 market firm lambs 13.00 to 14.00, yearlings 12.00 to 13.00, wethers 10.00 to 10.50, ewes 9.50 to 10.00, culls 6.50 to 7.50, goats 4.00 to 7.00.
Receipts reported in Chicago show mixed demand across categories. Beef cattle range from 7.85 to 11.90 per hundredweight with stockers at 6.26 to 9.00 and calves around 9.00. Wethers fetch 10.90 to 12.15, lambs 12.25 to 14.60 as overall activity remains weak.
Receipts and quotations show cattle and sheep markets steady with strong hogs. Hog prices range from 10.00 to 12.85, cattle include prime fed steers at 11.25 to 11.75 and dressed beef 9.00 to 11.00, sheep with lambs 14.00 to 14.75 and yearlings 13.00, ewes 11.00.
Absence of March tender offers left New Orleans cotton steady with modest buying. Prices opened 11 to 18 points higher but fell after Lloyd George speech in Parliament, dipping 23 to 33 points below Wednesday's close before rallying. May around 18.51 and October 15.92, later trading near 16 points lower with nervous, irregular activity and smaller afternoon volume.
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady with March at 16.29, May 16.18, July 16. and October at 1.77 for bids, while December stands at 15.88. Futures closed 12 to 21 points lower on the day.
Receipts totaled 35 000 with higher prices and varied quotes for lights hogs and mixed porkers. Cattle receipts 650 with steady market and ranges for native beef steers yearling steers and heifers cows stock Texas quarantine steers prime southern beef steers beef cows and heifers yearling calves. Sheep receipts 500 with steady market lambs ewes and yearlings priced within listed ranges.
Liverpool Feb 23 spot cotton market quotes good middling 11.433 pence per pound with middling 11.334 and low middling 11.154. Sales 1000, 800 for speculation and export. Receipts 21,000.
Futures quiet and advancing notes show price quotes for several near months from February to March and beyond. The list includes contracts from February 23 through February next year with daily figures and range values for each period.
The Amarillo segment reports the Buyers and Sellers of Live Stock Association held its second annual convention. Resolutions praise Governor James E. Ferguson’s administration and urge larger state support for Texas experiment stations. They back Amarillo as the site for the West Texas A M College and commend the American Live Stock Association’s marketing committee.
Julian Arnold explains China’s population concentrated in one third of the nation with a high density while 5 percent occupy 65 percent of the area. The south of the Yangtze holds 40 percent of people with dense settlements and limited transport, using water buffalo and foot transport on rural paths.
The report lists cotton bale figures by port cities including Galveston Houston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Norfolk Baltimore Brunswick and Norfolk with totals around between 1 500 and 3 163 bales. This compact record highlights regional production activity across the coast in 1899 with specific port figures.
Liverpool reports weekly cotton statistics with totals to mills at 6 000 bales and American imports and exports details. American figures show 709 000 units in stocks and 48 000 imports with 31 000 exports.
The brief item notes quotations on cotton seed today, with the date given as February 23 in New York. It records a market or commentary snippet without broader context or explicit prices or actions.
In Vernon county a chicken coop owned by Mrs. Ole Bakken burned in the early morning as she dressed. The town clerk’s report to the state fire marshal notes the fire appeared while no one was outside and the sky looked strange. French scientists say the spectroscope is a quick tool for mineral water analysis.
Chicago reports a sharp drop in public wheat buying and a setback in prices amid fears of food price declines. Railway car shortages and Lloyd George’s ocean tonnage speech add to the weakness, with May and July futures down and corn following wheat lower.
The article lists daily quotations for cash wheat No 2 red and hard, corn, oats, and barley with figures showing nominal prices and market movement. It reflects a historical Chicago grain exchange brief with limited data and partial values.
Kansas City market report lists cash wheat at 1.84 to 1.88 per bushel for No 1 and No 7 corn bids at 98 to 99 for No 2 mixed. White corn bids range about 58 to 59 and No 2 mixed around 67 to 65 cents depending on grade.
Kansas City trading shows wheat futures easing and rising with May and July contracts. May wheat finishes around 1.75 percent, July near 1.46 percent, and May 98 percent with July about 97 and a fraction.
Quotations today show early prices for grain and corn with corn No 2 yellow at 1.89 to 1.94 per unit and No 2 white at 1.01, oats No 2 at 59 cents, No 2 white oats nominal, and No 2 hard at 1.89 to 1.94 with slight variations.
Local packing house quotations list dry salt extras at 17 cents bacon extras 19 cents dry salt bellies 4 to 16 pound averages 19 cents fancy breakfast bacon 28 cents fancy hams 22 cents bacon bellies 14 to 16 pound averages 2 cents pure lard 18 cents compound 165 cents American cheese 28 pound.
Observations at 7 a m on Friday February 23 1917 show wind velocities under 10 miles per hour and precipitation less than .01 inch are not published. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.
On York February 23, coffee futures remained steady with March 6 at 77, July at 8.09 as traders watched for price signals in the market.
The wholesale strawberry price is $3.50 per crate of 24 pints, round green beans are scarce, Triumph and Cobblers seed potatoes rise to $9.50, Bur banks sell at $5 per hundredweight, and flour quotes range $8.70 to $9 per barrel, with butter eggs and poultry unchanged.
Fresh vegetables and fruits with wholesale prices to trade and shipper terms. Potatoes onions tomatoes cucumbers cabbage cauliflower strawberries oranges lemons limes peaches apples dates and more listed by region and crate or hundredweight. Also notes on canned goods dried beans coffee and meats with unit prices and delivery terms.
Market brief notes steady butter and creamery quotes in Texas. Poultry prices show hens, pullets, broilers, and turkeys listed with various per pound and per dozen figures. Minor typos obscure some figures, but overall price levels appear flat with small movement among poultry and dairy products.
Chicago market notes butter prices down with lower quotations and daily creamery ranges. Receipts total 3917 cases with standard and ordinal grades listed, potatoes unchanged with two car shipments, and white potato prices across states shown alongside live poultry declines.
Kansas City markets report butter quot at 42c for cocameny firsts 40c seconds sic packing 2 eqs firsts 3c. Poultry prices list hens 18c roosters 15c tur ic. Potatoes quoted at 2.70 per 100 pounds.
Raw sugar unsettled with Centrifugal at 6.21 and molasses 4.34. Refined sugar fell 25 points, cut loaf 8.15, white options ranging to 7.50 for mould and cubes. Powdered and granulated forms trade near 7.15 to 7.85 with confectioners and No. 1 at 6.85 to 6.90.
The Guam government asked the Navy to send ten toads to combat snail-borne cattle disease, but the Navy redirected the request to the Agriculture Department. The piece notes toads’ value in pest control and cites Shakespearean slander of toads as “ugly and venomous” yet unsigned, and mentions a French inventor jailed for a pocket portable fan using a buttoned mechanism.
United States potash production in 1916 reached about 10 000 tons valued at 3.5 million dollars, ten times the 1915 level, as the system shifts to rely less on foreign sources. Of the 8830 tons reported, 5750 came from mineral sources and 3080 from organic sources, with 1917 expected to rise.
A Salvation Army worker examined eight families in one day and found all surviving on oatmeal without sugar or milk, illustrating the strain on low income residents in Chicago.
The New York Chamber of Commerce reports American ships carried 14.5 percent of total merchandise imported and exported by the United States in fiscal year 1915 16. The statement was issued last night in New York.
The Cincinnati Times-Star notes Henry Holtgrewe, once hailed as the world’s strongest man, died ending a dramatic rivalry with Eugen Sandow. Holtgrewe’s bold challenges to Sandow and a prank by Gus Parnelle culminated in a stage collapse showing his unmatched strength. Official records cite a back lift of 4103 pounds and a 200-pound dumbbell lift with one hand.
Tests cited by the New York Herald suggest only one in twenty could name the original thirteen colonies. Den mark Switzerland and the United States appear in court records as claimants. Denmark asserts a 1219 red swallow tailed banner. Swiss flags have remained a canton symbol since the seventeenth century. The Stars and Stripes was adopted in 1777 and evolved into its current form over time.
In Life’s quip, Professor Braney is mocked for piling many long words into a single thought. The remark notes his habit of using twin-six words to express one cry under ideas, highlighting linguistic excess.
New York trading resumes after a holiday with broad irregularity yet advances over prior close. Utilities and industrials fall late as selling widens. United States Steel holds slight gains while BethCombine old stock slips. Strong performers include Mexican Petroleum Republic Nova Scotia Steel and Reading New Haven.
Reported activity in Mexican currency Friday shows silver pesos and half pesos moving alongside Carranza money and Bank of London notes. Prices and exact rates are unclear in the fragmented note.
In New York the mercantile paper yields 4 41 per cent Sterling 60 day bills at 472 commercial 60 day bills on banks 572 total 60 day bills 471 1 2 percent demand 476 percent cables 476 7 16 Guilders demand 40 percent cables 409 16 percent silver at 77 3 4 percent Mexican dollars 60 government bonds firm railroad bonds irregular.
New York on February 23 shows steady time rates at 60 and 90 days five percent and four percent for six months four percent. Call money is steady with highs around two percent and lows near three point four percent. Last loan rates sit around two percent with changes noted.
Bar silver at 379 164 money, 4 percent. Discount rates show short and three month bills at 5 percent. Gold premium at Lisbon listed at 80.00.
Spot pricing for zinc and copper shows firm activity with electrolytic copper near 31.90 to 32 per pound and tin trading around 49.55 to 49.78. Iron remains steady and market chatter notes a salvaged second quarter outlook amid limited supply.
London on February 23 records lead at 30 pounds 10 shillings and tin futures with several quoted prices including 136 pounds 10 shillings for Mestraigne and 147 shillings for tin. The report notes spot tin totals and related futures figures reflecting a volatile commodity session.
Marine intelligence from Galveston dated February 23 reports El Dia arriving from New York and El Sedidente sailing from New York via Its Imports with cargo implications. London trade notes indicate fruit and produce exports faced restrictions on tomatoes and fruit.
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