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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
11
Traders await the labor negotiations outcome while markets show mixed signals on cotton and stocks. Weather conditions are described as cloudy in the illustrated story accompanying today's report.
The Elgin butter board raised wholesale prices to 30 and 32 cents with retail at 35 cents per pound. Egg prices firm at 23 cents after a higher morning quote. poultry remains strong with hens at 6 to 7 dollars per dozen and springs at 5. Seed potatoes and canning tomatoes are in high demand with rising opening prices. Cane seed gains traction as farmers pivot from oats amid scarce seed supplies nationally.
Rural market price sheet lists poultry dairy produce vegetables fruits and staples with vendor names omitted. Items include turkeys hens cabbage cucumbers celery potatoes seed potatoes rice flour and coffee among others with prices per pound per crate per hundredweight and per sack.
Union Stock Yards reports a strong live stock market with good demand for fleshed cattle. Prices rise 25 to 50 cents from last week. cows bring 3.50 to 3.75, calves 4 to 4.50, hogs 5 to 6. week quotes list cows 3.75 to 4.00, mediums 3.00 to 3.50, feeders 2.50 to 3.25, calves 5 to 4.50, commons 3.50 to 3.75.
Ed C Lasater president of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association is in San Antonio today on business and will travel to Fort Worth for the association's executive committee meeting before the Panhandle cattlemen's convention in El Paso on March 5 6 7. He hints at a potential president selection later and supports merging the Texas and Panhandle associations while keeping open the option of moving the Texas convention to Oklahoma.
Livestock prices in Fort Worth on February 29 showed a steady market after a price rise. Cattle receipts reached 2600 head with steers up to 5.75, cows 2.65 to 4.75, bulls 3.00 to 3.90, calves 6.50 to 8.25, hogs 1600 head with tops at 5.70 and bulk 6.30 to 6.60.
Receipts and quotations today show cattle at about 9000, market slow to ten cents lower with various grades listed. Hogs receipts around 41000, market dull and generally ten cents lower across weights. Sheep receipts about 20000, market steady to ten cents lower with native and western lambs and yearlings priced.
Cattle receipts 6000 with 500 southern. market steady to ten cents lower. Native steers 5.75 to 8.70, southern steers 5.00 to 6.60, southern cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.25, native cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.59, stockers 4.25 to 6.25, bulls 3.75 to 5.60, calves 4.59 to 8.00, western steers 5 to 7.25, western cows 3.00 to 5.25. Hogs receipts 11,000. market five cents lower. Bulk 6.10 to 6.30, heavy 6.25 to 6.35, packers and butchers 6.15 to 6.30, lights 5.90 to 6.25, pigs 4.75 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 10,000. market steady. Muttons 3.50 to 4.75, lambs 5.00 to 6.50, fed wethers and yearlings 4.00 to 5.60, fed ewes 2.75 to 4.25.
The Associated Press reports Chicago trading showed a mixed wheat rally after bullish farm reserve notes, with May wheat up to 1.025 and later 1.02, then easing as a 20 million bushel error in reserve estimates triggered a selling break. Corn rose early on limited offerings, oats bought, while hog-led provisions weakened. May pork and ribs moved lower. close steadied with May wheat down fractions.
The Houston club issues a circular letter to Texas Cattle Raisers asking members for support to bring the 1913 convention to Houston. Magnolia City plans a strong Texas delegation at Fort Worth to compete with El Paso and Houston. Oklahoma City sends reps to Fort Worth to lobby and cover expenses, with two more arriving to buttonhole members and solicit aid to move the convention north of the Red River.
At St Louis on February 29 receipts totaled 3500 cattle including 1500 Texas native beef steers and cows and heifers, with prices from 3.00 to 8.50. hogs 9000 head down ten cents with pigs and lights 5.00 to 6.60. sheep 2500 head steady with native muttons 3.75 to 5.75 and lambs 6.50 to 6.70.
H A Carlton of Carlsbad New Mexico visited the stockyards today and spoke on cattle in the southeast. He cited drought and cold weather reducing calves last season and a recent cold spell causing losses in young beef cattle, predicting a spring market rise as scarce stock moves to markets.
The market remained steady with fair business for the season. Demand for men's wear lagged behind last year though some quarters reported solid activity. Prices show an upward tendency while domestic wool values stay firm. Antwerp wool auctions saw slight grade declines. Coarse wools rose 5 percent at Rue Ayres. Worst ed yarns were quiet.
Chicago quotations show cash wheat prices across grades with No 2 red at 1.01 to 1.04, No 2 hard 1.024 to 1.05, No 1 northern 1.10 to 1.13, and oats No 2 white at 624% to 0c, standard 52% to 53. The report lists durum at 90 cents and velvet chaff around 90 to 1.06 dollars.
Quotation marks show May wheat at 1.0012 and July at 94 percent. No. 2 red wheat at 1.02 percent, No. 2 hard 1.111 cents. Corn values No. 8 64 to 65 cents, No. 3 white 66 cents. Oats No. 2 63 cents, No. 2 white 84 cents. May and July futures listed with shifts.
A Denver stockman writes to a San Antonio livestock commission claiming government control is needed to settle conflict between sheepmen and cattlemen in Colorado. He cites the December 2 killing of 95 sheep belonging to George D. Wooley in Moffat County and notes cattle firms around Craig want sheep kept off the range. He argues rental style government oversight similar to forestry rules is the only solution.
The Associated Press notes a quiet rough rice market in New Orleans. Clean grades show strength with Honduras prices around 2.50 to 2.60 per unit and Japan offers near 2. same day quotes indicate rough Honduras at 2.50 to 2.35 and clean Honduras at 2.74 to 2.95 with millers seeking 2.59 and 2.74.
Wool markets in St. Louis on February 29 show steady tone with medium combing and clothing grades at 20 to 21 1/2 cents, light fine 15 to 19, heavy fine 12 to 16, and tub washed at 27 to 30 cents per pound.
In St. Louis on February 29 traders report lead at 4.00 and spelter at 6.65, with prices holding steady as buyers show persistent interest in the metals market.
Quotations dated February 29 list cash wheat at No 2 hard 1.00 1 percent, No 2 red 98 99 cents, No 2 mixed corn 67 68 cents, No 2 white oats 63 %% cents, No 2 mixed 51 53 cents. May wheat 1.00 bid, July 1 914 cents. May corn 69 cents, July 69 4 cents sellers.
Paris bidding for 3 percent rentes at 4f 76c to 4f 76f with London exchange at 25f 24c for checks and a private discount rate of 3.
New York cotton opened steady with a 5 to 9 point decline amid Liverpool cables and weak English labor news. Brokers offered limited support, trading remained quiet through midmorning, and midday quotes held about 4 points down with some bull activity fading in the afternoon as labor news stayed uncertain.
Cotton futures opened steady with multiple contract months listed from January to December. Prices show small gains and steady closes as markets reflect a quiet trading session in New York.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened 6 to 8 points lower on weak cables and discouraging England coal strike talks. Brokers warned clients of a potential price slump as selling was widespread, with shorts driving most of the early declines. By midmorning the market held a dull but steady tone despite news of mass layins in English mines and lingering bull support. At noon prices stood 3 to 4 points lower.
The report lists steady bids and asks across months with March at 10.42, April 10.42 nominal, May 10.46, July 10.50 51, August 19.44 46, September 10.40 42, October 10.36 39, and December at 10.41 asked.
Spot cotton in Liverpool closed quietly with prices down 4 points. American middling fair 6.52, good middling 6.14, middling 5.88, low middling 5.68, good ordinary 5.20, ordinary 4.94. Sales totaled 6000 bales, including 4900 American bales and 500 for speculation and export.
In Liverpool trading futures opened steady and closed quiet with March through April contracts listed at 5.8314 and 5.57 for Feb to Mar, plus various intermonth spreads such as May-June 5.64 and Sept-Oct 6.60 amid a calm session.
Butter steady with creamery quotes 25 28c and dairies 22 26c Eggs weak with 4514 cases reported at mark 21 23c firsts 23 24c prime firsts 26c Cheese steady with listed creamery brands Daisies Twins Young Americas Lone Horns and Parkays firm poultry prices including chickens 15c and springs 15 4c Veal steady with 60 to 60 pound wethers 7 1c.
Butter market rates show creameries at 27c for firsts 24c for firsts and 22c for seconds with packing stock at 221 percent. Eyes report extras at 251 1s 26c and firsts at 2314 24c with seconds at 20c.
New York market updates indicate weak demand for eggs on February 29 with fresh eggs selling at 28 to 29 cents, extra large 28 to 29 cents, dirties 25 cents, checks 23 to 24 cents.
Quotations listed for live poultry and butter with limited egg adjustments. Chickens at 13 cents, springs 14 cents, turkeys 16 1 2 cents, ducks 11 cents, geese 8 cents. Butter at 24 29 cents. Eggs declined to 24 percent.
Butch Wilson, a progressive buyer for Fort Worth, returned from Floresville where he helped load nine carloads of steers for the Fort Worth market. He notes the Floresville country looks promising and despite a cattle shortage this year, the spring movement of glass steers may be the largest in years.
New York February 29 Coffee No 7 Rio at 14 percent closed steady with March at 13.23 and May at 13.29 per cent.
A Norwich based community reports 3000 canary bird breeders in the city. The count highlights Norwich as a hub for canary keeping with many hobbyists and small businesses involved in breeding and selling canaries.
Raw sugar values show Muscovado 8 test at 4.28 cents, centrifugal 96 test at 4.738 cents, and molasses sugar 89 test at 3.98 cents. Petroleum, molasses, and hides remain steady as leaders stay firm.
Lead weak with 15 pounds Sterling per 3d. Spelter firm at 26 pounds 15s. Tin weak with spot at 193 pounds 15s. Market notes show ongoing volatility in base metals while currency values shift in the London market.
London February 29 bullion totaling 244 009 pounds sterling was deposited at the Bank of England and 140 000 pounds was withdrawn for shipment to India in a routine financial operation reported by the Associated Foreign Service.
SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT. Flatonia Texas February 29. A local firm sent a carload of eggs to New York on Tuesday the sixth such shipment this month. Eggs are moving well as prices suit farmers with merchants paying 21 cents a dozen for many lots.
Market brief shows mixed activity with Liverpool easing for 5.886 million and New York and New Orleans quiet. Houston steady at 0.10 to 0.16 range with 1,080 units, Galveston listed as quiet.
New Orleans on February 29 reports spot cotton quiet and unchanged with 780 bales sold to arrive 825. Quotations list low ordinary at 6 7 8c, good ordinary 9c, middling 10 11 16c, strict good middling 11 13 16c, receipts 17 893 and total stock 282 685 bales.
New York reports cotton spot prices easing five points with middling uplands at 10.40 and middling gulf at 10.65 per bale, sales totaling 300 bales.
In Memphis on February 29 the spot cotton market stayed steady with unchanged quotes. Middling cotton held at 10 1/2 cents per pound.
Memphis notes show prime basis at 4.67, meal priced 25.00 to 26.25, linters 2 3 tech. The report references February 29 figures, with overall commodity pricing in brief.
The cotton seed oil market in New York ends dull with spot at 5.45 to 5.55, March at 5.52, and futures from April to October trading between 5.56 and 5.88. Total sales reach 3000, with 400 March sales at 5.51 between third and fourth calls.
Prime mercantile paper 3% 4s noted. Sterling exchange steady with bankers' bills at 4.84.25 for 60 days and 4.87.10 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83%. Bar silver 585, Mexican dollars 47c. Government and railroad bonds steady.
Money on call remained steady at 24 percent with a ruling rate of 21 percent and a closing bid of 2 percent. Time loans showed firmer rates with 60 days at 2 percent, 90 days at 3 percent, and six months at 3.4 percent.
Consols for money quoted at 78 11-16, for account 78 15-16 with April. Bar silver steady at 27 48, shorts bills 3 7-16, three months bills 35 16 and money at 4.
L Perry of Quanah purchased 600 head of cows with calves from Charley Broome in San Angelo. Delivery is set for April 15 and shipment will go to the Perry ranch at Quanah.
President Tafts plan for an industrial relations commission is proposed in a House bill by Democrat Hughes of New Jersey. The measure mirrors a Senate plan by Borah and calls for a nine member unpaid commission including at least two employers and two labor representatives amid rising labor troubles nationwide.
In Nashville on Feb 29 Ticke Sanders of Memphis and George Kitson of Brooklyn fought eight rounds to a draw before the Hermitage A. C. The bout failed to produce a winner.
Fractional declines marked the opening of the New York stock market led by Reading and smaller losses in United States Steel and others. Some recoveries followed the dip as investors awaited developments in the English coal trade, with a late turn upward in the afternoon lifting bids for United States Steel Amalgamated Copper and Union Pacific.
A garbled timetable lists rail and streetcar routes with origins and destinations including Houston Kerrville El Paso New Orleans Victoria and Santa Fe divisions. Several lines indicate arrivals and departures with times though many words are corrupted or missing, leaving a patchwork schedule.
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