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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
7
EST WILL SACRIFICE MY NEW MODERN cottage never rented six rooms and bath with %-inch hard pine floors and built in china closet electric lights corner lot with trees and lawn on route 9 box 87 city phone red 2565 asking price 2750 with 300 down and balance monthly.
Choice irrigated farm near a town of 2000 people, 580 acres split into good tillable blocks. Land is rich dark sandy loam, cleared and fenced, with implements included. Bargain at 110 per acre, $3000 cash required, balance to suit. Owner says sell at once, mail P O box 803 city.
The bulletin lists cotton interior receipts by port and export figures to Britain France and other regions and shows stock and deficit figures for the season. It also reports New Orleans rough rice prices firm rough rice quotations for Honduras and Japan and receipts and sales data for rice bags. Allen Buell provides the local forecast.
New York report states the actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the five days ending this week shows reserves at 13 854 550 dollars in excess of legal requirements. The surplus increased by 7 457 950 dollars from the previous week.
San Antonio wholesale firms carried the largest stocks of goods in 1912, with inventories described as the main issue. The district expects a quiet six day period despite healthy overall business, and Bradtree reports 287 U S business failures for the week, down from 349 the prior year. California bayou beans rose to 5 dollars per hundredweight, pinks to 5 25, cheese and dairy powders firm amid colder weather throttling northern output.
Coffee market opens the year with No 7 Rio trading lightly. March futures at 15.30 and May at 13.54 as bids show minimal movement. Prices reflect cautious trading on the New York exchange with Rio grades in focus.
Dun's review notes 1912 gains in agriculture and industry, high labor use, and strong bank clearings up 9.8 percent. Bradstreet’s adds brisk but cooling trade, continued consumer demand, and expectations of lower interest rates while confidence remains high across regions.
Galveston reports arrivals including Sabine Ne York El Sol Ogee chee and Antilliam with Vera Cruz transit and San Jacinton by Dec 28 and Jan 4, while Northtown Bowden cleared and E Sud Siz ergt Castle Chancellor Westphalian Dundrennen sailed to ports in Mexico Europe and the U K.
Observations from the Weather Bureau explain time marks and reportable factors. Data include air pressure adjusted to sea level, isobars indicating equal pressure, temperature, precipitation, and wind details with coded conditions.
Prices in standard stocks open fractionally higher in New York trading but activity stays dull. American Beet Sugar and Western Maryland slip, petroleum shares soften, Union Pacific and Smelting rise, while overall market remains steady as light money period passes.
At Union Stock Yards on January 4 buyers were scarce as receipts totaled 150 cattle 26 calves and 13 hogs. Prices remained steady with cows around 4 to 4 60 calves up to 5 hogs around 7 35 and no sheep or goats offered. Cattle conditions in Southwest Texas praised and a price rise is anticipated as receipts stay light.
Cattle receipts about 700 and 200 calves steady with tops near 7.75 for cattle. Hogs 700 head at 7.30 to 7.66, best hogs 7.75. Sheep herd 129 New Mexico wethers 956 pounds average sold at 5.20, market strong.
Cattle receipts 2500 including Texas and Oklahoma cattle. Native steers 5.75 to 10.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.70, calves in carload lots 6.00 to 6.50, stockers and feeders 6.75 to 7.55, mixed and best 7.40 to 7.60. Sheep receipts none.
Cattle receipts 2400 with alive steers 6.75 to 9.26 and southern steers 5.25 to 7.50. Southern cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.25. Hogs receipts 2000 with bulk sales 7.20 to 7.40 and packers 7.25 to 7.45. Pigs 6.00 to 6.50. Sheep receipts none with muttons 4.00 to 5.60 and lambs 7.00 to 86. Range ewes and yearlings 4.50 to 7.00. Market steady across cattle hogs and sheep.
Chicago market summary shows cattle receipts 600, market steady with beef $5.80 to $9.50 and cattle categories listed. Hogs receipts 12,000, steady to yesterday with various weights $6.00 to $7.80 and bulk selling $7.45 to $7.55. Sheep receipts 6,000, market steady with natives $4.35 to $5.40, yearlings $6.10 to $7.70, lambs native $6.20 to $8.75.
The cottonseed oil market in New York ends firm with spot at 6.25 and futures from January to August quoted between 6.25 and 6.48. Notable trades include 200 January, 1000 January at 6.27, 500 May, and 300 July across several calls. Total reported sales reach 2900 units.
Chicago markets show wheat steady with firm cables and little trade. May futures range modestly, corn and oats hold near initial moves, and provisions stay firm with modest gains on May pork and lard. Prices and quotations posted for wheat corn oats lard ribs and related items.
Quotations today show cash wheat at 1.2 red 1.10 and No 2 hard at 89 91 cents. Corn No 2 45c, No 2 white 49c, May wheat 2 1 2% and May corn 48 48% cents. Oats May 33% and July 33% cents.
Daily price quotes list cash wheats and corns for various grades and futures. Highlights include No 2 hard red winter wheat around 1.03 per bushel and wheat May near 864 cents, with corn futures at 47 47 and 48 cents for May and July.
Butter steady creameries 27 35c Eges firm receipts 6195 cases fresh pebered receipts 20 22c refrigerator apy l7tec firsts 238c cheese steady dairies 16% 17ec twins wholeKe Young Americas 164% 17Tc Longhorns 16% 17c Potatoes steady peenie 63 cars Poultry alive turkeys 15c dress ed 20 chickens alive 18% of springs alive 14ec Veal steady 9 lde CHICAGO Jan 7 Quotations today
Quotations from Kansas City show butter at 33c for creamery firsts and 29c for seconds, eyes extras at 24c and firsts at 21c, poultry prices listing hens at 12 to 13 8c for roosters and 18c for young turkeys with ducks at 13 to 14c.
Raw sugar weak with Muscovado 89 test at 3.17. Centrifugal 96 test at 3.67. Molasses sugar 89 test at 2.92. Refined quiet. Crushed 5.60, granulated 4.90, powdered 5.00. Petroleum steady with refined barrel at 8.50. Molasses steady. New Orleans open kettle 35 65c.
Market notes show poultry items with varied prices including 12 cents for chickens and 17 cents for turkeys while ducks and geese appear at different quotes. creamery products cited at 24 and 310. The report lists several firms and price ranges reflecting a fluctuating market day.
In New York on January 4 eggs held steady with receipts at 6204 cases. Cotton goods and cotton yarns were quiet and firm while pulled wools eased as jobbers tightened business.
New York January 4 cotton opened steady advancing 1.4 cents on Liverpool cables with near months covered and August demand. After weak buying there was some realising. prices later rallied to near yesterday’s level. The close showed steady to 6 points up on January and generally unchanged to 1 point lower.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened with a slight 3 to 4 point advance on better cables but failed to hold the rise as buying cooled. Early gains faded but the market recovered to end the first half hour near higher levels, closing with a net 1 point advance and little selling pressure.
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady with bids at Jan 12.93 Feb 12.92 94 and March 12.93 while May and July showed higher quotes. The session closed steady with a net advance of one point amid uncertain highs and lows.
Liverpool spot cotton quiet with American grades down. Prices: good middling 7.364, mid 6.98d, low middling 6.98d, ordinary 6.04d. sales 5000 bales, 4900 American, 300 for speculation export. Receipts 34,000 all American.
Liverpool reports futures and close prices holding steady with a pattern of slight declines across the calendar, listing numerous forward dates and interest-like figures for Jan through Jan next year.
New Orleans on January 4 reports quiet cotton spot trading with middling at 12 15-16 cents. Market shows various quoted levels including good middling at 13 5-16 and strict low middling around 12 15-16, with 9957 bales receipts and total stock at 198,564 bales.
Galveston Texas January 4 Spet ton closes steady unchanged a penny ordinary good rainy below Ting with sales receipts and stock figures noted. The report lists bale classifications and percentages with mixed prices and a total bale count of 411,710.
The Houston market closed steady with 618 bales specified as f o b none and shipments totaling 9853 bales. Stock stood at 155,811 bales with low ordinary at 84 cents and middle grades around 18 1/2 cents.
New York on January 4 reports cotton prices steady with middling uplands at 13.00 dollars and middling gulf at 13.55 dollars. No sales were recorded.
Memphis Tennessee January 4 spot markets report prices holding steady with middling grain at 13 1/2 cents.
Market notes show hides selling firm with quotations around 27 to 28 cents per pound and 27 28e for Central America hides. Leather prices firm with Hemlock leading firsts at 28e and seconds at 24 to 26e while mu runs at 20e.
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