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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1917

Page

11

Cotton Statistics and Inland Movement report

Cotton statistics for Gulf ports and inland shipments are listed with stock figures at major ports including Galveston Houston New Orleans and Norfolk. The interior movement shows shipments to Augusta Memphis St Louis and Houston with totals and deficits noted. A brief, non-graphic crime note and two quips follow in the issue.

Galveston Tex Houston New Orleans Mobile Ala Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York Boston Mass Philadelphia Pacific Ports Great Britain France Augusta Memphis Tenn St. Louis Sseceess Saeedayes Srep Sweos Ascesa Sisasseces Isnatt

Weather Summary for San Antonio and Texas January 11 1917

O clear Q parily cloudy cloudy rain misting. First figures temperature second precipitation of .01 inch or more 24 hours maximum wind release Thursday January 11 1917. For San Antonio and vicinity tonight continued cold frost Friday fair high temperature East Texas tonight fair continued cold rising temperature frost nearly to coast except in lower Rio Grande valley Friday fair rising temperature. Precipitation yesterday none normal for the day .08 inch daily deficiency .08 total precipitation since January 1 .06 deficiency since January 1 .57.

San Antonio Prs East Texas Rio Grande Valley

Wheat Makes Spurs Between Recessions Chicago Jan 11

Wheat shows strength in early trading with May at 1.82 to 1.83 and July at 1.46 to 1.47 as bulls push after bullion rumors fade. Prices climb on clearances and entente hopes, then dip on Wall Street or sinking news before closing higher on May 1.87 and July 1.51. Corn gains due to Argentina damage reports, oats rise with grains, provisions fall on weak support.

Chicago Til Wall Street Cornwallis Seaboard Argentina

Market quotes from Chicago grain and feed prices

Chicago quotations list No 2 red wheat at 95 percent of par, No 2 yellow corn at 96 1/4 to 97 1/2 cents, oats standard at 56 to 57 1/2 cents, and barley ranging from $1.00 to $1.31.

Chicago

Wheat Prices Move Narrowly Across Markets

Wheat prices show slight gains in Kansas City while St Louis quotes hold steady. No. 2 red and hard wheats at about 1.88 to 1.93 in KC and around 1.98 to 2.05 in St Louis. Corn oats and rye also listed with steady to unchanged ranges across the two markets.

St, Louis Kansas City

Grain futures close with mixed quotes on wheat and corn

Kansas City letters show May wheat at 1.83 and July 1.47, corn May 95 to 6c and July 95c as market watchers note a period of quiet waiting. A motorist scene and jokes from Philadelphia and Louisville provide a light collage of daily life.

Kansas City

Shippers Market Prices for San Antonio Country Produce

Buyers paid varied rates in San Antonio on Thursday for country produce. Butter and dairy quotes eased while poultry and game showed price changes with large hens and friers listed, turkeys ducks and geese priced per dozen or pound, reflecting market shifts among Texas suppliers.

San Antonio Texas Texas Creamery

Market Quotations From Chicago Jil Jan 11

Quotations today show butter at 32 38 for creamery full price, eggs rising with 2378 cases received and firsts at 43 44 cents per dozen. Potatoes show firmer with arrivals from Washington Colorado Idaho Oregon white and Michigan Wisconsin white sold steady. Poultry notes list fowls at 16 1/2 cents, springs 18 cents, turkeys 22 cents.

Chicago Jil Washington Colorado Idaho Oregon Michigan Wisconsin Springs

Market Quotations From Kansas City Purportedly Reported

Kansas City market quotes list dairy line items with creamery price at 41 cents and 39 1/2 for firsts, packing 26 cents. poultry prices include hens 16 cents, roosters 12 1/2, turkeys 24 cents. potatoes at 1.80 per dollar.

Kansas City

Chicago Provisions Market Quotation Snapshot

Jan 11 opening prices for Park and other items show mixed moves. Quotations list open high low close figures with several entries, including noted prices around 15.37 to 16.90 and 14.47 to 16.62 across commodities.

Cheesy Duane Meas FeOe Oe Nevy

Local packing house quotes for Thursday meat prices

Packing house quotations to dealers list dry salt extras at 16 cents bacon extras 18 cents dry salt bellies averaging 14 to 16 pounds lic fancy breakfast bacon 2ic fancy hamg Zlc bacon bellies 14 to 36 pounds lic Pure lard 17 cents compound 14% American cheese 27 cents per pound.

Rice market in New Orleans steady with unchanged quotations

New Orleans on January 11 reports both rough and clean rice holding steady as receipts rise. Hough mills and others show 759 dkets clean, with sales of Clean Honduras 1717 pockets and Blue Rose 1243 pockets while Japan trades 1099 pockets.

New Orleans Hough Honduras Japan

Cotton goods and yarns hold steady in quiet trade

New York markets Wednesday saw steadier cotton goods and yarns with quiet trading. Hosiery prices named on staple goods for fall 1917 rose 60 to 60 percent from a year earlier, and an unusually large turnout of buyers was noted for this season.

New York

Cotton spot prices and receipts in Liverpool market

Liverpool January 11 reports cotton spot prices for good middling 11.374 pence per pound and middling 11.214 with low middling 1.034. Receipts total 31,000 bales with 1,000 bales held for speculation.

Liverpool

Futures in Liverpool and Cotton Seed Quotations

Liverpool futures list shows daily prices for January through January next year with successive contract months. New York cotton seed quotations are provided with open noon and closing figures indicating modest activity across several placements.

Weather Bulletin from U S Department of Agriculture

Observations recorded at 7 a m on Thursday January 11 1917 by the Weather Bureau Meteorologist Allen Buell. Wind speeds under 10 miles per hour and precipitation under .01 inch are not noted in this bulletin.

U. S. Department. OF Agriculture Weather Bulletin Allen Buell Weather Bureau

Cotton Market Unsettled with Mixed New York and New Orleans Signals

Prine spot cotton prices show a mixed session as New York and New Orleans exerted uneven influence. The market opened weaker on cables but edged higher, then pulled back with late afternoon losses. San Antonio spots were 17.19 cents.

New York Cotton Market Dips Then Rebounds Amid Nervous Trading

The New York cotton market opened lower amid overnight selling and lower cables, with Liverpool a seller. May fluctuated 18.35 to 18.85 cents, then 17.95 to 18.40 as rumors of spot buying and covering plus commission activity influenced the session.

New York Liverpool

Cotton futures open steady with varied bids

The New York market reports cotton futures opening steady as January bids around 17.95 to 18.12 and May through October quotes near 18.40 a pound. Prices show minor shifts amid a backdrop of unsettled trading and erratic quotes across contracts.

New Orleans Cotton Opens With Decline Then Rebound

The New Orleans cotton market opened with a five to nine point decline due to weak cables but found support and rose 40 to 6 points above yesterday's close after initial losses. Mid-morning traded values drifted 16 to 24 points under prior close before recovering to a net rise of 2 1/4 points by late morning. Forenoon shows quiet strength with 1:30 pm trading months up about six points.

Cotton Exchange New York New Orleans San Antonio Mara Entente Inet

Cotton futures open steady with varied bids in New Orleans

In New Orleans on January 11 cotton opened steady with bids for January 17.65 March 17.65 and 17.68 May 17.93 July 18.11 and October 16.69. Futures closed 4 to 8 points lower amid volatile trading as prices fluctuated through the session.

Liverpool New York New Orreans

Irregular Trading on Wall Street Feeds Volatile Session

Stocks showed wide swings with General Motors gaining about 38 points for the week and closing irregular. Bethlehem Steel recovered half of yesterday’s loss while United States Steel rose fractionally amid gains in coppers, shippings, and petroleum shares.

New York General Motors Bethlehem Steel United States Steel Mercantile Marine

Money market quotes in Mexican currency at San Anselmo

Trading in Mexican money in San An necy on Thursday showed quotations for silver pesos half pesos state bank notes national bank notes and Carranza money with rates around 16 percent.

San Antonio Temple Hill Engle & Miller State Bank Crockett John Bollows Realty Co South Alamo St San Annecy Bank of London Ccsessee

Time Loans Quoted After Market Close

New York on January 11 reports time loan rates with 99 days at 3 percent and six months at 3 percent. Call money firm with high at 2 percent, low at 1 1 4 percent, ruling rate 2 percent. last loan 2 percent, closing bid 2 percent, offered at 2 4 percent.

New York Janu Iast

Financial quotes and bond notes from New York market

Mercantile rate summaries show sixty day bills at 471% and commercial 60 day bills at 471%, demand 475%, cables 476% with Francs at 658 for demand and 83% cables. Guilder rates at 40% both demand and cables, silver at 75%, Mexican dollars at 57%, government bonds steady and railroad bonds irregular.

London Money and Silver Rates Report

London markets show bar silver at 36d per ounce and money at 4 or cent. Discount rates listed for short bills at 4 ½ per cent and three months at 4 ½ per cent.

London

Metal market snapshot from New York on January 11

Lead at 7.10 to 7.50, spelter nominal, copper unsettled with quarters 26.00 to 32.50, tin firm at 42.62 to 48.12, tron firm and unchanged.

Wehr Abilene Tex Lear Amarillo Atlanta Birmingham Brownsville Chicago Corpus Christi Pallas Del_ Rio Paso Fort Worth Galveston A. Tex Taylor Washington New York

London Metal Prices Quietly Edge Higher on Ledger

London market prices list lead at 30 10s, spelter 49s, copper spot 130, futures 126, electro lytic 141, tin spot 182 15s, futures 184 10s as of Jan 11.

London

Railroad Commission Caps Rates on Carpet Wool to Houston Heights

The railroad commission approved a rate of 7 1/2 cents per 106 pounds on carpet wool and related items from Galveston to Houston Heights with minimum carload weight set at 24,000 pounds. An amendment to Commodity Tariff No 34 also cancels the 110 cent per 100 pounds pine lumber rate from Pritchett and Pinnacle to Terrell, effective January 10.

Austin, Tex Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Galveston Houston Heights Pritchett Pinnacle Terrell

Sugar futures firm in New York trading session

New York sugar futures were firm and active on covering in sympathy with steady spot market. At noon raw sugar held at 0.39, molasses at 4.22, refined steady and granulated at 6.75. Trade interests remained fair with buyers present.

New York

Turpentine Market Reports Quiet Start in Savannah

Savannah on January 11 shows turpentine sales none with receipts of 216 and shipments of 348. Resin activity lists receipts 1191 and shipments 1363 with stock at 23311, while prices hover around 6.40 to 7.10 per barrel and related products noting minor variations amid a quiet buyers' day.

Savannah Ina

Wholesale fruit and vegetable price list in 19th century market

The document lists wholesale prices for fruits vegetables and related goods to traders. It covers potatoes celery cranberries cabbage cauliflower peppers lettuce and more with varied regional prices from California Texas and Colorado. Also includes canned goods meat seafood FLOUR seeds nuts and dried fruits with per hundredweight per crate and per pound figures.

California Mons Texas Taj Colorado Jonathan Ben Davis Randy Bayos

Local cattle market slumps amid slower hog and steady cattle trade

Union Stock Yards report from January 11 notes hogs weak to demoralized across markets with 10 to 15 cent declines in Fort Worth, while cattle and sheep hold slightly steadier. Local market slow. extra good hogs at $9.50, poorer lots $7.50 to $8.50, with larger imports to Chicago and San Antonio showing mixed receipts.

Union Stock Yards Chicago Fort Worth San Antonio

Fort Worth cattle and hog market prices update

Fort Worth market reports cattle receipts 2600 steady to active with steers to 98.75, hog receipts 7090 demoralized with bulk 9.75 to 10.00 and top 10.15, sheep receipts 100 steady with Tambs at 11.59 to 12.50 and yearlings 9.50 to 10.50.

Fort Worth

Chicago Market Reports On Hogs Cattle And Sheep

Receipts show weak hog market with bulk around 10.25 to 10.80 and heavy prices near 19.30. Cattle receipts are light with native beef at 7.75 and western steers near 7.50 to 10.00, stockers and feeders 5.50 to 8.85, cows and heifers 4.40 to 10. Calves around 9.50 to 14. Sheep receipts 10,000 with a strong market. wethers 9.49 to 10.59 and lambs 11.00 to 14.00.

Lifornia Illinois Maine Maxwell House Japan Honduras Texas Columbia Chicago

Kansas City Live Stock Market News

Kansas City reports January 11 receipts with hogs steady to five cents lower and bulk around 10.15 to 10.56. Hogs priced from 8.75 to 10.60 for various loads. Cattle receipts about 2500 with strong demand. prime fed steers 10.75 to 11.50, heifers 6.50 to 11.00, calves 6.50 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 5000 with strong demand. lambs 12.99 to 13.50, yearlings 11.25 to 12.25, wethers 9.00 to 10.25.

Kansas City

Live Stock Prices and Receipts in St Louis Market

Hogs receipts 16 000 with varied toners and bid ranges. cattle receipts 5000 with steady market including native beef steers 7.50 to 11.50, cows 4 50 to 8 50, Texas quarantine steers 5 50 to 8 00, prime southern beef steers 28 00 to 29 00. Sheep receipts 400 with lambs 12 75 to 13 75 and yearlings 11 00 to 12 05.

Texas Prime Southern

Oklahoma City Livestock Sales Report January 11

Cattle at steady to 8 cents lower with top in the 19.50 area. Sheep and lambs stronger with top lambs at 12.75. Noted sales include Payne and Duncan in Oklahoma totalizing 23 steers and Norman listing 72 steers, Elgin 27 steers.

Oklahoma City Okla Payne Duncan Johnson Norman Bell Elgin Oki Coveces

Local market prices rise as cabbage scarce and poultry steady

Texas cabbage remains scarce with prices climbing as market reports note two weekly increases. Sweet potatoes may rise this year, rhubarb drops to 9 cents per pound, California potatoes gain to 3.25 3.35 per hundredweight, cauliflower at 1.60 per dozen, and grapefruit wholesale prices edge higher while turkeys fall to 21 22 cents per pound.

Commission Texas California

Coffee futures steady on New York market

Trading on January 1 shows Rio coffee at 10 cents and futures steady with March and May contracts around 0.92 dollars. Market watchers note quiet start to the year as supply expectations and domestic demand temper moves.

New York

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