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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
11
Grain traders opened bearish as May wheat edged up briefly to around 94 cents, then eased. May corn and oats followed the weaker trend with declines, while May pork and lard showed mixed moves. Kansas City cash grain quotes list assorted hard and red wheats, mixed feeds, and corn futures at several cents.
Report of daily market quotes showing cash wheat at 1.12 to 1.14, No 2 yellow and white corn at 51 to 51 1/2 cents, oats at 34 to 34 1/2 cents, with May and July futures for wheat, corn, and oats listed.
Quoted market prices show wheat and velvet chaff with various grade codes and percentages. The scrambled text lists No 2 red at 2.12 and several No 1 and No 2 northern figures with fractions and symbols, indicating unsettled price data.
Casquez applies for a four room dwelling on North iy street with estimated cost 500. Ige H. Streevel seeks a five room dwelling on ado street at 1250. Western Casualty Company files for a model front on West Commerce street priced at 1000. Sanaa proposes a four room dwelling on Moneclova t.
Four burial permits record the deaths of Wibert Sidney Gardner aged 25 at 305 Ward Avenue, R C Moore aged 74 at P and 8 Hospital, T Swarthough aged 42 at 182 Soledad Street, Ivin A Spence aged 47 at 1408 Buena Vista Street, and David Bell aged 78 at 411 San Pedro Avenue.
Mr and Mrs Rafael Cantu announce a girl born on January at South Laredo street. Mr and Mrs R Rodriguez announce a boy born on January at 694 North Concho street. Also included is a note to pay poll tax.
Liverpool January 17 weekly cotton statistics show imports of 73 000 all kinds and 46 000 American, total exports 12 600, stock levels 1 388 000 all kinds and 1 216 000 American, American forwarded 78 000, and overall seen totals for the season with a deficit of 4294 787 in the current season amid stock positions at US ports and versus prior periods.
Cottonseed products from Memphis report prime meal at 25.50 to 25.76 per unit with linters notes. New York cotton oil closes to spot and futures, January through August prices listed including 6.14 to 6.31, with total sales around 8100 units.
Chicago market report shows butter at 24 33c, creamery butter 24 33c, eggs easy with 6461 receipts, fresh 22c, refrigerator firsts 18c. Potatoes steady with 43 car receipts. poultry steady with live turkeys 16c, live hens 12c, live springs 11c. Minnesota and Michigan prices 45 47c, Wisconsin 43c.
Regional market quotes list dairy and poultry prices including butter eggs and poultry in Kansas City New York and St Louis dated January 17. Butter creamery 32% to firsts 30% seconds 28% packing stock 21% eggs steady receipts 7199 cases poultry prices for hens roosters springers turkeys ducks geese and creamed butter levels listed.
Raw sugar remained steady with Muscovado 89 test at 2.98, centrifug al 98 test at 3.48, and molasses sugar 89 test at 0.780. Refined and petroleum products also steady, along with molasses and hides. leather shows firm pricing.
New York reports Rio No 7 coffee futures barely steady with March at 13.35 and May at 18.59. St Louis notes wool market remains steady with medium grade combing and clothing at 23.26 cents, light fine 19.2 cents, heavy fine 13.17 cents, tub washed 27.8 cents.
New Orleans reports a firm rice market with limited activity. Sales include Rough Mouton 107 at 2.81 to 2.875, Clean Honduras 1916 at 3 5/8, while Japan offered none. Receipts show Rough 1694, Clean 4239, Millers 859 with quotable prices for remaining lots.
In New York on January 17 the cotton goods markets remained steady. Wide sheetings rose 2 cents a yard to 80 cents for 10 percent ulieas while yarns showed moderate steady demand and jobbers reported a fair retail trade.
Galveston port reports arrivals and clearances with ships Bowden and Caye Bonito listing recent movements. Steamer El Cid and Bankdale are noted as sailing to New York and Liverpool respectively with Bremen origin steamer Bonito recorded as cleared.
Copper at spot 71 pounds sterling with futures 128 64. Tin firm with spot 228 pounds 6s and futures 226 pounds 10s. Lead at 16 pounds 15s and spelter 26 pounds. Iron Cleveland warrants 66s 7 4d in London.
Spot cotton in Memphis sits steady with a slight decline noted to middling 12 3/4 cents per pound. In St Louis metal markets, lead opens at 4.20 and spelter at 7.15. A reminder appears to pay your poll tax.
The Weather Bureau predicts a cloudy night in East Texas with colder temperatures to the north. General cloudiness continues with a drop in temperatures across the region.
At Union Stock Yards on January 17 buyers from butchers and packers crowded the yard as 802 cattle, 28 calves, 14 horses and 89 hogs moved briskly. Cows sold around 4.50 per hundredweight with tops near 5, calves up to 5.25, hogs steady with porkers up to 7.25 and bulk 6.60 to 7. Horses were en route to Palestine, goats absent at noon.
At Fort Worth on Friday cattle receipts reached 1800 with 400 calves. Beef steers sold up to 7.75 while cows and heifers topped 5.50 and 7 respectively. Calves brought 4.50 to 8.00. Hog receipts 1300 with best hogs up 5 to 10 cents, top 7.65 and bulk 7.20 to 7.75.
Receipts totaled 3700 cattle including 400 Texas stock with steady prices for native beef steers $6.50 to $9.35 and Texas Oklahoma stock $5.50 to $7.90. Hogs volume 2500 with prices 10 cents higher, pigs and lights $6.75 to $7.60 and good heavy $7.50. Sheep receipts 10,000 with markets 10 cents higher, native muttons $5.00 to $6.50 and lambs $7.00 to $9.50.
Kansas City market notes show cattle receipts 1000 with southern cattle, hogs 4600 with bulk sales 7.20 to 7.40, pigs 7.06, sheep receipts 2000 and a strong tone. Muttons 4.50 to 6.00, lambs 7.56 to 9.00, range wethers 5.50 to 8.00, range ewes 3.50 to 5.60.
Chicago, Jan 17 receipts and quotations show cattle 2600 with slow steady trade. hogs 19,000 with prices 7.30 to 7.57 for light to heavy. sheep 6000 with steady to higher bids. Cattle ranges include Reeves 5.85 to 9.20, steer prices 4.70 to 7.15, calves 7.00 to 10.50. hogs 7.30 to 7.52 for lights, 7.60 to 7.57 for mixed, 7.10 to 7.20 for roughs. sheep bids 4.75 to 9.00 depending on class.
New York traders opened dull with few changes as Amalga mated stock led gains while Harriman shares fell and Canadian Pacific slipped. Weakness crept into Virginia Carolina Chemical and fertilizer, telephone, lead, and rubber issues triggered declines. Bonds eased and steel and Reading faced losses before closing steady amid improved bids.
Prices for eggs and butter fluctuate as supplies rise and fall. Country eggs move to 20 cents per dozen at retailers, with wholesale around 16 to 18 cents. Butter shows liberal receipts with creamery at 32 cents and packing stock as low as 16 cents. Celery prices double, demand tight. beans remain firm with stocks exhausted on the coast and near future price rises anticipated.
A broad, dense retail price sheet lists eggs, poultry, dairy, vegetables, fruits, nuts, syrups, canned goods, meats and miscellaneous items with per unit and per case rates. Items include eggs 24c a dozen, large hens 5.00 to 6.00 a dozen, butter 82c a pound, tomatoes 2.60 to 3.00 per 6-basket crate, potatoes 1.50 to 1.60 per hundredweight, apples about 1.25 to 1.75, and various beans, dried fruits, and canned meats with multiple packaging options.
Prime mercantile paper quoted at 4% to 5% with sterling exchange firm in actual business. Bankers bills at 4.83.25 for 60 days and 4.87.30 for demand. Commercial bills total 4,824 dollars. Bar silver 63.0 cents, Mexican dollars 49e. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds easy.
Money on call remains steady with bids at 2 1/2 percent and offered at 2 1/2 percent. Ruling and closing rates hold at 2 1/2 percent. Time loans eased with 60 days at 4 percent and 90 days at 4 1/2 percent, six months at 4 percent.
New York market report shows copper weak with spot and futures bids around 15.50 to 16.26, electrolytic at 16.50 to 17.00, tin easing near 59.70 to 50.80, lead and spelter steady, antimony dull, iron unsettled and unchanged.
License records show No 3180 E for Smith at 200 West Guentom toe eet ear F Fender at Savoys Tex and No 2162 W for T Montgomery at 318 East Aure Street with the listed owners and addresses.
Cotton exporter T. J. Lane says farmers are three weeks behind in planting across Texas due to rains though ground is fit for seed. Planting area up in the south west, northern areas similar to last year, and prospects are optimistic despite delayed preparations. Old-crop stocks in Cotton States warehouses are nearly depleted.
New Orleans reports spot cotton steady at middling 12 1 16 cents with 875 sales and 500 bales arriving. Prices for various grades range from low ordinary near 9 1 2 to good middling around 12 1 2 to 13 8 16 cents. Receipts total 3383 and stock sits at 171843 bales. New York also notes quiet spot trading with middling around 13.00 cents and gulf middling at 11.95 with 1900 bales sold.
Galveston on January 17 reports spot cotton closed quiet and unchanged with grades listed from low ordinary to middling fair. Sales totaled 537 bales with 38 f.o.b. receipts of 7,876 bales and a stock of 863,566 bales.
The Houston spot market closed steady with unchanged prices. Total sales 1684 bales f o b none. Shipments 6640 bales and stock 148,344 bales. Grades cited range from low ordinary at 7% to good middling at 12% with middling at 11% and low middling at 11% in the reported period.
J C F Merrill president of the council of grain exchanges warns Chicago brokers and boards of trade to confine transactions to a strict reading of the law at the council's annual meeting. The council includes 19 of America's largest grain exchanges.
A list of property transfers shows multiple deeds including George M. Clifton to Kearney Mason for lot 9 block 2017 at $70 and P C Ballard to Clifton with interests in lots 26 and 9 block 2018 and 2017 at $10, among others. Several transactions involve Palm Heights and Melrose additions with prices from $260 to $6000 and estates transferring parcels in King William street and Pear street areas.
Ella Ewing known as the Missouri Giantess and one of the world’s tallest women died at her Gorin Missouri home after retiring from circuses in 1908. Born in La Grange she grew to 8 feet 4 inches with remarkable measurements and never married.
New York opened barely steady with gains around one point as southern selling pressured old crop contracts 7 to 9 points below yesterday's close. Liverpool and straddle buying supported the market with rallies to near yesterday's final levels and January firmer by about 11 points.
New York citrus notes show January at 12.49 to 12.50, March 11.99 to 12.00, April 11.96, May 11.94 to 11.95, June 11.85 to 11.86, July 11.87 to 11.88, August 11.75 to 11.76, September 11.36, October 11.26 to 11.28, December 11.25 to 11.29. Open high and low figures accompany closes across listed months.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady but slipped 1 to 2 points, following a lower Liverpool market. Early selling pushed some active months 8 to 9 points below yesterday, then buyers absorbed losses securing a partial recovery. By noon trading months stood 5 to 6 points above yesterday's last quote.
The market shows steady futures with a net advance of 2 to 3 points across contracts. Prices list varied opens highs lows and closes for January through October, highlighting modest gains and a general firm tone in the cotton market.
Spot cotton in fair demand at Liverpool shows prices down across grades with American middling fair at 7.844d and ordinary 6.58d. Daily sales reach 8000 bales, including 7400 American, with receipts totaling 11,000 bales of which 10,700 are American.
Liverpool reports cotton futures opening softer and finishing steady with gains limited across the curve. January at 6.564, February at 6.52d, March at 6.614, and December-January near 6.08d, reflecting a cautious market.
The first shipment of scenery for the Elks' minstrel show reached San Antonio by express for performances at the Grand Opera House on Monday and Tuesday. Director Harry Miller reports progress from blackface artists and vocalists as cast members prepare. End man Harry Pinnick arrived today to begin rehearsals with local songwriters Lloyd Spencer Max Blum and Gummy Reecilion contributing original local hits.
A note invites readers to a big chicken supper tonight and an extra fine dinner tomorrow at the Riverside Restaurant. Meals are 25 cents. The ad asks patrons to mention The Light when responding to advertisements in the paper.
Albert L Garcia aged 25 died at 12 15 yesterday at his home 305 Ward avenue after moving to the city four months ago from Farmdale Texas for health reasons. The body was prepared for burial and sent to Farmdale this morning by Pearce Robinson Undertaking Company with his widow and her sister.
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