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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
15
Market reports show starch and syrup prices advancing sharply on the corn products market. Canned corn and butter egg prices remain firm as supply concerns and cold weather push costs higher, with strong futures in evaporated fruits and sardine pack forecasts for tighter supplies.
A dense list of market prices and items including vegetables such as sweet potatoes and onions, fruits like oranges and pears, nuts including almonds and walnuts, canned goods, and meats. Prices are given per hundredweight, per pound, or per case with numerous abbreviations and regional terms.
Union Stock Yards, Jan 19. Cattle and calves offered were a single carload with medium quality. Noon call shows business nearly finished. receipts listed as 60 cattle, 31 calves, 2 horses. Cows sold in bulk to one buyer at $3.85. calves improved, top grades up to $5.00. Hog and sheep sales limited. overall sale admitted could have handled by fewer buyers.
Fort Worth official Lee L Russell says Godair Russell unit will close San Antonio office next week with new firm based at Cattleman's Exchange. Cowmen report Panhandle cattle in better shape but Colorado losses rise from mange quarantine. Colorado losses pegged at 1.6 million dollars as 30 thousand cattle starve and freeze amid severe winter.
A terse notice urges payment of poll tax, warning residents about deadlines and potential penalties. The message emphasizes civic obligation and the burden of tax compliance in local governance.
Cattle receipts reached 1700 head with steady to brisk early trading. Steers held to yesterday’s prices up to 6.50, cows paid 2.65 to 5. Bulls ranged 2.75 to 4.10 while calves reached near 6.25. Hog offerings around 3000 head were steady to a nickel higher with top porkers at 6.55 and most hogs 6.20 to 6.50.
Chicago market notes show cattle receipts near 5000 head with steady demand for beef and fluctuating prices. Beeves bring around 4.60 to 7.25 with western calves and stockers in the 3.75 to 6.30 range. Sheep receipts are lighter with native lambs at about 4.50 to 5.85 and hogs mixed around 5.50 to 6.80 per hundred.
Receipts total about 600 head of Texans with market strength noted across beef steers cows and yearlings. Prices range from 3.00 to 7.50 for various classes with calves at 5.00 per carload and overall market activity steady amid fluctuating quotes.
Kansas City cattle receipts reach about 2000 with steady market and varied prices across classes. Hogs show a steady market with bulk sales around 6.35 and heavy numbers near 6.40. Sheep receipts approach 4000 with a general price decrease from Wednesday, lambs and muttons listed with lower bids.
Mrs Lena Sneed who sought habeas corpus relief from a local sanitarium was found sane by Judge W T Simmons of the Sixty Seventh district court. Two of three examining physicians agreed no insanity, case postponed for Sneed’s husband to testify tomorrow morning. Doctor McAllison testified from Arlington Heights, crowd disrupted proceedings with seat scrambling and delays.
Wheat opened unchanged then rose briefly before falling back as weather boosts corn prospects. May futures slipped from Chicago highs to about 99 1/4 cents. corn traded around 66 cents with oata near 1.00 4 and hog products dropped, leaving May close steady near prior levels.
Chicago price listing shows mixed commodity quotes including No 3 ernst at 0.08 and No nets at 1.09, oats foothold with No 1 bite white at 60, velvet chaff and spring the 90c range, standard ewe noted with varied values. The report surfaces daily market activity with multiple items and fluctuating figures.
Quotations list cash and futures prices for corn and wheat with various grades and months. Quotes include cash white red No 2 yellow No 2 mixed and No 3 white with figures for May July and other months, reflecting a volatile grain market and feed prices.
The decade long dispute in the Manchester colon trade that caused a December lockout affecting about 300000 workers has been settled. The question was the use of non union labor and the trade unionists will reopen Monday following government led experiments on air communication.
New York reports cotton opening steady to higher by up to 6 points as Lancashire labor unsettles markets. Cables note rumors of a strike near settlement with potential mill resumption by Monday. Memphis notes unusually cold weather easing boll weevil fears for two years. spot market quiet with middling uplands at 9.60 dollars.
New York stock market opened with listless activity and slight gains in some issues. Lehigh Valley coal stocks swung with a 20 point drop followed by modest recoveries. Railroads led gains with Hill group buying and Amalgamated Copper rising, while tobacco shares and Liggett & Myers showed notable movement.
New Orleans cotton showed a steady tone through the morning with smaller Tuco movement and signs of reduced supply. Gains were modest as short sellers added lines, afternoon trading lifted prices slightly from the day’s lows after news of labor trouble settlement in Lancashire.
The Associated Press report from New Orleans notes cotton futures for March and May drifted while March 9.50 and August 9.81 bids were recorded alongside October at 9.76. The day reflects a subdued trading pattern with modest movements across contracts.
Liverpool cotton market reports unchanged spot prices with American middling at 6.40 and middling 6.16 for low grades, 4.60 for ene, and 4.82 for goo ordinary. Sales total 12 bales, 2500 for speculation and export, receipts 5000 including 4700 American. Futures opened steady and closed quiet and steady with values across months listed.
Cottonseed products market notes show prices and interest figures with oil price listed at 24.25 per ton and an 8 percent rate noted. Unclear further details due to fragmented OCR.
Spot prices closed steady at 6.29 to 6.64 in New York as traders listed May and January contracts. Total sales reported 8,300 units with bids around 6.30 for January and 6.44 for May.
Market notes show steady activity as prices hold in Houston with firm bids noted for Galveston loads. Volume and specifics are unclear due to OCR garble but terms imply ongoing trade in bulk commodities between regional buyers and sellers.
Spot cotton prices held firm in New Orleans on January 19 as quotations were revised and 950 bales were sold on the spot with 660 bales arriving. Prices ranged from low ordinary around 6 15 46 to strict middling around 9 15 16 with various grades listed and receipts totaling 10,789 and stock 260, ls.
An enigmatic OCR fragment mentions New York spots and January items, a vague note about uplands and gulch, and numbers like 800. Readable text is limited. core facts unclear, but the item appears to be a brief notice or column snippet with place names and figures.
Judge Maxwell arraigned Fred Larsent, Victor Wilson, and Andrew Nowan in Des Plaines street court on stealing a fat gobbler from a commission house front. The judge mocked the tale of a lonely turkey and fined each defendant five dollars, praising pity but dismissing the alibi.
THP Associated Press notes markets were generally steady in Chicago with creamery products and dairy items holding steady. Receipts show various cheese and butter categories inching. potatoes and poultry show weakness with turkeys at 18 cents and chickens at 1 cent per pound. Veal remains steady around 60 pounds weight at 12 cents.
In New York on January 19 price lines show mixed action as speculators note fresh weathered extras and fancy items trading with uneven demand. Reported by market observers, prices for some grades moved while others held steady amid thin trading.
Quotations dated January nineteenth in Kansas City show butter at 38 cents for firsts and 36 for seconds, with packing stock. eggs at 38 cents for extras, 22 1/2 cents for seconds.
Abalone and poultry slow with quotes 10c for ghigens and gariogs, turkeys aging poultry and ducks 186. Eggs steady. Overall market activity subdued with fluctuating prices and limited trader interest.
The Associated Press reports a firmer tone in New York cotton goods yesterday with fall season pricing for blankets 2% to 96 cents below last year. Demand remains steady for low grade cotton yarns while bleached cotton holds steady and colored cotton trends higher.
London commodity notes show steadiness in the pound and slight gains in metals while futures linger, with reports of muted activity in metal trading and currency movements. Steady tones emerge as traders weigh political and economic signals in Europe.
The itemized broadcast from St Louis outlines modest changes in medium grade stamps and fabrics. It notes prices around 27 and 80 cents with light shifts in 12 1be and 20 81s, indicating minor market activity.
The note lists price readings for sugar molasses and hides with steady movement across categories. It mentions petroleum notes and leather remaining firm amid a cautious market tone.
A historic test showed iron pieces eighty feet long and six feet thick were submerged in cement and remained well preserved without oxidation. The effort demonstrated iron’s resistance when encased in alkaline cement and produced a strong alkaline reaction.
Prime mercantile paper sits at 3 percent with steady sterling exchange. Bankers bills quote 4.38.80 for 60 days and 4.87 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.83 with bar silver around 56 Mexican dollars. Government and railroad bonds show strength.
A terse AP brief lists flax firm prices with values for lead, spelter and related commodities. Details include location Louis and date January 19, with prices 4.40 for a lead item and 6.66 for spelter.
The Associated Press reports a steady rise in loan rates with bids showing 20 percent, time loans offered at 60 days 2 percent, 90 days 24 percent, and six months 3 percent, amid easy terms.
A fragment notes the Library of Congress acquiring Augusta Ga Chronicle newspapers dated from 1786 onward. It mentions high page counts and large sums paid for access, including a reference to a sale at five thousand dollars and a claim about a political poll tax.
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