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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1913
Page
9
In Chicago on January 21, futures opened dull yet higher as failure of Liverpool to follow local declines provided support. May wheat rose to around 93 cents, corn advanced about 4 to 5 cents, oats up modestly, pork futures flat, and ribs and other grain products mixed on renewed export interest.
Cash wheat quotes show No 2 red 1.12 to 1.15, No 2 hard 0.914 to 0.996. No 1 northern 0.192, No 2 northern 0.88 to 0.90, No 2 spring 0.789, velvet chaff 0.869 to 0.90, durum 0.87 to 0.90. Corn No 2 yellow 0.47 to 0.50. Oats No 2 white 0.341 to 0.46, standard 0.334 to 0.44.
In St Louis on January 21 cash wheat showed No 2 red at 1.09 to 1.44 with other grades listed and corn trading No 2 at 49 to 4 33 percent. No 2 white options observed with varied quotes.
Cash wheat and corn prices listed for Kansas City on January 2 show No. 2 hard red wheat at 87 cents, No. 3 at 6 to 9 cents, and No. red around 21.05 with slight variation. Corn prices include No. 2 mixed 4 to 5 cents, No. 3 near 47 to 49 cents, and No. 2 white around 39 to 40 cents, with additional bids for No. 3 white and mixed varieties.
The Western Texas Conference for evangelism opens this evening at Westminster Presbyterian Church and runs through Wednesday. Leaders include Prof. J. P. McCallie and Rev. Homer McMillan with talks on Personal Evangelism and Consecrated Possessions.
Miss Jeanette McAusland daughter of a wealthy retiree announces engagement to Sanford Brownwell White noted Princeton University athlete in 1912. The romance ties a beauty pageant figure to a famed football and baseball star in a college love story.
Observations at 8 a.m. show air pressure and temperature patterns with isobars and isotherms noted. Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas: tonight frost possible with fair skies, warmer Wednesday. widespread clouds and warmth in the east. report includes wind, precipitation indicators, and summaries for past 24 hours.
Southwest Texas farmers show strong demand for seed potatoes as San Antonio traders report heavy buying and abundant northern stocks. Maine Triumph and Green Mountain varieties expected, with shipments by water from Galveston. Prices near three dollars and fifty to three seventy-five per hundredweight.
Cold weather serves as a bracer to trade in the commercial district with wholesalers and grocers reporting strong activity. Produce demand remains heavy. retailers price eggs at 30 to 36 cents per dozen and retail meat prices rise as packers announce a third increase this month. Chicago market notes a 14 percent smaller U S hog supply aiding price gains. assorted canned vegetables and raw hides listed with current retail and wholesale quotations.
A dense catalog of prices for eggs, poultry, dairy, vegetables, fruits, canned goods, dried fruits, nuts, hay, and meats. Items include eggs 21 22c per dozen, large hens 6.00, butter 30 32c, apples Ben Davis 1.26, oranges California navels 2.76 3.26 per box, sugar granulated 6.36 per hundred pounds, coffee house 32c per pound, and numerous regional varieties with assorted weights and crate prices.
The Kansas City Journal reports diverging opinions on fish memory. Ocean Museum Monaco details Oxner's aquarium tests showing a fish avoiding bait after a colored paper cue, then biting when cue removed. The study suggests a glimmer of reason but says fishing methods won’t change.
Dr. Orison Swett Marden spoke at a New York dinner noting modesty hinders success and that failure to recognize one’s limits drives many to failure. The Washington Star reports the remark.
Butter and poultry prices remain steady in Kansas City market notes. Creamery butter 243 cents per pound, eggs at 26 1/2 cents extras, 15 to 15 1/2 cents for firsts and seconds, hens 11 1/2 to 12 cents, roosters 8 cents, young turkeys 18 cents, ducks 13 to 14 cents.
Chicago market notes show butter shipments at 19 21/ cent and 17 cents for fresh firsts with 4507 cases received. Creameries report receipts at 243 percent, potatoes steady at 50 cents, and poultry prices steady with dressed turkeys 22 cents, hens 13 cents, springs 14 cents.
New York on January 21 reports firmer demand with receipts of 8234 fresh gathered extras selling at 27 to 28 cents.
Raw sugar remains steady with muscovado 89 test at 2.98 dollars and centrifugal 96 test at 3.48 dollars. Molasses 89 test 2.83 dollars, refined market quiet. Petroleum and molasses show stability, hides and leather firm.
Quotations were as follows today Poultry chickens 12c turkeys 12c ducks 15c geese 12c Butter creamery 27 36c Eggs 22c.
York markets report coffee futures holding steady. March at 88.30 cents a pound, May unspecified, Rio No. 7 grade featured amid steady trading conditions in New York.
Traders at Union Stock Yards report a lack of quality hogs with "razor backs" flooding the market. Good hogs fetch about 7.25 per hundredweight, while most hogs sit near 6.50. Cattle trade steadier with cows at 4.50 and calves around 5.25, bulk calves 4.50 to 5.00, and no sheep or goats sold by noon.
Cattle receipts 2600 with steer prices steady to 10 cents down. Hog market active and steady with top 7.66 and most sales around 7.35 to 7.60. Calves 900 head steady between 4.50 and 8.00. Sheep 240 head active with wethers at 5.10. Bulls and cows steady, cattle and stocker steers mostly unchanged.
Chicago markets report cattle receipts about 50000 with slow to steady bids across categories. Hogs receipts around 25000 show steady to slightly higher sales, with best for bulk around 7.55 to 7.65. Sheep receipts near 2000 bid steady to a bit higher, with native and western lambs and yearlings priced accordingly.
At St Louis on January 21 receipts totaled about 4000 cattle including 1000 Texans with steady prices. Native beef steers ranged 5.50 to 9.35, cows and heifers 3.65 to 6.00, calves in carloads 5.00 to 6.50. Hog receipts unclear with price ranges 6.75 to 7.60 for various classes. Sheep receipts 3500 up 15 cents with native muttons 5.00 to 6.50 and lambs 7.25 to 9.20.
Pascal Hixon, a railroad clerk and heir to half of a $125000 estate, was found by St. Louis police after missing a planned meeting with his brother to arrange the inheritance. A Chattanooga letter prompted authorities to buy a railroad ticket and place him on a train, but Hixon said he simply forgot the appointment.
Receipts total 12 000 cattle including 600 southerns with steady bids native steers 6 90 to 8 50 southrn steers 5 60 to 7 40 cows and heifers 3 75 to 6 60. Hog receipts 22 000 steady to strong bulk 7 25 to 7 45, heavies 7 40 to 7 60, lights 7 16 to 7 35, pigs 6 25 to 6 86. Sheep receipts 7 000 steady to strong muttons 4 00 to 6 80 lambs 7 50 to 8 90 range wethers and yearlings 5 00 to 7 60 ewes 3 50 to 5 40.
New Orleans rice market held steady with quotes for Honduras and Japan varieties. Sales listed as rough Honduras 188 at 3.80 dollars, clean Honduras 1050 at 3 4 cents, and Japan 150 at ec. Receipts showed rough 2818, millers 2619, clean 2237.
New York on January 21 reports Stec for 1921 amoskeag as the base for fall prices. Cotton goods stayed quiet in primary circles while jobbers noted fair trade for the season. Strikes in New York City cutting trades disrupted deliveries of piece goods.
The tiny Tavolara island off Sardinia is described as the smallest republic with a population of about fifty five. In 1886 Barteleoni, titled Pauli thes, was proclaimed king, and Tavolarians named a president every ten years under their constitution.
London copper firm spots at 68 Ibs sterling with futures at 69 Ibs. Sterling. Tin trades easy around 227 Ibs Sterling spot and 226 Ibs futures. Lead at 16 Ibs Sterling, 12s 6d. Spelter 26 Ibs sterling, 2s 6d. Iron: Cleveland warrants listed in London.
In St Louis on January 21 wool prices show steady ranges for combing and clothing fibers with mid grades at 238% 26c and lighter lots around 19d to 27 63c. A Toledo banker, linked to Whitlock mayor, is urged to economize as his daughter jokes about needing a fall riding habit and the walking habit is proposed.
New York opens firm with 9 to 11 point advance, gains of 11 to 19 points, led by active March buying as spread to May widens. Prices eased later from the best, still firm with old crop positions holding. spot noon quiet at uplands nominal. afternoon firmer months up 10 to 18 points net as Wall Street offerings recede.
The market shows firm opening with January at 12.40 and other months ranging from 11.22 to 12.55. Closing figures mirror firmness, with each contract posting gains or steady levels amid unsettled intra day ranges.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened higher by 6 to 12 points as traders cited stronger export demand and reports from New York. A rain saturated belt kept the market cautious, with spot buying and covering shorts lifting prices to as much as 15 to 16 points above yesterday's close before moderating around noon.
In New Orleans on January 21 cotton futures opened steady with January at 12.12 and February 12.09 from bids. March 12.10, May 12.06 07, July around 12.08 09, August near 12.11 61, October 11.26 bid. Close showed a net advance of 13 to 18 points on the day.
Spot cotton in Liverpool shows moderate business with prices steady led by American middling fair at 7.254 and various grades quoted. Daily sales total 8000 bales with 800 for speculation and export, including 7500 American. receipts reach 44,000 bales, of which 42,600 are American.
The article notes Mrs. E A Fish, sole female in charge of a U S seacoast lighthouse at Point Pinos California, receiving a commendation and a meal with Inscription for twenty years service. It mentions Manley M Rice of St Louis purchasing Hotel Jefferson with tips earned over eight years as a hatrack attendant. It urges readers to pay poll tax.
Exports to Great Britain 14 531 and 45 229 for previous week. Exports to Commerce 8 894. Exports to Continent 39 075 and 63 348. Exports to Mexico and Japan 1 052 and 6 402.
Arrived yesterday Steamer Oriente from New York on January 13. Cleared Northtown to Tampico Colonian to Havre. Sailed Istrar to Liverpool Celtic King to Havre Boniface to Liverpool Luise Horn to Bremen.
New Orleans on January 21 reports spot cotton firm with prices steady across grades. Middling 12 1/2 cents, arrivals 1915 bales to arrive 918 bales, receipts 7578 bales, total stock 183583 bales. Other markets list varied middling quotes.
Galveston Texas January 21 spot cotton closed quiet unchanged with prices listed for various grades from low ordinary 81-16 to good middling 2 l-16. Market reported 520 spots sold, receipts 13,919 and stock 319,424.
Houston date line reports the spot market closing steady with sales 2229 running, ships 10,199 and stock 150,568. Quotations show low ordinary 7.1 cents, ordinary 8.0, good ordinary 9%, low middling 11.4, middling 12.4, good middling 12% and middling fair at 13 cents.
New York today reports cotton spot market closing quiet with middling uplands at 12.90 and gulf at 13.15 per unit. No change noted in trading activity or demand.
Memphis reports January 21 with cotton spot steady to % lower as middling price sits at 12 percent.
Cottonseed products in Memphis list prime tasis oil at 5.20 27, meal 25.50 25.75, linters 3% 4% in January. New York market closes firm with spot 6.20 30, January 6.26 27. February 6.13 16. March 6.14 16. April 6.16 18. May 6.18 19. June 6.18 21. July 6.23 24. August 6.26 2?8. sales between calls 100 January 6.27 and 500 March 6.15. total sales 13,800.
James Meyers, a quarry worker, was rescued from a cave 75 feet up the Alton bluff by a train crew and police after being trapped since Saturday night by a sleet storm and ice. He was taken to the St. Clair County Farm in serious condition from exposure and hunger.
The New York market opened with modest gains and firming in active issues. Investors focused on minor specialties including American Cotton Oil and International Paper preferred as New Jersey measures favored by Governor Wilson stirred discussion.
On January 21 in New York close, prime mercantile paper at 4 1/2 percent, sterling exchange firm with bankers bills at 483.40 for sixty day bills and 487.60 for demand. Commercial bills 4.82 percent. Bar silver 63, Mexican dollars 49. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular. Money on call steady at 2 1/4 percent. Time loans show weakness with sixty days at 3 1/4 to 4, ninety days around 4, six months 4 1/4.
New York copper quotes stay steady with spot at 15.25 dollars and futures for January to March around 15.26 to 15.70, electrolytic and lake variants higher. Tin weak with spot near 50 dollars, while lead remains steady at 4.25 and spelter soft at 7.20, antimony quiet at Cookson's 9.75 to 10.00. Iron prices unsettled with no change.
Jan 21 market notes list lead at 4.20 and spelter at 7.10 in St. Louis pricing.
Mrs. Russell Sage of New York sends 2500 dollars with interest to Mrs. Felton to settle John Slocum’s unpaid Cartersville board bill from 1855. Slocum, a prospector befriended by the Feltons during the Ducktown copper era, left town unpaid. The funds will help establish a school for mountain girls. Black opals from New South Wales have become rare after years of mining.
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