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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1913
Page
9
Wheat opened lower in Chicago amid reports France resold earlier purchases, with May prices slipping to around 92 1/2 cents and later firming to 92 3/8. In St Louis, cash wheat quotes ranged from No 2 red 1.06–1.12 to No 2 hard 90 4 cents, and May corn near 50–51 cents with oats at 34 cents.
Kansas City quotations list cash and futures for wheat corn and oats. No. 2 hard wheat trades around 85% to 92% cents, No. 2 mixed corn about 47% to 49% cents, No. 2 white corn near 49% cents, and No. 2 white oats near 35 cents. May and July futures for wheat corn and oats shown with price ranges.
Chicago cash grain quotations list prices for wheat corn and oats across grades. No 2 red No 2 hard No 1 northern and durum values appear with ranges and fractional cents. Prices for corn oats and velvet chaff are shown in various grades with fractional cents.
Copper arrivals 395 tons for the period with exports 19 932 tons. Prices show copper weak with spot at 68 pounds sterling 16s and futures 69 pounds 2s 6d. Tin dull with spot 226 pounds 6s and futures 224 pounds. Lead at 16 pounds 128 6d and spelter 26 pounds 28 64d. Iron Cleveland warrants 65s 3d in London.
In New Orleans on January 28 there was little activity in rough rice while clean rice held steady. Receipts totaled 1174 rough, 4149 clean, and 833 bags of milk rice. Sales focused on Honduras grades with 1286 bags of clean Honduras sold at three and one half to five dollars per hundredweight. quotations unchanged.
New York buyers and sellers traded actively on the primary cotton markets yesterday. Values were firm and tended higher as demand for heavyweight suitings for next season grew. Many lines of worsted woolen suitings opened for fall 1913 with some advances of a cent per yard.
Galveston notes arrivals of steamers San Bernardo Emden El Sol and lines to clear include Konsul Schulte San Bernardo Tuxpan. Sailings listed for Broomfield Tuxpan Ciboa and Bocas del Toro. Also small ads for eye relief tubes and auto sales appear amid tax notices.
Numerous visitors from Houston Dallas Waco Victoria and other Texas towns register at St Anthony Bowie Menger Crockett Bexar Gunter Savoy and other hotels in San Antonio. Names include John W Chandler W Decker Frank D Lombar J C Blair J N Bradley and many more arriving for business or leisure.
To Mr and Mrs C Alvarado a boy January 26 at 312 San Luis street. To Mr and Mrs Weyand a boy January 18 at P and 8 hospital. To Mr and Mrs H Ruth a boy January 24 at 1708 North Comal street. To Mr and Mrs J S Lewis a girl January 18 at 4105 South Presa street. To Mr and Mrs E P Gadwiler a girl January 19 at 1818 North Flores street. To Mr and Mrs EK Jones a boy January 22 at 303 Devine street. To Mr and Mrs A Herrera a boy January 17 at 107 Josey street. To Mr and Mrs McGowin a girl January 26 at 823 Essex street. To Mr and Mrs G H Byrnes a boy January 20 at 428 West Mistletoe avenue. To Mr and Mrs R Padilla a boy January 26 at 918 South Laredo street. To Mr and Mrs Phillip Schmidt a girl January 18 at 230 San Pedro avenue. To Mr and Mrs B Gerrero twin boys January 26 at 512 Broad street. To Mr and Mrs E Garza a girl January 26 at 1117 Peres street. To Mr and Mrs E Villareal a girl January 26 at 1009 Buena Vista street.
Burial permits issued for Charles Wesenberg Jr aged 17 who died January 26 at 716 Avenue E Adolph Schimpf 49 died January 25 at 644 River Avenue Josefa Diaz 26 died January 26 at 1207 South Frio Street Charice Fred Biggs 15 died January 25 in Bexar County and Sophie Elizabeth Matthies 87 died January 26 at 1320 South Presa Street.
The bottom falls out of refined sugar with a 20 cent per hundredweight drop to 85 dollars, as refiners cite dull business and Cuban crop conditions while beet sugar owners claim full price parity. cabbage prices also sag in Hay plaza, with wholesale notes showing abundant stocks and little buyer activity amid looming tariff decisions.
A dense listing of groceries and farm products with prices for eggs, butter, cheese, vegetables, fruits, and meats, followed by a long section detailing real estate transfers including numerous parcels in San Antonio and surrounding areas with buyer names, lot numbers, and dollar amounts ranging from a few hundred to several thousand.
A fragmented OCR listing shows items described as fancy lemon peel lfc and fancy orange peel lfc with VFigs numbers. It includes box weights 13 oz and 26 lb, per box prices and pounds per unit, but many terms are garbled and details inconsistent.
Butter remains steady with receipts of 7709 tubs. Cheese prices irregular. Eggs show irregular movement with 6907 cases received.
United States Steel Corporation announces its regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on both common and preferred shares. The quarter ended December 31 shows earnings of 35,185,557 with a net income of 25,764,926 and a surplus of 7,410,979.
At Union Stock Yards January 28 salesmen moved consignments quickly with steady prices. Cattle topped at 4.50, calves to 6.25, hogs strongest with porkers around 7 and some hogs at 7.25. No sheep or goats were offered.
New York reports steady to unsettled trading as margins ease after an initial advance. Prices fluctuated two to eight points, with near months easing while summer deliveries attracted selling. Spot markets lag and a census count of 356,000 bales spurs slight activity. overall there is cautious covering and dull support.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with 8 to 7 point gains on cables and bull buying, then fell back as short selling and weather fears weighed in. By midmorning prices hovered 2 to 3 points above prior close, later slipping to noon with a net 9 point rise.
Fort Worth chart shows cattle receipts 3200 with 600 calves. Demand for stockers strong, bulls slow but steady, calves steady. Hogs active and up a nickel. top hogs 8.80, bulk 7.50 to 7.70. Sheep and lambs down a quarter. wool lambs 7.85. Cattle details indicate beef steers 6.00 to 7.35, stockers 5.50 to 6.10, cows 4.25 to 5.40, calves 4.50 to 8.00.
Cattle receipts 6000 including 200 Texans with a steady market. Native beef steers 5.50 to 7.50, Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.50 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.65 to 6.00, calves in carload lots 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 11,000, market up ten cents. pigs and lights 6.60 to 7.65, mixed and pare nt er 7.60 to 7.65, good heavy 7.55 to 7.65. Sheep receipts 2500, market steady. muttons 5.00 to 6.25, lambs 7.00 to 9.00.
New Orleans reports cotton futures opening steady with January at 12.44 and May around 14.29. Prices showed a later steady close with a net advance of 12 to 15 points as traders noted varied bids for March July and August contracts.
Kansas City market report shows cattle receipts 11000 with native steers 6.80 to 8.25 dollars and southern steers 5.75 to 7.30. Hogs receipts 18000 with bulk sales 7.35 to 7.45 and loaders up to 7.60. Sheep receipts 5000 with prices 4.00 to 5.75 for mutton and 8.25 to 8.50 for Colorado lambs. range lambs 5.20 to 7.50 and range replacements 3.50 to 5.25.
Liverpool notes a quiet spot market with American middling fair at 7.38d and various grades listed. Daily sales reach 7000 bales including 6800 American. receipts total 25000 bales with 18400 American.
Chicago livestock report shows cattle receipts 4500 with slow steady trade. Hogs receipts 23000 with a strong to higher market, most sales around 7.56 to 7.68. Sheep receipts 16000 duller by about 40 cents from week's close with native, yearling and lamb prices listed.
In Liverpool the futures market opened weaker and closed steady with January through January February ranges listed. Major spreads included January 665d and several calendar differentials such as Feb March 6.6019d and Oct Nov 6.20d with small par values noted.
New Orleans on January 28 reports spot cotton steady at 12 7-16 cents for middling with 860 bales sold on the spot and 150 arriving. Quotations span low ordinary to strict good middling with several grades listed. receipts total 31,331 bales and stock at 170,220 bales.
The cotton seed oil market closed steam with spot at 6.20, January 6.30, February 6.26, March 6.26, April 6.27, May 6.20, June 6.28, July 6.33, August 6.38. Trade included 8100 total sales with multiple lots between 6.25 and 6.33.
Galveston on January 28 reports spot cotton closing steady with prices for grades from low ordinary at 8½ cents to good middling at 12½ cents. Sales total 437 bales. receipts 15,780 bales. stock 308,537 bales. No freight on board.
McKinley Avenue M. E. church to be brick veneer on South Presa Street valued at 16000 dollars. R. Popig applies for a 3 room dwelling on South Olive Street valued 450 dollars. F. Valdemar plans a 3 room dwelling on Prado Street valued 500 dollars. I. OValle plans a 3 room dwelling on San Fernando Street valued 200 dollars. J. M. Nix applies for a 2 story store on Houston Street valued 4400 dollars.
Houston spot market closes steady with gains noted. Sales reach 2119 bales f. o. b. none. Shipments amount to 11,442 bales. Stock stands at 145,526 bales with price ranges from 7 to 13 in Low Ordinary up to Good Middling.
New York on January 28 reported spot prices for cotton with middling uplands at 13.16 dollars and middling gulf at 18.40 dollars. Sales totaled 500 bales.
The Census Bureau announced that linters obtained by re ginning cotton seed from the 1912 crop prior to January 1, 1913 totaled 356 074 bales. 2 761 394 tons of seed were crushed by 845 crushing establishments. State by state figures follow.
In Pittsburg crude oil jumped seven cents to 2.19 per barrel marking a sharp market shift. Independence Kansas and Tulsa Oklahoma also reported crude gains of three cents per barrel with Prairie Oil and Gas citing a price rise to 86 cents. Industry observers suspect possible manipulation amid broader supply and demand factors impacting small independent refineries.
On January 28 the New York stock market showed strength in various sectors with Gov. Sulzer's moderate message cited as a key driver. American Can and Dan variations moved up while Can preferred climbed on dividend expectations. Southern Pacific and Harriman stocks added to gains as trading stayed buoyant and the close remained firm.
Creamery prices show 24 to 34 cents for butter, eggs steady with receipts of 4,780. Fresh 19 cents, refrigerator firsts 16 4, firsts 22 cents. Potatoes steady with 62 car receipts. Michigan 47 50, Minnesota 45 48, Wisconsin 45 48. Live poultry steady with turkeys 15 cents, chicks 12 1/2 cents, springs 11 4 cents.
Butter prices show creamery 32 percent firsts 30 percent seconds 28 and packing stock 19 to 20 cents. Eggs list extras 24 cents firsts 22½ cents seconds 4 cents. Poultry items include hens 12 cents roosters 8 cents young turkeys 18 cents and ducks 13 to 14 cents.
The St. Louis market reported poultry quotations with chickens at 12 cents, springs at 124, tur “Batt” at 18 cents, ducks at 1éc, and geese at 13c per unit in a brief commodity update.
Raw sugar remains steady with Muscovado 89 test at 2.95 cents, centrifugal 96 test at 3.45 cents, and molasses sugar 89 test at 2.70 cents. Refined sugar easy, petroleum steady, molasses steady, hides steady, and leather firm noted.
Wool market in St Louis holds steady with medium combing and clothing grades at 23 to 26 cents per pound, light fine 19 2 to 19 3 cents, heavy fine 13 6 to 14 8 cents, tub washed 27 to 36 cents.
Spot cotton remains steady with a small gain noted in Memphis as middling prices rise to 12 cents. In St Louis metal markets, lead trades around 4.20 with spelter also indicated.
New York on January 28 reports No 7 Rio coffee futures steady with March at 13.12 and May at 13.3. The brief notes teabar futures steady.
Copper prices hold near firm ranges with spot and futures for January through March around 315.50 to 16.50 per unit. Tin remains firm near 49.90 to 50.00, lead steady near 4.25, spelter soft, antimony quoted nominal, iron stable.
New York on January 28 reports money on call steady at 2 38 percent, ruling 2 percent, closing bid 2 percent, offered at 3 percent. Time leans show 60 days at 3 percent, 90 days at 3 4 percent, six months at 4 4 percent.
License numbers 3205 to 3207 issued or noted for Hoffmen and Hayman at 1220 West Commerce, Baldridge at St. Anthony hotel, Leming at Gunter hotel, with a $208 amount associated to Dr. A Nayland at St. Anthony hotel.
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