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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1912
Page
7
The lemon price advance continues with boxes now at 5 dollars, up 50 cents from Saturday and 1.50 over ten days. Oranges rise to 2.75 per box from 2.50, as California crop damage and strong demand bolster the citrus market.
A long list outlines trade prices for vegetables fruits and country produce. Potatoes, onions, cabbage, peppers, and cucumbers show per hundredweight or crate pricing, while oranges grapes bananas and apples appear by box or weight. Nuts and canned goods list per pound or case prices, with butter eggs and poultry prices also included.
Elgin board reports a 3 percent decline in butter prices from last week. The Associated Press notes output at 617000 pounds as of January 29.
A long list of travelers check in at St. Anthony and Menger hotels, with names including Joseph Berkshire Ardmore Okla and George Gaines Houston, among others. The note ends urging readers to pay their poll tax.
Receipts were liberal across divisions at Union Stock Yards with 293 head including 151 cattle 67 calves 64 horses 4 hogs and 1 goat. Cattle showed active demand with cows topping at 3.75 and bulk around 3.50 while calves sold to 5 for select lights and 4.75 for the bulk hogs brought 6 on arrival.
Lee Russell, VP of Cassidy Southwestern Commission, visits San Antonio as the old Godarr-Russell office closes February 1 after consolidation. W H Parsons from Uvalde reports fine cattle country and a strong spring steer movement ahead. D B Zimmerman of Summerset seeks stock buys for a Dakota ranch. Katy freight cuts spark Morgan line water rate hike to 28 cents per hundred pounds by March 15, affecting Texas packing interests shipping to Cuba.
Ed L Orr the traveling passenger agent for the International and Great Northern railway visits the city today. Orr previously served as a train auditor for the I and G N for three years. Pay your poll tax.
Fort Worth cattle receipts total 2300 with steers weak though stockers and feeders firm through 5.00, cows mostly steady, bulls steady, calves strong. Hog receipts 2500 with prices ranged near 5.85 to 6.15 and top around 8.25.
Chicago today shows cattle receipts around 25 000 with market steady to down a shade. Hogs receipts near 60 000 with prices weak to five cents lower. Sheep receipts about 32 000 with markets steady to ten cents lower. Beeves range 4.10 to 8.40, hogs light 5.60 to 6.00, native sheep 3.10 to 4.70, western lambs 4.60 to 6.80.
AP report from St. Louis on January 29 shows cattle receipts 4000 with steady market and prices for native beef steers cows and calves. hogs receipts 9000 with steady market and price ranges. sheep receipts 5000 with steady market and native muttons and lambs price ranges listed.
Kansas City market data shows cattle receipts at 11 000 with most classes steady to a shade lower. hogs 12 900 receipts steady to five cents lower. sheep 12 000 receipts weak with muttons 3.25 to 4.75 and lambs 5.00 to 6.65.
Quotations show butter steady at 29 to 36 cents a pound, creamery and cheese items steady with several varieties listed. Eggs firm with receipts of 1585 cases. Potatoes and poultry also noted with steady prices and limited ranges for turkeys and chickens.
A New York AP item notes price quotes for extras and dirties plus checks and refrigerator items with varying cents and fractions, reflecting daily market listings.
Quotations for butter at 87 cents for creamery, 35 cents firsts, 83 cents seconds, packing stock 24 cents. Eggs listed Extras 88 cents, firsts 36 cents, seconds 22. percent symbols omitted in OCR text.
Quotations were as follows with poultry firm. Chickens 8 to 10 1 2 cents, springs 8 10 cents, turkeys 14 cents, ducks 18 cents, geese 5 cents. Butter quiet. Creamery 29 to 33 cents. Eggs higher by 2 cents.
New York market reports futures for Coffee No. 7 Rio closing steady. March and May contracts settle near 12.98 cents per pound as prices hold.
New York reports raw sugar steady on January 29 with Muscovado 89 test at 3.89 cents, centrifugal 96 test at 4.39 cents, and molasses sugar 69 test at 3.64 cents. Refined sugar and related commodities also steady. hides quiet and leather firm.
Money on call held steady at 2 1/2 percent with the ruling rate noted. Time loans remained easy for 60 days at 6 percent and for 90 days and 2 percent at 6 months, reflecting a cautious money market in New York.
Chicago Jan 29 A fresh advance in wheat followed Liverpool short sellers' nerves and shrinking world shipments. May opened lower then rose to 103% while corn eased after an early bulge. Oats firmed with corn but failed to hold, May oats at 60% to 61. Provisions bearish bias with pork near 16.32, lard 9.42, ribs 8.82. Close mixed, May wheat at 108% 103% and May corn steady at 67% to 67% ec.
Quotations show cash wheat with No 2 red at 1.00 No 2 hard 1.03 1.15 percent. Corn No 3 65 cents No 3 white 65 68 cents. Oats No 2 51 per cent No 2 white 52 49 63 cents. Close markers list Wheat May 101 1 01 percent July 95 95 cents. Corn May 69 68 percent. Oats May 6.21 cent July 46 KC.
Cash wheat prices show No 2 hard 104 109 cents, No 2 red 100 cents. Corn No 2 mixed 67 68 cents, No 2 white 68 69 cents. Oats No 2 white 51 52 cents, No 2 mixed 60 61 cents. Futures close Wheat May 102 3 4 cents, July 94 95 cents. Oats May 82 86? cents, July 46%?
Chicago market report lists cash wheat prices with No 2 red at around 1.00 to 1.01 per bushel and No 1 northern at about 1.11 to 1.18, No 2 northern near 1.07, spring at 1.03 to 1.07, velvet chaff at 95 to 1.07, durum around 1.07. oats No 2 around 61 to 62 cents and standard 51 to 52 cents.
Morris and Company and Chicago packers opened a San Antonio branch in a three story building at Medina and Buena Vista. The facility cost about 50000 dollars and includes a cold storage plant and a 10000 pound capacity smoke house. R H Cobb, manager, will employ about fifty men. San Antonio hosts local packing houses and serves as southwestern meat hub for Armour, Swift and Morris to the southwest and Mexico.
New York opened steady with a gain of 6 to points on stronger Liverpool cables and favorable English spot reports. Realizing and uneven fluctuations followed, heavy selling by a prominent house stirred talk of German operator influence, with rains in the eastern belt and the market pausing at midday to steady with net gains in active months. Spot quiet and middling uplands at 9.65 nominal.
Cotton futures in New Orleans start with a modest rise on strong cables and poor weather maps showing heavy rain across most of the belt. Heavy rainfall and winds slow road and farm work, delaying movement and open cotton damage. Trade ends the first half hour 7 to 11 points higher amid brisk profit taking and steady demand.
The fragment records a sequence of monthly financial figures with January at 9.87 and February to March around 9.83 to 9.84, May 9.93, July 10.03 to 10.04, August 10.00 to 10.02, and October 9.88 to 9.89, lacking context or labels.
Liverpool cotton market closes with gains in spot prices and steady futures. American middling fair at 6.20, middling 6.56, low middling 5.28. sales 12 000 bales, receipts 50 000, including 47 900 American. Futures quoted across months from January to December with varied spreads.
Cotton seed oil markets in New York closed firm with spot at 5.34 40 and futures for February through September rising to 5.35 86 5.42 44 5.45 48 5.54 56 6.70 71 5.71 77 5.77 78. Notable activity included 100 February and 1000 February at 5.37 and 5.35, plus larger 400 March 5.42 and 700 at 5.43 and 400 May 5.54 and 900 May 5.55, 600 July 5.71, 500 September 5.77. Total sales 8300.
New York January 29. Trading on the stock exchange opens under unfavorable conditions. Optimism from last year faded as last week's steel purchase downturn and St Paul railroad dividend cut weighed on sentiment. Northwestern roads lag, Puget Sound extension costs burden St Paul, U.S. Steel earnings expectations rise. Foreign exchange strength hints at weak domestic demand and need to renew German maturing loans.
The February dead month shows little activity in spot and futures with only a dozen trades since quoting began. January spot demand dominates the week as bears concede keen inquiry while disputes over duration of demand persist and weather factors drive movement.
New York reports indicate firmer demand for cotton goods with buyers including jobbers converters and manufacturers. Prints denims sheetings and other essentials are under order for 60 to 90 days while Spring distribution appears likely to remain steady though Massachusetts mills face wage hour adjustments.
Cotton statistics show port totals from Galveston New Orleans Mobile and other Gulf ports with figures for today and last year. Texas City and Houston totals listed with estimated values and national comparisons, highlighting overall U S cotton movement and port performance in a historical data snippet.
A fragmented market blurb notes mixed readings across cities including New York New Orleans Houston and Galveston. Entries show varied prices and volumes with steady to firm tones and several numerical figures such as 12 000 and 862 106 in unclear contexts.
On January 29 in New Orleans spot cotton remained steady with a 1 16 decline and 2550 sales on spot delivery plus 920 to arrive. Ranging values showed low ordinary around 6 1 16 cents and good middling near 10 1 16 cents. Receipts totaled 8852 with stock at 274 893.
In Memphis on January 29 spot cotton remained unchanged with middling grade at 9 1/2 cents per pound.
Spot cotton in New York on January 29 closed quiet with Middling uplands at 9.65 cents per pound and Middling gulf at 9.90. Total sales reported 7100 bales.
Spot cotton in Houston on January 29 closed steady with middling grade at 10 cents. The Associated Press report notes unchanged prices across the market as traders evaluated demand and quality for the day.
The Standard Oil Company of New York announced a 25 point advance in refined petroleum on January 29. Refined in cases cost 9.60 cents per gallon, refined in bulk 4.60 cents, and standard white barrels 8.10 cents.
New York stocks opened with heavy selling as United States Steel led declines and major names fell. The market recovered briefly but closed heavy with profit taking and renewed selling in Reading and United States Steel.
Close prime mercantile paper at 3 4 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4.84 26 for 60 days and 4.87 40 45 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83 percent. Bar silver 58 cents. Mexican dollars 47 cents. Government bonds firm, railroad bonds steady.
Vegetables lead today’s markets with prices up for general consumer purchase. Cold weather boosts meat trade with unlikely price declines until spring. Citrus damaged by frosts in California. wholesale lemons up over 1.50 per box and oranges increase by 25 to 5 cents. Fish and oysters show fair demand with ample supply.
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