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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
8
Chicago July 6 The COM market opened with cautious sellers despite favorable weather. August and September futures showed initial gains but soon reversed as arrivals and crop outlook pressured prices. Oats traded weak with minimal gains, while provisions rose with hogs amid late selling.
Market roundups from Chicago Kansas City and St Louis cover grain futures corn wheat and oats along with cattle hogs and sheep. Prices move mixed with some gains in hogs and steady cattle demand while receipts vary across regions.
Report from Fort Worth shows extremely dull live stock trading with hogs variably higher. Cattle and sheep receipts and price shifts listed but overall activity weak with little trading, primary market higher briefly, sheep uneven with some price gains.
Quotations show Texas butter and country creamery steady, poultry firm with hens and turkeys listed at various price points. Market notes include mixed regional dairy, poultry, and wool prices, with occasional receipts and shipments data from Chicago New Orleans and New York markets.
The item lists wholesale and retail fish prices for San Antonio traders including halibut rock cod red snapper and barracuda with weights and preparation notes. It also includes a long weather section with temperatures rainfall and city summaries across Texas and neighboring states, noting normal conditions west of the Mississippi and minimal precipitation.
Cotton futures rise in half day trading as drought spreads in Texas and other regions. Prices in the wholesale market gain points on strong demand while fruit and vegetable prices show modest increases across Texas markets.
The New York cotton market opened steady with gains of 1 to 18 points and active months rising 40 to 36 points. October at 24.93¢ and December around 4,600. July up to 28.08 with gains near 81 points as selling intensified for new crop deliveries and drought worries influenced sentiment.
A wholesale price sheet listsFresh vegetables futures and current market quotes. Texas Bermudas onions 1.80 per unit 50 cent per bunches California onions 8.15 per hundredweight. Carrots 4.00 per hundredweight. Pepper 1.00 per item. Bananas California prices 0.60 per box. Apples Winesaps three dollars per box. Valencia oranges six dollars per box. Cotton futures July 25.25 December 24.48 January quotes steady. Futures closed higher by 66 points.
Readable snippets show New Orleans fruit prices with Honey Meaches and Clingstone Peaches listed per box or basket, Cantalooupes at four dollars per crate, and Elberta and Cherry varieties priced. Cotton futures from the week show modest gains and shifts in trading toward month-end, with March futures closing higher and market activity described in a period voice.
Market listings show wholesale cotton and grocery items with prices per pound or per case. Prices span seeds, fruits, canned goods, dried fruits, flour, meats, and farm staples, highlighting regional Galveston and Houston figures and wholesale varieties.
Stock prices showed improvement after a hesitant opening in today’s short session. Trading focused on Independent Steels and low priced dealers with notable moves in United States Steel and Marine Preferred. The market closed firm with about 260,000 shares traded and mixed quotes across key issues.
The note lists varied banks and exchange terms with scattered figures like 4.74 percent. Mentions of London and New York banks and several merchant and national banks appear, but the text is garbled and several entities are unreadable.
A conference in Arlington Washington with cotton planters marketing directors and War Department officials discussed financing farmers of the South and new products. The meeting underscored the need for federal support adequate transportation warehousing and reliable wartime supplies. A wireless link exists between the Arlington station and Rome for rapid communication.
Fragmentary OCR notes show reference to currency rates bonds and bills with mentions of London prices and silver. No coherent event or figures clearly defined.
Sir F. EB. Smith recounts a queue story at a Washington luncheon about English queues and a young American soldier who received margarine instead of tea. The soldier, surprised, jokes about the gallery entrance to the Frivolity Theater as he realizes the substitution.
A Dundee Scotland firm’s jam production has soared as major suppliers to Britain’s army and navy. United States vice counsel E R Pottle reports the canning volume would stack forty miles high if lined end to end. The firm handles 100,000,000 oranges and similar fruit volumes, prompting a shift from earthenware and glass to stout cardboard cartons.
A collection of wartime recollections and notes on several figures. Italian airman Colonel Arturo Giovanelli reflects on courage among Allied forces. Three Neault brothers from Biddeford Me face exemptions and will depart for Camp Devens May 20. Acknowledgments of the Verdun and Chemin des Dames charges are framed in a humorous hotel keeper reference. An Argentine wireless concession to an American firm and a Vancouver anecdote about a beggar provide varied, loosely connected snapshots.
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