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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1911

Page

7

Potato Acreage Set to Surpass All History Next Year

The big rise in potato prices and scarcity leads farmers to plan record acreage next season. Minnesota Kansas Illinois Nebraska report shortages, with wholesale markets pushing toward four dollars per hundred pounds. Ashland Nebraska cites three dollars per bushel. Kansas City Produce Co seeks buyers for eggs and candled eggs.

United States Texas Minnesota Kansas Illinois Nebraska Ashland Neb

Prices From Shipper to Retailers on Dairy and Poultry

Dairy and poultry price list shows Butter per pound 21c country. Butter 12 18c. Eggs fresh country candled 13 145. Cheese varieties with prices from 18%c to 24c and imports. Poultry rates listed for hens, springs, guineas, ducks, squabs and turkeys per dozen or per pound with multiple price points.

Badger State

Commodity Prices Report From Chicago Market

Quotations show dairy items steady with cheese and daisies listed. Potatoes move strong with old and new prices noted, while poultry remains steady with turkeys and hens priced by weight ranges.

THE Associated Press Chicago

Commodity Prices in St Louis Markets July 8

Quotations of the day show poultry at chickens 10 to 19 cents, springs 16 19, turkeys 13 to 16 cents, ducks 9, geese 5 cents. Butter creamery 19 to 23 1/2 cents. Eggs 7 to 12 cents depending on condition.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Kansas City Dairy Prices July 8 Creamery and Eggs

Butter prices set at 28 cents firsts 21 cents seconds 19 cents packing stock 17. Eggs list extras 19 cents firsts 6 cents seconds 8 cents. Local market report from Kansas City dated July 8.

Kansas City

Butter and Cheese Quotations Steady on New York Market

Quotations for butter remain steady with receipts of 5536 cases and process specials at 22 cents, extras 21 3 4, and firsts 19 20 cents. Cheese stays quiet with 1946 receipts and 500 export boxes. Eggs also quiet and unchanged with 6363 cases received.

Associated Press New

New Orleans Rice Market Quiet Across Honduras Grades

In New Orleans on July 8 the rice market showed little activity aside from Honduras grades. Trading was sparse with 1447 sacks rough Honduras 2.70 per cwt and 981 sacks clean Honduras at 1.90 to 2.70, while clean Honduras moved around 1.04 to 1.41 per cwt and Japan prices remained unquoted.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Shipping Arrivals and Departures at Galveston Harbor

Galveston dispatch lists yesterday’s arrivals including steamers Denver New York Altamaha El Occidente A B Crosby El Mundo and Satilla. Departures noted for Satilla and others bound to New York Philadelphia and nearby ports.

Galveston Shipping Galveston Tex Denver New York Altamaha el Occidente A. B. Crosby Philadelphia el Mundo Newark Satilla

Hides Leather Wool Steady Trade Summary

New York reports show hides steady and leather quiet with limited movement. Market notes indicate stable prices and tepid activity across materials with buyers cautious in the current season.

Sugar Market Brief from New York July 8

New York sugar market recap shows muscovado 89 test at 3.55 cents per pound, centrifugal 96 test at 4.04 cents, molasses sugar 89 test at 3.30 cents. Refined sugar and molasses remain steady.

Ongst and Molasses New York Muscovado

New Silk Lines Opened Amid Quiet Markets

New York July 8 reports very quiet cotton goods markets with no notable trading in yarns. Local wool markets are quiet with prices barely steady as new silk lines for spring are being opened by suppliers.

New York

New York Coffee Market Near Steady on October Futures

The New York coffee market closed with October futures 2 points not lower and generally 1 to 2 points higher on other options. Sales reached 20,750 bags. Spot coffee remained steady with No. 7 Rio at 13 5-16 to 13 3-4 and No. 4 Santos at 13 3-4. Mild coffee stayed firm with Cordova at 14 16c nominal.

New York Rio Santos Cordova

Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Regions

The forecast from SAN ANTONIO dated July 8 at 7 a m notes unsettled conditions with scattered showers tonight and Sunday for San Antonio vicinity and East Texas. Eastern districts show fair weather as a high pressure area sits over the Dakotas region. The west of the Mississippi remains unsettled with higher temperatures expected in the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys.

San Antonio Tex Texas Dakotas Mississippi Missouri

Cattle Market Steady to Higher at Union Stock Yards

July 8 market report shows cattle buyers driving prices up for cows and calves with steady to higher bids. Cows sold from 2.50 to 3.40 with top at 3.25, calves at 4.60 to 5.00, and hogs steady at 6.00 to 6.25 with a top 6.25. Only a few lot buyers in. market described as short and brisk.

Union Stock Yards Kerrville

Stocky lords mix of ranch sales and hog interests

Edward D. Miller has moved to San Angelo and taken a half interest in Hillis farm hogs near Sangelo, sharing management. He sold forty four saddle horses and a span of mules, while Uncle Sam reports oat field costs and profits per acre, yield, and price. Colonel Heywood expands hog herd toward 500 with 100 acres. Nance Bros and Blocker ship cattle to St Louis. Hog profits cited by J. M. George.

Edward D. Miller Pecos White and Baker Brady San Angelo Hillis Sangelo Bob Hillis Miller Sam Texas R. E. Jones San Benito Col Allea Heywood Mr. Jones Sherman Colonel Heywood

Money on Call and Time Loan Rates Reported

New York July 8 money on call nominal Time loans easy sixty days percent ninety days two percent six months three percent a report on prevailing rates in the money market shows call money steady and short term loan conditions easing slightly between six and ninety days.

THE Associated Press New York

Market News Live Cattle and Hog Receipts Weigh Prices

Fort Worth market reports a light Friday run with 250 cattle and 95 hogs. Cattle prices mostly held with strict beef steer values near 5.60 to 5.70, but stocker and calf segments declined, hogs sold up to 6.46 to 6.80 for five head, and lambs finished at 5.15 with other classes 3.50 to 4.00.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex Shawnee Oklo

Chicago Livestock Prices and Quotations Report

Chicago markets show cattle steady with beef and calf ranges noted. Hogs rise slightly with light and mixed classes at 6.40 to 6.87, while sheep remain steady across native and western categories with yearlings and lambs listed.

St Louis Livestock Market Reports Receipts Steady

St Louis daily cattle hog and sheep report shows 1000 cattle with 200 Texans, market steady. Beef steers 4.00 to 6.00, cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.50, hogs 5000 with strong trade, pigs and lights 6.55 to 6.80, packers and heavies 6.55 to 6.80, sheep 200 with steady trade, wooled lambs 4.00 to 7.00.

Associated Press ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma Sheen

Kansas City Live Stock Receipts and Prices July 8

Kansas City reports total receipts of 800 cattle including 300 southern, 5000 hogs, 5000 sheep. Cattle prices range native steers 5.00 to 6.75, southern cows 2.50 to 4.25, stockers 2.75 to 4.75. Hogs largely 6.45 to 6.60, heaviest 6.40 to 6.55. Sheep muttons 3.50 to 4.50, lambs 6.00 to 7.10, ewes 2.50 to 4.00.

Associated Press Chicago Texas Kansas City

Metal Market Steady With Minor Lead Activity

METAL MARKET ST LOUIS July 8 There was little change in metal dealings today from yesterday with prices holding. Lead activity increased slightly on weekend buying while spelter remained steady with spelter at 5.60 and Mead at 4.40 per unit.

ST. Louis Spelter Mead

Mercantile Market Report from New York Trade Desk

Close prime mercantile paper at 4 4. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers bills at 484.50 for sixty day bills and 486.30 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83 percent. Bar silver 62 percent. Mexican dollars 45 percent. Government and railroad bonds steady.

Associated Press New York Sterling Exchange

Imports Decline in June Trade Returns

London July 8 The board of trade June figures show imports fell by 17,619,500 mainly raw materials. Oils and rubbers account for about 10,000 of the drop. Exports rose by 6,567,500 led by cotton textiles.

Sndon Associated Press London Board of Trade

Funeral Held For C A Satterwhite In Austin

Funeral for C A Satterwhite, who died at his home 1205 Brazos Street, was held yesterday at 5 pm with burial in Oakwood cemetery. He was 52, a longtime Austin resident of twelve years, and died of paralysis. Survived by one son Albert, three sisters, and one brother.

Austin Tex C. A. Satterwhite Brazos Street Oakwood Cemetery Albert

Rainy Day Market Update Sparks Grain Declines

The market opened easy with a broad decline in old crop positions and a 6 to 12 point drop in new positions amid liquidation. July dipped from 14.30 to 14.13 and August fell to 13.82, lowest since February, with private rain forecasts triggering selling. Prices later recovered slightly but remained 14 to 18 points lower on close.

Associated Press New York

Weather Dominates The Security Market

New York July 8 The intense heat across grain regions sparked crop fears that unsettled stocks. Prices fell in early week trading on crop damage news, then recovered as rains eased heat. Foreign market tensions and ICC rulings on Lehigh Valley affected sentiment. United States Steel rose on steel trade improvement.

New York Interstate Commerce Commission Lehigh Valley United States Steel

Cotton statistics receipts and spinners' takings report

New Orleans July 8. Secretary Hester reports world cotton consumption by spinners with weekly totals and year to date figures. Week results show 155000 bales this week with prior year at 184000. total since Sept 1 this year about 11062000 bales. Northern Canada and southern regions split: northern 1977000. southern 6987100. Stock data across ports and interior towns cited for comparison with last year.

United States Aioe Liverpool New Orleans Hester Savannah Canada

Wheat Futures Climb On Bullish Cables Amid Mixed Signals

Bullish cables lift wheat as world shipments seen light and Morocco tensions weigh on markets. Buenos Ayres and American spring belt rains leave damage concerns, while September prices rise. Corn gains on limited moisture, oats follow, and provisions trade quiet with slight price moves.

Chicago Morocco Buenos Ayres

Cotton futures open steady amid mixed bids

Cotton futures opened easy with several contracts listed at 13.01 to 13.09 for front months and 14.15 bid for July. August to December bids showed mixed levels while futures closed steady across the board.

THE Associated Press

New Orleans Cotton Opens Barely Steady Amid Rain and Cables

New Orleans July 8 cotton futures opened barely steady with losses of 8 to 10 points amid poor cables and ongoing rains in Texas and Oklahoma. Weather maps show scattered showers in Texas with reports of improving rains overnight elsewhere. After the call the market weakened on forecasts of more rain and signs of widespread picking. active months fell 10 to 14 points from yesterday's close. Spot cotton firm with 40 bales sold and arrivals of 100 bales. Continuous weak undertone, shorts buying to realize profits, and little new long buying. Close steady with a net decline of 11 to 19 points.

New Orleans Texas Oklahoma

Daily Movement of Grain at Chicago

Chicago July 8 receipts and shipments today included grain movements with totals recorded for arrivals and departures across the market. Market observers note activity levels and patterns in daily grain handling at the Chicago facilities.

Chicago

Cotton market opens barely steady in New Orleans

The New Orleans cotton market opened July 8 with slight steadiness. Prices shown include July at 14.80 to 14.85, August at 13.81, September 13.12 bid, October 12.90 to 12.91, December 12.91 bid, January 12.96 bid, and March 13.08 to 13.10.

Associated Press New Orleans

Liverpool cotton market reports dull spot and steady futures

The Liverpool market shows dull spot trading with prices down five points. American middling grades range from 7.21 to 8.46 while 4000 bales sold, 200 for speculation and export, and receipts at 300 bales all American. futures opened barely steady and closed quiet with several forward spreads listed.

Associated Press Liverpool

Cottonseed prices quoted in New Orleans market

In New Orleans on July 8 cottonseed oil prime refined sold at 6.20 per pound while choice meal containing 8 percent ammonia sold at 29.00 per ton and choice cake sales noted as well.

Associated Press New Orleans

Memphis commodity prices brief from July

Memphis dispatch notes prime bakers oil at 5.40 dollars per barrel meal listed at 24.75 dollars and linters at 44 1/2 cents per pound as of July 8.

THE Associated Press Memphis Tenn Prime Bakers Oil

Cottonseed Oil Prices Near Record Lows In July Trade

The Associated Press reports New York prices for cottonseed oil slipping in early July trading with results seen across regional markets. Dealers cite weak demand and ample supply as factors pushing values downward. Substantial activity noted among refiners and brokers in onshore and port markets.

Associated Press New York

Cotton Statistics for Liverpool This Week

Liverpool weekly cotton figures show total imports of 20 000 bales with American imports at 8 000 bales. Total stock stands at 665 000 bales, American stock at 513 000 bales. American forwardings reach 562 000 bales and total exports total 2 000 bales.

THE Associated Press Liverpool

Market snapshot shows mixed activity in leading spots

The report notes Liverpool easing with a 7.924,000 sale while New York remains quiet at .60 .14.50. New Orleans steadies at .16.00 for 1,340 units, Houston steady at .14% and 7, Galveston quiet at . .14% for 250 units.

New York New Orleans Liverpool Houston Galveston

Spot cotton steady in Houston market

Houston July 8 spot cotton prices remained unchanged with middling grades quoted at a steady level as buyers and sellers assessed current demand and quality in the market.

Cotton Market Quiet with Mild Upland and Gulf Quotes

New York reports spot cotton steady as middling uplands hold at 14.50 cents per pound and middling gulf at 14.75. Sales reach 100 bales as traders monitor demand in a calm session.

THE Associated Press New York

Spot cotton quiet with minor decline in Galveston

Galveston Texas reports spot cotton quiet with a percent drop and middling grade at 14 percent. Sales totaling 250 bales noted from the market on July 8.

THE Associated Press Galveston Tex

Cotton Market News Memphis July 8

Spot cotton in Memphis remains steady with prices unchanged as middling grades hold firm and trade notes indicate a stable market with no active shifts in pricing. The day’s report reflects steady demand and limited price movement for middling cotton.

Bank of England Receives 256000 Pounds Bullion

London reports 256000 pounds of bullion admitted to the Bank of England today. Gold premiums are discussed at Madrid at .15 and at Lisbon 8,00 in early market chatter.

Associated Press London Bank of England Madrid Lisbon

Wheat and corn car receipts reported in Chicago

Chicago July 8 receipts show 139 cars of wheat with 125 contract grade and 209 cars of corn with 71 contract grade. Oats 74 cars. Total wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth today 332 cars, versus 93 last week and 171 the year ago.

Associated Press Chicago Chi Minneapolis Duluth

Chicago Cash Grain Prices Read Today

Chicago cash grain quotations show No. 2 red wheat at 88 to 89 cents, No. 2 hard 88 to 90, No. northern 1.02 to 1.04, No. 2 northern 94 to 97, No. 2 spring 94 to 97 cents, velo chaff 89 to 93, durum 84 to 90. Corn No. 2 63 to 64, No. 2 white 64 to 64 and No. 2 yellow 63 to 64. Oats No. 2 white 47 to 48, standard 46 to 47.

Associated Press Chicago

Kansas City Grain Prices July Quotations Recorded

Kansas City reports cash grain moves with wheat and corn prices. Wheat values show slight declines while oats and corn hold near steady levels. futures quotes for July and December adapt to market sellers and bids.

St Louis Grain Prices and Close

Cash wheat slips with No 2 track red 86 87c and No 2 hard 89 96c. Corn rises with No 2 track 68'⢠and No 2 white 69c. Oats steady to firm with No 2 track 47%⢠49c. Close shows wheat lower July 84 Sept 88% Dec 92c. Corn lower Sept 66%⢠Dec 65c. Oats lower Sept 46 44c Dec 48 46c.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Nicaragua Official Arrives in New Orleans on Diplomatic Visit

Ernesto Fernandez, executive delegate at Bluefields port and former minister in Nicaragua, arrived in New Orleans. He plans trips to Washington and New York and says his visit is not political. He is linked to President Estrada and Umberto Pazos Diaz, nephew of President Alodio Diaz. unico

Associated Press New Orleans Ernesto Fernandez Bluefields Nicaragua Fomento Juan Estrada Umberto Pazos Diaz Alodio Diaz Washington New York

Haskell Backed by Denton Prohibition Talk

Former Oklahoma governor C N Haskell spoke in Denton Texas this afternoon urging state-wide prohibition in a campaign event. He addressed supporters and emphasized enforcement and moral concerns as part of the denouncement of alcohol.

Haskell Associated Press Denton Tex C. N. Haskell Oklahoma

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