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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1929
Page
21
Used BST987 Buick Eden Teal Ice UK offered by Gene Meador Inc with 4 passenger capacity and light motor. Down payment 200 dollars, balance 40 dollars with 8 percent simple interest and no other finance charges. Listing includes location at 200 Broadways rR and mentions Ford and Mr Huard among unclear details.
Grape supply is plentiful with growers selling California Malcom grapes at 4 a box and Texan purple grapes at 2 a bushel. A grower in Sinton south of San Antonio reports 2 60 per bushel. Commission merchants also offer vegetables at 4 23 to 4 Shoppers seek Irish eggs. Poultry Producers Association struggles to meet demand and members travel to Dill counties to buy eggs at 7 to 3700 per use.
A scrambled list shows assorted vegetable prices and tax notices. Names like Perry and Tarver appear with legal language about county commissioners and a Texas state notice dated June 11, 197. The text mixes market prices for onions and beans with a formal legal notice about a tax levy for a hospital and a insurance certification.
Livestock trade slow for hogs and brisk for low quality hogs with rising prices. Cattle prices range from 4.00 to 9.00 for various grades while hogs top around 7.50 with many mid ranges. calves and sheep show mixed but steady to slower demand and prices across Chicago and East St Louis markets.
Austin reports Texas 1929 cotton acreage rising from 1928 levels with large planted area and projected yields. Rising costs and weather conditions as well as insect pressures like cotton bollworm and weevils affected planting and replanting efforts, while favorable periods in June and July influenced stand improvements and potential production nationally and in Texas.
Agricultural reports indicate lower prices for wheat in early Chicago trading as moisture and improving weather influence expectations. Analysts note persistent rainfall and improving station conditions in parts of the Canadian prairies, with some regions seeing rain that may delay fieldwork. A Chicago crop expert cites ongoing soil moisture and recent plowing activity, while other messages from Moorestown and nearby areas suggest market sentiment remains unsettled amid scattered rain and forecasts of further showers.
Early demand stimulated by cables noted in Liverpool and private reports, with prices at opening showing steady activity. Market stayed near highs in the first hour, with quotes around 16.46 to 18.65 and signs of renewed buying interest.
Washington witnesses inter state commerce commission seek to provide enough freight cars to move wheat amid a wheat shortage in Oklahoma and Kansas. Senator Bronkhart cites a critical wheat situation while Lovie wires for speedy drastic action. Grain exports show last week at 1,534,000 bushels versus 1,849,000 the prior year, with barley and other grains also noted.
NEW YORK and SAN ANTONIO markets show consolidation plans as Interstate Cottonseed Crushers Association and United Cottonseed Crushers Association consider a merger. About 100 delegates attended, debating basic economies and state division lines. In sugar, prices drifted with near term activity mixed by Canadian and Cuban trade, while refined sugar futures rose on new demand signals.
oil notes report a well near Oklahoma City showing a 6,000,000 foot increase in gas and water content as operations deepen. Tulsa markets note higher crude output in early July, with weekly gains in both heavy and light crude. Copper and wheat markets in London and Liverpool reflect futures shifts, while Wichita reports continued wheat harvest delays and rising prices ahead of a labor-influenced peak.
Irregular early trading gave way to an overall higher session as Wall Street indexes edged up led by gains in American Telephone and Coca Cola. Traders cited a modest market pullback then renewed buying, with several Dow components hitting new highs while others posted solid advances.
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