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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
9
The lemon market shows weak demand despite warm weather as stocks rise. Storage lemons sit idle, with liquidations at lower prices producing virtually steady San Antonio quotes over the last month. Colorado apples and pears expect reduced yields while Valencia oranges meet solid demand at $3.60 per box.
Thursday July 11 1912 report forecasts fair weather for San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Friday with generally fair conditions through Friday evening.
At Union Stock Yards on July 11 offerings remained small with 332 head received including 286 cattle 27 calves 1 horse and 18 sheep. Cows sold briskly with tops $4.25 calves $5.25 hogs $7 to $7.75. most cows $3.50 to $4 calves $4 to $4.50. No sheep or goats offered.
Marion Sansom visits Fort Worth to report cattle ranges in fine condition and a banner year ahead. Nat Parks notes Texas cattle prices at peak, with fall outlook bright as spring shipments end. Ed Lasater sells 139 steers at 7.20 and 154 at 6.60 in St Louis market. Fort Worth and Parker County sales quoted.
Receipts and quotations show butter steady with creamery and dairy prices near 25 to 24 cents, eggs firm at 16 to 17 cents for firsts, cheese steady with various dairy products listed. Potatoes and poultry prices noted, with live poultry steady and turkey at 12 cents per pound and chicks at 20 to 24 cents.
Quotations show poultry steady with chickens at 1 1/2 to 2 cents, springs 18 to 22 cents, turkeys 14 to 30 cents, ducks 9 1/2 to 12 cents, geese 5 to 11 cents. Butter slow with creamery at 22 1/2 to 25 1/2 cents. Eggs steady.
New York July 11 market report shows raw sugar steady with Muscovado 89 test at 27. cents per pound and centrifugal 96 test at 3.77 cents. Molasses sugar 9 test at 3.02 cents, refined steady. Petroleum, molasses and hides steady, leather firm.
New York July 11 futures for No 7 Rio coffee settled steady with July at 13.14, October 13.36, and December 13.49 as trading remained subdued.
Copper weak with spot July and August at 16.45 to 17.00, September 16.45 to 16.85 percent. Tin quiet with spot and July about 44.70 to 45.05. Lead firm at 4.60 to 4.70. Spelter firm around 7.20 to 7.40. Antimony steady. Iron steady. Cooksons' price 8.12 to 8.15.
In Australia a public movement forms to protect giant stringybark trees, among the world’s tallest species of eucalyptus. These trees reach four hundred to five hundred feet, their air timber highly valued and increasingly threatened by logging.
Fort Worth cattle and hog trade Thursday saw receipts of 1600 cattle 1600 calves 5090 hogs and 400 sheep. Beef steers 6.00 to 6.50 with best at 6.50. Stockers steady to firm cows and heifers up a dime. Sheep strong with lambs at 7. Bulls and calves firm to higher. Hogs top 8.35 with spoilage noted.
Receipts estimated at 3500 cattle market slow steady with beef prices ranging from 5.60 to 9.70 for Beeves and calves at 6.00 to 9.25. Hogs receipts 24000 market dull five cents lower with prices from 5.40 to 7.60. Sheep receipts 15000 best grades steady while natives and yearlings show mixed gains and declines.
Cattle receipts 2500 with 100 Texas head, native beef steers 5.50 to 9.50, cows and heifers 3.50 to 8.90, stockers 4.00 to 6.75, Texas steers 6.00 to 8.00, calves 5.00 to 8.00. Hogs receipts 4600, pigs 6.00 to 7.55, mixed and butchers 7.60 to 7.75, heavy 7.70 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 4000, native lambs 3.75 to 6.25, lambs 5.00 to 8.25.
Kansas City July 11 report shows cattle receipts 4000 with native steers 6.50 to 9.60, southern steers 4.50 to 7.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 8.60, stockers 4.25 to 6.75. Hogs receipts 6000, bulk 7.45 to 7.65, heavies 7.60 to 7.67, lights 5.45 to 7.55, pigs 6.00 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 3000, lambs 7.00 to 38.00, mut tons 3.50 to 5.00, range wethers 4.25 to 5.25, range ewes 2.75 to 4.25.
Observations record 8 am Thursday July 11 1912 listing wind direction and speed temperature rainfall and general weather state in the first weather column details.
Showery weather in spring wheat country weighed on demand as opening prices fell. September wheat slipped toward 99 and corn fell to 68 cents, while oats eased from 35 to 34. Provisions declined with hog prices lower. September pork around 18.42 and ribs near 10.55. Wheat stalled after slight gain. Corn rallied late but finished nervous around 68 cents for September.
Quotations: cash wheat listed with several grades from No 2 red at 1.04 to No 2 northern at 1.04 to 1.10 and spring at 1.06 with a velvet chaff at 1.00. Corn closes No 2 at 73 1/2 to 74 1/2 cents, No 2 white 78 3/4 cents, No 2 yellow 74 1/2 cents. Oats range No 2 white 49 to 50 cents, standard 48 1/2 to 49 1/2 cents.
Quotations listed for butter in Kansas City on July 11 show creamery butter at 24 cents for firsts 22 for seconds 20 for packing stock 20 and extras 20 cents 18 cents for firsts and seconds.
Quotations for cash wheat No 2 red 1.13 to 1.16 new 1.08 to 1.10 for No 2 hard old 1.08 to 1.09 new 1.04. Corn No 2 76 to 76 1 2 c No 2 white 81 c. Oats No 2 43 c No 2 white 47 c. September wheat 99 c Sept 68 c Dec Corn 57 c Dec Oats 34 to 35 c.
The market shows cash wheat prices for No 2 hard 99c to 1 00 No 2 red around 1 00 No 2 mixed 17c No 2 white 81 2c. Oats No 2 white 45c No 2 mixed 41 42c. Futures steady with July May grains around 94c to 96c for wheat and corn July 7 Se Sept 66c Dec 56c May 58c. Oats July 42c Sept 35c.
The list notes burial permits for Matias Ramos age 22 who died in July at Zar Zamora street, Jesus Munoz age 1 who died July 9 at 903 Co mal street, Bernice Youngblood age 3 months who died July 10 at River avenue, Julius Schoenberg age 39 who died July 10 at 521 West Fall avenue, George W. Zwalley age 37 who died July 9 at Seguin road, and Robert Fresenius age 55 who died July 9 at 414 Eighth street. All entries indicate city burial documentation.
A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Albert Sidney Johnson Horton at 211 Wickes Street. The birth is reported in a local notice as of July 8.
Joseph Hinchman 87 recalls adopting twenty six children after meeting nurse Nancy Andrews in Philadelphia and the poor relief work. He began at age 26 and kept all in his care, with twenty boys and six girls now thriving as business owners and productive citizens.
New York cotton opened firm 8 to 11 points higher on strong spot markets and rising Liverpool prices. Traders priced in a wet spell and overbought conditions, then profit taken as the day progressed with notable fluctuations and renewed support later, middling upland at 12.40 nominal.
New Orleans July 11 cotton futures opened up about 6.7 points on favorable cables and an unfavorable weather map. Western belt dry, eastern belt rain. private Manchester cables bullish. Liverpool spot sales 14 000 bales draw attention. July inactive then prices drifted, later fluctuated, ending near yesterday’s close with modest gains.
Cotton futures closed steady, overall unchanged with small declines from yesterday. January through December maturities show bids and asks around 12.46 to 13.58, with most contracts ending little changed.
Liverpool July 11 close shows cotton spot higher by 14 points with American middling fair at 7.814 d per lb and sales totaling 14,000 bales. Receipts reach 9,000 bales including 2,600 American, while 200 bales are for speculation and export.
In Liverpool on July 11 futures opened quiet and closed easy for July 6.85½d, July-Aug 6.85d, Aug-Sep 6.80d, Sep-Oct 6.7144d, Oct-Nov 6.65%, Nov-Dec Dec. Jan., Jan-Feb 6.01d, Feb-Mar 6.61½d, ene 6.62d, Apr-May 6.63d, May-June.
New Orleans spot cotton ends firm and unchanged with 34 sales to arrive. Prices range from low ordinary 9 5 16 to strict good middling 13 9 16, with receipts at 994 and stock reported as 43.
Spot cotton closed steady with revisions. Prices ranged from low ordinary 86-16 to middling 12 percent. Sales totaled 24, receipts 412, stock valued at 2,911 dollars.
Memphis reports spot cotton steady at middling 12 ¾ cents. New York closes quiet with middling uplands 12.40 and middling gulf 12.66, sales reaching 595 bales.
Spot cotton in Houston on July 11 closed steady with fractional gains. Prices ranged from 7.15 to 13.37 cents for various grades. shipments numbered 1,022 and stock at 25,257 units.
Cottonseed oil trading at New York noon prices with spot at 6.75495 and July 6.79 81. Aug 6.81 82 and 400 sold at 6.91. September 6.94 95, October 6.82 84, November 6.35 36, December 6.32 33, January 6.31 32. Third to fourth calls add 200 September at 6.94 and 100 October at 6.84. 300 December at 6.33 and 100 January at 6.32. Total sales 14,800.
New Orleans reports refined cotton seed oil at 7.15 per pound in barrels and choice meal at eight percent ammonia 29.00 per long ton. Choice cake eight percent ammonia 27.59 per long ton. A Washington Star quip notes social questions and bridge scoring remarked by a man and his wife.
New York stocks opened weak as readings on higher interest rates weighed on sentiment. Readings showed some recovery later, with readings in Reading and Union Pacific buoying the market. Bond and currency markets remained steady to easy, with prime mercantile paper around 44 3/4 percent.
J. T. Gillespie and Emma Gillespie transfer lots 6 and 7 in block 2 new city block 1912 on San Pedro avenue to Louis Lacey for 23000 dollars. J. H. Clapton sells 58 acres on Blanco road out of Wilson-Simpson survey 148 for 8700 dollars. J. N. Goresteick Jr. and Sidney Schroeder transfer lots 4 and 6 block 87 new city block 3253 Keystone Park addition for 300 dollars. Ira J. Haynes and wife to Justin Matthews transfer lots 61 and 52 block 19 city block 1604 cone street and Washington avenue. Emil Schertz sells tract near Converse station to Ernst and Max Meyer for 210 dollars.
Jennie M. Henkell files two permits for five and six room dwellings on Warwick boulevard costing 1800 and 1700 dollars. F. H. Yeagley seeks a five room dwelling on Buena Vista street for 700 dollars. Mrs. L. Vollmer applies for a three room dwelling on South Smith street for 8500 dollars. Cora Boyd requests a one room addition on Indiana street for 490 dollars. Stumberg performs repairs on Romana street.
Petrich Saur Lumber Co at 104 Lamar Street appears with license number 2658 while R Stone at 225 West Cypress is listed under license 2559.
New York reports firmer money on call with ruling rate at 3 percent and closing bids at 3 1/4 percent. Time loans show 60 days at 3 1/4 percent, 90 days at 3 1/2 percent, and six months at 4 percent.
The article lists numerous hotel arrivals including Gunter and Menger with guests from Chicago Portland and Dallas among others. It also notes violinists invited to try a home made instrument by Homer Stevens of Lake Minnetonka carved from Minnesota cedar and praised for its tone versus the usual fifty six piece standard wood violin.
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