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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1916

Page

13

Jotton Prices Fall Sharply in Final Trading

Market closes with materially lower jotton prices and improved cables as brokers report renewed activity. Traders note weaker demand but steadier futures while little price support emerges across sectors.

Cotton Market Quiet Amid Bearish Tone And Storm Watch

The July 19 market report notes wet weather across the belt and a West Indian hurricane threat. Prices show bearish sentiment with modest early gains fading. New York and New Orleans open steady then slide later. San Antonio buyers report local compress prices for grades from Strict Low Middling to Good Middling.

Cotton Exchange Cotton Belt New York New Orleans San Antonio

New York cotton market holds steady as October slips

Cotton futures opened steady with October around 13.06 and December 13.20 while weather news and tropical storm prospects shape sentiment. By midday selling pressure pushed October to 12.99 and December to 13.15, with later declines on favorable weekly crop data and private reports.

New York South Carolina Nccwises

New Orleans Cotton Inches Up Then Dips After Reports

In New Orleans on July 19 the cotton market rose 5 to 7 points early on good prices and favorable weather outlooks. By noon months traded 4 to 6 points below prior close as weekly crop reports eased fears. Afternoon selling pushed prices to a net loss of 9 to 10 points, closing near 1 50.

New Orleans

New Orleans Cotton Opens Quiet With Varied Bids

In New Orleans on July 19 the cotton market opened quiet with bids showing August at 12.83, October 12.90, December 13.04 to 13.03, January 13.18, and March 13.27. Trading ranges and closing figures appear mixed across listed months.

New Orleans Rt PE Ewe

Liverpool Cotton Market and Odds and Ends

Liverpool spot water goods rise with good middling at 8.184 and middling at 7.864. Sales totaled 5000 with 500 for speculation and export. receipts listed. Futures quiet with July to June contracts quoted from 7.71 to 7.88 pence per pound. A Denver Clarion quote ends with a quarrelsome remark about marriage.

Liverpool

Oranges Hold Firm as Market Sees Plentiful Fruits

Produce Row reports steady prices as oranges stay at 3.75 to 4.25 per box amid uneven supply. Lemons remain at 0.00 per box with no recession signals. Elberta peaches arrive in two-car shipments at 1.15 to 1.25 per bushel. Homegrown peaches and peppers move at 1.00 per hamper and 1.00 per orange box respectively as lettuce shortages ease with California and Colorado arrivals.

East Texas California Coast Colorado

Wholesale market prices for vegetables and fruits

Wholesale rates to trade show Texas red potatoes at 2.85 per 100 pounds and California onions 4 4 percent per pound. Listings cover tomatoes peppers lettuce cabbage and other produce with numerous regional prices, canned goods, dried fruit, meats, grains, seeds, nuts and by the hundredweight or per crate or box.

Les Commission Texas California Washington Elbertas Malaga London Maxwell House Japan Choice Columbia River Alaska Pioneer Liberty Bell Federita Sudan Brazil

Wheat and corn edge lower on subdued cable prices

Chicago July 19 lower cable quotations depressed wheat and corn as foreign weakness and anticipated North American supply pressured markets. Wheat fell from open and closed modestly lower with Sept and Dec contracts. Corn traded down at first, then rallied and fell. finish unsettled. Oats followed the cereals and provisions eased with hogs.

Chicago Liverpool Black Trust

Grain and hay prices paid in San Antonio

Carlots buyers paid prices for grain and hay in San Antonio on Wednesday. Corn included Texas No. 8 at 64 percent, mixed 82c, Northern No 3 white mixed 64?¢. Oats listed Texas No. 3 red 4lec. Hay prices: maize No. 3 bulk 1.15, feterita No. 3 bulk 1.15, Kaffir corn No. 3 bulk 1.15, cane hay 11 per ton, prairie hay 10.50 per ton, Johnson grass 11 per ton, alfalfa New Mexico choice pea green 16 per ton.

Carlot San Antonio Texas Ste New Mexico

Wheat and grain prices in Chicago market notes

Quotations show No 2 red wheat at 1.16 percent and No 2 old at 1.11 percent. Corn No 2 yellow at 81 81 cents. Oats standard at 42 cents and barley at 65 to 80 cents.

Chicago Til

Market quotes for grain and oats in St. Louis ad July

Quotations from St. Louis report grain prices with No 2 red wheat at about 1.20 to 1.25 in cents per bushel, No 2 corn around 80 cents, and No 2 oats quoted near 40 to 43 cents.

ST. Louis

Wheat and corn price report from CITY Mo

Market notes from CITY Missouri dated July 19 list grain quotations for wheat and corn including No 2 hard blending values around $1.07 to $1.18 and corn quotes for No 2 mixed No 2 white and No 2 yellow ranging from about 74 to 81 cents per bushel with additional small lot figures and stray figures.

Eee City

Grain futures close with mixed gains in Kansas City

Grain futures closed in Kansas City with Wheat July at 1.04% and Sept at 1.96 percent. Corn July 76 cents and Sept 72 cents.

Kansas City

Market Quotations from Chicago Provision Markets

PROVISION MARKETS CHICAGO July 19 shows pork and lard quotes with open high and close prices for July and September contracts. Also lists rib prices and related figures for futures and local packing house quotations for dry salt extras bacon extras and various belly and ham prices with weight averages.

Aea

Marine Intelligence Galveston July 19 Arrivals and Sails

Arrived FE Alba from New York with tug Buccaneer and barge Britannia in tow from Tampico. Sailed El Cid from New York Mount Vernon in November Tela.

Galveston Tex Fe! Alba New York Buccaneer Britannia Tampico el Cid Mount Vernon Tela

Rice market report from New Orleans on July sales

In New Orleans on July 19 rough rice remained steady and clean rice quiet with unchanged quotations from yesterday. Receipts total 300 sacks rough and fit pockets for clean rice. Sales of clean Honduras rice reached 2200 pockets.

New Orleans Honduras

Cotton Situation at a Glance New Orleans Prices

A concise update on cotton prices in New Orleans with quick readings of current bids and market movement. Traders assess futures and cash values as weather and demand factors influence price directions.

Daily cattle sales Fort Worth and Oklahoma City report

Fort Worth cattle sales list buyers and average weights with prices for San Antonio and Aledo lots. Oklahoma City receipts show 1200 cattle steady and active, 1300 hogs six cents lower, with brief market notes.

Oklahoma City Okla

Cotton Statistics Explore Daily Stocks and Deficit Figures

A compact report presents cotton statistics with figures for current day stock 688,922 and prior year stock 791,674, along with deficit and related totals. Names such as Brock, VORterGay appear in the fragmentary data, suggesting a ledger or survey entry on cotton trade and stock movements.

Paleo Brock Vortergay Stork

Cotton Goods Market Firms Amid Quiet Trading

New York market reports cotton goods quiet with firmness on heavy lines. Future buying described as conservative. Yarns and satins show strength for fall. Large buyer turnout noted at the market.

New York

Sugar prices hold steady on refined and raw markets

New York July 19 reports raw sugar easier at $6.14, centrifugal. molasses $5.37. refined steady at $7.65 for fine granulated.

New York

Turpentine and resin markets and a bedtime misperception

Savannah reports dull turpentine with 481 receipts and 2716 shipments and stock of 12682. Resin farm shows 1610 sales and 62312 stock. Price quotes for several grades listed. A night train tale ends with a boy misidentifying a sleeping car berth as a top drawer.

Savannah W. G Bobby Chicago Post

Market Stagnant on Light Receipts at Union Stock Yards

The July 19 market at Union Stock Yards in Fort Worth shows a nominal trading day with light receipts for ten days. Prices are generally unchanged from yesterday as demand for quality cattle remains steady and rain has slightly improved ranges. Receipts: cattle 121, calves 41, hogs 25, goats 150, horses 798.

Fort Worth Market Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices July 19

Fort Worth Texas reports cattle receipts 2500 with steers 6.50 to 8.40 and cows 4.00 to 6.00. Hog receipts 2500 with prices from 7.00 to 9.80 and pigs 4.50 to 7.25. Sheep 100 receipts showing lambs 9.00 to 9.75 and yearlings 8.00 to 8.75 along with ewes and goats priced.

Variable stock changes favor better gains in early trading

In New York on July 19, variable changes mostly rose in early operations with gains of 1 to 2 points in several issues. U S Steel and leading rails held steady as trading broadened after midday and tobacco issues showed substantial gains amid rising green shares as the market closed strong.

New York Anaconda Copper International Harvester American Car American U. S. Steel

Mercantile and financial market snapshot from New York

Mercantile paper yields 4 percent. Sterling 60 day bills around 7 g. Demand 4.76 percent. Cables 4.764 percent. Guilders demand 41 7-16, cables 419-16. Bar silver 62. Mexican dollars 48. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular. Time loans steady 3 percent for 60 and 90 days, six months 4 4 percent. Call money steady with high 2 percent, low 2 percent, ruling 2 1/4 percent. Close 2 1/2 percent.

New York Mercantile

London Money Markets Report on Rates and Discounts

London July 19. Bar silver at 294d per ounce. Money 4 percent. Discount rates 5 percent on short bills, and three months 5 percent.

London

Metal market notes from New York and St Louis

July market update shows Lead at 6.10 asked with Stelter firm, spot and Hast St. Louis delivery at 9 percent unsettled. Electrolytic copper at 24.00, Tron unchanged, Tin quiet with spot quoted 36.75 to 37.60.

New York Spot Louie Delvery E Seppe

Kansas City Market Receipts and Quotations July 19

Hog receipts 10 000 and prices steady with bulk 9.65 to 9.85 and heavy 9.80 to 9.90. Cattle receipts 7 000 with 1200 Southern, prime fed steers 10.00, dressed beef steers 7.50 to 9.75, southern steers 6.00 to 8.60. Cows 4.60, heifers 6.00 to 9.55, stockers 6.00. Sheep receipts 4 000 and prices steady. lambs 10.09 to 10.85, yearlings 7.65 to 8.00, wethers 7.25 to 7.60, ewes 6.75 to 7.25.

Kansas City Sheen ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

London Metal Prices Snapshot on July 19

Lead 28 pounds 10 shillings spot copper futures and electrolytic prices listed. Spelter 50 pounds, spot copper 89, futures 87, electrolytic 122. Spottin 162, futures 162 pounds sterling.

London

Livestock Receipts and Quotes from Chicago July Market

Hog receipts 24,000 slow with mixed and heavy price ranges from 9.20 to 10.10. Cattle receipts 14,000 weak with native beef cattle 6.90 to 10.75 and western steers 7.19 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 14,000 weak with wethers 6.76 to 3.30 and lambs 7.00 to 10.40.

Chicago

First Bale Garners Honor in Corpus Christi 1916 Cotton Season

Rudolph Polasek, a local farmer, harvested the first bale of cotton ginned in Corpus Christi for 1916. It was processed by Geo. L. Caldwell Gin Company. Later, T. A. McKamey of Gregory delivered eight bales ginned that day across the Nueces county causeway.

Corpus Christi Tex Rudolph Polasek Geo. L. Caldwell Gin Company T. A. McKamey Gregory Nueces County

Live Stock Prices and Receipts From St Louis Market

Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and sheep in St Louis show hogs at 7500 head mostly lower with various grade ranges from light to good heavy. Cattle receipts 5500 with a wide spread for native beef steers yearling stock cows and stockers and Texas Oklahoma entries. Sheep receipts 3500 with steady tone and price spread for yearlings clipped ewes and spring lambs.

Interstate ruling backs S L and S F grain routes

The Interstate Commerce Commission decides the St Louis and San Francisco line was justified in routing grain from Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Iowa and Nebraska to Galveston and New Orleans via paths that omit Oklahoma City as a milling point. The ruling highlights routing choices in midwestern grain traffic.

Washington, D. C Interstate Commerce Commission Today St. Louis San Francisco Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska Galveston New Orleans Oklahoma City

Boots win a place in Missouri hall of fame

Former Governor Alexander M Dockery is praised by Congressman Hensley of Missouri in Sedalia for his boots and long public service. The exchange notes Dockery’s reputation from coast to coast and questions whether he would have achieved fame without his footwear. The text also includes a miscellaneous joke about lecture notes and a Punch Bowl reference.

Alexander M. Dockery Sedalia Hensley Thirteenth Missouri Governor Dockery Congressman Hensley

Shippers Market Prices For Texas Country Produce

Buyers paid the following prices in San Antonio Texas for country produce. Butter 25 3% per pound creamery. Country 20 25c. Packing stock 18q 19c. Poultry steady hens to $6.50 large friers $4.60 5.59 per dozen. Broilers $2.10 ! turkeys 16 11e per pound. Ducks $4.00 5.00 per dozen geese $4. 50 5. 00.

San Antonio Texas Texas Creamery

Quotations Report From Chicago Markets

Butter steady at 27 9c for creamery 23 and 27 9c. Eggs steady with receipts 18 164 cases. firsts 22 22c, ordinary firsts 21 21c, at mark 22 4c. Potatoes lower. receipts 45 cars. Virginia barreled $2.00 to $2.25, Virginia 5c, Kansas Missouri Illinois Ohio 5c. Poultry alive higher. fowls 18c, springs 21 25c.

Chicago Virginia Kansas Missouri Illinois-Ohios

Market quotations from Kansas City

Quotation sheet from Kansas City dated July 19 lists butter prices with creamery 8c, firsts 26c, seconds 28c, packing 21 1?4c. Eggs firsts 2145c. Poultry hens 6c, roosters 10c, springs 22c. New potatoes weak. Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Triumphs 60c, Kaw Valley early Ohios steady 60c.

Kansas City Springs Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Kaw Valley

Cotton Region Bulletin July 19 1916 Weather Summary

For the 24 hours ending at am Wednesday July 19 1916 the belt experienced generally fair weather with above normal temperatures. Rainfall exceeded an inch at Houston Texas Corinth Minnesota Macon Tallapoosa Waycross Georgia Fort Deposit Alabama Ozark Arkansas Robeline Louisiana Spartanburg South Carolina. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau.

Houston Tex Corinth Minn Macon Tallapoosa Waycrom Fort Deposit Ozark Ala Robeline Spartanburg C. Allen Buell Weather Bureau

Appetite for Tea Leuked by an Old Lady

An old woman visits a Burnley farmhouse during tea time and refuses to remove her bonnet. She drinks seven cups of tea and eats eight pieces of cake before finally deciding to take off her bonnet to weigh the tea weight.

Burnley Chicago Daily News

Army transfers and assignments issued for officers

Military orders detail temporary duty relocations and assignments for numerous officers including Second Lieutenants Eddy M’Keeley Lane Huff and Maxon, Captains Siner Upshu Burnett French and others. Promotions retirements and staff details are noted with Canal Zone reliefs and Fort Sam Houston moves.

Charles F. Eddy Alexander C. M’keeley Fort Sam Houston Arthur W. Lane Infantry San Francisco Eighteenth Infantry Ern Frederick C. Huff Medical Reserve Corps James M. Kimbrough JR Seventeenth Infantry Georgia National Guard Will Roiy Jesse Maxon Jacob . West Twenty-eighth Infantry Joseph I. Siner Medical Corps Southern Department Walter D. McCaw Earl M. Price R G. Arpe Armying Board Washington George B. Davis Quartermaster Corpa Quartermaster Corps Francis H. French Twenty-first Infantry M Corps Canal Zone Alfred P. Upshu Norman T. Kirk New Orleans Harry G. Ford James E. Baylis Douglas W. Menery George F Sears Thomas W. Burnett Fort Michie N. Y Joseph T. M’narney Aviation Corps San Diego Cal Cone Quartermaster New York City Bridgeport Conn Cleveland Ohio Moline Ill Clintonville Wis Detroit Mich Springfiell Frederick F. Russ WM. A. M Nichol Tex James A. Shipton Coast Artillery Corps Dwight E. Aultman Sixth Field Artillery Frank Armstrong United States Army Ard E. Milner Tinten Board Eagle Pass Texas Arthur H. Bryant Jacop M. Mack East Artillery Henry J. F. Miller Revents Cavalry Victor

Trinity Tenements in New York Manor Growth Report

Miss Emily Wayland Dinwiddie reports Trinity owning 365 dwelling houses housing 3000 to 4000 tenants at rents averaging $5 a month. Parish shows 9191 communicants, 33,324 Sunday school children, and 2,721 students in day night industrial schools. 463 baptisms, 436 confirmations, 310 marriages. Parish deficits exceed income. taxes on property total 15,881,850 and notes payable rose to 4,000,000 for new buildings.

New York Trinity Tenements Trinity Emily Wayland Dinwiddie Ciety Princity Corporation Dinwiddie Manning

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