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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1913

Page

15

Export Demand for Wheat Offsets Heavy Movement

Chicago Board of Trade reports show export takings of wheat at Atlantic ports and the gulf gateway surging last week, offsetting bearish crop news. Wheat prices gain about one cent per bushel. corn and oats rise but demand for corn softens later in the period. Cash wheat at Chicago 86% to 92 cents. corn No 2 around 62 cents.

YeHrcaco Chicago Board of Trade Atlantic Gulf Gateway Commission Canada United States Millbank Chicago

Cotton Region Bulletin July 19 1913 Weather Update

For the 24 hours ending at 1 a m 75th meridian time rainfall at Gainesville measured one inch. Weather in the belts is above normal with higher temperatures reported. Allen Buell local forecaster Weather Bureau signs the bulletin.

Gainesville Allen Buell Weather Bureau

Wheat and grain prices reported in Kansas City market

Kansas City reports cash wheat prices for No 2 hard 81 to 87 cents and No 2 red 80 to 81 1/2 cents. Corn values No 2 mixed 54 cents and No 2 white 58 1/2 cents. Oats No 2 white 40 to 41 1/2 cents and No 2 mixed 37 1/2 to 38 cents. Closing quotes show September and December futures for wheat and corn with modest gains and mixed movements.

Chicago Megs Park Short Tribe Kansas City

Grain Market Reports From St Louis July Wheat and Corn

St Louis market notes show cash wheat bids for No 1 red and No 2 hard mixed with favors toward July and September futures. Corn and oats prices listed for No 2 and No 2 white with daily receipts and shipments detailed for flour wheat corn and oats.

ST. Louis

Cotton Seed Market Reports From Memphis and New York

The cotton seed trade shows price figures across products and months. Prime basis oil and meal prices appear alongside spot and future bids and sales totals, with activity in New York markets for July to February and Memphis figures for July.

Memphis

Cotton Seed Tariff Amendment Waives Back-Haul Charges

The Texas railroad commission issued an amendment to its tariff for cotton seed and products. It waives back-haul charges when shipments originate at Waco Italy Fort Worth or Texas and Pacific points and are stopped at San Antonio then re-shipped to International and Great Northern South of Valley Junction. Effective July 26.

Austin Tex Railroad Commission Waco Italy Fort Worth Texas & Pacific Railway Denison San Antonio International & Great Northern Railway Valley Junction International Commission Long Fents Houston

Galveston Marine News

Marine intelligence lists arrivals and clearances at Galveston on July 19. Steamer El Rio arrived from New York yesterday, and Steamer El Cid cleared for New York. Steamers Ruth and Russian Prince sailed to Baltimore and Tampico respectively.

Galveston el Rio New York el Cid Ruth Baltimore Tank Tampico

Quotations Hit in Chicago Market Daily Prices

Chicago report notes butter and eggs unchanged on July 19 with 13 500 receipts and potatoes at 50 carats. poultry remains steady amid quiet trading as buyers and sellers keep to previous levels.

Chicago Ills

Butter and Cheese Markets Steady in New York Trade

New York reports butter cheese and eggs steady with receipts of 9451 tons for butter 2880 boxes of cheese and 11725 cases of eggs with no export activity noted. Market tone remains unchanged as traders await further signals.

New York

Market Quotations From Kansas City

Quotations today show butter at 26 cents for creamery, 25 cents for firsts, 24 cents for seconds, packing stock 20 and a half. eggs at 16 cents for firsts and 10 cents for seconds. poultry listing hens 18 cents, roosters 9, ducks 16 and broilers 16 cents.

Kansas City

Coffee futures steady as Rio No. 7 tops

In New York on July 19 the market shows Rio No. 7 coffee at 9 percent, with futures steady for September at 9.09 and March at 9.50, reflecting stable trading.

New York

Poultry Prices Quoted In St Louis Market Report

ST LOUIS July 19 Quotations were given for poultry and eggs with chickens at 18 to 19 cents, spring at 17 to 18 cents, turkeys 18 cents, ducks 12 cents, geese 26 cents and eggs at a quoted price fragment.

ST. Louis

Rice Market Report From New Orleans on July 19

New Orleans reports rough rice demand for Honduras and fair for Japan with clean rice in good supply. Prices listed include rough Honduras 3.25 to 4.50, Japan 2.00 to 3.50, clean Honduras 4% to 6%c, and Japan 24% to 8%c. Receipts show 386 rough, millers 58, clean 180. sales include 227 clean Honduras at 3% to 5%c and 2070 Japan at 3 to 3%c.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Sugar and refined goods hold steady in New York market

New York July 19 raw sugar steady with Muscovado at 3.07, Centrifugal 3.75, molasses 2.82, refined steady. Petroleum, molasses steady and hides leather show firm tone in today's market report.

New York

Week Exports to Continent Rise Escalates Trade

Exports to the continent show a marked increase with figures 2 22 124 for the year compared to prior totals. Last year recorded 4 825 617 and 20 dollars in a set of values indicating broad trade expansion across regions.

Weather Bureau Daily Climate Report

The report shows the weather data with high and low temperatures, averages and normals, and precipitation figures. It notes a highest temperature of 06 and lowest of 71 with a monthly average of 84, plus accumulated excess and deficiency figures. Winds reached 10 mph from the south in the 24 hours ending 7 p.m. and daylight hours are listed as sunrise at 5 48 a.m. and sunset at 7 33 p.m.

Cold storage eggs face labeling crackdown amid heat wave

The Massachusetts Board of Health targets sellers of cold storage eggs misrepresented as fresh country stock. Law requires clear two inch gothic signs reading cold storage eggs on containers or displays with fines from 10 to 500 dollars for violations. Officials expect initial leniency as enforcement begins.

Country Commission Ess Massachusetts State Board of Health State Board of Health

Market Prices for Eggs Poultry Produce and Groceries

Retail price list for eggs poultry cheese fruits vegetables and canned goods. Includes Texas California Idaho shipment figures for tomatoes corn cucumbers grapes melons and citrus plus meats lard syrups and flour. Also lists hides wool bees wax and tallow with per unit or per hundredweight quotations.

Texas California Idaho Ana Valencia Alaska

Food and commodity prices in San Antonio trade listings

A dense list of prices for bran, flour, beans, raisins, citron, hay, sugar and coffee, canned vegetables, peachs, apples, corn and oats. Includes per hundredweight, per barrel, per box and per bushel rates with many items shown in ranges or multiple lines. Local market names and unit measures emphasize a broad wholesale outlook in San Antonio.

Pioneer Libalerty Bell Navy California San Antonio

Trade quiet on whole New York as tariff fears linger

Trade remains quiet overall as Bradstreet notes typical midsummer lull. Yet demand for essentials for nearly 100 million people supports a fair aggregate volume. Agriculture leads activity while eastern industrial centers lag and textile trade shows uneven strength amid tariff anxieties.

New York Bradstreet East Canada

State contract awards listed for hardware and supplies

J R Elliott announced awards in Austin for hardware, disinfectants, laundry items and related goods to multiple Austin firms with Houston and San Antonio suppliers also named. Separate notes report sugar prices in New York unchanged at 4.60 and beet prices easing. A Paris doctor reportedly invented a lung anesthetic pumping apparatus.

Austin Tex J. R. Elliott Walter Tips W. H. Richardson & Co Voss & Koock W. T. Wroe & Sons A. W. Brill Peden Iron & Steel Co Houston San Antonio Machine & Supply Co San Antonio H. W. John Manville Co New Orleans State School For the Blind Griffith Drug Co Nelson Davis & Co H. Kohnstamm Co Chicago Ill

Light Shipments Raise Meat Prices At Stock Yards

Union Stock Yards reports light receipts in mid July boosting livestock values at major markets. Cows sold to $5.50 per cwt, calves to $6.50, hogs around $8.50, with packers using buyers to secure lean stock amid hot weather. Optimism noted for range-condition cattle and high future prices.

Union Stock Yards Here Texas

Fort Worth Market Report Brisk Trade On Saturday

Fort Worth Texas July 19 brisk trading featured the Saturday market receipts were light in all divisions totaling 600 cattle 100 calves 200 hogs and 130 sheep Cattle were steady three cars of good steers sold at 7.40 to 7.50 with most shipments not better than fair to medium Sons cattle sold steady with a part of a car at 9.80 and a full load at 9.27 per hundredweight lambs sold on a steady basis and moved scaleward early

Fort Worth Tex

Chicago Market Totals for Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Chicago market reports show hog receipts at 10 000 with steady to slow demand and prices from 7.60 to 9.60 for different qualities. Cattle receipts at 200 with varied bids from 3.30 to 11.35 for cows calves steers and stockers. Sheep receipts at 8000 with slow demand and prices from 4.25 to 8.00 for native sheep yearlings and native lambs.

Chicago Texas

Market recap from St Louis livestock sale

Receipts show 19 000 strong with cattle prices steady overall. Prime fed steers around 8.90 to 9.00, dressed beef steers near 7.00 to 8.00, southern cows and heifers around 7.10 to 8.7. Sheep and lamb markets steady with lambs 6.75 to 7.75 and yearlings near 4.00 to 5.00 per hundredweight.

ST. Louis

Cattle and Hogs Prices Seen at St Louis Market

Cattle receipts 5500 including 2000 Texans with native beef steers at 5.50 to 6.76, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.00, Texas and Indian steers 6.25 to 6.50, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 8200 with bigweight 8.25 to 8.55, good heavy 8.65 to 8.70, sheep 400 native muttons 3.75 to 4.50 and lambs 6.50 to 8.15. A German scientist has produced coal from several substances by intense heat.

ST. Louis Steddy Texas

Drouth and Boll Weevils Lift Cotton Futures

The New York cotton market rose with fears of damage from drought and boll weevils. Weather extremes and reduced crop condition reports kept the undertone steady as October contracts hit new highs amid limited buying and shrinking certified stock.

New York

Cotton futures rise across board in July close

New Orleans July 19 Cotton futures closed slightly higher across the board with gains of 2 to 16 points from last week’s close. The report notes the overall upward drift in the market as traders weighed supply demand signals and weather outlooks.

New York New Orleans Liverpool Houston Galveston Memphis

Liverpool cotton market closes with steady prices

Liverpool July 19 closing shows cotton spot in fair demand and steady values. American middling to good ordinary levels listed with sales totaling 9,000 bales including 7,300 American and 2,000 for speculation and export. receipts reach 2,000 with 800 American.

Liverpool

Spot cotton holds steady as sales seen in New Orleans

New Orleans on July 19 reports unchanged midis at 12 17 16 with spot activity totaling 211 bales and arrivals at 4. Prices span low ordinary to strict good middling with values from 9 1 16 to 13 9 16. Receipts reach 286 bales and stocks stand at 8421 bales.

Warner Ee Orleans New Orleans

Houston Cotton Market Closes Steady with Moderate Sales

The spot cotton market in Houston closed steady and unchanged on July 19. Sales totaled 32 bales f o b, with shipments at 1,028 and total stock reported at 84,953 bales.

Houstoon Tex

Cotton Market Report from Galveston Spot Sale

Spot cotton closed firm with gains across grades. Prices ranged from 7.5 to 18.5 cents per pound, with middling at 12 cents and good middling at 18.5 cents. Sales totaled 207 spots. receipts 573. stock 34,913.

Galveston Tex

Spot cotton steady as market closes with no sales

New York July 19 spot cotton quiet and unchanged. Middling uplands at 12.40 cents and middling gulf at 12.65 cents. No sales reported.

New York Gulf

Cotton spot steady as market notes July Memphis

Memphis July 19 cot ton spot remains steady with Middling at 12 1/2 cents. The column also surveys language evolution of affectionate and roots and weeds cutting tools patents from Connecticut, and a remark on U S forests.

First Bale of 1913 Cotton Arrives in San Antonio

The first bale of cotton for the 1913 season is due in San Antonio from Cotula, ginned there Saturday and shipped by express. It will be auctioned on Cottons Exchange floor Monday with an estimated $100 premium to the grower. The bale came from Cotula Mercantile Co., grower unnamed. Last year's first bale arrived July 17 in San Antonio and sold to Muller & Co. weigh 631 pounds at 16 cents per pound.

San Antonio Cotula Express Cotton Exchange Cotula Mercantile Company Muller & Co Lavernia Tex

Cotton Statistics: Total Net Receipts at All Ports

The report lists total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1, detailing quantities by port and date to show overall movement of the staple. It provides a snapshot of supply flow for traders and merchants monitoring market conditions.

New York Clearing House Banks Show Gain in Surplus for Week

New York banks and trust companies report total excess reserve of 20.272 million dollars over legal requirements for the week, up 857 thousand from the prior week. The release lists act loans, specie, legal tenders, deposits, circulation and reserve figures for banks and outside banks in Greater New York.

New York Senet Greater Clearing House Jeane

Cotton Movement Shows July Increase Despite Seasonal Shortfall

The weekly statement from Secretary Henry Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange reports 32,951 bales brought into sight last week, up from 25,460 a year ago, with July totals of 79,798 bales against 71,329 last year. For the season, receipts at U.S. ports run 9,757,710 to date, down from last year, while inland movements and northern mills show mixed changes. Foreign exports fall to 28,361 for the week, with season total at 8,402,628, down from 10,324,865 last year. Stocks at seaboard and southern interiors declined by 40,409 bales.

Henry Hester New Orleans Cotton Exchange United States Mississippi Ohio Potomac Northern Mills Canada Southern Mills North South Seaboard

Stock Market Shows Changeable Week Amid Balkan Peace Hopes

New York reports a shift in sentiment with an improved tone and active trading led by United States Steel and other issues. European buying and easier monetary conditions influenced gains while profit-taking trimmed advances. Cuba links with a major local bank to fund short term notes and Southern Railway equipment notes move quickly.

New York Europe Wall Street Canadian Pacific Amalgamated Copper Union Pacific United States Steel United States China South Africa Cuba Republic Southern Railway

NY Stock Exchange Weekly Sale Progress Report

The New York Stock Exchange last sale today compared with last week shows progress by the respective issues during the week just completed the report notes. The comparison highlights gains in several issues and overall market movement as trading ended for the period.

New York New York Stock Exchange

London trading idle with mixed bond, ore and currency moves

London markets at midweek show idle trade with small price shifts in Realising sales and a somber tone in home rails. Berlin dollar rate falls by percent while Paris London exchange holds at 24 24 and Rand Mines and Debeers move slightly later in the day noted by 3pm rates.

London Berlin Paris Exchange

Money loan rates steady on time loans in New York

New York July 19 money markets report time loans steady at 60 days 4 4 percent 90 days 4 percent 6 months 6 percent per cent nominal loans not mentioned as active with no loans reported.

New York

Market Report From New York on July 19

Prime mercantile paper at 6 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers' bills bid at 483.10 for 90 day and 486.60 for demand. Commercial bills at 4.83. Bar silver 69 1/2 cents. Mexican dollars noted. Railroad bonds steady. government bonds heavy.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Market Quotes for Metals and Copper Prices Reported

New York on July 19 reports metal values with copper at 14.37 to 14.62 for standard and 14.25 for electrolytic. Cast ingot and iron prices show No 1 Southern and cast products around 15 dollars, with soft varieties at 15 to 15.50.

New York

Copper and metal prices steady in London market

Copper steady at 63 pounds 13s 8d spot with futures up 3d. Tin quiet at 1 2 pounds spot and futures at 182 pounds 10s. Spelter at 20 pounds 12s 6d and lead at 20 pounds Tron. Cleveland warrants quoted at 68s.

London Cleveland

Prices of Lead and Apel Ter Reported in St Louis Trade

In St Louis on July 19 lead traded at 4.20 per unit and apel ter at 5.20, with market notes indicating steady demand and standard transaction levels.

ST. Louis Apelter

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