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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1911

Page

11

Reduction of Railroad Rates by Commerce Commission Depressing to Security Market

CATILE HUNS UN DEGREADE UNION STOCK YARDS July 25. A carload of common beef cattle was the main offering as local market prices slipped modestly below yesterday. Late-arriving drive-in stock joined the sales at fair prices while commission men expressed pessimism about cattle raisers missing San Antonio market gains. Receipts lag behind last year by over a thousand head for the period, hinting at a looming meat shortage if local butchers cannot balance supply.

Union Stock Yards San Antonio Antonio Texas

Texas cattlemen face feeding or selling as drought bites

Texas cattlemen report desperate ranges from Uvalde to Ozona as no rains since May dries pastures. Beef steers are being sold while some farmers feed stock, and others push for market exits. Meanwhile England tours on wool, and a Bisbee Arizona story fears a planned 1000 arros slaughter in Arizona, with public campaigns to block the plan.

Texas W. M.toughier Uvalde Resent William K. Horton New York Arizona Bisbee Mexico

Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Texas District

Daily forecast from San Antonio at 7 a.m. predicts cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday across San Antonio and East Texas. Rainfall amounts vary with Cuero Dallas Dublin Waco Corpus Christi seeing over an inch and Columbus San Angelo Waxahachie over two inches. Cooler temperatures expected except in the north Pacific states.

San Antonio Tex Vicinity East Texas St Lawrence Valley Canadian South Texas Cuero Dallas Dublin Waco Corpus Christi Columbus San Angelo Waxahachie North Pacific

Wheat and corn rise as European crop outlook dims

Chicago July 25. Wheat turns upward with Europe’s poorer crop prospects and dwindling stocks. September opens at about 88 or near that level, corn advances as buyers remain scarce, oats steadies, and the provisions market strengthens with hogs rising. First pork 16.50, lard 8.35, ribs 8.67.

Chicago Europe

Chicago Market Receipts and Shipments Report

Chicago market totals show flour barrels 25600 receipts 20200 shipments and wheat 621000 receipts 114000 shipments and corn 187000 receipts 856000 shipments with oats 410000 receipts 498000 shipments rye and barley figures listed though portions are garbled reflecting a daily commodity summary from July 25.

Grain Receipts in Chicago Region Today

Chicago reports 1071 wheat cars including 896 contract grade and 196 corn cars with 651 contract grade plus 354 oat cars. Total wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reach 1368 today versus 147 last week and 620 a year ago.

Associated Press Chicago Minneapolis Duluth

Chicago cash grain quotations from July 25

Quotations show cash wheat with No 2 red 84 to 86 cents No 2 hard white and No 1 northern near 1.03 to 1.06 per bushel No 2 northern 95 at 1.02 No 2 spring 93 to 97 cents Corn prices list No 2 at 62 to 63 cents No 2 white 65 to 66 No 2 yellow 63 to 64 Oats line includes No 2 new 63 and 64 cents No 2 white 9 40 to 9 40 cents standard 38 to 39 No 2 new 88 to 89 cents

Associated Princssy Chicago

Wheat and corn prices from Kansas City market report

Quotations show cash wheat mostly unchanged or slightly lower with No 2 hard at 85 98 cents and No 2 red at 82 c. Corn trims 1 cent with No 2 mixed 63 and No 2 white 63 c. Oats ease about 1 cent with No 2 white 39 c and No 2 mixed 88 89 c. Close figures hint September wheat 85 c and December 87 c with corn around 89 c.

Associated Press Kansas City

Fort Worth Market Continues Advances in Livestock

Fort Worth market reports July 26 show total receipts of 1850 cattle 1500 hogs 850 sheep with steady to higher prices. Beef steers mostly 4.85 to 5.75 per hundredweight, cows up about 25 cents for the week, prime heifers 4.05, bulls 2.50 to 3.10, calves 4.50 to 5.25. Hog trade led by banner sale at 7.00, many hogs 6.60 to 6.90, sheep at 2.35.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex San Angelo B. Collyns Aleno Charles Knapp Sherman W. Anderson Cresson F. M. Heitchett Aledo

Market Report from St Louis Cattle Hogs and Sheep

Receipts total 5000 cattle including 200 Texans with strong cattle prices. Hog intake 35000 with prices 10 cents higher, pigs and lights 4.00 to 6.50, packers 6.75 to 6.90, butchers 6.75 to 6.90. Sheep receipts 11000 with steady market, muttons 3.60 to 4.25, lambs 4.00 to 7.25.

Associated Press St, Louis

Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report

Cattle receipts about 4000 with steady trading. Beeves 5.15 to 7.15, Texas steers 4.50 to 6.10, western steers 4.00 to 5.90, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.40, cows and heifers 2.20 to 5.90, calves 6.50 to 2. Hogs receipts about 16000 with market strong to five cents higher. Light 6.40 to 6.90, mixed 6.35 to 6.87, heavy 6.15 to 6.82, rough 6.15 to 6.85, good to choice heavy 6.85 to 6.82, pigs 5.25 to 6.45, bulk 6.55 to 6.80. Sheep receipts about 15000 with sheep slow and lambs strong. Native lambs 2.50 to 4.40, western 2.75 to 4.45, yearlings 5.00 to 5.40, native lambs 3.75 to 5.0, western 4.50 to 7.45.

Chicago Texas THE Associate Press Kansas City

Kansas City Live Stock Receipts and Prices

AP dispatch from Kansas City reports July 25 cattle hogs and sheep receipts. Cattle totals near 11,000 with various price ranges for native and southern steers cows and calves. hog receipts about 13,000 with price bands from 6.30 to 6.65. sheep and lambs receipts around market prices for buttons lambs fed wethers and ewes.

Market Snap: Wheat and Cotton Hold Steady

The report notes steadiness in hogs leather wool rice and other commodities with prices described as steady or quiet, indicating little movement on the market. Investors monitoring supply and demand conditions await clearer signals.

Market Reels On Freight Rate Cut Yet Recovers By Noon

The interstate commerce commission freight rate cut sparked a sharp early stock decline with railroad issues dropping 1% to 2% led by Union Pacific Northern Pacific Reading and Atchison Southern Pacific and Great Northern. By noon losses narrowed as Reading Atchison Union Pacific rallied. some industrials also slipped. Bonds remained steady and the day ended heavy.

Associated Press New York Interstate Commerce Commission Union Pacific Northern Pacific Reading Atchison Southern Pacific Great Northern General Wiectric International Harvester New York Central Sloss-Sheffield Consolidated Gas Maryland London St. Louis San Francisco Amalgamated Copperee American Car and Foundry Bi American Locomotive Scecesers American Sugar Refining Anaconda Mining Co Ccevecsraneys Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Cee Chesapeake and Ohio Chi N. W St. P Colorado Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Illinois Central Interborough Met Louisville Nashville Missouri Pacific Kan Tex National Biscuit National New York Central Northern Pacific .+esseers Pacific Mail Pennsylvania Rock Island Company Southern Railway United States Steel Everse Eov Wabash Shack Ca Western Union Oscee Seree Eocnessoba Lehigh Valley Seevee Texas Company Seseeseeen dl

Money on call steady in New York market

Money on call remained steady in New York with the ruling rate at 2 2 3-8 cents and closing bid at 2 cents. Time loans were dull with quotes for sixty days at 2 1-2 2 8-4 cents and ninety days at 2 3-4 3 cents to 3 3-4e.

THE Associated Press New York

Cotton Market Opens Easy With Broad Decline

New York opened easier by about 2 points, then fell to new lows for the season as liquidation and bear selling pressured the market. October slid to 11.61, December and other new crop months sank 20 to 21 points, August down 15 to 16, old crop steady. July near yesterday’s close. Spots nominal and market unsettled into afternoon trading.

Associated Press New York India Manchester

Cotton futures open and close in New York market

In New York Futures, cotton prices opened easy with January at 11.70 and July around 13.80. The session closed easy with mixed quotes across months, showing slight declines from opening levels and varying bid prices.

New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Steady Then Declines

In New Orleans on July 25 cotton futures opened steady but soon fell 8 to 10 points on poor cables and good crop expectations. Liverpool prices weakened amid political tensions and monsoon worries in India. By noon the market sat 27 to 32 points lower with a net daily decline of 14 to 45 points.

Associated Press New Orleans Liverpool India Shorts

Financial futures steady through year months

By the Associated Press the futures curve shows August level at 12.47 43 and September 11.85 86 with gradual shifts into October November December and into the new year. The pattern lists March 11.81 82 and January 11.72 73 as notable points.

Associated Prs New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trading Activity Report

Liverpool spot cotton remained quiet with prices down around eight points. American middling fair quoted at 7.72 pence, good middling 7.88, middling 7.14, with sales totaling 7000 bales including 6800 American, receipts 9000 bales. Futures opened easy and closed barely steady with values for July through April near 6.2 to 6.8 pence per pound.

Associated Press Liverpool

Market Briefs from Leading Spot Markets

Trade summaries show middling sales and varied activity across markets. Liverpool quotes easy. New York quiet. New Orleans nominal. Galveston reports 6.00 with 1000 units. Prices and volumes are listed for several centers, reflecting uneven demand.

Liverpool New York Annes New Orleans Facuston Galveston

Cotton Spot Steady in Memphis Market

Memphis July 26 cotton spot market shows steady activity with a one eighth cent decline noted for middling at 14 cents per pound as traders await further price signals and potential demand shifts.

THE Associated Press Memphis Tenn

Houston Spots Spot Cotton Market Report

Houston spot cotton prices steady with a slight drop in middling grades at 131 cents per pound. Trade notes slight weakness in the market as of July 25 with no major shifts in reported figures.

Houston Tex

Cotton futures report from New York on July 26

Cotton spot closed quiet in New York with middling uplands at 13.60 cents and middling gulf at 13.85 cents. No sales recorded.

New York Gulf

Financial Market Close in New York on July 25

Prime mercantile paper at 4 4 1 2 cents. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at 484.25 for sixty days bills and about 486.40 to 486.45 for demand. Commercial bills at 483.75. Bar silver quoted at 52 3 8 cents.

New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Stand Steady

Spot cotton in New Orleans on July 25 remains unchanged with 1 bale to arrive none. Ranges span low ordinary 10 9 16c to middling 14c with various classifications in between.

New Orleans

General Rains Hit Cotton Belt as Harvest Season Flows

The weekly rainfall exceeded two inches in most cotton states with pockets over four inches in Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi. Temperatures mostly below normal with some coastal or East Texas areas near normal. Northwest remains the most critical crop area with wheat and other crops yielding hundreds of millions. total agricultural value around 368 million dollars.

Washington, D. C Texas North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Portland Ark Atlantic East Birmingham Ala Knoxville Chattanooga Tenn del Rio Tex Northwest Canada United States

New Crop Cotton Holds Ground as Market Sags Further

The market shows no rebound as new crop months hit fresh lows while weather expectations mix rainfall with delayed rallies. D S Boyd of H and B Beer visited the local exchange as traders await a weather surprise to spark demand.

D.S. Boyd H. & B. Beer New Orleans

Liverpool Bears Grow Over Crop Prospects

The text notes increasingly bearish sentiment in Liverpool as crop prospects worsen. Traders are slow to accept problems, and even when they begin to think there is trouble, it is difficult to regain optimism about the crop’s outlook.

Liverpool

Houston and Memphis Scores Reported With Vague Details

A fragmentary item records numbers tied to Houston Texas and Memphis Tennessee with unclear context. It mentions a stretch of figures and a reference to Aurora Grace with a severe note, but the meaning and full details are obscured.

Wool Sale Tops Market Amid High Prices in Texas

New York reports egg receipts and market bids with fresh gathered exports. W O Oliver notes San Antonio sale of 2000 pounds of wool for Ned Mugford at 18 of a cent, the highest price on the market.

W. O. Oliver San Antonio Ned Mugford

Lemons Weaken as Market Slips Promising Decline in Prices

Local fruit trade reports indicate a softening lemon market with fancy boxes quoted at 6.00, dropping by half a dollar at the start of the week and potentially down to 5.00 if cool weather persists. Mexican apples arrive in quantity amid strong demand at 3.00 per standard box crate. Eggs and butter show mixed movement while honey remains scarce. Edward Lamb returns to duties after illness, resuming his role with Pruitt Commission.

California New York Liberal Express San Antonio Mexico Texas Edward Lamb Pruitt Commission Company Lamb

Prices for dairy eggs cheese and poultry at San Antonio market

San Antonio Produce lists prices for butter per pound at 25c country butter 12 15c. Eggs fresh country candled at 14 1éc. Cheeses including cream 15 490, brick 20c, American Swiss 24c, imported Swiss 1c, Limburger 20c. Poultry prices per dozen for hens 6.00, medium 4.75 to 5.00, large springs 3.50 to 4.00, medium springs 5.00 to 4.76, small springs 2.00 to 2.25, guineas 3.25 to 3.5, ducks 6.00 to 6.59, souesi 1.25, turkeys per pound 15 to 16e.

Tess Commission Scatelve

Chicago Market Prices and Receipts Report

Quotations were Butter firm Creameries 20 25c Daisies 18 22c Rose steady Receipts 8573 cases Firsts prime firsts 16c Cheese steady Daisies 13 Kc Twins 12% % %c Young Americas 134% %c Long Horns le Potatoes steady Receipts 35 cars Choice to fancy 1.45 1.50 Poultry live steady Turkeys 129 chickens lie springs 144%c Veal steady weights 50 to 60 lb 82c 60 to 85 lb 94 104g 85 to 110 lb 1le

Associated Press Chicago

Sugar and Molasses Price Highlights in New York

In New York on July, Muscovado 89 test priced between 3.86 and 3.98 cents per pound, 96 test at 4.36 to 4.48 cents, molasses sugar 89 test at 3.61 to 3.73 cents, and refined products steady with molasses stable overall.

Associated Press New York Muscovado

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