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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1916
Page
12
Heavy rainfall in Texas reduces cotton futures gains as traders cite slow trade volumes. Bears push prices lower on weaker demand while market activity remains subdued. Local weather impacts harvest outlook and market sentiment across regional buyers and sellers.
The boll market notes the daily quotation basis for cotton trading nationwide. Middling grade prices reflect delivered market values unless stated otherwise.
New York July 26 The cotton market opened tame with prices fluctuating four points lower to one point higher. Bull support waned as good rains in central Texas and belief of clearing eastern conditions weighed. New Orleans remained a free seller, Liverpool bought near months while later months sold. October rose to 18.23 before retreating, January fell to 13.45 as covering rose after the first half hour.
San Antonio buyers paid prices for cotton delivered at local compresses on Wednesday. Grades include middling and strict low middling with price figures near 12.89 and 11.69 cents per pound.
In New Orleans July 26, cotton faced moderate selling after lighter rains in the eastern belt and beneficial showers in Texas. Early losses of 6 points were followed by a rally as first August tenders reached 400 bales. By noon weekly weather remained favorable, but the market drifted down again with declines widening to 7 to 10 points by 1:30.
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady with futures at August 12.86, October 12.99, December 13.13, January 13.21, and March 18.59. Early quotes show slight activity and mixed closes across contracts.
Liverpool July 26 spot cotton firm trading with good middling at 8.294 cents per pound and middling 8.12d, low middling 7.974. Sales total 6000 bales with 800 for speculation and export. Receipts none.
Futures in Liverpool on July 7 with small variations across contracts. July 7.98 percent, July-August 7.98d, August-September 7.95d, September-October 7.93d, November-December 7.89%4d, and other nearby spreads listed.
New York reports cotton seed oil futures with September at 9.00 bid and varied later contracts. Prices show minor moves across months from January to December with total sales listed at 38,700 contracts.
In Austin on July 26 the Texas Department of Insurance and Banking approved a license for Citizens Insurance Company of Missouri of St. Louis to operate a fire tornado marine sprinkler leakage and Inland marine insurance business in Texas.
Packers cut side meat prices by 10 to 40 points and some lard brands see reductions as warm weather dampens demand. Hogs at packing centers show weakness while all pork products slide. Potatoes firm with the Texas crop nearly cleared, fruit jobbers report orange shortages and weekly lemon and orange shipments to Rio Grande valley areas continue. Cherries arrive from Colorado. Egg butter and vegetables hold steady.
Buyers posted prices in San Antonio on Wednesday for country produce. Fish steady. Texas country candled at 21 2tec. Texas creamery butter 25 3%c per pound. country butter 20 25c. packings stock 18 19c per pound. poultry steady with hens $4.08 6.60 per dozen, large fryers $4.59 5.50, broilers $2.50 3.50, turkeys 16 17c per pound, ducks 4.90 6.00 per dozen, geese 4.56 5.00.
Quotations today show butter higher with creamery at 24 27 9c, eggs steady with 11 351 cases received, firsts 22 22 1 2c, ordinary firsts 21 24c at marked, potatoes lower with 60 car receipts, Virginia barreled $2.85 $2.40, Virginia bulk to Illinois Kansas and Missouri, poultry unsettled fowls 1 23c springs 1 23c.
Quotations today show butter at 28 cents for creamery and 26 cents for firsts. Peas hats 22 1/2 cents and 23 1/4 cents, poultry hens 16 cents, roosters 10 1/2 cents, broilers 21/2 cents. New potatoes steady at 60 cents, with Oklahoma Arkansas Texas and Louisiana at 60 cents. Kaw Valley early Ohio steady at 60 cents.
A weekly weather summary for the cotton belt reports progress in western and northern states and in western Florida. Rain harmed lowland areas from Louisiana to South Carolina, while Texas sees picking and ginning under way and early planting.
In Austin on July 26 the banking committee reports banks ready to loan five million dollars at six percent on bonded cotton warehouse receipts. Dallas banks led by D. T. M. Waggoner and George W. Riddle pledge financing with a network of associate banks to interior points. Waco banks and other interior lenders also commit six percent. The system promotes gradual marketing at low interest as bonded warehouses expand before the new cotton season.
The crowd floods the street as police fail to halt the mob. Militia joins the fray, fire engines spray water, and the street clears only when the struggling mass subsides. One man remains perched on a telegraph pole declaring he is the man the mob sought to see.
Wheat rose on warm northwest weather and crop fears of rust spreading in Manitoba and Saskatchewan hurting yields. Corn followed with gains then eased as wheat slipped, ending mixed as traders noted rain scarcity and late market nerves. Provisions showed little change.
Buyers paid prices for grain and hay delivered in San Antonio on Wednesday. Corn ranged from 84 to 92 cents per bushel for various grades, oats at 4.4 cents, and bulk hay prices included Mile maize 1.15 dollars per ton, feterita 1.15, Kaffir corn 1.15, cane hay 12.50, prairie hay 12.50, John son grass 12.50, and alfalfa green New Mexico 18 per ton.
Quotations for wheat corn oats and barley listed for Chicago on July 26. No. 2 red old wheat at 1.24 and No. 2 hard old at 1.181 to 1.22. Corn No. 2 yellow at 83 to 83. sie. Oats Standard at 42 12tec. Barley at 65 T&e.
Quotations for wheat corn and oats from St Louis on July 26 show No 2 red wheat 1.26 to 1.38, No 2 hard 1.18 to 1.264, corn No 2 and No 2 white 81 to 82 cents, oats No 2 new 40 4c to 40 4c, No 2 white new 42 4c.
On July 26 the market reports quotes for wheat with No 2 hard at 1.16 to 1.21 and No 2 red at 1.20 to 1.26 percent. Corn prices show No 2 mixed at 0.80 to 0.85, No 2 white at 0.80 to 0.85, and No 2 yellow at 0.84 to 0.82. Oats quotations list No 2 white at 0.42 to 0.43 and No 2 mixed at 0.32 to 0.34.
Grain futures in Kansas City closed steady with Wheat July at 1.12 and Sept at 1.13. Corn July quoted at 8.00 and Sept at 7.60.
July market quotes show pork open high and low at 93.35 and 84.87 with 26.00 24.60 24.20 close figures. Lard and ribs quoted with varying prices and delivery months. Local packing house notes list dry salt extras bacon extras and various belly and ham prices with lard and compound figures.
The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana announced a one cent reduction in gasoline prices at all Arkansas stations effective Wednesday following Tuesday’s crude oil price cut. The move mirrors broader fuel market adjustments and signals pressure on regional fuel costs.
In New York on July 26 cotton goods showed steady demand with a moderate volume of business. Yarns and dress goods remained firm while burlaps advanced in price.
Fort Worth cattle market updates list average weights and prices for several consignors. J. T. Day of Avondale records 7.90 per hundredweight, F. Corn of Mineral Wells 6.85, T. F. Kindley of Graham and Winslow of Aledo show figures, with J. J. Hand Range 22 stocker steers at 6.80.
Lead at 6.35 asked. Spelter steady with East St. Louis delivery at 100 percent. Copper steady at 24.00 to 27.00. Iron unchanged. Tin quiet with spot offered at 38.25.
London market snapshot lists lead at 28 pounds sterling, spelter 59, spot copper 100, futures 98, electro lytic 128 pounds. Spot tin 165 pounds 10 shillings, futures 166 pounds.
Savannh reports daily market activity with firm Turpentine 42 listing 92 sales 951 receipts and 20 shipments. Keain firm shows 2727 sales 2759 receipts 534 shipments and 69 395 stocks with multiple price quotes from A B C D EB FP G L M W G and W W across six and seven dollar ranges.
The Weather Bureau mens wind speeds below ten miles per hour and rainfall under .01 inch are not published herewith per Allen Buell the meteorologist.
At Union Stock Yards on July 2, cattle held firm and hogs fell about. sheep remained steady with moderate offerings. San Antonio market reported 251 cattle 72 calves and 74 hogs steady across divisions. Rain revived ranges and pasture owners plan cattle purchases to graze green pastures as the Rio Grande valley recovers from a seven inch rainfall.
Fort Worth Texas cattle receipts 2000 strong to 1 percent higher with Reeves 6.00 to 6.60 stockers 5.00 to 6.50 cows 4.00 to 6.50 heifers 5.00 to 7.60 bulls 4.00 to 5.50 calves 4.60 to 9.00. Hogs receipts 2200 weak heavy 9.60 to 9.65 mediums 9.50 to 9.66 mixed 9.00 to 9.60 lights 9.35 to 9.60s. Sheep receipts 5900 steady lambs 9.00 to 9.75 yearlings 8.00 to 8.75 ewes 6.00 to 6.75 goats 4.50 to 5.50.
Receipts and quotations show hogs steady with bulk 9.60 to 9.75 and pigs 8.75 to 9.00. Cattle receipts 7600 with higher bids for prime and dressed beef. steers 9.75 to 10.50, cows 4.50 to 7.60, heifers 6.00 to 4.50, stockers 6.00 to 8.15. Sheep receipts 2000, prices 9.60 to 10.25 for ewes 6.75 to 7.50 for ewes and lambs 7.60 to 3.25.
Chicago on July 26 reports hog receipts 26 000 with mixed to heavy classes trading between 9.00 and 10.12 per hundred for hogs and 7.50 to 9.40 for pigs. Cattle receipts 10 000 show native beef $7.00 to 10.60 western steers $6.75 to 8.60 stockers $5.00 to 4.00 cows and heifers $3.60 to 9.15 calves $8.50 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 10 000 with ewes 6.85 to 3.35 lambs 6.75 to 10.60.
St Louis market report shows hogs receipts 7600 and prices from 9.70 to 10.00. Cattle receipts 4000 with native beef steers 7.00 to 10.25 and cows 5.50 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 2800 with breeding ewes 9.00 to 10.00 and lambs 7.00 to 10.00.
Mercantile paper and 60 day bills quoted at 4.71 percent with demand at 4.75 percent. Cables show 4,761 for the currency, silver at 63 and a fraction cents per ounce. Government bonds remain firm while railroad bonds ease.
In New York July 26, States Steel led today’s trading with an unexpected extra one per cent dividend. Initial sales totaled 15 000 shares at 86 1 2, then 500 at 87 with a possible gain of a point. Other issues rose similarly, while sales for profit followed. Prices recovered late with strong showing in Alcohol and Petroleum after a choppy close.
Time loans ease slightly with 60 and 90 day terms at 3 percent. Call money steady with high 2 percent and low 2 percent. ruling rate 3 percent. last loan 2 percent. closing bid and offered at 2 percent.
London reports bar silver at 2915 164 per ounce. Money rates show 4 percent discount, 5 1/4 percent for short bills, three months at 6 percent.
For 24 hours ending 8 a m on July 26 1916 unsettled weather in the belt with near normal temperatures. Rainfall exceeded one inch at Blackville Kingstree St Matthews Glennville Millen Chelaw Amite Clinton Marianna Brownsville and Taylor. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau.
The North Texas & Santa Fe Railroad Company charter approved by the Attorney General and filed with the State Department. Capital stock $100,000. Headquarters to be in Harrison County. Plans a 75 mile line from Hansford County to Ellis County Oklahoma, via Ochiltree and Lipscomb counties. Incorporators include E. P. Ripley F. C. Fox EB A. Goeidner and A. B. Meyer.
New York July 26 The Pressed Steel Car Company declared a dividend of one dollar on its common stock today resuming payments after deferring the issue on January 27, 1916.
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