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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
9
Missouri Pacific led a dull opening in New York trading with initial quoted levels near 19 1/2, then slipping back as the rest of the list softened. Bonds were easy while liquidation pressures appeared in New Haven, and the market closed steady with professional activity heavier in the final hour.
Lead held at $3.85 per pound and 1942 sixpence per hundredweight while spelter and other metals showed slight movements. Donspelter traded around 217 pounds sterling with minor fluctuations as market activity remained quiet.
The report from Antonio to New Orleans notes unsettled weather with showers in eastern parts and in Oklahoma, near normal temperatures, and 1.10 inches rainfall at Kerrville. Rice market shows limited activity with prices in Honduras and Japan listed and receipts totaling rough 76 and clean 4404. A separate transcript fragment hints at a Mexican protest and a quoted exchange.
A discussion explains how lightning glows white and colors vary from violet to purple. It covers how intense heat excites air molecules, how dust and moisture affect hues, and how height and air density influence color, citing Arago and Dr. Richard Anderson. The piece notes that violet tints may arise at great altitudes and mentions thunder clouds reaching five miles tall.
The report shows yesterday’s precipitation of .01 inch against a normal for the day of .10 inch. Cumulative total since January 1 is 18.16 inches, with a daily deficiency of .09 inch and an excess of 2.02 inches since January 4.
Cheaper roasted coffees mark up per pound as jobbers report a strong market. Brazil’s government action to hold new crop off market boosts prices. Sugar and dried fruits show demand, with apricot supplies tightening and peaches remaining affordable. June corn acreage expected, rains hurt early crop, oats rust noted. San Antonio area cotton weed and grass problems mentioned. price quotes for propotones steady. Farm receipts for eggs butter and poultry delayed by poor roads.
Price to the retailer for eggs butter poultry cheese vegetables and fruits across regions. Includes specific values for eggs butter poultry squabs cheese potatoes cauliflower peppers tomatoes onions cabbage celery beans cucumbers oranges lemons limes bananas pineapples grapes coconuts cherries Texas California and Illinois canned goods sugar coffee rice flour and bran canned meats and fish with per unit or per weight figures.
A dense price sheet listing wholesale figures for dried fruits such as peaches pears prunes currants and raisins, plus beans corn oats wheat hay and seeds. It details per hundredweight prices for beans and milo maize, cotton seed products, pecans walnuts and varied nuts, along with meats lard and alfalfa seed rates and job lot deliveries.
The Fort Worth market shows continued strength in sheep and cattle with high prices for sheep and steady cattle prices. Traders expect a late wave of Texas sheep to feed demand, while hogs remain in brisk demand and porkers reach about 8 dollars. Cattle from range areas praise favorable conditions despite smaller cotton yields.
Cattle market active with 3400 cattle 600 calves and 1200 hogs traded. Reeves weighed 6.26 to 7.60 for stocker and steer prices. cows 4.50 to 5.25. heifers 5.50 to 7.50. bulls 4.60 to 6.25. calves 5.6 to 8.5. Hogs up ten cents. choice stuff 8.15. bulk 7.85 to 8.10. Sheep with gains 10 to 16 cents. mutton and lamb prices listed with ewe and lamb ranges. Weather noted at 5.25.
Chicago market notes show butter and creamery products steady with slight price marks. Eggs and cheese hold steady as receipts reach 24 704 cases and 30 cars of potatoes arrive with regional varieties priced higher. Poultry alive prices fall with fowls at 13 cents.
Kansas City June 2 quotations show butter at 23c for creamery firsts 21c seconds 19c packing 17c eggs 18c for extra 18c seconds 19c poultry hens 12c and broilers 27c.
Receipts and quotations show hogs with 12 000 head and strong demand. Bulk buyers paid 7.90 to 8.07 for heavy hogs with night 7 807 and pipe 7 254. Cattle receipts at 6500 with steady demand. prime fed steers 8.50 to 9.10, dressed beef 7.50 to 8.40, southern steers 6.50 to 8.25, cows 4.50 to 7.60, heifers 7.00 to 9.00, stockers 6.50 to 8.15, bulls 6.00 to 7.50, calves 6.50 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 8900 with steady market. lambs 7.00 to 8.80, yearlings 6.26 to 7.25, wethers 5.50 to 6.26, ewes 4.50 to 5.65.
Creamery lists butter firsts at 23 cents and 2nd class seconds at 18 cents with packing at 15 cents. Eggs show firsts 18 cents seconds 16 cents poultry hens 14 cents springs 15 cents.
Chicago June 2 market report shows hogs receipts 14 000 with prices from 5.00 to 8.10 per cwt across categories. Cattle receipts 3 000 with beeves 7.85 9.25 and cows 3.70 5.75. Sheep receipts 14 000 with prices 5.35 6.25 for ewes and 6.26 8.25 for lambs.
New York and Liverpool reports show cotton futures opening steady to lower with declines of 10 to 18 points, later rallying 3 to 4 amid bullish Texas crop news and weather data, with New York closing 12 to 16 points lower and July at 13.50. Prices fluctuated as traders priced in weather optimism and demand.
New Orleans June 2 Cotton futures opened three to five points down as weather across the belt showed improvement. By noon prices were two to five points above yesterday's close after fresh buying, but liquidation later in the afternoon pushed values seven to eleven points under yesterday's close.
New Orleans opening shows futures steady with a 1 to 6 point drop from yesterday. July at 13.61, October 12.90, December 12.86. cotton closed 14 to 18 points lower. Gay quotations show July highs around 18.20 and December near 12.86 with various intraday moves.
Spot cotton held firm with good middling at 8.48 pence and middling 7.864 pence. Sales reached 5,000 bales including 500 for export and speculation. receipts tallied at 6,000 bales.
Liverpool market report notes futures quid with June 7.444 and June-July 7.274 values. Subsequent pairings include July-August 7.26, August-September 7.1444, October-November 6.86, December-January 6.77, January-February 6.77d, and March-April 6.784.
Houston rope shows steady spot cotton with middling at 13 1 4 cents. No sales reported and no new arrivals expected. Market tone remains unchanged across New York New Orleans Liverpool and Galveston listings with no immediate movement.
In Galveston on June 2, spot cotton held steady with a middling basis. sales on spot total 2702 bales, none arrived. In New York, spot cotton remained steady at 13.75 for middling, with no sales, arrivals, or deliveries on contract.
New Orleans on June 2 reports basis middling at 12 3/4% cents per pound. Spot sales total 780 bales with 760 more bales to arrive.
Prime basis oil 6.20 meal 27 lintery 2 percent 8 of late. Spot 7.20 306 June 7.23 264 July 7.29 31 August 7.42 43 September 7.50 51 October 7.32 34 November 6 957.03 December 6 947 97 January 6 9146.98 Total sales 11 500.
New York June 2 raw firm molasses at 2.74 cents per pound centrifugal 3.39 refined steady Cut loaf 5.15 crushed 5.05 mould 4.70 cubes 4.45 MXXX powdered 3.50 pownreet 4.20 fine granulated 4.20 diamond A 4.20 confectioners A 4.20 No 1 4.00 per pound or ton values not stated.
Hogs Receipts $500 market strong. Pigs and lights $7.00 to $8.20, good heavy $8.15 to $8.20. Cattle receipts 4800, market steady. Native beef steers $8.50 to $9.00, cows and heifers $4.25 to $9.00, stockers $5.00 to $8.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers $5.75 to $6.40, cows and heifers $4.50 to $6.66, native calves $6.00 to $9.28.
New York reports cotton goods opened for fall by a large concern priced on last year’s basis. Cotton yearns were higher today. Raw silk was unchanged. Wool products show slow demand across markets.
Regional cotton figures list port towns including Galveston Houston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore Philadelphia and others with a total figure of 14 197 noted. The data appears as a fragmented price and volume report from the cotton trade.
In New York on June 2 futures for No. Rio coffee rise marginally with July at 9.01 and December at 9.48. The message also advertises furniture sale opportunities via Light want ads for profitable disposal.
Government notes and securities are printed from engraved plates at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. Plates are retired after about 50 000 impressions, then melted and converted into castings for armaments, with strict oversight by a treasury committee and the custodial system.
Government weekly weather report notes the eastern cotton belt endures the severest spring drought ever seen slowing early cotton growth and germination while central areas see relief from showers. Western regions including Texas and Oklahoma face excessive rain hindering crop improvement and leaving soil too wet for cultivation. Across the truck growing South vegetation lacks moisture and fields are weeded or abandoned.
Bulls push wheat higher on June 2 as European visible supply drops by over six million bushels. Corn and oats advance on stronger demand while packers buy in the meat markets. Prices for No 2 red and hard wheats rise, led by futures buying and cautious supply outlook.
Quotations from Kansas City on June 2 show wheat prices at No 2 large and No 2 red around 90 to 91 cents, corn near 70 to 71 cents, and oats at No 2 white about 41 to 42 cents. The report lists grain grades and bid ranges in a terse market snapshot.
Grain futures closed steady in Kansas City on June 2 with Wheat July 80 and September 80, Corn July 70 and September 67, and Oats July 39. The report notes limited movement across the board.
May cattle receipts in Fort Worth fell short of 1913 and expectations, with year to date totals down due to weak April and May runs. Calves sold up to 9.25, the highest May figure on boards. hogs small, sheep steady, beef steers and stockers mixed, grassers short, market level overall.
A clipped dialogue from Kansas City Journal and Baltimore American notes hats resting on ears and a new fashion step prompting talk of a pricey Cree tioneer and introduced mediation.
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