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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
7
Observations taken at 8 a m Saturday June 3 1916 note wind velocities under ten miles per hour and precip amounts under .01 inch not recorded here meteorologist Allen Buell signs off on bulletin.
Two dairymen faced Po\e Court on charges of selling milk with high bacteria counts above the 100 per cubic centimeter limit. Judge fined each $25 with suspensions on good behavior, noting improvements in equipment and warning of doubled fines on a second offense.
Little cotton is offered for sale as prices rise amid market demand. Weather factors are noted as a contributing element affecting supply and market conditions.
The principal spot cotton markets show middling at 18 a point price with low sale volumes. In New York trading June futures slip early then recover, July and October moves lifting the list to around 12.62 and 12.76 as Liverpool and other markets absorb export demand.
San Antonio buyers paid local compress prices with grades listed from Good middling to Strict low middling and other categories. New York cotton futures opened steady with July 12.86 and October 12.68 while March futures closed 4 to 7 points higher.
New York June 3 cotton seed oil closed steady with sales around 3100. Prime summer yellow spot priced at 10.80 dollars, prime crude at 9.60, prime winter yellow at 11.00. Prime summer white 11.00 with July 10.84 and August 10.85, September 10.84, October 10.89, December 10.98.
New York June 3 wool dealers report a stiffer market following the embargo on Australian woolens shipments. Cotton goods remain firm and print cloths ease slightly. Ready to wear firms report solid demand for cotton dresses and waists.
Turpentine firm shows sales 289 and receipts 51 with shipments 831 and stock 11 769. Resin on sales 1412 with shipments 93 and stock 64 706 Quotations list several graded prices and ranges from A to W and W W, reflecting varied bidder quotes.
New Orleans on June 3 reports no change in rice to Gay as prices stay firm. Trading notes show 1100 pockets clean Honduras at 8 5 8 percent. Receipts were listed as none.
The Cotton Region section notes generally fair weather with above normal temperatures. Rainfall totals of an inch or more are recorded at Arlington Tennessee Holly Springs and Okolena Mississippi. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau reports the belt's conditions. Subhead mentions travel offer from New York and return via Diverse Route with rail options and burning locomotives by Southern Pacific.
Overnight details of the engagement between British and German fleets fueled uneven early dealings in New York. Norfolk & Western rose 1 percent, rails fluctuated with uncertainty, Chandler Motors climbed 51 to 115, Marine preferred gained 2 points, and Cuban American and South Porto Rico Sugar advanced 12 to 14 points.
In New York the weekly clearing house banks report a total reserve of 55,850,340 dollars above legal requirements, down 9,125,010 from last week. The report notes liquidity for banks and trust companies amid mixed money market quotations from Mexican and international currencies.
In Fort Worth Texas police court Fred Hunter Fort Worths first baseman and Ted Sloan Shreveport pitcher were fined 5 each for a game day fight. Sloan required four stitches for a head wound from Hunters punch.
San Antonio price report summarizes current cotton market conditions with brief notes on supply demand and price directions. The item highlights price trends and market factors influencing growers and traders in the region.
Cotton stock figures show yesterday’s receipts at ports near 0.8. Stock levels compare with the same day last week and last year. Excess this season totals 2,778 while this week’s stock stands at 1,298 with minor differences across locations.
Local market quotes list dry salt extras at 14 cents per pound and bacon extras at 16 cents. Bellies average 14 to 16 pounds at 17 cents with fancy breakfast bacon at 26 cents and fancy hams priced. Bacon bellies averaged 14 to 16 pounds at 18 and Pureera 14 percent niceties at 13 cents.
Carrot buyers reported varying prices for grain and hay delivered in San Antonio. Corn and oats listed with regional grades and cents per bushel. hay types such as milo maize, fet erita, Kaffir corn, cane hay, prairie hay, Johnson grass, and alfalfa priced per ton or per bushel with specific figures.
Buyers paid varied prices in San Antonio on Saturday for country produce. Rates included Texas country candied at 18 cents, Texas creamery at 25 cents per pound, packing stock 17 to 18 cents, and poultry prices with hens $6.00, large fryers $6.00 to $6.50, broilers $3.50 to $4.00, turkeys 1 cent per pound, ducks $4.56 to $6.50 per dozen, and geese $6.00 to 6.60 per dozen.
Chicago June reports show butter prices steady to firm with Creamery at 26 29 1 2 cents and firsts 20 21 cents. Potatoes rise with 22 car receipts and Ohio products noted. Poultry remains alive and steady with fowls at 19 2 cents. Regional grain values include Minnesota and North Dakota whites at 90 cents to $1, with Choises 85 to 90 cents. Texas Louisiana Alabama Triumphs priced at $1.60.
June 8 market quotes show butter at 29c for creamery, 27c for firsts, 25c middling seconds 22c. eggs at 21c for firsts. poultry with hens at 15c, roosters 10c, springs 25c. Prices reflect typical midwestern distribution at Kansas City.
Hotel and Park open for Season Sunday June 14. Ady notes season start and vacation planning guidance for visitors and locals.
In New York on June 3 the copper market remained quiet with sellers facing sparse buyers. Electrolytic copper available for nearby and forward delivery quotes at 27 to 28 cents, while producers keeping prices at 29 to 294 cents for October and later months, iron prices unchanged.
New York June 3 Mercantile paper 3 percent Sterling 60 day bills four dollars seventy four and a half cents demand four dollars seventy five and eighteen fourteen cables four dollars seventy six cents. Guilders demand 416-16 cables 417-16 Bar silver 64 4 cents Mexican dollars 49 1/2 cents. Government bonds firm Railroad bonds easy.
Fort Worth cattle and hog sales show receipts around 120 cattle and 900 hogs. Beef cattle range from 6.50 to 8.85 dollars per hundredweight, with stockers 5.50 to 7.00, cows 4.25 to 7.25, heifers 5.50 to 5.00, bulls 4.26 to 6.25, calves 4.50 to 9.50. Hogs listed with ranges near 9.20 to 9.40 for heavy, mixed at 9.10 to 9.20, and sow totals around 9.00 to 10.00. Sheep and goats show lambs 9.00 to 10.00, yearlings 8.00 to 8.50, wethers 7.00 to 7.50, and goats 4.00 to 4.90.
Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep at Chicago markets show a slow to dull tone. Hogs range from bulk 9.40 to 9.80 per cwt with various grades listed and pigs 7.00 to 8.70. Cattle receipts and prices include native beef at 8.20 to 11.05, western steers 8.65 to 9.65, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.80, calves 8.00 to 11.28. Sheep receipts 6000 with ewes 7.00 to 8.25, lambs 8.00 to 10.60, springs 8.50 to 11.86.
Hogs receipts 3500 with mixed, bigs and lights 7.50 to 9.99, good heavies 9.50 to 9.69, bulk 9.25 to 9.50. Cattle receipts 159 with native beef cattle 7.60 to 10.60, yearlings 8.50 to 10.00, cows 5.50 to 9.50, stockers 5.5 to 8.50, Texas Oklahoma steers 5.50 to 9.05, yearling steers 8.75 to 10.25, cows and heifers 5.00 to 8.00, calves 6.00 to 11.0. Sheep receipts 1500 with lambs 7.0 to 8.5, clipped ewes 6.50 to 7.76, clipped lambs 8.50 to 10.25, spring lambs 10.00 to 12.00.
Kansas City livestock totals show hogs 1000 head with steady market. bulk 9.20 to 9.50, heavy 9.40 to 9.50, light 9.15 to 9.35, pigs 8.78 to 9.00. Cattle receipts 200, market steady. prime fed steers 10.40 to 11.00, dressed 8.09 to 10.25, southern steers 6.75 to 10.00, cows 5.59 to 8.75, heifers 7.50 to 9.75, stockers 6.75 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 2000, market steady. lambs 9.60 to 11.75, yearlings 8.00 to 10.00, wethers 7.50 to 8.25, ewes 7.25 to 7.75.
Liverpool June 3 spot cotton prices remain unchanged with good middling at 8.594 cents per pound and middling at 8.434, low middling 8.23. Bales total 4000 with 40 percent for speculation and export. Receipts 8000.
In Liverpool on June 3 futures quotes showed a quiet session with multiple near and distant contracts. Statements quoted Senator Sorghum expressing ambivalence about investigations appear from the Washington Star excerpt.
Sunday afternoon at the Josephine Street bridge will host the largest negro baptizing in months. Pastor Foard of the Church of God in Christ of Texas will officiate with hundreds of converts to be submerged as onlookers gather.
John A. Kerr reports about $12,000 in subscriptions raised last week to pay Laurel Heights Methodist Church indebtedness. The campaign will continue two weeks and results will be published weekly in the Laurel Heights Methodist News. every member is being solicited and Pastor Rev. O. T. Cooper is pleased with the response.
Wholesale market notes list prices to trade for Texas Florida California and other regions. Potatoes onions cabbage peppers celery greens and more priced per hundredweight crate dozen and box with values for strawberries dewberries gooseberries apples peaches raisins and canned goods.
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