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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
9
Quotations from leading cotton markets show middling grades and prices for delivered cotton. Galveston New York Liverpool quotes indicate 22.00, 4.22.70, and 14.88d with thousands in sales volume.
The cotton market opened with a sharp break due to a thinner technical position after recent gains. Prices then recovered to show a very slight to moderate net gain with New York closing steady, while New Orleans was closed for a holiday.
New York cotton futures showed a volatile session with early declines of 11 points and midmorning recoveries. July and October futures swung from around 22.32 to 21.25 then back to 22.06 and 21.82 as selling pressure eased and demand steadied.
Liverpool cotton market reports strong spot prices with good middling at 15.12d and middling around 14.63d. Total sales reach 7,900 with 500 for speculation and export. receipts amount to 13,000.
Futures steady with key spreads listed for June 14 to March-April. Liverpool is due to open Tuesday from 4 points up to 8 points down, indicating shifting expectations for the club's start.
Cotton receipts tallied at major U S ports with totals for Galveston Houston Mobile New Orleans Savannah Charleston Norfolk Boston Philadelphia and others. The statewide figure reached nine thousand four hundred five bales according to port reports.
New York June 4 Government purchases of war supplies keep steel industry attention. Orders for merchant cargo boats call for 1 000 000 tons of steel. Navy contracts for improvements to navy yards total 20 090 tons. Carnegie Steel to finish most of 75 060 tons for 10 000 freight cars for Reesia. Domestic railroads place few equipment orders.
Observations recorded at 6 a m Monday June 4 1917 show wind speeds under 10 mph and precipitation under 0.01 inch. Allen Buell of the Weather Bureau signs the note and states such data are not published.
Wanted dairy hand in Tr County. Immediate work with steady pay. Apply in person at local dairy farm after 8 AM. No experience required. training provided.
Meteorologist Carter White reports temperatures near normal for the 24 hours ending Monday morning with six to ten degrees below normal in parts of Tennessee and northern Alabama. Unseasonably cool across Oklahoma, western Arkansas, and parts of northwest and east Texas. warm in eastern and central districts. General rains along the Atlantic coast and local rains west to the Mississippi. Readings listed for North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also announces a special sale by Carter White Lead and ED Steves & Sons offering 12.00 per 100 pounds.
TELLS OF CAMPAIGN W A Scott financial expert with the American Red Cross in charge of financial work in the Southwest conferred with the local committee Monday morning in regard to plans for Red Cross week June 18 to 25 set aside by proclamation of President Wilson Mr Scott is visiting the cities of the Southwest for the purpose of laying before all local committees national plans for raising the 100000000 needed for Red Cross work He will leave San Antonio Monday night The national plans for the campaign have been perfected said Mr Scott or rather the general plans have been laid These plans however will be discussed and details supplied at the conference called June 9 at Wichita Kaw Local chapters are being informed of the general plans and asked to work out their campaigns to meet local conditions After conference with Dr Charles Venable and George B Taliferro and other members of the financial committee Monday morning the committee will be able to announce local campaign managers and the general plan within the next few days
Theresa Williams, 25, was stabbed four times near the heart at 1 pm Monday in San Antonio. Husband Fred Williams, 27, reportedly swallowed poison minutes later. both were taken to Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital. Police say the stomach pump may save him. he is jailed on assault to murder charges.
In Buenos Aires on June 4 the foreign minister gave Adolf Pauli, the former German minister to Brazil, a safe conduct for himself and other former German diplomats in Brazil. The document, issued by the British and American ministers, allows passage for them. The Germans will sail tomorrow aboard the Frisia to Amsterdam.
The American Medical Association opens its sixty-eighth annual convention in New York with about 10,000 physicians in attendance. Dr. Rupert Blue, retiring president and head of the Marine Hospital Service, will preside at the opening. Delegates will visit hospitals and observe 1500 to 2000 operations and demonstrations arranged by the local committee.
The northern market fell with cattle down 5 cents at Fort Worth and sheep 10 to lie at Kansas City. Hogs showed irregularity, lower at Kansas City, slow at Fort Worth and steady to higher at St. Louis. Local cattle dropped 25 to 50 cents. hogs stayed near current prices. Receipts at San Antonio: cattle 629, calves 297, horses 14, hogs 101. city trade included 310 cattle, 227 calves, 16 logs.
Fort Worth Texas cattle receipts reach 500 with slower markets and varied bids. Hogs show 2500 head with wide price ranges from 14.50 to 15.50 for heavy to mixed categories. Sheep receipts 4000 with lambs trading around 15.00 to 15.75 and yearlings near 13.00 to 14.00 as goats sell 5.00 to 7.50.
Chicago, June 4. Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep listed. Hogs receipts 41,000 with market steady. bulk 15.69 to 15.96, heavy 15.30 to 16.05, pigs 10.50 to 14.75. Cattle receipts 26,000 with market weak. native beef 9.15 to 13.60, stockers 7.35 to 11.0, cows and heifers 6.20 to 11.0, calves 9.50 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 13,000 with market weak. wethers 9.75 to 12.79, lambs 10.75 to 14.5, springs 12.40 to 17.25.
Receipts and quotations show hogs with varied prices and weights, cattle including steers and cows, and sheep with lower market. Southern fed steers and stockers appear with price ranges, calves and lambs listed, reflecting a broad livestock trading day at Kansas City.
On June 4 in St Louis Missouri receipts for hogs reached about 10 000 with market steady to higher. Hog prices varied with lights 15.45 to 15.85 dollars and heavy 15.95 to 16.05 dollars. Cattle receipts around 6000 with mixed prospects and several classes listed including native beef steers yearling steers and cows with prices from 4.00 to 13.00 dollars, prime and stocker categories detailed. Sheep receipts about 2300 with lower prospects. clipped lambs and ewes and spring lambs priced in the 5.00 to 15.00 dollar ranges.
Local market report shows Texas Bermuda onions at 1.40 to 1.50 per crate and Crystal ee at 1.75, white broilers 1.25, cucumbers 0.66 per half bushel and 1.25 per bushel, tomatoes 0.75 and 1.25, celery 1.15 to 1.25 per dozen, California lettuce 3.75 per crate, Texas plums 2.25 to 2.50 per apple box, apricots 2.25 to 2.50, hens 0.16 to 0.17 per pound, with other poultry butter and eggs unchanged. No changes in grains mill products or hides.
Market report shows jobbers' prices to retailers with small commissions. Texas country candied 31 cents per pound cloven. Butter steady at 32 to 35 cents. Texas creamery 32 to 35 cents, country 26 to 30 cents. Poultry higher with hens 16 to 17 cents per pound, old roosters 11 to 12 cents, large springs 30 cents, medium springs 28 to 30 cents, small springs 1 to 37 cents, broilers 2.50 to 3.00 per dozen, turkeys 18 to 19 cents per pound, ducks 7.00 to 8.00 per dozen, geese 9.06 to 10.60 per dozen.
Quotations today show unsettled butter and creamery prices with receipts of 45 596 cases and firsts at 351, 344e, ordinary firsts 314 to 240. Potatoes steady with 45 car lots. Louisiana Triumphs 3 1043.25, Texas and Alabama Triumphs 4 263.36. Old receipts 15 cars at 2.50 to 2.60. Poultry alive with Atlanta fowls 20c, springs 10 to 37c.
Quotations to Rutter Creamery 41c firsts 38c seconds 38c packing 32gec. Kyes Firsts 38c Poultry Heng 17%c roosters 14 broilers Soc. Potatoes Old 3.00 3.10 new 3.30.
Incal packing house quotations list dry salt extras at 24c bacon extras 26c dry salt bellies 14-16 pound average 25c fancy breakfast bacon 40c fancy hams 27c bacon bellies 14-16 pound average 27c Pure lard 23c compound 19c American cheese 9c per pound.
Balances in the Texas state treasury at quarter end May 31 1917 totaled 6 855 718 in cash and 21 231 632 in bonds. General revenue holds 4 201 185 while school funds and university funds receive the rest. Disbursements for the quarter total 8 117 740 with allocations across revenue and school funds plus Confederate pension and other funds.
Wheat prices in Chicago on June 4 showed upturns amid trading restrictions and hedging concerns. July and September futures opened higher, then advanced before later giving back gains. the market closed firm to unsettled, with July at 2.15 and September 1.96 amid favorable weather and light country stocks.
Chicago on June 4 shows No 2 hard wheat at 2.75 dollars and No 2 yellow corn at 1.62 dollars to 1.65 according to the latest cash market listing. Oats Standard traded around 0.634 and 0.64 with barley quoted from 1.20 to 1.60 dollars.
The report lists cash grain quotes with No 2 hard wheat at 2.66 and 2.82, No 2 red wheat at 2.68 and 2.75, No 2 mixed corn at 1,571.58, No 4 white corn at 1,574 1.58, and No 2 white oats at 66 with unclear trailing figures.
Kansas City grain prices for June 4 show July Wheat at 2.20, September Wheat at 1.95, Cornway at 1.47 percent, September at 1.30, and December at 93 cents. Prices indicate slight shifts across contracts with varying months and futures figures.
Quotation summary from St. Louis on June 4 shows cash wheat nominal. Corn prices listed as No 2 at 1.62 dollars and No 2 white also at 1.62 dollars. Oats values recorded as No 2 64 4 cents and No 2 white at nominal.
June 4 New York reports rapid increases in cotton products with denim and print cloths up. Bleached cottons show drastic advances while government demand remains strong. Print cloths quoted high, yarns firmer, retail trade below normal but replacement costs cited.
NEW YORK SUGAR NEW YORK June 4 Raw sugar firm Centrifugal 5.89 molasses 5.01 Refined steady Cut loaf 9.00 crushed 8.78 mould 8.00 cubes 8.25 powdered 7.70 fine granulated 7.50 Coffee NEW YORK June 4 Coffee No 7 Rio futures easy July 17 88c September
A 1500 ton German flagged steamer entered the mine field south of the Danish Islands guarding the Baltic entrance. The vessel was destroyed but the crew were rescued by a nearby German warship.
The notice advertises a sale at 12.00 per 100 pounds with smaller sizes offered at standard advances. Ed Steves & Sons signals pricing and credit terms for buyers in the trade.
At Fort Sheridan Illinois officers say about one quarter of the 5000 men in training may be deemed unfit for commissions in the officers reserve training camp. The move targets those not meeting strict physical and mental standards.
New York stocks opened with rails weak amid liquidation in early trading. Delaware & Hudson led losses as United States Steel and other industrials slipped while Industrial Alcohol fell most among high priced issues. later Bethlehem Steel and Baldwin Locomotive posted gains as the market closed irregularly.
Tracing money in San Antonio on Monday shows silver pesos and half pesos among noted instruments. Bank notes from State banks National banks and Bank of London and Mexico appear with varying asks.
New York June 4 time loans show 60 90 days and six months at 4 percent with call money firm high 4 low 4 ruling 4 last loan 4 closing bid 3 offered at 4 percent, indicating stable rate environment and active lending terms.
Mercantile paper 4 percent go. Sterling 60 day bills 4.724. Commercial 60 day bills on banks 4.71 percent. Demand rates 4.75 percent. Guilders demand 41 3-16e, cables 414. Bar silver 5 4 cents. Mexican dollars 58. Government bonds easy, railroad bonds irregular.
Lead firm at 114 percent, titanium spellers 9 and 6 four percent, copper electrolytic spot at 34 and near 34 dollars, iron values steady with No 1 northern around 46 dollars, No 2 near 44 dollars, tin unsettled with spot about 60.5 to 61.5 dollars.
London market lead futures at 29 10s and spot 20 10s with spot speller at 54 and futures 5tc. Copper spot 130 and futures 129 10d plus electrolytic 142. Tin spot 239 110c and futures 237.
Wholesale prices to trade for fresh vegetables and fruits list Texas goods across categories. Potatoes onions cucumbers tomatoes beets carrots cabbage radishes celery turnips lettuce squash corn beans spinach rhubarb with per unit quotes and crate or bushel rates. fresh fruits cover strawberries dewberries plums apricots cherries apples pineapples and bananas with varying crate sizes and packaging noted.
Dallas Pastors Association approved an immediate campaign for a local option election in Dallas County. A steering committee was appointed and a petition with 250 signatures will trigger the vote, seen as likely to succeed.
The text argues that garden and house entrances must blend with their surroundings and invite. It stresses tasteful material choices and plant placement. If architecture is stately and columnar, plants should match. if low or horizontal shelving, align plants accordingly. for old fashioned styles use rounded tops.
In Dallas Texas on June 4 1930 fire marshals from across the state gathered for the fifth annual meeting. President Ike Cohn of El Paso described efforts to secure a state fire escape law and other legislation to reduce fire risks.
A detailed list of wholesale prices across fruits vegetables canned goods grains and meats. California items include Cranges grapes lemons and prunes with per box or per pound rates. coffee rice and molasses priced per case or pound. canned fruits and vegetables listed by type and size. meats canned and fresh priced by No.1 roast beef and corned beef. dairy and seeds shown with per hundredweight or per ton figures. Overall notes shift with a wartime tax affecting all prices.
In Brownsville Texas Juan Sanchez and William Craft shot each other to death last night in the business district. Stray bullets from their guns killed Bonifacio Gonzales a bystander. Ten shots were fired. The fight stemmed from bad feeling between the two men.
A London Opinion quip reports a sergeant claiming a man called him a hippopotamus four weeks earlier, explaining the delay by a humorous note about discovering a hipper potamus only yesterday.
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway will establish four demonstration farms across its districts under H. M. Madison. Each site near San Antonio Corpus Christi Houston and Waco will showcase farming costs from planting to market. The plan includes agricultural units in 25 counties with government agents aiding farmers and a booklet for Southwest Texas landowners.
Springfield citizens led by Judge Arch A. Johnson vow to search Greene County hills and caves for 14 month old missing baby Keet abducted Wednesday night from the family home. The Keet family resists communal action while authorities consider grand jury investigation.
Secretary McAdoo announced acceptance of a withheld donor's offer to present a statue of Alexander Hamilton for erection in Washington D C. The statue will be the first memorial in the capital to the first secretary of the treasury and will stand on the south plaza of the great Treasury Building.
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