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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1911
Page
9
Local stock yards show active bidding with seven carloads on display and a steady to rising trend. Cows reach 4 dollars top, calves up to 5, hogs commonly six dollars with limited offerings. Market cautions buyers about rain reducing grazing and prompting future sales.
Fort Worth buyers found steady to strong demand with cows calves and heifers selling higher. Steers topped at 4.40 with most around 4.00, stockers and feeders 3.25 to 3.85, heifers 4.00, cows 3.00 to 3.30 and calves up to 6.25. Hog offerings 1500 head with top at 6.30 and general trading 5.85 to 6.20. sheep market not quoted. receipts about 2000.
Receipts and quotations indicate cattle, hogs, and sheep activity in Chicago. Cattle receipts about 25 000 with steady market. hogs 10 000 with prices up slightly. sheep 15 000 with steady to strong demand. Prices span cattle and calf ranges then hogs and sheep brackets.
Kansas City stockyards June 6 receipts 8000 cattle including 900 southern steers market steady to strong live steers 5.00 to 6.35 southern steers 4.00 to 5.70 southern cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.50 native cows and heifers 2.76 to 6.00 stockers and feeders 4.00 to 5.50 hogs receipts 18660 market five cents higher bulk 5.90 to 6.00 heavy 5.95 to 5.95 packers and butchers 5.90 to 6.90 lights 5.95 to 6.05 sheep receipts 10000 market steady muttotos 3.50 to 4.25 lambs 5.50 to 7.00 fed wethers and yearlings 3.75 to 5.00 fed western ewes 3.00 to 3.80
St Louis dispatch details cattle receipts of 8000 with 2200 Texans and steady prices for native beef and cows. Hog receipts 14,000 with prices up five cents, and sheep receipts 5000 with steady values for muttons and lambs.
In Boston attendance reaches 718 per 1000, New York 751 and Chicago 823. Only Chicago shows a truancy rate just over 1 percent. A teacher with a fortune of 6 million dollars inherited and currently possessing 30 thousand dollars. Miss Lillian Swygert continues her vocation in Atlanta’s mill district.
The 7 a.m. forecast notes fair conditions for San Antonio and nearby areas through 7 p.m. Wednesday. East Texas is expected to stay generally fair tonight and Wednesday, with some cloudiness and isolated rain in eastern states and valley districts, and a high temperature in the southwest.
Weak demand and heat cut egg prices to 10 to 12 cents a dozen as hens keep laying. Wholesale and retail markets fall, while fruit and potato shipments face rain shortages and rising costs. Texas melon and banana conditions worsen with forecasts of smaller crops and scarce plants.
Price to shipper tess commission. Price to retailer Butter Creamery per pound two cents country butter fifteen cents eggs country per dozen sixteen cents cheese fancy cream one eighty four cents fancy brick twenty cents American Swiss twenty four cents import
Local listings show Swiss Limburger at 20 cents, Badger State butter at 1 cent. Poultry prices include broilers 3.25 to 3.50 per unit, fryers 6.00 to 6.50, hens 6.00 to 6.26, geese up to 15.00, and turkeys at 15 cents per pound. Also listed are quain eas and ducks per dozen.
Quotations show butter and creamery prices steady with Daisies and other brands listed. Eggs steady with receipts at 26,332 cases. Cheese and potatoes move modestly with varying grades and weights. Poultry, veal, and other items display unsettled to steady pricing across different weight classes.
New York reports eggs unchanged with receipts totaling 39,931 cases as of June 6. Prices and finer details not provided in the readable fragment.
Quotations listed for the day show chickens at 10 to 10 1/2 cents, springs 24 to 24 1/4 cents, turkeys 18 to 18 1/4 cents, ducks at 12 cents, geese 5 cents, butter dull, creamery 17 to 22 cents, eggs weak at 12 cents.
Quotations show butter creamery 20 percent for firsts 17 and seconds 15, packing stock 15. Begs extras 16, firsts 13, seconds 8.
The hot dry spell in south Texas is ripening tomatoes quickly and may force earlier movement if cooler weather and rain do not arrive soon. Reports from Houston routes note sixty cars handled by lines yesterday, with many shipments headed to Canada.
Galveston dated June 6 lists arrivals: steamers In Norte from New York Berwind from Mayaguez and Alta maha from New York. Cleared: El Cid to New York and St Johann Ger to Bremen and Hamburg. No sailings reported.
New York reported sugar and molasses trading with price levels for Muscovado 89 test at 3.36 cents per pound centrifuged 96 test at 3.86 cents. Molasses sugar 89 test at 3.11 cents with refined sugar remaining steady and molasses quiet amid market chatter.
New York June 6 hides steady while quiet trade persists. Wool quiet and buyers cautious. Rice markets unchanged with light activity across warehouses and docks amid steady prices.
New York reports a quiet dry goods market as of June 6 with steady prices. Export sales for cotton pods to China noted, while cotton goods remain in light demand and cotton yarns hold firm.
The Associated Press reports New York on June 6 that coffee futures finished steady with a net gain of 1 to 2 points. Sales reached 11,750 bags while spot prices held firm at Rio No 7 126-16c Santos No 13c. The market remained mild and quiet with Cordova at 13 15c.
The New York Telegram reports Helen will not prosecute Jack as the property involved has been returned.
New York details a cautious start with many traders leaning toward heavy risk. Copper stocks show brief strength while U S Steel and rail shares slip. tobacco and special issue securities rise briefly before fading. Trust decisions and weak public interest contribute to a bearish tone as afternoon trading weakens.
Cotton prices extended declines at the open, with New York down around 16 points as Liverpool cables were weaker. A late-day rally emerged on fair weather expectations, covering and outside buying lifting values, with a net drop from yesterday’s close and spot prices steady to firmer.
Cotton futures opened barely steady with January at 13.80 and March at 13.87. Futures closed firm as bids on July and August climbed to 15.84 and 15.26 respectively, with other months mixed.
New Orleans June 6 Cotton futures open 20 points lower on poor cables and showers in the eastern belt. Bear pressure limited selling but kept a steady tone. By noon prices rose to near yesterday's close and afternoon sessions showed strength in new crop amid bullish weekly weather reports.
A fragmentary financial note lists bids and asks across several months including June and July with bids around 15.50 and 15.70, August 14.81 82, September 13.70 asks, and December and January quotes near 13.29. The source text is incomplete and unclear.
Close cotton in Liverpool shows steady demand with American middling fair at 8.92 and prices up six points. Day sales reach 2000 bales, including 1700 American. receipts total 7000 bales, with futures opening firm and ending quiet across the forward curve from June to March contracts.
In middling trading, Liverpool sales hold steady while New York remains quiet and steady. Gulf markets in New Orleans and Houston show steady quotes around 15 to 16. Galveston reports similar stability.
New Orleans on June 6 reports dull unchanged spot cotton with sales on the spot 66 to arrive 73. Classifications range from low ordinary 12 18-16 to good middling 15 7-16 with prices listed for strict grades. Receipts total 966 and stock stands at 76 365.
Spot cotton in New York on June 6 closes five points higher with middling uplands at 15.95 and middling gulf at 16.20. No sales are reported.
By the Associated Press Memphis Tennessee June 6 reports spot cotton at steady unchanged middling 155 15.
New York reports cotton spot quiet and 10 points higher with middling uplands at 15.90 cents and middling gulf at 16.15 cents. Sales totaled 400 bales as traders note cautious demand in the market.
In Houston on June 6 spot cotton held steady with a one sixteenth rise noted. Middling fiber reached 15.5 cents, reflecting a quiet market uptick amid steady demand in the Texas market.
A weather bulletin shows widespread drought across the cotton belt with high heat and scant rain. Reports from Oklahoma to North Carolina warn of severe drought, while boll weevil fears ease in places. market tones stay bullish with higher tendencies amid mixed crop signals.
Memphis market notes show Prime Oasis oil at 5.73 74, meal at 24 dollars, linters at 3 percent for 45 grade. The report lists current prices and market activity for commodities in Memphis, Tennessee.
The report notes 1889 German naval expenditure reaching 15 million dollars with this year’s allocation over 100 million. It states Germany has 1,500,000 first-line regulars and matching militia reserves, and could field 3,000,000 trained soldiers within forty eight hours. Also includes fragmented New York cottonseed oil price data with bid and ask ranges.
Rainy weather and a favorable crop outlook ease wheat demand. Reciprocity bill prospects dampen sentiment as liberal shipments and European crop data weigh on prices. July corn and oats slip while provisions firm on hog activity with mixed first sales and pork unavailable.
Receipts today include 42 wheat cars with 12 contract grade, 876 corn cars with 892 contract grade, and 371 oat cars. Total wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reach 221 cars, up from last week’s holiday and above last year’s 182 cars on the same day.
In St Louis, June 6 quotations show cash wheat and corn futures slipping. No 2 track red wheat quotes around 99 to 100 cents, No 2 white corn about 55 to 56 cents, oats weaker with No 3 track at 36 to 37 cents. July and September contracts for wheat 87 1/4 and 87 1/8, corn July 53 3/4 and September 34 3/4 cents, oats July and September 3 1/2 cents.
The report lists bid prices for cash wheat including No 2 red 92% 93%ac and No 1 northern 8c and 1.02, along with No 2 spring 4 97c velvet chaff 90 964c and durum Bb, plus corn quotes No 2 3% 54c and No 2 white 54 Mc and No 2 yellow 54 4c, and oats No 2 33% 34c No 2 white 37% 38c standard 37 ee.
On June 6 in New York money on call remained steady at 2 1 2 percent with ruling rate closing bids and asks both 2 percent. Time loans were dull but firm with sixty days at 2 percent and six months at 3 percent.
Close mercantile paper quoted at 21 3 4 with sterling steady. Actual business in bankers bills at 4.84 29 for sixty day bills and 4.85 95 for demand. Commercial bills 4.85 4. Bar silver 53 4. Mexican dollars 4bc. Government and railroad bonds described as irregular.
New York metal market activity was subdued due to Whitsuntide. Copper prices ranged with spot at 11.86 to 12.45 and Lake copper 12.25 to 13.50, electrolytic 12.25 to 12.37, tin quoted around 46.75 to 47.75, lead near 4.40, spelter 5.35 to 5.40, and antimony offered at 9.00. Foundry alloys and briquettes showed firm prices with no dramatic shifts.
In a Brooklyn style aside, Assemblyman Ahearn of Kings recounts a dining room anecdote about a waitress and a sprinkle that supposedly affects walking. The remark illustrates how easily an ordinary statement can cause unintended consequences.
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