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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1916
Page
9
Liverpool buyers and markets show steady advance as cotton trade strengthens. Prices firm while demand remains robust amid market gains. Local sellers report steady inquiry and confidence in upcoming sessions.
The principal spot cotton report shows firmer prices after an opening drop. July, October, and December contracts moved in modest gains with July at 12.84, October 12.98, and December 13.13 before closing about 5 to 8 points higher in active trading.
Cotton futures opened steadier with July at 12.78 and March at 13.31, edging up 6 to 9 points by session end. Prices showed higher closes for the week with July and October near 12.8 to 13.1, while January hovered around 13.15 as trade wrapped.
San Antonio buyers paid local compress prices Saturday for delivered cotton. Grades ranged from good ordinary to middling and better, with middling and low middling figures noted. Details are sparse due to damaged OCR text.
New Orleans open showed prices 2 to 3 points lower before heavy buying pushed values 5 to 8 points higher within half an hour. Traders pegged the upturn to Mexico troubles with bullish implications. Liverpool was a heavy buyer on the side and shorts covered, lifting the market. By late morning the market was about 11 points above the bottom for the strongest months, with a retreat of 7 to 9 points on the trading day.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with July at 12.69 and December at 12.82. Futures closed 4 to 7 points higher amid uncertain session data and typographic garble showing small gains across months.
Spot cotton ease and steady with good middling at 8.404 cents per pound. Middling 8.22d. Trading active with 4000 bales sold, including 600 for export and speculation. Receipts recorded at 6000 bales.
Classified notices describe a 5 room house with two lots in McLoud Oklahoma offered in trade for an op pone model car. Also offered is 160 acres in Oklahoma with 100 cultivated and fenced land to trade for a San Antonio property or a good light rate model 5 passenger car. Address box 373 Segula Texas.
Hoyts Gate of the Geologic Survey visited Burnet and San Saba counties Texas to evaluate a nitrate potassium field. Government tests indicate potentially rich deposits and officials say the mine could become highly valuable, aided by citizen samples routed through Representative Slayden. News on wholesale markets was light with noon closures and unchanged grain and provision lists final day of the week.
Futures quiet at Liverpool with multiple contract gaps listed. June 814d. June-July 8.09194. July-August 8.06d. August-September 7.99. September-October 7.92a. October-November 7.85¢. November-December 7.7914. December-January 7.77d. January-February 7.75d. February-March 7.744. March-April 7.73d. April-May 7.724. May-June 7.714. June-July 7.714.
A detailed wholesale price list for fresh vegetables and fruits across Texas, Colorado, California and Arkansas. Includes potatoes, onions, celery, cabbage, peppers, beets, beans, squash, carrots, turnips, chilies, lettuce, parsley, eggplant, spinach, cantaloupes, watermelons, corn, peaches, plums, prunes, raisins, figs, apples, bananas, oranges, lemons, limes, and more. Also covers canned goods, meats, fish, flour, seeds, nuts, and other commodities with unit pricing and common container sizes.
A busy local page notes a June 10 Dixie shirtwaist dance at W O W hall with Willett Orchestra and 25 cent admission. The San Antonio school board schedules a special meeting to open bids on La Mar Street school building and desks, while deputies prepare to fetch a swindler defendant. Other items include moonlight dances, a Benton Road grading order, ball game plans, and a German school program at Brackenridge High School.
Summary of weekly and season to date figures for visible supply, spinners takings and exports. Includes closing prices, market highs and lows, and monthly crop conditions through January. Notes ginned totals and New Orleans price context from the period.
Officers responded to a gathering by the Holy Rollers sect and warned leaders to restrain fervor. No arrests were made. Also reported: a small bank stolen at 222 Rawlings Street valued at $8 to $10. burglars took a suitcase and clothing from 617 North Olive Street. a tire burned in a barn at 2816 Buena Vista Street, extinguished by chemical apparatus.
The San Antonio tennis championship on the Country Club court narrows to finals as players push for local honors. Friday featured a grueling match with Dr. H. T. Wilson defeating J. W. Orton 4-6 6-2 6-2, a tight contest until the final game.
Panthers jump ahead with four first inning runs off Barfoot and defeat Galveston 5 to 1. Redford held Galveston to six scattered hits as Fort Worth keys offense with timely hits and defensive plays. Also reports a Blanco wedding of Kirkpatrick and Carrie Harold and small railroad advertisement notices.
A trench of garbled text shows a sergeant querying a young man about health marriage dependents and enlistment. The scene shifts to scattered notices and travel ads mentioning infant carriages, crowded transit, and a Southern Pacific schedule with a Sunday return trip.
Wide print cloths eased demand while sheetings held steady and colored goods remained firm. Wood markets showed strength and knit goods were aggressively purchased for spring, signaling cautious optimism in the mid year retail season.
New York June 10 investors watched political developments with caution as trading began quietly. The uncertain situation restrained activity and sent mixed signals through early market action.
London reports money market conditions with silver at 80. Short bills yield 4 percent, three month bills at 4 percent. Discount rates noted as 2 percent per cent and 4 percent per cent.
New York June 10. The unfilled orders of United States Steel Corporation on May 1 stood at 9 937 798 tons, an increase of 108 247 tons from April 2. The monthly statement issued today shows continued demand and growth in steel production and shipments.
Fifty cars of cattle moved through San Angelo on Thursday night en route from Merizon to Avant Oklahoma, driven by drought conditions.
Savanna h Ga June 10 Turpentine firm showing 603 receipts 81 ship ments 781 stock 15986 Resin firm reports 1437 sales shipments stock 5 ls with price notations A B 4.86 C D 6.00 E F G H 6.17 and others TP to 6.20 K 6.80 M 6.45 N 6.50 W G 8.75 W W 6 receipts 1472
The Cotton Region Bulletin reports generally fair weather across the belt with temperature near normal. Rainfall of an inch or more occurred at Chandler and Weatherford in Oklahoma and Spur in Texas. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.
Quotations were as follows today Butter firm creamery 154 28c Eggs higher Receipts 17 608 cases first 20 214c ordinary firsts 161 20c at mark Potatoes higher old receipts 24 cars Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota white 1 10 1 19 Minnesota and Dakota Chips 1 00 1 10 New receipts 20 cars sacked Triumphs 1 75 1 90 Louisiana white 1 70 1 89 Poultry Alive higher fowls 18 6c 24 15 New York and returned New Orleans 2nd steamer Southern Pacific Adv
Live stock market update from Fort Worth shows cattle receipts 1500 with mixed prices including beef cattle and cows, bulls. Hogs show active demand with various weight lines and prices from 7 to 9 dollars, night figures around 8.95 to 9.20. Sheep receipts none and lambs and yearlings priced around 8 to 9 dollars, goats from 3.50 to 4.75.
Chicago on June 10 shows hogs and cattle steady with mixed and lower prices. Hog prices range from 9.00 to 9.60 for different grades, pigs at about 8.25, cattle receipts 300 with beef cattle from 8.00 to 11.30, western steers 8.60 to 9.50, cows and heifers 3.90 to 99.85, calves 8.50 to 1186, sheep receipts 6000 with wethers 7.00 to 8.25, lambs 7.75 to 10.35, springs 6.25 to 11.25.
Receipts and quotations show hogs and cattle prices strengthening. Bulk hogs 9.10 to 9.40, light 9.00 to 9.30. Prime fed cattle steers 10.35 to 10.85, dressed beef 8.00 to 10. Cows 6.50 to 7.60, heifers 7.60 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 500, lambs 8.0 to 9.25, yearlings 8.90 to 9.23, wethers 7.25 to 9.25, ewes 6.75 to 7.25.
Receipts: hogs 6000 steady to lower with prices 9.05 to 9.50 for bulk and good heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 200 with varied steers and heifers from 5.60 to 11.00, cows 5.00 to 8.50, prime yearlings 8.75 to 10.25, southern cows 8.60 to 8.00, native calves 6.00 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 360 with wethers 7.00 to 8.50, clipped ewes 5.00 to 6.00, lambs 8.60 to 11.65, spring lambs 10.00 to 11.65.
Four loads of quarantine cattle sold with market steady. Average weight 982 pounds at 7.75 dollars per cwt, with some lots around 7.35 dollars. New York cotton seed oil quotations noted for today.
Chicago June 10 Wheat opened lower with July near 1.06 to 1.07 and September around 1.08 to 1.08. Later the market slid further with heavy close and July about 1.04 and September about 1.06. Corn opened slightly down then sagged and settled unsettled and lower. Provisions also declined.
Carlot buyers posted bids for corn and oats in San Antonio with multiple grades and values. Hay prices included Milo maize No 8 bulk at 1.11 dollars, Kaffir corn No 3 bulk at 1.11, cane hay at 11 per ton, prairie hay 10.60 per ton, and alfalfa at 11 dollars for quality lots.
The snippet lists grain prices with No 2 red corn and No 2 yellow corn figures, plus oats and barley readings. It appears as a market brief showing nominal values for No 2 red and yellow corn, oats, and barley, indicating a local price snapshot rather than full quotations.
Kansas City June 10 grain futures closed steady Wheat Sept at five eleven six error July? No. Corn July 68 and Sept 66 1/2 cents. The report notes slight firmness across the board with oats unchanged and soybeans steady.
Dry salt extras 14c and 16c bacon extra 16c. Dry salt bellies 14 16 pound average 11c. Fancy breakfast bacon 36c. Fancy hams 2c. Bacon bellies 14 16 pound average 18c. Pure lard 14 12? Compound 12 1? Read as a listing of meat product prices and terms for Saturday dealer quotations with various channel prices.
Buyers paid the following in a Texas market for various goods including butter from creameries at 2 306 per pound, country produce 18 20c per peck, poultry with hens at 96 and large fryers at 6.50, turkeys at 6.00 per dozen, geese at 1.66, and other items steady or differing by a few cents.
Kansas City market notes report butter quotes with creamery firsts at 37 cents and seconds at 16. eggs at 28 to 29 cents. poultry hens at 54 cents and roosters at 10 cents. Potatoes firm in Oklahoma and Texas Red Triumphs around $1.60 to $1.66, with Minnesota White Red and Ohio items around $1.20.
Raw sugar and refined varieties held steady in New York on June 10. Centrifugal sugar quoted at 4.33 dollars, molasses at 5.54, and refined items ranged from 7.55 to 8.80 dollars with several grades listed among cutica crushe mould A and other retail specs.
Fragmentary OCR text references wind speeds and lease terms tied to Allen Buell. The readable items mention wind velocities in miles per hour and a lease amount, but specifics are unclear due to damage.
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