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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1918
Page
13
Weather and crop reports boosted selling in the cotton markets with New York quotes up to 26 points higher while New Orleans fluctuated and then eased. Old crop cover sparked strength before the afternoon drift, and local staples showed declines. wholesale prices for cantaloupes and lemons eased amid steady eggs and groceries.
A moderate supply of seafood including summer mystery and shrimp with all cannion varieties of Texas coast fish was on land here Tuesday. Wholesale and retail quotations to the San Antonio trade include oysters at 3.50 per thousand 80 cents per hundred and 10 cents per dozen. Prices per pound cleaned ready to cook list various species with halibut rock cod barracuda among sliced retail items and others priced by whole weight. Frog legs 1.20 a dozen retail 30 10c a pair. crabs 74 cents a dozen. shrimp 20 25c. with a list of salt water fish and other species reflected in the figures.
New York cotton opened barely steady as July and new crop months showed gains on improving demand amid spread of reports of crop conditions. July touched 26.66 cents, October at 24.70, with later sessions easing on realization and weather optimism, Liverpool selling, and a general mix of selling and small rallies through the day.
In New Orleans on June 11, nerves and nervous flactations mark the cotton trading. Active months swung 2 to 18 points from yesterday, with rains in the belt spurring light buying before prices sagged toward noon. By 1 pm, prices stood 9 to 43 points below the prior close as the market turned dull and steady.
Liverpool June 11 spot cotton unchanged with good middling at 29 and middling 21.08 pence. Sales 3000 bales including 1880 American. Receipts 1006 bales, 2800 American. Futures irregular. New crop figures for June to October quoted. old contracts June to July at 20.58 to 20.804 pence.
Inland movement and port totals for cotton statistics are summarized. The report lists domestic, foreign, and overall figures for shipments and stocks, with emphasis on Galveston and related ports. Data compares this day with last week and last year, noting delays and changes.
Market notes show quotas for packing house Tuesday including dry salt extras and bacon, with 14 to 16 pound bellies and 14 to 18 pound bellies. Prices listed for bacon, hams, American cheese and oleomargarine with various percentage values and grade notes.
A condensed tally of prices across meats poultry dairy and produce from Texas and Chicago markets, with riffed notes on cotton region weather and New York and New Orleans commodity standings. Items include creamery butter quoted at 14 cents, poultry roosters at 17 to 4 cents, potatoes around 2.78 dollars per sack, and rough rice values, plus regional weather impacts and cotton goods price stabilization rumors.
Chicago reports show corn prices rising on heat in the West with July futures near 1.42 and August around 1.40. Weather-driven demand, strong cash oats, and firming tissue in the market contributed to a late session rally after initial declines.
A wholesale price list outlines fresh country produce costs with new crop onions from Texas Bermudas at 1.25 for No. 1 and 1.68 for No. 2, California apples at 16% per pound, and various vegetables and fruits including potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, okra, peppers, squash, peas, cucumbers, beans, apricots, grapefruit, lemons, plums, raisins, prunes, and apples. Prices cover bags, crates, hampers, and per hundredweight figures, noting local and state origins such as Texas, California, and Florida. The document reflects delivery and commission considerations for wholesalers.
A long casualty list reports killed, wounded, and missing personnel. Names span many states and include sergeants, privates, lieutenants, and marshaled units with assignments to Philadelphia, Ohio, New York, Michigan, and beyond, listing towns like Tamaqua, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Detroit alongside ranks and statuses.
A mixed snippet notes Bruce Cummings on printing preserves events in the British Museum reading room where Garvice novels and the Kangxi edition lie among volumes on cabbage kings and sea worms. It mentions vast future growth of the British Museum and a Milford Delaware potato strawberry trade anecdote.
Farmers rush hogs to market as feeders meet packing prices. Cattle listen for gains with steady to higher quotes in Fort Worth and Kansas City. Receipts show heavy hog and cattle volumes, while Chicago and St Louis report mixed movements and drought relief boosts pasture expectations.
New York traders opened the stock market with coppers tobaccos and oils as the standout features. Railways and machinery gained while General Motors and Central Leather lagged. Shippings showed a strong undertone with notable recoveries and tobaccos remaining firm.Liber bends held steady as rails and steels boosted early gains amid cautious dealings and awaiting abroad signals.
San any fonia quotations show little movement in Mexican money with bid and ask spans for silver pesos half pesos and Mexican dollars. London and New York rates cover mercantile bills, government and railroad bonds, time loans, call money, and metal prices with limited changes and steady spot trends.
In a classroom scene, trainees roused from leave try to answer distress signaling questions. The instructor tests how a ship in distress should communicate with other vessels or shore stations, calling on cadets Jenks and Binks to respond with coded signals.
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