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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
9
The Southwest Texas peach trade shows large receipts and strong movement near San Antonio, with claims the market will be well supplied. Potatoes stay firm despite rains, priced at 2.85 per hundredweight, while canned goods soften as canners offer concessions to spur business.
Butter steady with creamery prices between 23 and 25 1 2c. Eggs steady with receipts 19 212 cases at market. Cheese firm with daisies at 14 4 2c and twins 13 4c. Poultry live easy with turkeys 11 2c and chickens 12c. Veal steady at 8 17e. Old cheese quoted 1.15 to 1.25. new 1.65 to 1.60.
Quotations today list creamery at 24 1 2 cents, firsts 21 cents, seconds 20 cents, packing stock 19 1 2 cents, eggs extras 19 1 2 cents, firsts 17 1 2 cents, seconds 18 1 2 cents.
ST. LOUIS June 13 quotations show poultry prices steady with turkeys around 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 per pound, ducks 11 to 14, geese 9 to 12, butter and creamery butter steady, eggs steady at 17 to 18 cents. NEW YORK June 13 eggs steady with no change reported.
Raw sugar and related products remain steady with fuscovado at 3.42 cents per pound and 89-test molasses sugar at 3.17 cents. Petroleum, molasses and hides also show stable pricing, while leather remains firm in a cautious market tone.
New York June 13 report notes steadier prices in primary cotton goods markets with improved activity. Worsted yarn spinners buy more due to raw wool gains while jobbers report stronger house trades with tailors.
The report covers temperate rainfall and weather for the 24 hours ending 8 a m. near 75th meridian time. Conditions are fair inland with rain near the coast. Temperatures near normal and rainfall of an inch or more noted at Mangum Oklahoma Amite Clinton and Melville Louisiana.
Wheat traders showed caution as rain and harvest activity weighed on prices. Corn rose on cut worm concerns while oats firmed and provisions eased. Oklahoma wheat shipments to St Louis pressured markets with a mixed late close.
Chicago wheat and corn values listed with bid and ask ranges. No. red wheat opens at 1.10 to 1.12 dollars, No. 2 hard 1.08 to 1.11, No. 1 northern 1.15 to 1.19, No. northern 1.14 to 1.17, No. 2 spring 1.09 to 1.14, chaff 1.05 to 1.12, durum 1.01 to 1.09. Corn No. 2 7 44 to 7 large price notations, White 79 to 80 cents, Yellow 76 to 76 4 cents. Oats No. 2 White 65 4 to 56 cents, standard 84 to 55 cents.
Kansas City market notes echo grain pricing with cash wheat quoted No 2 hard at 1.07 to 1.12, No 2 red at 1.19 to 1.20. corn No 2 mixed at 0.74 to 0.76, No 2 white at 0.80 to 0.81. oats No 2 white at 0.65 to 0.54 and No 2 mixed at 0.52 to 0.54. Wheat futures for July 1.00 to 1.01, September 0.99 to 0.99 1/4, December 1.00 to 1.00 1/4.
St Louis market notes show cash wheat No 2 red at 1.10 No 2 hard 1.07 1.13 with closes for July and September around 1.05 to 1.04. Corn No 2 around 75 76 cents with white at 82 84 cents. Oats No 2 at 54 56 cents and white at 56 49? cents with July and September futures at 74 72 and 40 cents respectively.
Real estate transfers list several transactions including James to Pedro Cortez Lot 6 Block 1 new city block for $404 and $50, J J King to A C Williams conveyed by W J Cheney for $425, R E McCoy to James P Forsyth Jr Lot 2 new city block 674 for $450, W and Conness to T J Groves Lot 3 new city block 976 for $3000.
June 13 Fort Worth market shows cattle receipts around 6500 with steers steady to strong and cows uneven. Top steer price $7.10 from South Texas, hogs steady to five cents lower with top $7.70, bulk $7.50 to $7.65, sheep steady with mixed at $4.40-$4.50. Bulls, calves, and other categories listed with respective ranges.
Chicago cattle hogs and sheep receipts and prices today show demand generally steady for cattle with mixed to slow trading and steadier to weaker hogs while sheep hold near steady to lower. Beeves fetch 6.10 to 9.40, hogs mostly 7.10 to 7.57, native lambs 4.60 to 8.00, western lambs 4.75 to 5.25, spring lambs up to 9.15.
Cattle receipts 13 000 with steady to strong prices Native steers 4.50 to 9.25 southern steers 5.50 to 9.25 southern cows and heifers 3.50 to 5.50 native cows and heifers 3.25 to 8.50 stockers and feeders 4.25 to 6.75 dulls 4.00 to 6.50 calves 4.50 to 8.50 western steers 5.50 to 8.75 western cows 3.50 to 6.50 Hog receipts 8000 market 5c lower bulk 7.20 to 7.60 heavy 7.45 to 7.55 packers and butchers 7.30 to 7.50 lights 7 to 7.45 pigs 5.75 to 6.75 Sheep receipts 4000 market steady muttons 3.75 to 4.90 lambs 6.00 to 7.85 range wethers and yearlings 4.25 to 6.00 do ewes 3.00 to 4.25 Texas goats 2.76 to 2. ?
Receipts total 3000 cattle with 600 Texas cattle and 9000 hogs followed by 2500 sheep. Native beef steers bring 5.75 to 9.26, stockers 3.75 to 6.75, Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.25 to 8.00, cows and heifers 3.75 to 8.00, calves 6.00 to 8.00. Hogs steady at 5.25 to 7.80 for pigs to heavy. sheep steady with native muttons 3.75 to 6.00 and lambs 6.00 to 8.25.
G. W. Light files for a 9 room dwelling on Mistletoe avenue valued at 15000. Estate of Ed Cotulla requests a remodel on Military plaza at 1600. H. C. Thurman completes two 1 room dwellings on Cincinnati avenue at 1600. D. and F. Schonsfeld perform repairs on Matamoras street at 250. Edward Herop adds a 1 room addition on Buena Vista street at 250. A. Lavison adds porch and barn on Lo cust street at 50. C Charles Chamberlain builds a porch on Diaz street at 50.
Birth notices list six newborns with parents and addresses in Denver boulevard Dittmar avenue North San Saba street Morales street San Fernando street North Flores street and other local streets. Children include four girls and two boys born in early June to families Grassi McRae Riggs Esparza Galindo Carter and Perez.
The Bohemian Political club of Taylor plans a free barbecue and political rally at the Taylor Fair grounds on June 18. Method Parciral of West will speak for congressman-at-large alongside other noted speakers.
The comptroller's department renewed 17 liquor permits for Brazos County Texas. Nearly all county saloons hold licenses expiring July 11.
In New York on June 13 trading was light with fractional changes though generally up at the open. Reading Union Pacific Steel Amalgamated Copper and Colorado Fuel gained slightly while Atchison and American Sugar eased. Leaders like Reading Lehigh Valley and Union Pacific advanced in early trading. Virginia Carolina Chemical fell sharply on dividend postponement rumors. Bonds remained steady and noon trading featured gains in American Tobacco Tennessee Chino Copper and Morgan issues.
Money on call remains steady at 2 3 percent with a ruling rate of 2 percent. Time loans show 60 day and 6 month terms at 3 percent. Prime mercantile paper near 31/4 percent, sterling exchange steady. Commercial bills at 4.54, Mexican dollars 43 cents. Government and railroad bonds steady.
Lead holds at 17 pounds 8s 94d per ton while spelter stays 26 pounds 10s. Tin remains firm with Spot 206 pounds 10s and Futures at 196 pounds per ton in London, June 13.
New York June 7 Rio No. 7 coffee futures finished the session firm with July at 13.55, March at 13.87, reflecting steady demand for the commodity.
Memphis notes a steady spot cotton market with a fraction higher by percent. Upland middling around 12 and a half cents. St Louis metal desk reports lead at 4.12 and spelter firm at 6.85 to 6.90 per unit.
Three burial permits issued for individuals who died on June 11. Sarah Anna Hedges aged 75 of 112 Peach street, Guadalupe Aguilar 10 months of 117 San Fernando street, and Emma Zimmerman 54 of 214 Lotus street are recorded with death details.
New York cotton prices opened steady with a decline of 1 to 5 points due to local selling and favorable weather maps. Traders shifted to buy old crop positions as expectations of dry eastern belt weather and rains in Oklahoma and Texas encouraged covering. By midday, quotes were about 2.3 points lower with middling uplands near 11.80 cents.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with small gains and losses ranging up to two points from yesterday. Cables were weak while the weather map looked better than expected. Fresh buying supported longs, but selling by realizers and profit takers kept the market from advancing, ending the morning largely unchanged.
Futures wrapped a steady session showing a net drop of 24 points after varying daily quotes from January through December. Cotton prices drifted lower amid thin buying and lingering supply concerns.
Closing cotton in Liverpool shows strong demand with six points gain. American middling falls quoted at 7.22 for good middling 6.84 middling 6.60 and low middling 6.30 with ordinary 5.40. Sales total 12,000 bales including 2,000 for speculation and export and 9,900 American bales. Receipts 4,000 bales including 2,300 American bales.
Futures in Liverpool opened steady and closed barely steady on June 6.39 for June, 6.3849 for June-July, 6.39 for July-Aug. and 6.81 for Rept.-Oct. Contracts show minor shifts across monthly pairings.
Cottonseed oil markets show steady tone with July to December futures quoted in New York and spot in Memphis. The report lists prices for July at 6.91 to 6.92 cents, August at 7.00 to 7.02, September at 7.12 to 7.14, and December around 6.63 with total sales of 6400 barrels.
New Orleans markets report cotton seed oil prices with prime refined oil at 7.15 cents per pound in barrels. Meal priced at 29.00 dollars per long ton and 27. bo dollars for cake.
Leading spot markets report quiet trading in New Orleans with unchanged prices. On the spot sale totals 136 bales to arrive. receipts 178. stock 42,715. Price ranges show low to good middling and middling levels around 12 to 12 15-16 cents with various fractions and nominal quotes.
Spot cotton closed steady with prices unchanged across grades. Quotations ranged from low ordinary to good middling, with specific figures listed. Sales totaled 861 bales, shipments 831, stock 35,620.
Galveston on June 13 reports spot cotton markets steady with no change. Prices ranged from 8 1 8c for low ordinary to 12 1 2c for middling fair, with 110 bales sold and receipts at 717 while stock reached 78 769.
In New York on June 13 the spot cotton market closed quiet with middling uplands at 11.80 cents per pound and gulf at 12.05 cents. Sales totaled 39 bales.
Cotton statistics report yesterday's stock at 441,716 bales, with the same day last week at 441,716 and the previous year at 274,020. The season's excess stands at 143,853 bales.
Wool prices hold steady in St Louis with medium combing and clothing at 20 to 21 cents, light fine 10 to 19 cents, heavy fine 21 to 25 cents, tub washed 27 to 30 cents. Market conditions show no major shifts, buyers and sellers awaiting next trend.
New Orleans reports strong demand for clean rice with rough grades nominal. Clean Honduras 4% and 6%c were listed, Japan 4 4'ce noted. Receipts 510 and sales of clean Honduras 1331 at 3 5%cy.
Beeville Texas trustees announce the 1912 1913 school staff W E Madderra named superintendent W A Francis principal J F Knight Miss Mary Daugherty Miss Hanna Fair Sallee and W P Graham chosen as teachers for the coming year.
City Engineer Mathews prepares estimates for paving Taylor business section with eight or nine blocks. Voters will decide again on issuing $25,000 in bonds to cover the city’s one third share. Election set for July 1 after a delayed second vote.
Meat buyers report a shortage of offerings at Union Stock Yards as cattle consignments remain light. Cattlemen press for higher prices to spark more sales while buyers fear tighter supplies. Today’s receipts total under a hundred head, with commission houses seeking gains to encourage further consignments.
Seventy cattlemen from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Kansas were elected to the Texas Cattle Raisers association at the quarterly executive committee meeting in Fort Worth Tuesday. Alberto Madero brother of Mexico’s president joined as a new member and H L Kobernot L Ward attended. Ranch talk noted rising livestock commission rates and a push to raise feesEchoing the trend Kansas City concerns and the National Live Stock Exchange convention debated higher commissions while Ed East of Alice Texas reported strong market prices and good range conditions.
John Turmann of Uvalde visits the stockyards reporting fat steers in his area thanks to bountiful rains swelling the grass crop. He notes shippers await a strong market tone and predicts Fort Worth will lose some stock to Oklahoma City and others as markets grow crowded.
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