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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1912
Page
7
Forecasts show unsettled conditions for San Antonio and East Texas with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Cooler in the north portion of the area with no precipitation yesterday but a 0.07 inch deficit for the day and 11.35 inches since January 1.
The cantaloupe market sees a supply surge with crates sold as low as 1.50. Prices drop a full dollar from last week as many houses hold over Saturday stock. Poor quality fruit from Sete Am consignees reduces demand, while more farmers enter the field seeking gains.
Market list itemizes poultry, fruits, canned goods, meats, seeds, and dairy prices. Includes Bens and fryers per pound, turkeys, Kraut, oranges, lemons, peanuts, almonds, brazil nuts, filberts, canned peaches, sardines, salmon, syrup, molasses, bacon, lard, cane seed, various seeds, and rice bran with regional pages showing Chicago and St Louis quotations.
The quotation committee of the Elgin chamber of commerce declared butter firm at 25 cents per pound this afternoon.
At Union Stock Yards on June 17 about five hundred cattle were offered and the market remained active and strong. San Antonio shipments had been conservative but today demand sharpened, with cows selling up to 4.25 and 3.50 to 4 for most, calves at 6 and around 4, hogs around 7 to 7.60, while no sheep or goats were offered.
Congress reviews high beef costs as Texas markets post record cattle receipts for the month, though officials say totals include hogs and sheep. Fort Worth figures cite ample fat steers, with Texas buyers seeing strong demand for stocker steers and Oklahoma cattle trends to influence prices this week.
June 17 Kansas market note lists cream cheese prices for various grades with free firsts and seconds under 20 cents per pound. Butter trends and packaging details appear with values around 19 cents. Market shorthand indicates price variations and stock mentions in transit.
Fort Worth cattle market notes a lighter Monday run with beef cattle selling steady and calves strong. Beef steers brought 5.50 to 7.50, cows 3.65 to 4.60, bulls 3.40 to 4.00, calves to 8.00, hogs 7.65, lambs 7.00, receipts 3500 cattle and 1150 calves. Six speyed heifers sold at 6, 60 beef steers offered.
Receipts total about 9 000 cattle including 4 700 Texas feed. Native beef steers range 6.00 to 9.25 while stockers sell 3.75 to 6.75. Texas Oklahoma steers bring 5.25 to 8.00 with cows and heifers 3.75 to 8.25. Hogs total 11 000 with a 5 to 10 cent drop. pigs and lights 5.25 to 7.46 and mixed and butchers 7.40 to 7.45. Sheep about 5 000 with native lambs 8.75 to 9.00 and ewes 5.00 to 8.90.
Receipts at Kansas City totaled about 7500 cattle with 3500 native steers and southern stock. Market shown steady to ten cents lower with native steers 6.50 to 9.25, southern steers 5.50 to 8.26, cows and heifers 3.50 to 5.50, stockers 4.00 to 6.75. Sheep and other livestock noted uneven demand and prices, with some listings unclear due to damaged text.
Receipts and quotations published show cattle receipts about 21 000 with a weak market down roughly ten cents. Beeves Texas and western steers and stockers varied in price with calves and heifers noted. Hog receipts around 46 000 with market down five to ten cents. Sheep receipts near 18 000 with steady to slow demand and varied prices for natives western lambs and yearlings.
New York reports show several large independent steel companies with reduced demand for finished steel products in the last week. Steel corporation subsidiaries book about 45 000 tons daily, while marine work, rails, and railroad underframes orders appear mixed with substantial but uneven bookings across sectors.
Observations recorded at 8 am on Monday June 17 1918 details wind direction and velocity temperature rainfall and general weather state across reporting columns.
New York on June 17 reports raw sugar barely steady with Muscovado at 3.36 to 3.42 cents per pound, centrifugal 3.92, molasses sugar 3.11 to 3.17, refined steady. Petroleum, molasses and hides steady. leather firm.
Fragmentary notations from New York on July 17 indicate steady trade and listing of guieria extras at 22 cents. Unclear names or entities are present due to garbled OCR text.
Readable lines show scattered numbers and phrases about percentages, steady rates, and a long month or period. The text remains unclear with no coherent event, names, or places to anchor a proper news item.
In Chicago trading June 17 wheat held firm yet weakness followed rain in the southwest and northwest. September wheat opened around 1.03 to 1.04 dollars and closed at 1.04% with small net gains. Corn faced selling by speculators, with September opening unchanged to a fraction and moving to about 71 to 74 cents before easing. Provisions fell as hogs weakened and cash quotes showed lighter demand, while crop news later spurred a rebound for wheat.
Kansas City markets show cash wheat at No. 2 hard 1.07 to 1.83, No. 2 red 1.07, corn No. 2 mixed 71 cents, No. 2 white 79 cents, oats No. 2 white 62 to 63 cents. Futures steady with July and September wheat near 98 to 99 cents, corn July 68 cents, oats July 48 cents to 40 cents for September.
The report lists bid prices for corn oats and wheat with contracts shown for July September and futures values. It notes prices like Corn July 72 percent and September 74, Oats early September and No 2 white wheat around 53 percent.
Chicago market notes show wheat prices for various grades trading around 1.07 to 1.16 per bushel with spring and northern types listed. Corn and oats quotes are included with mixed bids and incomplete legible figures reflecting a volatile trading day.
In St Louis markets on June trading shows Y leading firm at 4.42 percent with spirited advance. Spelter firm trades at $65 and 6.90 reflecting higher demand and supply constraints.
On June 17 prices held firm with prime mercantile paper at 3 and 4 percent. Sterling exchange remained firm with actual business in bankers bills at 4.85 for OU and 4.87.45 for demand. Commercial paper quoted at 94.84.41. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds easy amid market activity.
The New Braunfels Tigers defeated Burnett 5 to 1 at Mood Field in a game played under strong headwinds. Tigers juniors then beat Seguin 20 to 9, as both teams showed ragged defense and erratic plays. Batteries: Smith, Bendit and Vickers for Burnett. Lehmann, Orth and Wille for New Braunfels.
New York cotton opens firm on English spot sales and strong crop reports but slips later as traders cover shorts. Prices ease from early gains, with spot middling uplands quoted at 11.90 cents. Liverpool and New Orleans show sizable declines while Houston and Galveston hold steady.
New Orleans June 17 Cotton futures opened steady with 1 to 8 point advances as buying absorbed over Sunday. Most active months rose 3 to 4 points then eased, shorts covered, and fresh longs added. Weather maps favored. showers forecast across the belt weighed on prices, which slid to about 8 points below Saturday's close by midmorning and drifted lower in the afternoon.
Liverpool June 17 closing cotton prices show American middling fair at 7.33 pence, good middling at 7.06, low middling 6.41, ordinary 5.51. Sales 18,000 bales, including 6,500 for speculation and export with 16,300 American bales. Receipts 300 bales, all American.
Futures in Liverpool opened and closed quiet and steady. The report lists rates for multiple monthly spreads from June through May, with spot and forward figures including 6.48 for June, 6.39 for October, 6.33 for November, and 6.32 for Jan-Feb, among others.
Spot cot ton in New Orleans on June 17 was quiet and unchanged. Reports show on the spot and to arrive sales totaling 70 bales with prices cited for low ordinary through strict good middling and middling categories, receipts listed and stock at 43,016.
Galveston Tex June 17 spot cotton closes firm and unchanged. Pricing shows low ordinary 13 16, ordinary 13 16, good ordinary 9% and low eee as given. Trading details include Rex Poll stock 794871 with notes on facsimile origin.
Spot cotton finished steady with unchanged prices in Houston on June 17. Quotations ranged from low ordinary at 8 to 16 cents up to good middling around 15 15/16 cents, with sales activity noted but details garbled by OCR.
New York trading notes show Spot markets closed quiet with prices slipping about 10 points after bids and middling activity across Gulf trading.
Memphis Tennessee reports spot cotton holding firm on June 17 with middling grade at 12% cents. The bulletin notes no change in prices and steady market tone for the day.
Prime bagging cottonseed sold at 6 cents per pound in Memphis with meal at 28 dollars and linters at 2 1/2 cents. New Orleans lists prime prices for oil cake meals and ammoniated products with prices around 27 to 29 dollars per hundred pounds and related byproducts.
A brief market summary notes varied barrel figures and price quotes. It cites several lot sizes with specific cents per barrel and dates, indicating fluctuating demand and output.
New York June 17 coffee futures closed quiet with nominal Rio No 7 at 14 1/2 cents. July futures at 18.68 cents and March at 18.97 cents.
The cotton market this week faces expected developments in the marketing of last season remnants. Bulls have grown aggressive, accumulating in futures trading and likely to sustain moves this week. July delivery is central as bulls push activity ahead of near term settlement.
In San Antonio unsettled weather with above normal temperatures and heavy rainfall recorded across Ardmore Chandler Shawnee Holdenville and Oklahoma City. In New York trading was subdued with a small Canadian Pacific decline and few notable moves as investors awaited possible political shifts.
Elmendorf beat Bouintown yesterday afternoon as Zizelmann delivered strong pitching for Winne Score. Batter lines show Elmendorf with notable hits and runs, while Southtown struggled offensively in late innings.
Steves & Sons baseball team defeated the Los Angeles Hes Nine by 11 to 5 on Sunday afternoon. Strong hitting and fielding by the Steves & Sons players carried the game, with a decisive nine runs in the early innings and solid defense to seal the victory.
Webster Company operates a warehouse located at the corner of 5 P tracks and Burnet Street. The listing notes its site near rail access and industrial facilities. No further actions or dates are provided.
Foster starred for Houston with three hits in four at bats and two RBIs as Newnam’s bat aided the win. Foster’s homer in the seventh helped Houston to a 5 4 victory despite a strong 30 mile breeze. Houston 110 001 200 5. Waco 100 000 010 4. Batteries Foster and Allen. Taff, Carson, Howell.
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