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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1913

Page

7

New York Stocks Fall on Abroad Disturbances and ICC Freight Ruling

The New York stock market closed weak as unsettled overseas conditions spurred liquidations. Trading slowed toward the close after a larger morning volume, with declines up to about 3 points in many issues. Steel eased to 51½, Reading and other names fell, and the ICC decision to not reopen the freight rate case weighed on prices.

New York Ondon Continental Interstate Commerce Commission The Bears Steel Lehigh Valley Canadian Pacific Northern Pacific Amalgamated Reading Union Pacific General Electric Baltimore & Ohio Missouri Pacific St. Paul Brooklyn Rapid Transit Smelting, Can Interborough Eastern Thon Pacific Steel 2 Others

Cotton Region Bulletin for June 21 1913

Weather in the belt is generally fair with temperatures near normal. Rainfall at Minden Louisiana measured 1.10 inches in the 24 hours ending 8 a m. 75th meridian time. Allen Buell, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.

Minden Allen Buell Weather Bureau

New York Market Report on Prime Paper and Bonds

Close prime commercial paper at 6 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4.83 for 60 day bills and 4.86 3/4 for demand. Commercial bills 4.82 1/2. Bar silver 58 cents. Mexican dollars 48 cents. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds heavy.

New York Sterling Exchange Bankers

Money on Call Rates and Short-Term Loans Announced

New York on June 21 reports money on call listed as nominal with no loans. Time loans become easier offering 60 days at 3 percent, 4 percent. 90 days at 3 percent, 4 percent. and six months at 5 percent.

New York

Metal markets dull with near steady copper prices

New York June 21 reports dull metal markets with Lake copper at 15.00 25, electrolytic 14.87 15.00, casting 14.75. Tron unchanged.

New York

Rice Market Report Shows Quiet New Orleans Trade

In New Orleans on June 21 Rice receipts and sales were minimal with rough Honduras none and Japan at 678 with a 3 3% yield. Quoted prices show clean nominal and rough Honduras at 4% to 5% and Japan at 34% to 3% percent.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Range conditions improve across Texas cattle country

Inspectors report overall good range and plentiful rains across Texas with 596 cattle cars and six horse cars shipped last month. Except Clarendon where conditions are dry and grass short with grasshoppers bad. other towns report good rains, high water in Pecos, and cattle doing well.

Texas Texas Cattle Rangers’ Association Clarendon Cotulla J. W. English San Angelo J. F. Treadwell Lubbock Joe Smith Tohoka Roswell N. M Ed Tower Carlsbad J. R. Boyd Pecos del Rio A. P. Blocker Dalhart John D. Woods R. H. Muir Beeville John E. Rigsby el Paso S. Shunk Iton W. C. Abbott Houston Menard W. W. Treadwell

Cotton statistics receipts at U.S. ports

Interior receipts and port statistics show figures for New Orleans Wilmington and other ports with last year comparisons. The report lists totals for shipments and arrivals across several cities including Cleveland and others, reflecting trends in textile trade and supply movements.

Cotton Seed Oil Prices and Markets Report

Prime basis oil at 6.40 New York spot 7.80 to 8.25 with June quotes and extensive transactions across July August September and October. Activity shows 7800 total sales with numerous lots at varying prices, reflecting a steady market close in New York Cotton Oil trading.

New York

Market quotations from Kansas City grain prices

Quotations today list cash wheat No 2 hard at 87 98 cents No 2 red at 88 95 cents. Corn No 2 mixed 59 59 cents No 2 white 59 59 1/2 cents. Wheat futures July 85 cents September 86 1/2 cents December 89 1/2 cents. Corn July 68 cents September 60 1/2 cents December 56 1/2 cents. Oats September 41 1/2 cents December 42 1/2 cents.

Kansas City

Sugar Prices Hold Steady Across Varieties in New York

On June 21 in New York raw sugar markets show steady prices. Muscovado sells at 2.83 86, centrifugal at 3.38 36, and molasses sugar at 2.68 61, with refined steady. petroleum and molasses also steady. hides quiet and leather firm.

New York Etroleum

Chicago Market Reports Stabilized Egg and Butter Prices

The Chicago market notes butter and eggs unchanged with receipts of 18,128 cases. Potatoes rise to 65 90 cents with 20 car loads received. old potatoes unchanged with 8 cars. Poultry prices remain steady.

Chicago, Ill

Eggs Steady as Receipts Reach 14 646 Cases

New York reports eggs steady on June 21 with receipts totaling 14 646 cases.

New York

Cotton goods markets steady with firmer yarns and silks

New York reports a quiet steady cotton goods market on June 21. Coarse yarns price levels rose while domestic wools and carpet wools held firm. Brocaded silks sold liberally for fall despite steady overall activity.

New York

Farmers protests over bad eggs in San Antonio market

Farmers consigning eggs to the San Antonio market complain of low returns as commission merchants blame a high rate of bad eggs thrown away under pure food laws. J C Carl says farmers must improve handling. hot weather accelerates spoilage and poultry firms advise regular gathering, clean nests, dry cool storage, and twice weekly marketing.

San Antonio Commission City Garbage Department J. C. Carl

Market Prices for Eggs Poultry Cheese and More

Retail market list detailing fresh eggs large and medium hens friers and broilers prices, turkeys, cheese and butter, vegetables and fruits with crates, boxes and per unit rates, plus rice syrups hulls and various canned goods. Includes pies apples oranges lemons peaches cherries pineapples grapefruit and melons with grain and flour related prices.

Cotton at a Glance Visible Supply and Market Notes

Insight week ending Friday reports visible supply and cotton market activity. Highlights include spinners takings, exports since September, July and spot prices, sales to arrive, and crop condition timelines through August with ginnings and total outstanding exports amid market context.

Insight

Wheat market steadies after bad weather delays harvest

Chicago notes wheat gains as wet conditions hinder harvest and light offerings keep futures firm. September opens near unchanged, climbs to around 91 cents. corn also rebounds after early weakness. Oats slip then recover. hogs and other provisions stay steady as Balkan indemnity talks boost buying. Market ends steady with September up about a half penny.

Chicago Shorts

Wheat and grain quotations from Chicago market report

Quotations today show cash wheat prices across grades with No. 2 red at 1.04, No. 2 hard 93c, No. 1 northern 95c, and durum 41c. Corn No. 2 at 61%c, No. 2 white 62%c, No. 2 yellow 61%c, oats No. 2 39c, No. 2 white 42%c, standard 42c.

Nchicago

Market Quotations and Shipments From St Louis

Quotations today show ash wheat at No 2 95 98 3 c No 2 hard 90 96 c corn No 2 61 c No 2 white 62 c. Wheat July 88 c September. Lead 4.20 dollars and spelter 5 dollars per 100 pounds. Shipments report flour 9 000 barrels wheat 34 009 bushels corn 22 000 and oats 31 000.

Yester Today Day Amalgamated American Smelting & Bef'ng American Tel, & Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Os Oe Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Serene Chicago & North Western Chicago Mil, & St. Paul Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Illinois New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Rock Island Co . Trae Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific AML United States Steel Eeee Eee Abnasdo Western Union Erreeee Texas Company American Cities Railways ST. Louis

Livestock Sale At Fort Worth Sees Steady Prices

At Fort Worth Texas six hundred cattle and 250 calves were sold amid steady prices from Friday. Four loads of steers brought 6.10 with cows 4.26 to 5.00, calves 4.50 to 7.00. Only 220 hogs sold to one buyer around 5.65 to 5.75. Sheep sale saw 166 canners at 3.25.

Fort Worth Tex

Chicago Livestock Markets Report June 21 Hogs Cattle Sheep

Receipts hogs 9000 market slow with bulk sales 3.65 3.76 light 8.60 8.60 mixed 8.45 8.80 heavy 8.25 8.77 pigs 6.75 8.59 cattle receipts 200 market steady beeves 7.20 9.05 Texas steers 6.90 8.00 stockers 5.90 8.60 cows and heifers 3.80 8.40 calves 6.75 9.50 sheep receipts 3000 market weak native 4.60 6.60 yearlings 5.40 6.40 native lambs 5.10 6.75 springs 5.25 7.60

Chicago Texas

Kansas City Market Receipts and Prices June 21

Receipts and quotations show Hogs totaling 20,000 with market steady. Bulk 8.60 to 8.70, heavy 8.55 to 8.65, packers and butchers 8.66 to 8.70, lights 8.65 to 8.75, pigs 7.00 to 8.00. Cattle receipts 200 including 150 southerns, dressed beef steers 7.60 to 8.25, southern steers 6.00 to 7.90, cows 4.85 to 7.25, heifers 6.75 to 8.90, stockers 6.50 to 8.16, calves 8.75 to 9.60. Sheep receipts none, market steady. Lambs 6.25 to 7.75, yearlings 5.00 to 6.25, wethers 4.50 to 5.25, ewes 4.25 to 4.76, stockers 3.00 to 5.00.

Kansas City

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Trade Report from St Louis Market

Receipts total 400 cattle including 100 Tex and Indian stock. Native beef steers bring 5.75 to 8.75, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.50, Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.25 to 8.26, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs run 3400 with prices 5.60 to 8.80 for various classes. Sheep receipts 200 with native muttons 4.25 to 4.76 and lambs 5.00 to 6.50. springs 7.25 to 7.75.

ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Maritime arrivals and clearances Galveston to New York

Coastwise notices list arriving steamers Occidente and Pan American with sailings and ports of call. Several ships cleared for European and Atlantic destinations, including Argenta, Baltis, and Sierra Nevada.

Galveston Occidente New York Mexicano Nor Copenhagen Dose Engle Christiana Belvernon Port Barrios Antillion Liverpool Sabine Mobile

Cotton market slides on weekly crop reviews

New York opened steady with a 1 to 8 point decline as Liverpool cables weighed on sentiment. Weekly crop reviews spurred some selling, sending prices 9 to 13 points lower, then a partial rebound. By close, the market steadied and posted a net loss of 12 to 21 points amid 3500 bales received.

New York Liverpool

Cotton futures end steady with mixed late session values

New York reports June cotton futures holding steady after a day of varied quotes. Prices for June through January range from about 11.50 to 12.26 with notable activity in nearby months and similar open high low close readings across the board.

New York Close Jan DOD Sevan TURG Isnie LEGCO

Cotton futures open steady then drop on favorable weather

New Orleans June 21 cotton futures opened steady with a 3 to 6 point decline amid poor cables and good crop news. By midmorning prices slid 7 to 9 points on Texas crop optimism, then moderated to 1 to 3 points under prior close as selling increased and rumors of a weekend reversal spread.

New Orleans Texas

Cotton futures open steady with varied July prices

New Orleans June 21 cotton futures opened steady with June at 12.40 while July sits around 12.46 and December near 11.63. Market shows scattered bids across deferred months with values around 11.6 to 12.4 for several contracts and mixed quotes in later days.

New Orleans Close Jan

Spot Cotton Prices Outlook from Liverpool Market

Spot cotton in Liverpool was unchanged with dull trade. Prices listed in pence per pound include middling fair at 7.00 and middling 6.79, low middling 6.65, and good ordinary 6.21. sales reached 4 000 bales, of which 3 300 were American and 300 for speculative/export. Receipts stood at 3 000 with no American arrivals.

Liverpool

Futures Close Steady as Markets Edge Lower

Liverpool reports futures closed easy with various spreads for the months from June to May. Prices range from 6.594 for June to 6.25 for May, showing a gradual decline across the calendar spread.

Liverpool

Leading Spot Markets Across Markets

New York middling 12.40 New Orleans middling 129-16c Houston middling 124c Galveston middling 12%c Liverpool middling 6.794 Memphis middling 12% c.

New York New Orleans Houston Galveston Liverpool Memphis

Spot cotton quiet as prices hold steady in New Orleans

New Orleans on June 21 reports spot cotton steady with middling at 12 9 16. Sales on the spot are 31 bales with none arriving. Receipts total 378 bales and the stock stands at 53,531. Various price tiers are listed from low ordinary to strict good middling with margins around 11 to 13 1-16.

New Orleans

Cotton market closes steady in Houston on June 21

The spot market in Houston finishes steady with 1 160 down. Sales and 1.0 b. none, shipments 893 bales, stock 54,511 bales. Quotations show low ordinary 7 percent, ordinary 8 percent, good or dinary 10c, low middling 11c, middling 13 percent, good middling 124, middling fair 13 percent.

Houston Tex

Spot cotton closes quiet in Galveston

Galveston on June 21 reports spot cotton closing quiet and unchanged. Sales spots are at f o b 100 with receipts totaling 367 bales and stock at 57 142 bales.

Galveston

Spot cotton quiet as prices edge down

New York on June 21 reports spot cotton quiet with middling uplands at 12.40 and do gulf at 12.65, down 10 to 12 points from prior. No sales recorded.

New York

Clearing banks reserve rise for week in New York

New York on June 21 reports the reserve of clearing house banks and trust companies stands at 43,809,650 dollars above legal requirements, up 4,997,150 dollars from the previous week.

New York

Market Prices Reported In St Louis Poultry Butter Eggs

ST LOUIS Mo June 21 Quotations Poultry Chickens 13%c springs 20c turkeys 16c ducks ice geese ilc Butter Creamery 27c Eggs 16% c.

ST. Louis

Coffee futures steady as markets await midsummer notes

New York on June 21 reports No. 7 coffee futures steady with July at 9.26 and December data pending, traders awaiting further guidance.

New York

Texas Pharmacists Elect Fischer Leader At Galveston Meet

A. M. Fischer of San Antonio was elected second vice president of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association at its Galveston convention. El Paso was named the next meeting site. the city did not bid to host 1914. The report also notes a union dentistry ad and a Dixie Hall dance event. The grand jury returned 40 true bills, including several alleging assault to murder, burglary, forgery, and theft.

Fred Chase John Lewis Anderson Thomas Dewey Adamson Carl Mantell Alvin Isash Ralph Edward L. J. Williams Paris Holst Richard Agnes John Lopez Loralie Rosales

Local San Antonio notices and police court clash

A scattered 1910s San Antonio page highlights fights in a West Side restaurant with Henry and Annie Jones fined $15 and $5 for affray. It lists local services, taxis, exhibitions, baptisms, and civic club garden plans, with addresses and phone numbers for Humane Society and businesses.

Henry Annie Jones West Side

Naturalization petition filed at federal court opening

A naturalization petition was filed this morning before the federal clerk of court. The petitioner Mr Neusser, born in Austria, came to the United States in 1907 and the petition will be acted upon at the opening of the fall term. Dr Wangemann the dentist has returned from Baltimore to resume practice at 414 Hicks Building.

Tion Federal Neusser Austria Dr. Wangemann Baltimore Hicks Bldg

Mrs Archer Moonlight Dance at Exposition Park

Mrs Archer hosts a Japanese moonlight souvenir dance and prize waltz at Exposition Park on Tuesday. Diaz Sisters supply a special five piece orchestra for the event.

Wool prices show mixed trading across regions

In St Louis on June 21 wool markets report Northern and Western mediums at 1720, slight burrs 16 16%c, fine burries at 16f %e¢, indicating varied bids across grades and modest activity in the wool trade.

ST. Louis

Railroad Time Table Fringed With Mixed Routes

A garbled railroad timetable lists numerous No. train numbers and routes from Texas routes including Mexico Laredo Palestine and Kerrville. It references the Santa Fe and Sunset routes with departures and arrivals at various times, noting express locals and motor cars through Victoria and Sutherland Springs.

Houston Coast Kerrville Eree Springs Victoria Sutherland Oee Rush Sutherland Stem Ecre Eeesee -Resii Sutherland Sp Sutherland Ee Springs Sutherland Springs Cssseseeees

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