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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
20
Department of Agriculture THER Bureau reports generally fair skies for East Texas with continued warmth. No precipitation yesterday. 0.09 inch today. daily deficit 0.09 inch. Year to date rainfall 13.16 inches with 19 inch deficit since January 1.
The market opened weak with inactive issues dominating moves. New York Central fell over 2 points and Western Union dropped after news of the American Telegraph and Telephone dividend dissolution. Major rails and industrials including Reading Lehigh Valley Chesapeake & Ohio and Can fell, with bonds heavy and Panhandle stock slipping near 3 points.
New York report notes mercantile paper at 34.4 percent, sterling exchange steady with 60 day bills at 4.8610 and demand 4.8810. Commercial bills at 4.85 percent. Bar silver quoted 56 1/4 cents. Mexican dollars at 44 cents. Government bonds hold steady while railroad bonds weaken.
New York money markets show call money steady at 1 to 2 percent with a ruling rate of 1 percent. Time loans firm, including 60 day at 2.5 percent and six month at around 3 percent, reflecting cautious liquidity conditions.
Lead and zinc futures show dull trading with modest ranges in New York. Copper, tin, iron, and London market copies hold steady with minor price levels and spot versus futures quotes noted.
Temperatures were above normal with generally fair conditions across the belt. The eastern part experienced abnormally high temperatures while the Houston district reported tempered rainfall and steady weather. Allen Buell, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
Harvest season grows across the state as country stores report strong sales of staples and crops. Texas field hands reach a record high while labor shortages eased earlier. watermelons face a temporary supply drop, cantaloupes remain plentiful but pricey, and lard and pork prices stay firm with no daily changes.
The New Orleans market opened largely unchanged for new crop deliveries, then rose on fears of hot dry weather. The Washington Weather Bureau forecasts four weeks of warm, generally fair conditions with occasional Florida storms, while moisture shortfalls and shallow planting in Texas threaten yields. If June reports show only modest crop improvement, the July outlook could reflect lower conditions than last year and the ten year normal. H. & 3B. Beer.
Raw sugar steady with molasses sugar at 2.74 dollars per 100 pounds centrifugal. Refined sugar mostly unchanged with cut leaf retained crushed at 5.15, mould A 4.80, cubes 4.55, powdered 4.40, fine granulated 4.30, diamond A 4.30, confectioners A 4.20, No 1 4.10.
Butter lower creamery 20 to 27 cents. Eggs lower receipts 22,145 cases at mark. Cheese steady daisies 14 to 14 percent cents, twins 14 to 14 percent cents. Potatoes steady receipts 87 cars. New 1.00 to 1.50 old 0.80 to 0.95. Poultry alive steady springs 23 cents fowls 14 cents.
New York June 24 cotton duck markets were steadier as large buyers entered the market. General cotton goods held steady yet quiet with men s wear serges sold for spring in limited quantities. Jobbers reported a solid June trade.
New York price report shows September at 8.74 and December at 9.00, with nearby Rio coffee quoted at 9 cents. Market notes indicate steady demand and modest gains across futures contracts.
Lockhart Texas reports boll weevils in large quantities across all sections. Cane crop is short and the feed problem for next year is considered serious.
Judge M D Slator campaigning for Congress against James L Slayden arrives in Coleman after two days in Brown county. He reports strong promised support and expects to win the Brown county vote where Blanket Signal and May Messenger endorse him. Slator is known locally despite losing here twelve years ago.
Miss Etta Pickering announces Wednesday evenings are set for swimming parties at the Y W C A pool. The pool can be chartered for a reasonable sum to start a popular entertainment. A domestic science department will be added in the fall with rooms prepared. Miss Hazel Hardy, graduate of the National School of Domestic Economy, St Louis, will lead. Additional educational features are planned.
The June 24 mid week cattle run at Union Stock Yards showed a quiet, short session with steady prices across divisions. Total arrivals at noon: 202 cattle, 114 calves, 5 horses, 9 hogs, 81 sheep. best cows sold to 5.50, calves to 7.75, hogs 7.50 to 8.00. Fort Worth up 5 to 10 cents. Chicago Kansas City St Louis higher by similar margins. Sheep not weighed by noon.
In Fort Worth Texas on June 24 the cattle market was steady aside from common steer stock. Receipts included 3500 cattle and 500 calves with varied price ranges for beef, stockers, cows and bulls. Hogs were active with steady to higher tones on about 600 head. Lambs and sheep were on hand with strong demand and steady pricing for lambs and yearlings, while goats fetched around three dollars.
Hogs receipts 5000 head market strong with bulk around 8.20 to 8.43 and lights at 8.80. Cattle receipts 3500 head market steady with prime fed steers 8.60 to 9.15 and cows 4.25 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 4009 head market steady with lambs 8.60 to 9.26 and ewes 4.25 to 5.00.
Chicago livestock reports show hog receipts at 27 000 with a strong market range from 8 25 to 8 87 and pigs to 8 15. Cattle receipts reach 13 600 with beeves 7 50 to 9 40 and cows 8 20 to 7 76. Sheep receipts 10 000 with prices from 5 80 to 7 26 and lambs 6 50 to 7 26.
Hogs receipts 8000 higher with pigs and beets selling 6.75 to 8.45, good heavy around 8.35. Cattle receipts 6800 steady with native beef steers 7.50 to 9.25, cows and heifers 5.00 to 9.00, stockers 5.00 to 5.65, Texas and Indian steers 5.75 to 8.40, cows and calves 4.50 to 6.65. Sheep receipts 6500 steady with sheared muttons 4.75 to 5.00, sheared lambs 7.00 to 8.00, spring lambs 9.00 to 9.10.
Cotton seed products listed with Prime habits oil at 6.37 and 6.41 per unit, meal at 27.50, linters at 84 1/2 cents. New York oil market closes steady at 7.40 per barrel with June and October futures shown and December at 6.87.
5334 Carter car E. O. Hopkins 614 Carson St nee ee Julius Doehne R. F. D. no. 5 5836 Hupmobile W. H. Hackett 146 Dunning Ave 5327 Indian motorcycle J. M. Hume 1106 Hays street.
Marriage licenses issued include Richard D Murphy and Mrs Nore Vick Aniel. The notice lists names among other reported licensees in the filing period.
Census Bureau final figures show the 1913 U S cotton crop as the largest since 1911 with a value of 1 043 760 000 dollars. Ginned output reached 13 982 811 runing bales and 14 156 486 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. seed production 6 805 000 tons. The imperial valley and Arizona contributed notable regional gains.
Cattle buyers warn of a temporary beef famine as Kansas City slaughter falls far below normal. In four days, fewer than eleven thousand cattle went to six dressed beef houses, with capacity at 18,000 daily. Western grazing, light weight cattle, and drought pressures curb receipts, while mutton use rises and pork and beef prices stay subdued.
Kansas City item lists butter creamery and packing prices with various cents per pound. It notes Eugene Arceay of Madrid Spain at 17 years old, seven feet six inches tall and 266 pounds, still growing.
New York reports a steadier cotton market as heat, drought damage in the eastern belt, and rain shortages spur covering activity. Prices rose 11 to 13 points by close. July up modestly while new crops rose 18 to 19 points at noon before retreating.
Cotton futures in New Orleans climb on June 24 as heat and dry conditions boost demand. Early gains of 6 to 7 points widen, with new crops up 15 to 16 points by 2 PM and futures ending 8 to 14 higher amid profit taking.
Cotton spot eased with good middling at 8.08 pence per pound middling 7.56 low middling 7.08 and sales totaling 4000 bales with 8000 bales for speculation and export. Receipts reached 34,000 bales New York and Liverpool markets mirror quiet exporting activity.
Futures steady at key spreads with June and July contracts listed. Spot cotton in New York and New Orleans shows middling around 13 to 14 cents with minimal sales and deliveries on contract.
Spot cotton remained unchanged at 13 11 16 cents for middling in Galveston. Sales totaled 2197 bales with 100 bales arriving. Italy produced 1 436 007 300 gallons of grape wines last year.
County Commissioner Charles X. Gutzeit oversees preparations for a monster barbecue Thursday celebrating the completion of the Scenic Loop. Max Toepperwein leads the event with meats, refreshments, and ice cream for all. provisions for 500+. Speakers include County Judge James R. Davis and Mayor Clint Brown.
Chicago reports a renewed wheat drop after a 10 cent fall as Kansas harvest projections of 180 million bushels press prices downward. Corn rises on limited selling. oats and hogs firm though trade remains light. Nebraskan harvest weather supports subdued mood with 40 percent ready by Monday.
Wheat cash markets in Kansas City show old 2 hard at 84 8c, new 79 3c, No 2 red 88c, old 81 82c, new 80 8ic. Corn No 2 mixed 69¢, No 2 white. Oats No 2 white 39% 39%c, No 8 mixed 37% 38%c.
Kansas City reports grain markets with July corn at 67 cents and September at 67 cents. Oats show July at 37 cents and September at 35 or similar, with small fluctuations noted.
The report lists price quotes for No 2 red and No 2 hard with bids around 80c and 92c, corn values No 2 around 70 percent, and various No 2 white and tea products with scattered cents.
Quotations listed for wheat and corn in Chicago on June 24 show No 2 red at 04% best, No 2 hard 84% 84c, No 2 eastern 90c 914c, No 2 rye 89, No 2 barley 50 60c. Corn No 2 at 70 7c, No 2 yellow 70 7c. Oats standard 39% 10c.
George Dye transfers lots 8 9 and 10 block 6 city block 2289 to Nellie Holley for 1600 dollars. Russia exports dressed hides valued at 296000 dollars in 1913.
Marine intelligence from Galveston lists arrivals and departures. Vessels arriving include E Valle from New York via Bocas del Toro with origin in November. Sailed: Iroquois to Tampico via New York Topila. Russian Prince to Tampico. Allenia Austrian to Barcelona. Frankley to Bremen. Arvonian from Bordeaux via New Orleans.
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