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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1913
Page
9
New York March 1 The stock market opened dull with small fractional moves. Reading Union Pacific Utah Copper and ANA led gains while most standard stocks sagged. Government action against corn producers was rumored as the market closed firmer on favorable January railroad earnings.
In New York on March 1 prime mercantile rates steady with 5 per cent, sterling exchange at 483.25 for sixty day bills and for demand. Commercial bills 4.82 and a half percent. Silver at 59 cents. Government and railroad bonds remain steady amid routine market activity.
In York the statement shows the clearing house and trust companies holding 2,690,250 dollars as reserve assets meeting legal requirements. This reflects a use of 10,483,400 dollars compared with last week.
Sale dates March 2 and March 8 with return by March 5. Fare applies to travel on trains leaving I and G N Depot to all stations. Limited to returning on or before the specified date.
Dallas residents and Texans from multiple cities check in at the Menger Crockett Gunter Savoy Bowie St Anthony and Bexar hotels in San Antonio. Names include E Willard Hart N B Pearman George Mansfield J J Thomas J Talbot LaPresle and many others visiting for business or leisure.
Burial permits show Mrs Reba Gregory Barkley aged 57 of 133 W Magnolia Ave Thompson Maple Taylor aged 7? died February 25 Lachappelle Street and Richard McCraw Swearingen aged 20 with February 26 Austin Texas J Trollinger aged 62 who died February 27 at 630 Nolan Street.
To Mr and Mrs Fred Alaclais a boy born February 28 606 Pireiits street To Mr and Mrs Boyd a boy born February 23 To Mr and Mrs T Vollmer a boy born February 21 Elm street To Mr and Mrs A Serna a boy born February 16 2283 W Cevalios street To Mr and Mrs Galvan a girl born February 26 San Marcos street
In New York on March 1 coffee futures held steady with No 7 Rio at 12 1/2 cents in May 12.14 cents and July 12.26 cents amid trading.
Local produce markets report plenty of eggs while poultry stocks are tight as farmers keep fowls at home. Warm weather boosts egg receipts and shipments rise to the North. prices to retailers range 17 to 18 cents, with consumers paying 20 to 25 cents. Seed merchants report a 60 percent growth over last year as Central Texas plans large potato plantings and parcel post aids seed trade. Cocoa and coffee markets show weakness with rising imports of crude cocoa. no overall price changes today and collections remain strong while farmers prepay for new crops.
A crowded retail market listing reveals egg prices 17 to 18 cents a dozen and varied poultry rates from large hens at 5 dollars to turkeys at 11 to 14 cents per pound. Fresh butter and cheese prices appear alongside vegetables, fruits, canned goods, and meats with numerous per unit and per case figures.
London markets show Consols at 74 percent money and 75 for April with rail stocks listed. Silver futures at 271 16d per ounce and discount rates noted. St Louis reports lead at 4.22 and spelter at 6.12 to 6.15, while a global sugar fact states the United States consumes one fifth of all world sugar production.
Visible supply and in sight figures through Friday show weekly takings and exports since Sept 1. Closing prices for March and mid month figures are listed with ginning progress through January and March. Indicates the total crop status and market activity at the New Orleans spot market.
A list of 1913 real estate transfers records many transactions with dates from February 16 to February 28. Names include Roche, Munson, Hocker, Clifton, Street, Aldrich, Thompson, Wilson, Marsh, Randle, Michel, Wood, Cha vagneux, Rees, Carson, Leyva. Properties cover blocks and city blocks in Castro Street, Gladstone, Enderle, and Colony Veracruz among others with prices from $1 to $7795.47.
Chicago quotes show butter creameries 28 to 35 cents, potatoes steady with 50 car receipts, poultry steady with dressed turkeys at 21 cents and alive chickens 14 1 2 cents. St Louis market lists chickens 13 cents springs 15 cents turkeys 18 cents ducks 16 cents geese 10 1 2 cents, butter 28 to 35 cents, eggs 19 cents.
New York reports stronger prices with 8871 cases of receipts and fresh gathered extras at 24 25 cents and dirtles at 18 20 cents.
Raw sugar varieties quoted March 1 with muscovado 89 test at 3.04, centrifuged 96 test at 3.54, molasses sugar 89 at 0.79, refined steady with crushed 5.05, granulated 4.35, powdered 4.45. Petroleum steady at 8.50 per barrel, molasses steady, New Orleans open kettle 35 to 55 cents. Hides quiet with Bogota 29 1/2 to 34 cents, Central America 30 to 34 cents.
New Orleans February 29 rice market shows no rough sales and firm receipts. Rough and clean Honduras and Japan lots are reported with prices for rough, cleaned, and quoted ranges including Honduras at 2.50 to 4.75 and Japan around 2.75 to 4.25 per hundredweight depending on form.
New York market update notes steady yet quiet cotton goods with jobbers active and retailers buying in wash, white, and knit goods. Yarns subdued while local wool markets are quiet and foreign wool markets show firmer pricing.
In New York on March 1 leather firm quotes show hemlock firsts at 28 29 cents, seconds 27 28 cents, thirds 24 21 cents, rejects 19 20 cents. The market presents a structured ladder of values across product grades.
Fort Worth Texas March 1 Satur days receipts were too small to quote. Fourteen loads of cattle and calves were en route to pastures leaving three market cars. Hogs sold well while sheep stayed steady. Cattle receipts 650, calves 200. hogs 160 with a 10 cent drop to 8.00 8.30. sheep 130 steady.
Receipts totalled 600 cattle including 100 Texas, market steady with native beef steers 5.75 to 9.00, Texas steers 5.25 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.60, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hog receipts 4600, market steady with pigs and lights 6.50 to 8.65, mixed and butchers 8.46 to 8.65, good heavy 8.55 to 8.65. No sheep reported.
Receipts and quotes report cattle hogs and sheep at Kansas City market on March 1. Cattle receipts 700 including 200 southern, steers 6.75 9.00 for southern and native 7.50 9.00, cows and heifers 4.25 8.00. Hogs receipts 1000, bulk 8.25 8.35, heavy 8.20 8.30, packers 8.25 8.30, lights 8.30 8.40, pigs 6.40 7.50. Sheep absent, mutton 4.65, Colorado lambs 7.90 8.36, range wethers 5.50 5.70, range ewes 4.00 6.00.
Chicago on March 1 reports cattle receipts about 300 with market steady. Beeves 6.86 to 9.00, Texas steers 5.20 to 6.00, stockers 6.15 to 8.10, cows and heifers 3.25 to 7.50, calves 7.00 to 10.60. Sheep receipts 1500 with steady market native 5.25 to 6.85, yearlings 6.75 to 7.90, native lambs 7.40 to 8.60. Hogs receipts 14,000 with slow market. Light 8.30 to 8.55, mixed 8.25 to 8.55, heavy 8.10 to 8.50, rough 8.10 to 8.25, pigs 6.60 to 8.50, bulk 8.35 to 8.50.
Galveston reports arrivals and clearances of steamers including Bloomfield Tux pam El Alba New York. Cleared Sparta Hamburg El Rio also Grayson San Juain Saint Hugo Bremen Ethelbrytha Aarhus. Majestic New York due Plymouth. Zeland New York for Antwerp. Baltic New York. George Washington New York for Bremen.
New York reports money on call nominal with no loans. Time loans at sixty days 414 percent, ninety days 4 percent, six months 4 5 percent. Metals nominal with price at 15.25 dollars for electrolytic, 15 dollars for casting iron, and other metals unchanged.
New York March 1 cotton opened steady to up one point then rose to 6 to 14 points before turning lower. Cables discouraged buying and selling, market ended easy with a net decline of 7 to 9 points for the week end as bulls covered.
Cotton statistics list bale totals 761,154 762,802 1,344,513 683,359 with stock figures for yesterday and comparison to last week and last year. The deficit this season is noted.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady gaining 1 to 2 points as cables ran higher and heavy rain spurred wider early gains. Private London messages warned of Lancashire labor issues, dampening demand. Bears held cotton, prices near weekly lows later.
Opened steady with March and April contracts around 12.2 cents and July near 12.25. Prices closed steady with a small overall decline of roughly 4 to 7 points as markets noted mixed price ranges across the board.
Liverpool March 1 spot cotton quiet as quotes ease. American middling fair at 7.414 pence, good middling 7.0d, middling 6.854d, low 6.67d, ordinary 6.99d. Sales total 6000 bales including 300 for speculation and export and 5700 American. Receipts 24,000 bales, 10,000 American.
In Liverpool on March 1 cotton futures started and ended the session at steady levels with March at 6.59 pence per pound and deferred contracts quoted in narrow ranges from March-April at 6.68 pence to Dec.-Jan at 6.18 pence.
New Orleans spot cotton quiet and unchanged at middling 12 cents with 560 bales sold on the spot and 178 arriving. Prices for lower grades and middling ranges are listed, including low ordinary to good middling and various percentile quotes.
In Galveston on March 1 spot cotton closed quiet with declines across grades. Prices ranged from low ordinary 8 7 16 to middling fair 13 1 16, showing minor slips in most categories.
Houston report shows spot market unchanged with shipments totaling 6445 and stock at 187,732. Price levels listed include 8 1/2 to 13 1/4 cents for various grades. no sales occurred.
New York reported spot cotton at 12.70 cents middling upland and 12.95 cents gulf with no sales recorded. The quiet session shows stable prices across the market with minimal trading activity.
Memphis spot cotton held at a steady tone on March 1 with middling grade at 12 1/2 cents.
Prime basis at 5.80 to 5.34 and meal at 24.50 to 24.75 are reported from Memphis. Cottonseed oil closes steady in New York with March at 6.35 to 6.45, May 6.86, June 6.34, July 6.41, August 6.42, September 6.45, October 6.30. 2,600 total sales including 900 March at 6.38 and 600 May at 6.37.
Copper steady at 64 pounds 17s 6d spot and 65 pounds futures. Tin weak with spot 216 pounds 1e and futures 211 pounds. Lead 16 pounds 6s and Spelter 24 pounds 15s. Ken. Cleveland warrants 61s in London.
Chicago trading ends with wheat unchanged to higher, May at 92% cents. corn weak, May down to 53 to 54 cents. oats eased, May around 34 cents. Hog receipts soft. May pork about 20.25 to 20.27 dollars, lard and ribs near 10.72 to 10.80 dollars. St Louis cash grain quotes show May wheat 91 cents, corn 62 cents, oats 34 cents.
Quotations listed for cash wheat and corn in Chicago show No 2 red at 1.03 to 1.08% and No 2 white corn at 34% to 385c with other grades ranging in modest mid values. No date change indicated.
Kansas City market report lists cash wheat No 2 hard at 85 88 cents and No 2 red at 1.00 No 2 corn at 48 to 49 cents No 2 white 48 cents No 2 oats 34 to 35 cents for May and June delivery prices shown May futures values include wheat 85 100 cents, corn 53 cents, oats not clearly defined.
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