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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
7
The egg market weakens with wholesale quotes dropping five cents per dozen in Chicago. San Antonio lists 18 cents per dozen, two cents lower than yesterday, while New York eyes lower prices Monday. Retailers see some quotes as low as 20 cents, with futures expected near 16 cents later in the week.
A dense catalog of wholesale prices for country produce and groceries. Items include hens, turkeys, eggs, fruits like oranges and lemons, potatoes, cranberries, cabbage, canned goods, syrups, beans, rice, hay, meats, seeds, sugar and coffee, dried fruits, and various regionally sourced vegetables with per hundredweight, per crate, per box, or per pound pricing. Several entries list multiple price points for different grades or pack sizes.
Forty five cattle two calves and one horse were received at Union Stock Yards on March 2 with 39 head to be dipped and shipped to Aragon Texas. No market session due to weather. Prices ranged with cows to 4.25 and calves to 5 hogs 6 to 6.25. no sheep or goats offered.
AP reports a light receipts day with 50 head offered including 350 cattle and 400 hogs. Beef steers ranged 4 to 5 per hundredweight, cows 2 to 4, bulls 3 to 4, calves active with 3.60 to 6.50. Porkers sold strong with top grades at 6.07 to 6.07 and bulk 6.26 to 6.55 per hundredweight.
Cattle receipts 400 with steady market and native beef steers $4.75 to $8.50, cows and heifers $3.00 to $6.75, stockers $3.75 to $6.26, Texas steers $5.00 to $7.00, calves $5.00 to $7.50. Hogs receipts 600 with market strong. pigs and lights $5.25 to $6.65, mixed and butchers $6.45 to $6.66, heavy 6.55 to 6.65. Sheep receipts 600 with market steady. native muttons $3.75 to $4.75, lambs $5.00 to $6.70.
Chicago notes cattle receipts with steady market cows Reeves at 4.90 to 8.60, Texas steers 4.60 to 5.90, western steers 5.00 to 7.00, stockers and feeders 4.40 to 6.20, cows and heifers 2.15 to 6.65, calves 5.75 to 8.50. Hogs receipts 15 000, market strong up 5 cents, l 6.25 to 6.47% with bulk sales 6.40 to 6.45. Sheep receipts 2000, market steady to strong, natives 3.25 to 4.85, westerns 3.75 to 4.90, yearlings 4.90 to 5.75, native lambs 4.60 to 7.00, western 0.00 to 7.10.
Associated Press report from Kansas City on March 2 lists cattle receipts at 500 with steady market and price ranges for native and southern cattle. hog receipts 3000 with a strong to 5 cent higher trend and various price bands. sheep receipts 500 with steady market and price ranges for lambs and ewes.
Arnim and Lane of Flatonia sold 200 bales of cotton to Thompson M. Orris of Schulenburg. The deal is the largest in months and reflects ongoing selling activity as farmers reap prices.
Taylor, Tex March 2 about 900 head of beeves are on feed for market. Feeders Wills & Ripley Howard Bland and T E Burns still hold beeves and have shipped many carloads to Fort Worth and other markets. J M Forwood shipped a carload of hogs to Houston and plans one or two more this week.
Chicago March 2 Quotations show butter steady at 26 28c for creameries and 22 26c for Wil less. eggs firm with 5923 cases received and ranges 21 22c firsts 22 23c. cheese steady with several varieties at 16 17c and 17 17c. potatoes steady with choice at 1.05 1.10 and fair to good 1.08 1.10. poultry irregular turkeys 14c chickens 14 14 4c.
Quotations from the Associated Press show poultry prices at 134c for chickens, small goods like springs at lic, turkeys lic, ducks lic, geese 5c, butter at 24 to 29c, and eggs steady at 21 4c.
New York report shows eggs unsettled with fresh gathered extras at 26 cents per dozen, dirties at 22 cents, checks at 20 2/3 cents. Market terms reflect supply questions and price instability.
Quotations list butter prices for creamery, packed stock and packing stock at 24 cents and 22 cents respectively. Eggs show extras at 28 cents, firsts at 21 cents, seconds at their quoted rate.(source notes indicate a dated early market brief)
New York March 2 raw sugar nominal quotes Muscovado 4.17c 89 test centrifugal 4.67c 96 test molasses sugar 3.92c refined steady cubes 6.05 fine granulated 5.80 powdered 6.90 petroleum steady refined barrels 8.10 Molasses steady New Orleans open kettle 35 60c.
The New York cotton goods markets show firm trading with fair volume. Wash goods are in active demand in jobbing houses while silks sell in fair volume for February and remain in demand. Wools are quiet.
New York report shows No. 2 Rio coffee futures closing steady with May at 13.20 and July at 27.00.
By the Associated Press in St Louis on March 2, steady trading results show medium grades at 20 21 cents, light fine 19 20c, heavy fine 12 14c, tub washed 27 30c.
In New York on March 2 hides are dull with Bo gota at 22 percent and 24 percent in Central America. Leather prices show Hemlock firsts at 25 to 21 cents, seconds 24 to 26 cents, thirds 21 to 22 cents, and rejects 15 cents.
In New Orleans, rough rice saw little trading with clean grades holding firm. Receipts totaled 1815 rough and 775 clean sacks, milling at 220. Sales included 3842 clean Honduras at 8 5 and 714 Japan at 2 3. Quotations listed rough Honduras 2.50 to 4.35, Japan 2.50 to 4.00, clean Honduras 3 6, Japan 3.
Sandusky Colorado dispatch reports J J Kirby thirty one and Fred Co Kirby thirty seven both one armed brothers from Indiana Harbor lodged at the police station. J J explains he cares for Fred dressing feeding and guiding him as they travel together after losing three arms to shoulder amputations while rail workers.
Wheat slips on liberal receipts in northwest but buys pick up. May futures open lower, recover to 1.04 dollars, corn gains and closes strong at 71 cents. Oats rise from 63 to 63 and pork and ribs futures move with corn. Reports of Northwestern wheat supplies at half normal spur late advance.
Cash wheat prices list No 2 red at 1.01 1.08 No 2 hard 1.08 1.06 No 1 northern 1.11 1.14 No 2 northern 1.09 1.12 No 2 spring velvet chaff 92 1.09 durum 92c HF1.08 Oats No 2 white 68 54c standard 53 5ic.
Prices shown for wheat and corn indicate futures fluctuating with May and July contracts. No. 2 hard wheat trades near 1.02 dollars with small daily changes, while corn May and July show around 72 and 70 cents respectively. Oats details appear less clear with weaker readings.
Quotations show cash wheat at 1.02 percent, No 2 red and No 2 hard at 1.02 to 1.11. Corn quotes list No 3 at 68 cents and No 3 white at 67 cents. Oats range from 53 to 56 cents with May and July futures noted.
New York reports for the week that clearing house banks hold 25,146,200 dollars in reserve above legal requirements, a decrease of 4,227,150 dollars in the proportionate cash reserve from the prior week.
In New Orleans on March 2, prime refined cottonseed oil sells at 5.55 cents per pound in barrels. Choice meal priced at 29.50 dollars per long ton. Choice cake listed at 28.25 dollars per long ton.
New York March 2 Cotton opened steady with a decline of % to points as lower Liverpool cables and labor worries press on general business. Some broker support kept prices near the open. finished quiet and steady at a net drop of 5 to 6 points.
New York March 2 Cotton futures closed steady with the January contract at 10.40 bid and March at 10.05, while May and July moved around 10.21 to 10.88. Open high low and final figures show narrow trading ranges and cautious demand across months.
New Orleans reports show cotton futures opening 10 to 11 points lower as Liverpool softens and London notes coal strikes may linger. Weaker longs liquidate, shorts sell heavily, then modest recovery as profit taking and rain forecasts influence sentiment. Texas reports favorable soil and early planting underway.
Bradstreet's review notes trade generally satisfactory with undercurrents of gains. Retailers demand prompt delivery as stock is low, mainly for dry goods, while mills push ahead on branded textiles. Iron and steel show activity but new business is quiet. copper firm, and labor unsettled. U S business failures total 269 for the week ending Feb 29, Canada 120.
New York March 2 Gains outpaced declines in early stock market trading. Notable names St Paul Reading United States Steel and C O held substantial values while Canadian Pacific Ya y Northern Pacific and American Smelting showed drops. Reading fluctuated and Union Pacific US Steel Amalgamated Copper moved above prior highs as the session progressed.
Spot cotton closed hull two points lower with American middling fair at 6.53 and middling at 5.89. Sales 5000 bales including 4700 American. receipts 10,000 with 900 American.
Futures opened easy in Liverpool on March 2 with a quiet close. Trading shown for March through March-April at 5.65 and a series of forward contracts across the year with mixed slight declines and gains.
Market roundup from Memphis and New York shows steady cottonseed oil futures and firm cash values. Prime basis oil at 4.67, meal 26.50, linters 2.34, with New York settling cash at 5.56 to 5.60 and futures across March to October, plus substantial sales totals.
Market brief shows Liverpool easing with sales around 5.895 million. New York remains quiet, near 20.385 million. New Orleans experiences lighter activity around 1,000 with moderate demand.
Associated Press reports New Orleans on March 2 sees spot cotton unchanged with 1000 bales sold. Classifications range from low ordinary 6 1/2 to good middling 11 1/4 cents with receipts at 8210 and total stock around 28.
Memphis, Tennessee reports spot cotton prices unchanged with an advance of four cents. Middling grade sits at 10 1/2 cents while market activity remains limited as buyers and sellers hold positions.
Houston spot market reports cotton prices unchanged with activity muted on March 2 as traders await further guidance following a holiday.
New York quotes spot cotton at five points lower with middling uplands 10.35 and middling gulf 10.60, noting no sales reported.
Galveston notes spot cotton on a holiday with trading halted. Market receipts total 9 276 bales and population stock sits at 412 333 bales.
G C Simmons & Co of Flatonia shipped two carloads of eggs to northern markets Tuesday, the tenth car this month. Merchants have been paying 20 cents a dozen this week as prices stay steady.
On March 2 Liverpol totals show all kinds sales at 48000 with American 43000. English spinners takings reach 116000. Overall afloat quantities amount to 410000. American afloat 362000. Speculation sales 1300 and exports sales 2400.
In Fresno California a dice game determines who wins Lizzie Shorten Legler becomes husband after another license is issued for her. Peter Dermer mourns the loss while Legler had pursued marriage with the Russiatown girl after a period apart and a mountain job. The tale mixes romance and a quirky local game with a second marriage license issued for Shorton.
The Associated Press reports steady sterling exchange in New York trading on March 2. Bankers' bills quoted at 4.84 25 for 60 day bills and 4.87 15 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83. Bar silver at 58 or 58 cents per ounce. Mexican dollars 4T¢. Government and railroad bonds steady.
New York reports money on call nominal with time loans steady. Sixty day loans at 2 percent, ninety day at 3 percent, and six month at 3 percent, reflecting a firm money market stance.
London metal market closes with Lead at 15 pounds 13s gd, Spelter 26 pounds 10s, Tin steady. Spot at 192 pounds, futures at 189 pounds 15s. Market shows stable gains and price levels across London exchanges.
ST. LOUIS METAL, ST. LOUIS, MARCH 2 Lead firm 4.009 4.05 Spelter steady 6.75.
Italian residents allege Rev. Father M. J. Kelley rode a horse through a cemetery during Mrs. Rolanda’s funeral with hat on and a lit cigar. Charge centers on riding within the burial tract where horses are prohibited. Case seen as heading to district court then possibly the Supreme court.
A Pottsville dispatch reports Mrs Henry Welker a Tamaqua widow offered her infant for sale claiming poverty. The child was bought for $10 by a woman who planned not to keep it, then returned to the mother after friends intervened. A safe home was arranged for mother and baby.
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