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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1911

Page

21

Cotton markets slip as anti option bill dies in Senate

The Scott anti option bill was killed in the Senate, signaling new legislation. Cotton opened firmer but fell as selling intensified. Liverpool declined 6 to 7 points, New York and New Orleans eased, with 4,000 bales sold at Liverpool. Spinners have purchased 7,246,441 bales since September, vs 6,891,500 last season. U.S. receipts total 10,190,987 bales, up from 8,632,060. If the crop reaches 12,000,000 bales, about 1,800,000 remain for farmers by September 1.

New York Senate Congress Liverpool Financial Chronicle Rome

New Orleans Cotton Futures Steady Then Softens

Cotton futures opened steady with small gains on old crops and slips on new. Early buying by shorts covering and bid activity faded as selling broadened, pushing prices down 8 to 10 points from morning highs. March to December contracts listed with modest movements.

Associated Press New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Market Ends Mixed After Rumors Grip Trade

Closing spot cotton in Liverpool slips two points as American middling fair reaches 8.06. Sales total 4000 bales with 300 speculative and export. 3900 American receipts. Futures open easier and end dull with a 1 to 5 point net decline amid Congress session rumors.

Associated Press Liverpool Washington Congress

Cotton market closes mixed with quiet New Orleans spots

New York on March 4 reports cotton closing quiet with 15 point drop. New Orleans spots show quiet trade with sales on the spot 300 to arrive 1900 and a range of middling to strict grades quoted. Receipts reach 2575 bales and total stock 144,460 bales.

Associated Press New York Glingwu New Orleans

Burial Permits Listed For Five Local Residents

Jesus Sandoval aged 6 died March 8 at 222 Guadalupe street. Mrs EB H Reynolds aged 72 died March 2 at 111 Arciniega street. Bastian Blownt aged 60 died February 25 at Potranco road. Ww C Merchant aged 83 died March 3 at Harlandale addition. Lino Arocha aged 59 died March 2 at 403 South San Saba street.

Jesus Sandoval Guadalupe Street EB. H. Reynolds Arciniega Bastian Blownt Potranco Ww. C. Merchant Harlandale Lino Arocha San Saba Street

Scarce chickens affect San Antonio markets amid heavy demand

The San Antonio poultry trade shows eggs selling slowly while fresh country eggs move slowly at 15 cents a dozen. Hotels and restaurants demand more chickens as weather cools, lifting prices to near season highs. Local housewives mostly rely on their own flocks, with market activity shrinking after 2 PM. The Lenten season boosts canned fish demand as stocks dwindle, and Keg Mack is noted as a leading fish seller.

San Antonio Keg Macka

Market Holds Steady Awaiting Washington News

New York stocks closed in a despondent mood as traders waited for congressional action and Supreme Court rulings on tobacco, oil, and taxes. Nervousness overlapped with optimism among big financiers who viewed declines as buying opportunities. National City Bank boosted surplus reserves to 40.6 percent, signaling strength amid caution.

Thos. C. Shotwell Special Dispatch New York Washington Congress Supreme Court National City Bank Standard Oil National Ciyt Bank United States New York Central Union Pacific New York Stock Exchange Orthwein Matchette Company Baltimore Avenue Kansas City Amalgamated Copper American American Car and Foundry Cecescoess Erican Eeveee American Smelting and Refining Ehesaamae American Sugar Refining Anaconda Mining Company Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Norfolk and Western Northern Pacifico Cccesses Es Copes Keenes Dnb Pullman Palace Car Company Eyeners Rock Island Company Ehub Bbe Kbekese Asccccesees Southern Pacific Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Interborough-Metropolitans Lehigh Wall Rahey Sore - Rine Aris Das Ees Southern Railway Btates Steel Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Northwestern Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Pawada Ss Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Great Northern Illinois Central Bane Louisville Nashville Missouri Pacific Cooss Missouri Kansas Texas Acto National Bisewit Burmette rcconcesscicecorsGae Texas Company Western Union

Sugar market steadies with refiners at 4.70 cash

The domestic refined sugar market held steady with refiners trading at 4.70 less 1 percent cash for fine granulated, except the federal company at 4.65. Spot raw values remained unchanged with centrifugal 3.80, Muscovado 3.30, and molasses 3.05. The London beet market was also steady.

New York Federal London

Coffee Futures Slip on Uneven Abroad News

New York trading opened dull and barely steady as overseas news weighed on markets. Prices fell 10 to 14 points with Hamburg closing 1 2 to 4 pfennig lower, Havre down 3 to 4 francs, and Rio and Santos listings nominal.

Special Dispatch New York Hamburg Havre Rio Santos

Cotton seed oil market steadies on short covering

New York on March 4 reports a quiet but firmer cotton seed oil market as shorts cover and crude supplies stay light, in step with stronger lard trends.

Special Dispatch New York

Quotations on Butter Cheese Eggs and Related Goods

Associated Press from Chicago reports butter and cheese prices steady with varied dairy product quotes. Creameries and daisies range from 12% to 26 cents with receipts at 9393 cases. eggs firm in New York with receipts 10,289 cases and fresh dirty No 1 at 166 cents.

Associated Press Chicago Rd Americas York

Bank Reserve Surplus Shrinks in Clearing House Report

Weekly statement shows banks hold 38.465 million dollars above reserve requirements, down 1.893 million from last week. Details include increases in loans deposits and circulation, with United States deposits down and state banks nonreporting figures listed.

United Press New York Clearing House United States Greater New York Clearing House

Market Quotes From St Louis On March 4

Quotations today show chickens at 12 and a half cents, springs 15 cents, turkeys 15 cents, ducks 16 cents, geese 8 cents. Butter steady. Creamery butter 19 to 26 cents. Eggs steady at 15 and two thirds cents.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Cotton Seed Market Prices Reported in Memphis

In Memphis on March 4 prime basis oil sits at 5.73 to 5.80, meal at 23, and linters at 8% 4c, showing current commodity values for cotton seed products.

Associated Press Memphis Tenn

Cotton Seed Oil Quotes in New York Market

Associated Press reports cotton seed oil quotations in New York on March 6 with opening and closing prices listed. Ranges show activity from about 6.70 to 7.08 dollars per hundredweight, illustrating ongoing price movement through the session.

Hog clubs formed to boost Texas hog industry

Government data shows Texas is about 30 million dollars short of hog production needs. Demonstration hog cars by the San Antonio & Aransas Pass railroad tour towns to promote cheap pork production and form Boys and Girls Hog clubs to educate youth as expert hog growers.

United States Fort Worth Texas San Antonio & Arans Pass Flatonia Rosebud Cameron Rockdale Giddings H. K. Singleton

Market Report St Louis Livestock Steady To Strong

St Louis livestock receipts March 4 total cattle 250 including 100 Texans with steady market. Native beef steers 5.00 7.00, cows and heifers 4.00 6.50, stockers and feeders 3.75 5.65, Texas Oklahoma steers 4.50 5.00, calves 5.00 8.00. Hogs receipts 4500 with a strong market. pigs and lights 6.40 7.15, packers 6.90 7.20, butchers 6.85 7.20. No sheep.

Associated Press ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma Kansas City

Chicago Market Receipts and Prices Reported

Ascoriated Press Chicago March 4 cattle receipts about 200 market steady beef cattle and cows and heifers price ranges listed hogs estimated 9000 up modestly with varied weights and prices light to good to choice heavy pigs and bulk sales noted sheep receipts about 1000 with steady market native and western lambs and yearlings price ranges given

Ascoriated Press Chicago Texas I.iv

Cattle Hog and Sheep Receipts Reported in Kansas City

Receipts and cattle market data show 800 cattle with mixed grades and steady to firm trend. Hog receipts reach 25 000 with prices from 6.90 to 7.10 for various weights. Sheep receipts none with steady prices for muttons lambs and fed stock.

Busy Month for Texas Cattlemen

The article outlines March as a busy period for Texas cattlemen with key events. The Texas Cattle Raisers Association holds its annual convention in the city from March 21 to 23, promising a lively meeting and notable debates between Texas cities. The Panhandle Cattle Raisers Association meets in Dalhart on March 7 to 8, and the Fort Worth Fat Stock and Horse Show in Fort Worth is set for March, highlighting a month of major cattle industry events.

Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association Texas Panhandle Cattle Raisers’ Association Dalhart Fort Worth Fort Ornill

Births Reported in Local Notices

To Mr and Mrs Antonio R Garcia at 207 North Division a boy born March 3 To Mr and Mrs T Martinez a boy born March 3 To Mr and Mrs L Rodrigues at 6 Smith Street a boy born March 8 To Mr and Mrs Lino Gonzales at 103 Chihuahua Street a boy born February 27 To Mr and Mrs F Vargas at 1530 El Paso Street a girl born February 28 To Mr and Mrs Ralph J Fuller at 913 Crosby Street a boy born February 25 To Mr and Mrs E C Clavin at 1510 Nolan Street a boy born March 1 To Mr and Mrs C Martinez at R F D No 3 a girl born March 28 To Mr and Mrs Juan Arias at 822 Laredo Street a girl born March 11

Antonio R. Garcia North Division Street T. Martinez L. Rodrigues Smith Street Lino Gonzales Pabruary Chihuahua Street F. Vargas el Paso Street Ralph J. Fuller Crosby Street E. C. Clavin Nolan ‘Street C. Martinez Juan Arias Laredo Street

Failed Three Times and Then Made a Success

Capt. F. F. Collins, founder of Collins Gardens in San Antonio, recalls his resilient career from early trading days through Civil War service. He describes losses on Black Friday and subsequent ventures into windmills and irrigation, culminating in Collins Gardens as a model for Texas land development.

F. F. Collins Collins Gardens San Antonio Yasaer Finas Collins Croesus Collins Fort Worth Wreck Finas Bryan Texas Jay Cook New York F. F. Collins Lumber Company Missouri Shiner's Pasture

San Antonio Destined to Be a Great Horse Market

San Antonio grows as a key horse and mule market advancing ahead of Fort Worth. A new freight-rate bill boosts receipts at the Union Stock Yards as buyers from Louisiana Alabama Texas and nearby states flock to the market. The yard expands pens to handle rising shipments and more car loads depart daily. Purchasers are advised to watch the San Antonio market.

San Antonio Fort Worth Texas Mississippi Louisiana Alabama New Orleans Peterson Union Stock Yards Company G. H Pearsall Algiers Sary

Grain Movement at Chicago Receipts and Shipments Today

Chicago March 4 receipts and shipments dated in today’s movement show activity in grain trade. Detailed figures list arrivals and departures for corn wheat oats and rye across the Chicago market, reflecting supply flow and distribution to primary buyers and exporters.

Chicago Market Receipts Report March 4

Receipts for corn and wheat were reported with contract and grade details. Total receipts and city totals for Minneapolis and Duluth are listed, with comparisons to last week and the previous year. A. Collman, plumber, 416 Main Ave.

Associated Press Chicago Iinnespolis Duluth A. Collman Main Ave

Juicy Grass Boosts Hull-Fed Cow Market Prices

As spring nears the cattle markets show renewed optimism with fresh greens reducing dry diets. Receipts drop while buyers bid strongly at local stock yards with cows at 3.55 to 4.00 for choice fed and calves 4.50 to 5.00, hogs 7.00 to 7.35, sheep and goats firm on good grades amidst light offerings.

Sanight

May Wheat 13 Very Strong May Wheat 13 Very Strong

Wheat futures showed strong gains with May lead, amid bearish foreign news. Washburn-Crosby and millers in Minneapolis noted long flour positions, while shorts covered and investors bought, as corn and oats rose with ledgers of export demand and tighter cash markets.

Jos. F. Pritchard Special Dispatch Chicago Washburn-Crosby Millers Minneapolis United States Winnipeg Illinois

Wheat and corn prices rise in St Louis quotes

Market report from St Louis shows cash wheat and corn advancing with No 2 track red wheat at 65?c and No 2 track corn at 45?46c. Oats also gain with No 2 track at 30?c. Wheat futures rise May and July contracts. Medical ad included.

Associated Press ST. Louis

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