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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1911

Page

13

Unsettled Cotton Market Edges Lower Across Regions

The cotton market opened steady then weakened with New York and New Orleans futures down 15 to 29 points regionally, Liverpool 3% to 5% lower, and US prices finishing barely steady after a midmorning decline. Traders cited tariff and reciprocity bill uncertainties and liquidation by large dealers.

New York New Orleans Liverpool M . Wes Galveston Houston Associated. Press Congress Washington

Weather Outlook San Antonio March 6 7 a.m.

The forecast for San Antonio and vicinity indicates cloudy weather tonight and Tuesday. East Texas should expect generally cloudy skies, with a storm system stretching from the Atlantic through central regions to the Pacific, bringing unsettled weather, rain and snow in eastern districts, snow in Colorado, and rain in Arizona. Temperatures freezing north of the 40th parallel.

San Antonio Tex East Texas Atlantic Pacific Colorado Arizona 40Th Parallel

Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market

Cotton futures opened steady with slight gains and losses across months. Early prices showed March at 14.25 bid and May at 14.41 42, while Liverpool futures were about as expected and private continent trading appeared pessimistic.

Associated Press New Orleans Liverpool

Liverpool Cotton Market Report March 6

Closing cotton spot in Liverpool shows fair demand with a 2 point drop. American mids and highs quoted across standard grades with 8000 bales sold including 500 for speculation and export. Receipts total 2100 all American and futures open quiet then steady with multiple forward spreads listed.

Associated Press Liverpool

Spot Market Fares Across Major Ports

Liverpool maintains steady middling at 7.60 with 8000 sales. York quiet middling at 14.20 with 6021 sales. New Orleans nominal middling at 14 9-16 with 285 sales. Houston and Galveston show quiet middling around 4 5-16 and 14 9-16 respectively.

Liverpool York New Orleans Houston Galveston

Spot cotton prices and New Orleans market report

New Orleans market notes spot cotton with two bales sold and price ranges from low ordinary 11% to good middling 15 3 16 with receipts 1947 and stock 189410. New York futures show modest declines with middling uplands 14 and middling gulf 14 0 and sales totaling 6021 bales.

Associated Press New Orleans

Cotton prices cling to gains across markets

Spot cotton in Houston and Memphis on March 6 remained weak to steady with middling at 14⅜ cents. Houston reports slight weakness while Memphis notes steady trading with no change in middling values.

Associated Press Houston Ten Memphis, Tenn

El Paso Plans Boosted Mexican Band for Cattle Raisers Meeting

El Paso officials announce a booster train and the finest Mexican band for the Texas Cattle Raisers association convention set for March 21 to 28. Fort Worth and Oklahoma City vie to host, with Bovinians organizing a big delegation to San Antonio to sway support.

el Paso Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association Texas Cattlemen Oklahoma City Texas Fort Worth Beavers Hall San Antonio The Texas, Cattle Raisers’ Association Board of Trade

Cargo Mexican Coffee Arrives at Texas Port

Galveston March 6 The Southern Steamship and Banana company unloads 6512 bags of Chiapas coffee bound for Chicago in sixty hours. First Texas port coffee shipment in years marks trade revival. Potatoes in better supply. cabbage and tomatoes arrive with steady demand.

Galveston Tex Southern Steamship and Banana Company Chiapas Mexico Chicago Texas South Texas

Poultry butter and eggs trade steadies in early week

Poultry butter and eggs opened the week in line with last week. Monday shows light country supply as farmers rest Sunday. Eggs sell at 15 cents, butter barely steady at the same level. Chickens are scarce and quoted high on the card.

East Texas peach crop damaged amid market shifts

A mail advisory from East Texas reports severe damage to the local peach crop with rumors of farms producing little or half a crop. The piece notes cold snaps earlier and outlines ensuing market effects for evaporated apples tomatoes peas onions cane seed and dried fruits along with hints of no new canning plants this season. A broker predicts tighter carload movements and potential higher minimum weights for dried fruit shipments in March.

East Texas

Market Quotes From St Louis March 6

Quotations today show lead steady at 4.35, spelter firm at 5.50, chickens at 12 1/2 cents, springs 16 cents, turkeys and geese steady, butter Creamery at 19 1/2 to 20 cents, eggs steady at 15 1/2 cents.

Associated Pres St. Louis

Stock market opens dull but steady across several majors

New York opening shows small gains in Union Pacific Lehigh Valley Norfolk Western and Interboro Metropolitan preferred while Virginia debenture certificates surge on a Virginia West Virginia decision. Trading remains cautious with mixed orders and a steady close.

New York Missouri Pacific Minneapolis St. Paul Virginia aCrolina Chemical Union Pacific Lehigh Valley Chesapeake & Ohio Interboro Central Leather Comeyee Congress Supreme Court S. Steel Virginia West Virginia Virgina New York Stock Exchange Orthwein Matchette Company Baltimore Avenue Kansas City Amalgamated Copper American Ice and Foundry Great Northern Tiindois Kent Pennsylvania OMI Eins American Smelting & Refining Tee American Sugar Refining Anaconda Mining Co Dterinor Lin Ae Inet News Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Eenee Chicago & Northwestern Chi Mil Colorado Fuel Missouri, Kansas & Texas National Biscuit National Lead New York Gcentral New York Central Norfolk & Western Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway Talon United States Steel Western Union

Drive-Ins Drive Cattle Market at Union Stock Yards

March 6 at Union Stock Yards shows supply relies on local drive-ins with 336 head received. Cattle and calves sold evenly with cows steady at 3.50 to 3.75 and calves about 4.25 to 4.75, hogs barely higher around 6.75 with bulk in that range. Market notes emphasize strong buyer seller agreement and standard levels for the week.

Union Stock Yards

Fort Worth Market Cattle and Hog Prices Hold Steady

Fort Worth Texas on March 6 reports cattle receipts 2600 with steady prices. Steers bring 5.75, feeders 4.90, cows 4.50, bulls 4.35. calves 250 strong at 5.25. Hogs 1754 steady to firm with bulk 7.00 to 7.30. sheep 430 steady.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex

Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Rise on 8000-Head Receipts

Associated Press reports Kansas City market activity with 8000 cattle receipts including 300 southern steers and 8000 hogs and 8000 sheep. Cattle prices ranged with natives 5.50 to 6.75 and southern cows 3.25 to 5.25. Hogs sold mostly 6.95 to 7.10 with packs 6.95 to 7.10 and light hogs at 7.05 to 7.15. Lambs 5.40 to 5.00 and muttons 4.00 to 4.50.

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Steady in Market Report

Associated Press dispatch from St. Louis on March 6 lists cattle receipts at 3500 with native beef steers from $5.00 to $7.00, cows and heifers $4.00 to $6.75, Texas and Indian steers $4.50 to $6.50, calves $5.00 to $8.00. Hogs receipts 11,000 up 5 to 10 cents with pigs and lights $7.05 to $7.50, packers $6.50. Sheep receipts 2800 steady with native muttons $8.75 to $4.75 and lambs $5.50 to $6.30, feeding wethers and yearlings $4.25 to $5.30, fed western ewes $4.00 to $6.35.

Assciated Press St. Louis Texas Carlgad

Chicago Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Let Stand in Busy Market

Cattle receipts about 22 000, market steady to strong. Beeves 5.25 to 7.00, Texas steers 4.40 to 5.80, western steers 4.70 to 5.85, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 5.90, cows and heifers 2.70 to 6.00, calves 7.00 to 9.00. Hogs receipts around 36 000, market higher. Light 6.95 to 7.30, mixed 6.90 to 7.25, heavy 6.95 to 7.20, rough 6.75 to 6.80, choice heavy pork 6.60 to 7.15, end-of-sale 7.00 to 7.20. Sheep receipts about 16 000, market strong to 10 cents higher. Native lambs 5.00 to 6.30, western 5.25 to 6.30, yearlings 4.75 to 5.75, western sheep 3.25 to 4.85.

Associated Press Chicago Texas

Solid car loads cottonseed shipped from Houston to Kobe Japan

A solid carload of cottonseed left Houston today for Kobe Japan to be planted for experiment per an order from the Mitsuto banking house. The shipment marks a scientific testing effort to study potential cultivation in Japan.

Associated Press Houston Tex Mitsuto Banking House Kobe Japan

Cottonseed Products and Oil Quotes across Markets

Cottonseed products price quotes show oil at 6.72 to 6.90 in New York trading, meal at 23 dollars, and linters 3% 4%c. Cash wheat and oats mixed in Louisville with higher bids on No. 2 red and No. 2 white oats. Money on call in New York steady at 2.5 percent with time loans softer for longer terms.

Associated Press New York San Antonio

Wheat Market Slips on Weak Cables in Chicago Trade

Wheat prices drifted lower in Chicago as weak cables and sluggish European demand pressured futures. May soyilled between 91 and 92 1 2 cents, with a slight rally later as primary receipts lag prior year by 27 million bushels. Cash wheat ranged 90 92 cents for No 2 red and No 2 hard, with mixed movement in corn and oats across the session.

Chicago Commission House Argentina May

Daily Movement of Grain at Chicago

Grain receipts and shipments reported in Chicago on March 6 include wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and flour. Wheat receipts 16 000 bushels. corn 427 000. oats 219 000. rye 4 000. barley 50 000. shipments show varied totals. Associated Press noted 359 wheat cars across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth, down from last week but above last year.

Chicago Associated Press Chicago, Ill Minneapolis Duluth

Fresh Arrivals At Pruitt Commission Co.

The notice advertises fresh shipments from The People With the Goods. It lists items including cane seed, seed potatoes and onions, naval oranges, lemons, and more potatoes and onions. Pruitt Commission Co. is named as the supplier.

Pruitt Commission Co

What the Contents of Your Market Basket Should Cost

Guidance for San Antonio housewives listing current prices at City Market House this morning. Items include country butter 25c, dressed poultry hens 60c each, fryers 55 65c, beef and pork cuts from 8c to 35c, fresh fish 15c, fruits up to 40c per dozen, and vegetables such as beets 5c, cabbage 3c lb, tomatoes 50c basket, okra 15c quart, cucumbers 20c each.

Wholesale Market Prices for Texas Produce Quoted

The listing details wholesale prices across Texas markets for fruits vegetables and related goods. It lists strawberries pineapples cabbage lettuce potatoes onions kraut beans peppers celery eggplant garlic tomatoes cauliflower cranberries apples oranges lemons bananas avocados grapes dried fruits country produce eggs cheese poultry and more with unit measures and price points. The long price sheet also notes grain and canned goods with per unit costs and bulk carload remarks.

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