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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
9
March 6 New York trading opened with uncertainty as traders sold stocks and prices fell in places. Declines in high priced issues and certain bonds weighed on sentiment while small gains and dull volume contrasted with a general market weakness. Sterling and gold shifts plus stronger conformity to early figures capped gains as the session closed modestly wavering.
In New York on March 6 money on call rose expectations with bids at 2 3 4 to 3 3 4 cents and offering around 3 1 4 cents. Immense loans eased for 60 days at 4 1 2 cents and 90 days to 6 months at 4 1 2 cents to 4 3 4.
Copper firm for June at 014.50 14.75, electrolytic and lake copper quotes around 12.500 to 15.87. Tin steady with spot and March at 47.45, April 47.25 to 47.70, May 47.00. Antimony dull at 9.25 to 9.40, spelter steady in the latest session.
Lower Poultry Association discussed making chicken theft a felony in Texas. A bill is planned for the next legislature, with members noting high poultry values. Charles J. Rossy presided as new president. six poultrymen joined, with a dozen new members since the last meeting. A committee will protect poultrymen during the new city charter framing. Attendees included Charles J. Rossy Fred C Wantzleen George Loessberg and others.
Ed Johnson, 16, was shot in the left thigh by Police Captain P. D. Christian at 9:30 PM as he and companions fled after being told to halt near a vacant 514 Avenue C address. Christian says the shot was accidental while firing in the air to scare the youths. the boy was taken to City Hospital with a non serious wound. The chase involved three older youths, and the other boys escaped.
Marine notes from Galveston and several ports list arrivals and clearances. Steamers Querida and other vessels arrived or cleared near Guantanamo and New York routes, with ships including Caronia Amerika Koenig and Adriatic noted docking or sailing in early March.
New York on March 6 reports No. 7 coffee at 12 percent, futures steady with May at 12.17 and July at 12.27.
In New York on March 6 the cotton goods markets held steady to firm with moderate trading. Worsted and cotton yarns were easier, underwear for early delivery was in good call, and rough dress fabrics showed good demand.
New Orleans market notes no rough rice offerings. Receipts count rough 263, clean none, with sales 0. Honduras rough traded 955 at 3 cents, Japan 500 at 2.38, quotations Honduras rough 2.50 4.75, Japan 2.76 4.25, clean Honduras 4 5c, Japan 3% 4c.
ST LOUIS on March 6 reports wool markets steady with medium grades combing and clothing at 28 1/7 to 26, light fine 19 1/1 to 1/6, heavy fine 13 18 6 to 18 cents, too washed 27 3 to 6 cents.
London copper firm with spot at 66 pounds 2s 6d and futures 66 pounds 7s 6d. Tin steady with spot 220 pounds and futures 216 pounds 10s. Lead at 16 pounds 6s and spelter at 24 pounds 16s. Ken Cleveland warrants 63s in London.
A series of 1913 property transfers record deeds between Theo Thurman W B Bartee and others across Rosemere Place Marlborough Place and South Heights. Notable amounts include 3450 5000 5085.77 and 2600 with lots blocks and new city blocks cited for each conveyance.
No. 3317-J Stinson 719 Lewis street 3315-A G Kinet 1468 Burleson street Wenn Scott 309 W Magnolia Ave 7320-Joseph Neugebauer Jr 509 East Rockett Street.
Cherins Ray Walker and Susie Holland, J E Jaggi and Eloise Morales obtained marriage licenses. The record lists the four couples and their names in a concise local notice.
E B Ragsdale applies for a five room dwelling on St James street valued at 1250 dollars. An office building on Alta Vista street listed at 125 dollars. Pearl M Zilker seeks an addition at San Pedro Place valued at 5000 dollars. Mrs Iona Hopwood requests a three room dwelling on Matamoras street valued at 350 dollars.
Walter Logan Simmons age 26 died March 6 at 182 City Street Petra Morales age 23 died March 4 at 106 Tejan Street Sadie Campa age 28 died March 4 at 510 N Frio Street Guadalupe Diaz three months died March 6 at Pinto and Potosi Streets
To Mr and Mrs Marecos March 3 a girl at Kingsbury alley. To Mr and Mrs Zapata February 28 a girl at Lake View avenue. To Mr and Mrs Cordolia March 2 a boy at Laredo street. To Mr and Mrs H S Tisdale March 4 a girl at Red Perseson Street. To Mr and Mrs Morcade March 3 a boy at Stieren street.
Chicago March 6 Bearish farm reserves reports pressured wheat with a volatile session. May moved from slight gains to falls while corn showed late strength. Provisions rose on firmer hog prices. May pork traded near 20.70 to 20.75, lard around 10.87, ribs about 10.85. Wheat export sales aided a late rally before closing steady.
Quotations reported from Chicago show cash wheat prices across grades with No 2 red at 1.01 to 1.06, No 2 hard 90 90 3 4 c, No 1 northern 90 merge, No 2 northern 89 89 c, No spring 87 88 c, velvet chaff 86 00, durum 85 91 c, white 49 c, No 2 yellow c. Oats No 2 white 35 35 c, standard 34 34 c.
Kansas City on March 6 reports cash wheat No 2 hard No 3 red 1.06 No 3 92 cents to 1.06. Corn No 2 yellow 49 1/2 to 50 cents No 2 white 49 1/2 cents. Oats No 2 white 41 cents No 2 mixed 38 cents. May Wheat 85 9/10 to 1 1/20 July 84 3/8 to 84 1/2 cents. May Corn 51 5/8 cents July 52 7/8 cents. May Oats 36 1/2 cents.
New York cotton opened steady to are 4 points higher on strong cables, then eased 2 to 3 points amid nervous trade. Trade houses showed moderate demand while reports of larger southern spot offerings spurred selling, leaving old months down 3 to 4 points. New crop held firm with midday prices 1 or 2 points above the day’s early low, middling uplands around 12.70.
In New York on March 6 cotton futures showed steady openings with March at 12.30 and May at 11.98. Other months traded within narrow ranges, with July at 11.91 and October around 11.47. The session closed steady, reflecting tight price action and limited movement across futures contracts.
Houston reports a quiet unchanged spot market on March 6 with 30 sales and 5,673 bales shipped. Stock stands at 138,836 bales with prices showing low ordinary 8.5 percent and middling the good middling at 12 percent amid varied regional quotations.
NEW ORLEANS La March 6 Spot cotton remains steady with middling at 124. Sales on the spot 234 to arrive 812. Prices listed across grades from low ordinary to good middling with nominal and fixed quotes. Receipts total 4480 bales and stock stands at 114028 bales.
Galveston spot cotton closed quiet with grades listed from low ordinary to middling fair. Quotations show 8 3-8 to 13 8e for various grades, with total sales 1223 and receipts 10,761 against stock 255,470. Memphis reported spot cotton unchanged at middling 12c.
In New Orleans on March 6, cotton futures opened steady with minor moves around unchanged. Cables outpaced due to good weather forecasts, yet purchases remained muted. By midmorning prices rose about a point from yesterday’s close, with the undertone steady and shorts covering gradually.
New York March 6 cotton spot market closed quiet with middling uplands at 12.70 and middling gulf at 12.95 per ton. No sales were recorded.
Eggs sell in wholesale markets at 15 cents per dozen and 20 cents to retailers. Receipts reach about 200 cases with merchants holding heavy stocks. market appears demoralized despite cool weather and plans to stock ahead for the season. California orange prices jump amid 80 percent crop damage forecasts, while Texas seed oats trade near the northern white oats price. More fruit and seed trades indicate a busy market understating seasonal shifts.
Union Stock Yards reports March 6 hogs near $9 in Fort Worth with buyers lifting bids to $7.80. Cattle and calves sold with best cows $5.25 to $5.50 and calves to $6.25, hogs mostly $7.00 to $7.60. San Antonio lagged behind due to poorer stock quality. good hogs would fetch similar prices there.
NEW YORK March 6 Raw sugar Muscovado 8 percent test 3.04 dollars per hundredweight 96 test centrifug al 3.96 molasses sugar 9 test 2.79 refined steady Petroleum and molasses steady Hides and leather firm.
Quotations from St Louis on March 6 show cash wheat at No 2 red 1 06 to 1 10, No 2 hard 90 cents, No 2 corn 44 1/4 cents, No 2 white 52 1/4 cents, wheat May 90 1/4 cents, July 58 1/8 cents, corn May 52 1/8 cents, July 52 1/4 cents, oats May 33 3/4 cents, July 34 cents.
Chicago reports steady dairy quotes with buttes at 29 36c, eggs at 18c for firsts, 12 050 cases received. Potatoes firm across Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin with Midwest prices 40 46c. Poultry steady with dressed turkeys 21c, live chickens 16 17c. receipts total 12,050 cases, 25 cars potatoes.
New York on March 6 reports weak eggs unchanged with receipts 16,595 cases. Poultry prices list 14c for chickens, spring 11 5c, turkeys 19c, ducks 16c, geese 9c. Butter creamery 28 35c. Eggs lic.
Receipts and quotes show cattle hogs and sheep strong or steady in Chicago markets. Cattle receipts 4500 with beef and steer ranges listed. hogs 23000 with price bands. sheep 19000 with native and yearling ranges. Bond issue committee of the Chamber of Commerce, chaired by C. M. Cain, to meet at 8 pm in the chamber auditorium to discuss street paying provisions of the proposed charter for San Antonio.
Beef steers sold strong at 6.50 to 7.36 with feeders around 6.00 to 7.10. Cattle receipts 2800 show bulls and calves steady to strong. hogs up five cents top 8.80 and 8.35 to 8.65 bulk. Sheep steady with small lot receipts of 30.
In St Louis on March 6 receipts reached 2500 cattle including 600 Texans with markets steady. Native beef steers ranged 5.76 to 9.00, Texas steers 6.25 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.50, calves 6.00 to 6.50. Hog receipts 7500 and prices rose about ten cents. Pigs and lights 6.50 to 8.85, mixed and butchers 8.60 to 8.85, good heavy 8.60 to 8.85. Sheep receipts 1800 and market steady with native muttons 5.50 to 6.75 and lambs 7.00 to 8.80.
Kansas City reports cattle receipts of about 500 with 700 southern steers and cows and heifers priced from 4.26 to 9.26 per hundredweight. Hogs range from 7.35 to 8.60 with various heavies and lights. Sheep receipts near 6,000 and market strong with muttons 5.00 to 6.60 and Colorado lambs 8.00 to 8.75.
In St Louis on March 6 a note mentions agen at 4.224 and 4.25, plus spelter values of 6.2245 and 6. The passage adds a factual aside that the turkey originates in North America and was brought to Europe by a lieutenant of Sebastian Cabot.
New York reports Levi P. Morton remains in a precarious state with hardening of the arteries, conditions unchanged from the morning bulletin after several days of illness.
Cotton futures opened steady with March through December contracts listed at various bids. The market closed steady with a small net advance of 2 to 4 points, showing mixed intraday ranges and slight gains across several months.
Liverpool March 6. Close: Cotton in fair demand with prices easing. American middling fair 7.3884, good middling 7.04d, middling 6.87d, low middling 6.64d, good ordinary 6.30d, ordinary 6.96. Sales 10,000 bales including 1,000 for speculation and export and 9,100 American. Volume prior 6,000 bales including 4,800 American.
Liverpool March 6 cotton futures opened quiet and steady and closed steady. Contracts listed include March 6.5444, May-June 6.52%d, October-November 6.20%d, December-January 6.17d, and Jan-Feb 6.16, reflecting a stable tone for the session.
Cottonseed products in Memphis show base prices for meal and linters as of March 6. New York Cotton Oil quotes firm spot cotton seed with March to October futures ranging from 6.25 to 6.48, weekly sales totaling 11,400 units across several months and contracts.
Daily stock figures show yesterday's cotton at U S S ports totaling 769 904 bales with comparisons to the same day last week and last year. The report notes a deficit for the current season indicating reduced receipts versus prior periods.
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