Wall Street Prices Turn Cautious On Wheat Market
Traders in Chicago and St Louis report a cautious tone after three years of bullish activity. Shorts have covered sparingly while longs support prices amid ample crop estimates and rising receipts. May futures show fractional losses as cash demand fails to materialize. Major grains face mixed signals with oats and corn activity shifting as farm work nears. May wheat priced around 89 to 90 cents, corn around 61 to 68 cents, oats about 33 to 35 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago' O
ST. Louis
Market quotes for wheat and grain varieties
The notice lists cash wheat prices and multiple grain types with bid fractions and percentages. It references No 2 hard No 2 northern No 1 durum No 2 white and standard kernels. It presents market figures in fractional and percentage form for several varieties.
Kansas City Cash Grain Prices Read Off
March 8 cash grain report lists wheat values for grades and futures. Hard wheat at 6 87 and futures May at 85 for May and July at 88. Corn prices show May 52 and December notes at 37 to 35 cents.
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Isan Aa City
Coe ‘Orn
New York Clearing House Reserve Up Slightly
The weekly report shows clearing house and trust company reserves at $3,374,250,000 with gains and losses across loans, specie, and circulation. Banks cash in vaults totals $340,380,000 and trust companies $242,000, adding to aggregate cash reserves of $408,622,000. Louisiana market figures follow with cattle receipts and mixed livestock prices for Texan ranges and carload calves.
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Inew York
Clearing House
Ke and Trust Companies
Sega
Greater New York
Oklahoma City Wins Stockmen’s Meet Convention Bid
Al McFaddin reports the Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen’s meeting chose Oklahoma City as the next convention site by a strong margin. Oklahoma City 125, El Paso 79, Clovis 17, Roswell 16, Midland 1. Cattle prices rose with several hundred yearling steers selling around 86 dollars each. Officers elected include W. B. Slaughter president P. H. Landergin vice president Luke Bright second vice president Lee Bivins treasurer and W. H. Harrell secretary.
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al McFaddin
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Amarillo
Tex
Southwestern Stockmen
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
el Paso
Clovis
Roswell
Midland
Mr. McFaddin
W. B. Slaughter
Pueblo
P. H. Landergin
Luke Bright
Maria
Lee Bivins
Marfa
W. H. Harrell
California Fruit Test Raises Alarm Over Freeze Claims
An excerpt from a California letter circulating among fruit traders describes a four-dip alcohol test used to classify oranges for shipment. It claims high alcohol percentages determine sound fruit, with rejects for floating pieces, and notes lemons are accepted if pulp moisture is low.
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California
National League of Commission Merchants
Canadian Wholesale Prices Ease in January 1913
The Labor Department index for wholesale prices fell to 136.2 in January from 136.8 in December, with grains dairy fruits and vegetables lower while animals meats and fresh fish rose. Hog products eased and iron goods advanced, versus January 1912 when the index stood 133.2.
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Department of the Labor
Coffee Market Weak In New York Trading
The coffee market opened weak with declines of 14 to 18 points as European cables disappointed and Wall Street houses with foreign ties sold. Havre fell 44 francs and Hamburg declined similarly while Brazilian markets held steady at No. 7 Rio 12 3 4 c. Final tone was steady.
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New York
Wall Street
Havre
Hamburg
Rio
Maritime Arrivals and Departures Across Ports
Galveston reports arrivals including Ramon de Larrinaga and San Jacinto with imports from Liverpool, Matanzas, and Sa gua. Breslau cleared for Bremen. Castant sails to Amsterdam and Rotterdam. New York sees arrivals of Pennsylvania from Hamburg. Lizard notes New York bound for Plymouth. Rotterdam records E Kurek arriving for Liba. Algiers lists Canada to New York bound for Naples.
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Galveston
Tex
Ramon de Larrinaga
Span
Liverpool
Matanzas
Sagua
Yearby
New Orleans
San Jacinto
New York
Sabine
Breslau
Bremen
Castant
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
New Orleans Spot Cotton Quiet at Unchanged Middling 12 Percent
Spot cotton in New Orleans on March 8 remained unchanged at middling 12 percent. Sales totaled 418 bales with 127 bales to arrive. Prices ranged from low ordinary 9 15-16 to good middling 13 1-16. Receipts were 3,613 bales and total stock stood at 97,647 bales.
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New Orleans
Spot cotton prices in Galveston hold steady
Galveston Texas reports spot cotton closed quiet and unchanged with classifications listed: low ordinary 85 16 cents, ordinary 95 16, good ordinary 167 16, low middling 11 11 16, middling 129 160, good middling 12 16 16. Sales 1463 spot, 400 fob. Receipts 7600. Stock 258 848.
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Galveston
Tex
Spot market closes quiet in Houston agricultural reports
Houston reports a quiet spot market on March 8 with no sales. Shipments total 3634. Prices show stock low ordinary 83-16c, ordinary 93-16c, good ordinary 105-16c, jow middling 19-16c, middling 127-16c, good middling 12 13-16c, middling fair 133-16c.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton Spot Quiet as Prices Hold Near Midpoints
New York vendors quote cotton spot on March 8 with middling uplands at 12.50 and gulf at 12.75. Sales reach 1800 bales as market stays steady.
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New York
Uplands
Gulf
Rules for a long life from Yale senior Augustus Smith
Washington reports 97 year old Yale graduate Augustus Smith who says he is the oldest living Yale alumnus and outlines his life rules. His advice includes going to bed early, eating regular but plain meals, avoiding constant socializing, and quitting tobacco after losing his taste for it. He notes he graduated in 1842, two years older than Yale alumnus Garwood Harvey Atwood, class of 1838.
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Washington
Augustus Smith
Yale University
Taft
Garwood Harvey Atwood
Yale
Smith
Mr. Atwood
Weather Map Report From the Weather Bureau
Observations taken at 8 p m shows air pressure at sea level and isobars indicating equal pressure. IsoTherms mark temperatures for zero, freezing, and 90 to 100 degrees with weather symbols for cloud cover and precipitation. Arrows indicate wind direction and speed. figures show temperature, rainfall, and maximum wind velocity for the past 24 hours.
Egg Men Eye 1913 Storage Deal Amid Low Market
The local egg market ends the week at 15 cents per dozen the year’s low. Dealers investors and speculators eye the 1913 cold storage deal as spring supplies rise across Illinois Iowa Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin and Indiana with April storage at 18 cents per dozen risk of losses from last season looming over new activity.
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New York
St. Louis
Illinois
Iowa
Ichigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Market Prices for Eggs Poultry Butter and More
The listing shows fresh eggs at 17 to 18 cents a dozen, large hens 5 to 6 dollars per dozen, medium hens 4.60 to 4.75, fryers 4.50 to 6.60, broilers 3.50 to 4.60 per dozen, turkeys 14 to 16 cents per pound. Butter Creamery 25 to 30c, country 16 to 18c. Cheese Fancy cream 19 to 21c per pound. Numerous vegetables and fruits with prices for tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cabbage, lettuce, celery, cucumbers, cranberries, okra, garlic, cauliflower, squash, apples, pears, oranges, lemons, limes, bananas. Rice, syrups, peanuts, pecans, walnuts, almonds, meats and lard, canned meats and fish, sardines and hams, coffee and tea, canned vegetables, flour and meal, California beans, hides. Prices reflect a broad market quote sheet with multiple categories and itemized per-item pricing.
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California
Colorado
Texas
Ben Davis
Missouri
South
Alaska
Maxwell House
Illinois
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
Spring Trade Shows Activity Amid Mixed Retail Conditions
Trade remained active in wholesale markets while collections slowed and merchants looked for improvement. Fed by improving farming ground and favorable winter conditions, prospects for large crops rise. Bradstreet reports 259 U.S. business failures for the week, down from 287 a year ago, while a bankruptcy petition targets J L Bain Mercantile Co of Kenedy with San Antonio creditors named.
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United States
Bradstreet’s
J. L. Bain Mercantile Compan
Kenedy
E A. B. Frank Company
G. A. Duerler & Co
Fisk Tire Company
San Antonio
Grocery Price List From San Antonio Market
A fragment lists prices on fruits and staples including peaches 25c to 9c, pears 10c, apples California choice 60 lb boxes 8c, figs 85c per 12 packs, raisins various crowns up to $2.60 per 60 lb box, corn and cats for bulk sale, citron and peel items with citrus peels priced from 16c to 20c. Market items show multiple brands and packaging sizes.
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California
London
San Antonio
Chicago markets steady boosts amid varied commodity quotes
Quotations were as visible today with butter steady at 28 to 36 cents, creamery receipts 10 665 cases. Ordinary firsts 16 to 17 cents, firsts 17 4 cents. Potatoes steady with 47 car receipts split by Michigan 44 to 46 cents Minnesota 43 to 45 and Wisconsin 40 to 46. Poultry steady with dressed turkeys 21 cents and live chickens 16 to 17 cents.
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Chicago
March
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Poultry Prices and Egg Market Report
Poultry prices listed: chickens 14 to 16 cents, turkeys 19 cents, ducks 16 cents, geese 9 cents. Butter and eggs noted with creameries at 28 to 36 cents and eggs at 17 cents. New York date March 8 reports weak eggs with receipts 18,654 cases and fresh gathered exports at 20 2/1 cents.
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New York
Commodity Prices Steady Across Butter Eggs Poultry
Trading bulletin shows no change in butter eggs and poultry in Kansas City. New York reports raw sugar firm with Muscovado 89 test at 3.04 dollars, centrifugal 96 test at 3.54, molasses sugar 89 test at 2.79, refined steady. Petroleum and molasses steady and hides and leather firm.
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New York
New York Coffee Futures Steady As May June Quotes Hover
In New York March trading, Coffee No. 7 Rio shows 12 percent strength while futures stabilize with May at 12.04 and July quotes pending. The brief session notes little change as traders assess supply and demand signals for soft commodities.
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New York
Rio
Wool Market Summary in St Louis Report
Wool prices hold steady in mid March in St Louis with medium combing and clothing grades quoted at 23 to 26 cents, light fine 19 to 20 cents, heavy fine 13 to 18 cents, and tub washed 27 to 34 cents.
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ST. Louis
Firemen confined to indoors in Cincinnati orders
Cincinnati fire department members are ordered to stay inside their stations with the horses, barred from standing outside under threat of demerits and possible dismissal. In a separate note, The French state railway is rapidly electrifying with orders for one hundred electric locomotives.
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Cincinnati
Hogs Close At High Year Quotation In Market Report
UNION STOCK YARDS March 8 Hogs led livestock activity last week and closed at the year’s high of 9 dollars in Fort Worth and St Louis consignments. Chicago buyers paid top prices for killing hogs while local sales topped 7.80 dollars. Cattle and calves moved well with hogs dominate the week’s gains. Feeder steers and stocker cattle also posted record quotations, with Mexican steers selling around 7.90 dollars.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Market Receipts Light as Buyers Take Choicest Cattle
Fort Worth Texas market reports small actual receipts on Saturday as buyers secured select cattle from consignments. Hereford steers and yearlings sold around 8 dollars, Angus heifers 7.75, Brahman heifers 7.60, Mexican steers 6.95, five loads of good steers 7.06. Hogs steady with top 9 dollars and bulk 8.50 to 8.85. cattle receipts 500 with mixed price ranges. calves 5 to 7 dollars. no sheep.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Market Report Shows Mixed Hog and Cattle Trends
Chicago receipts today include hogs totaling 1000 with a weaker overall market. Bulk hogs quoted at 8.85 down to 8.65, mixed 8.35 8.85, rough 8.35 8.50, pigs 6.85 8.75. Cattle receipts 200 with a steady market. Beeves 7.25 9.30, Texas steers 5.60 6.50, stockers 6.25 8.26, cows 3.60 8.00, calves 7.00 10.00. Sheep receipts 10,000 with prices 5.75 7.00 for natives, 7.00 8.40 yearlings, 7.75 9.00 native lambs.
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Chicago
Texas
Market Receipts and Prices from Kansas City
Kansas City cattle receipts 100 with steady market for native and southern steers and cows. Hogs receipts 1500 with steady market across bulk heavy packers and butchers and light hogs. Sheep receipts none with strong market for muttons Colorado lambs and range sheep quoted.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Money on Call Rates Steady Across New York Markets
New York reports money on call nominal with no loans. Time loans remain strong at 60 days 0 days and 6 months at 6 percent, outlining stable short term credit terms in the market.
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New York
Cotton market bears as foreign demand falters for new crop
New York cotton futures slipped 8 to 15 points over six trading days as foreign demand wanes. Reports point to larger 1913 14 acreage, renewed South preparation with fertilizers and soil readiness, while mills show subdued demand for mill products and spinners sustain steady buying through mid summer.
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New York
March
Cotton market closes lower than prior week
New York reports the cotton market for the week ended showing declines from 8 to 15 points versus last week’s close. The comparison outlines the week’s overall direction and level of change.
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New York
March
Cotton futures close steady with gains across weekly comparison
New Orleans March 8 cotton futures finished steady with gains from 8 to 16 points over last week. The report presents the weekly comparison and results for the market move.
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New Orleans
Liverpool cotton market report March 8
Close: Spot cotton quiet and easier. American middling fair 7.324 d, good middling 6.98 d, middling 6.7 d, low middling 6.68 d, good ordinary 6.24 d, ordinary 5.904 d. Daily sales 5000 bales, 300 for speculation and export, including 4500 American. Receipts 2300 bales, all American.
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Liverpool
Cotton futures open steady in Liverpool market
Liverpool March 8 cotton futures opened steady and ended quiet and steady with front month March at 6.504 and distant spreads listed for March-April through Dec-Jan across several positions. Market shows subdued activity and stable front curve.
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Liverpool
Cottonseed Prices and Oil Market Reports
Cottonseed products invoiced in Memphis with basis oil at 6.30 34 and meal at 24.50 24.75. New York market notes cotton seed oil closes firm with spot 6.88 6.45 and active March to October futures ranges. Lead and spelter prices in St. Louis reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Judge denounces fast men and hypocritical society in Oak Park sermon
Chicago judge A J Petit spoke at First Baptist Oak Park attacking hasty marriages and society for welcoming men with fast lives while shunning women who err. He urged society to reject all unsavory men to curb national disgrace. A patent was shown for a bathing suit with an integrated life preserver.
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Chicago
A. J. Petit
First Baptist Church of
Oak Park
Movement in cotton falls 154000 bales from prior year
The cotton movement for the past week dropped 154000 bales from the first week of March last year, widening the season deficit to 1600000 bales. Sighted bales totaled 169550, with detailed weekly and seasonal figures across ports mills and regions showing declines versus prior years.
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Cotton Exchange
Hester
New Orleans
United States
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Mills
Canada
Southern Mills
North
South
Seaboard
Cotton Statistics at United States Ports and Liverpool Trade
Stock at all United States ports reaches 149 157 with interior towns at 654 204. Liverpool stock stands 1 399 000 and exports for the week total 84 471 versus 41 0 last year. Cumulative exports since Sept 1 total 6 748 148, down from 8 205 016 a year ago.
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United States
Liverpool
Great Britain
U S Ports Week Net Receipts Decline From Prior Year
Net receipts at all U S ports for the week totaled 107 180. The same week last year showed 218 517. Total receipts since Sept 1 reached 8 490 978, compared with 10 311 826 at the same date last year.
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Veston
New Orleans
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
Boston
POOP
Newport News
San_ Francisco
Phuaecipnia
Brunswick
Pensacola
Portland
Oregon
Port Arthur
Jacksonville
Texas City
Tacoma
Aransas
Seattle A. Eee
U. 8
Port receipts and grain movement totals in season report
This summary notes port receipts and movement to mills and Canada with totals for the crop year. It shows bales moved and stock changes in interior towns, including season totals and adjustments such as bales added and deductions from interior figures.
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Canada
O.c
Mills
Cotton market report shows steady spot and modest declines
MEMPHIS Tenn March 8 spot cotton remains steady with a fractional decline of percent. Middling grade price noted at 124 and 4 percent in other measures. United States totals appear in the hundreds of thousands for various grades and regions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Eggs and molasses parcel causes chaos at Denver post office
A parcel containing eggs and two chicks, ruptured by a molasses explosion, forced the Denver parcel post clerk to abandon the object as it oozed through other packages. The incident, observed by William Allen of the Post Office Department, sparked fears of an infernal machine. A Baltimore light system and a stenotype machine note also appear in the same clipping. Florida’s sea level proximity and historical wage data are included in the fragment.
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Denver
Colo
Vesuvius
William Allen
Post Office Department
Parcel Post Department
Allen
Wall Street Trading Hedged by Global Money Demands
Market conditions show irregular quotes with declines and rallies as short interest drops and professional traders dominate. World money pressures, especially Germany, push higher rates and fray European supply through gold shipments to Paris, South America, and Belgium.
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New York
Bears
Germany
Paris
South America
Berlin
Belgium
Wilson
Wall Street
Union
Canadian Pacific
Reading and Steel
NYSE Week Comparison Shows Progress by Issues
The last sale on the New York Stock Exchange this week followed a comparison with the prior week. The report highlights progress made by the listed issues and contrasts weekly performance.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
New York Financial Tidbits and Market Rates
In New York on March 5 the prime rate and Sterling firm activity show bills at 483.65 for sixty day and higher demand. Commercial bills at 4.82 percent and silver and Mexican bonds noted. Railroad bond market referenced with various securities.
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New York
March
c. _ sterlin
Sprevenens Sones
Redes Railroad Dondy
Metals dull and unchanged in New York trading
Metals showed little movement in New York on March 8 with copper around 15.25 to 15.37% and electrolytic at 165. Jag prices cited at 14.75 to 14.87% while Tron remained unchanged.
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New York
Lake
Drunk in Maine: county mulls inebriates home site
Maine officials consider buying Solomon Hannaford’s Cape Elizabeth farm to house inebriates. Protests from locals may force a new site while planners aim to spend about 25000 dollars, with 18000 dollars for the farm and 7000 dollars for equipment.
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Portland
Maine
Solomon A. Hannaford
Cape Elizabeth
Hannaford
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