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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
10
Chicago March 11 Foreign money weather and government reports tended to push wheat lower. May opens 9 to 9 1/4 c decline with fluctuations, corn weakens alongside wheat, May hogs and pork futures edge higher while overall market closes weak and May wheat nets 1 1/2 c lower.
Quotations show cash wheat and corn prices with basis figures for No 2 red No 2 hard and No 2 white kernels. May and July futures for wheat and corn reflect fluctuating values and delivery months as of today.
Kansas City market quotes show grain and seed prices for wheat corn and oats with May and July contracts. Prices listed include wheat May 88 1/2, July 89 1/2. corn May 59 1/2, July 62. oats May 54 1/2. other grains include No 2 hard 85 8 1/2, No 2 red 105, No 2 white 83 1/2, and miscellaneous values.
New York producers and Middle West merchants join creamery farmers in opposing a Massachusetts bill to adopt the federal fat standard for butter. The Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange campaigns against it, backed by a 16 percent water standard per committee reports. Secretary Briggs disseminates a long letter detailing objections. Professor Fred Rasmussen, dairy expert, backs the case with forthcoming remarks on butter laws and standards nationwide.
Marine intelligence reports at Galveston on March 11 show arrivals of steamers Ogeechee New York El Sol New York Bloomfield from Tuxpam Sandefjord from Nov Port Inglis and others. New York lists Madonna Marseilles arriving Friday. Plymouth notes President Grant arriving for Hamburg. Liverpool logs Mauritania from New York and New York notes Europa Sant Anne Marecilles. Caps Race notes Kaiser Auguste Victoria Hamburg dock New York Saturday. Si asconbett reports Antwerp steamer and dock New York Wednesday.
Texas officials report 75,552 bales of cotton ginned in February. The state public ginners tabulation counts round bales as half bales, reflecting February's total across the state.
Chicago quotations list closing prices for wheat corn and oats. No. 2 red wheat 1.019 1.05 dollars per bushel No. 1 northern 0.89 0.90 dollars No. 2 northern 0.89 0.90 dollars No. 2 spring 0.87 0.88 dollars Velvet chaff 0.85 0.90 dollars Durum 0.86 0.86 dollars Corn No. 2 0.051 0.052 dollars No. 2 white 0.51 dollars No. 2 yellow 0.81 0.83 dollars Oats No. 2 white 0.34 0.36 dollars Standard 0.34 0.34 dollars.
New York on March 11 reports May coffee futures at 12.12 and July at 12.16 as the market shows steady pricing for Rio No 1 quality.
General weather report notes observations recorded at 7 a m on Tuesday March 11 1915. The entry provides a brief snapshot of atmospheric conditions and readings for the period.
New York March 11 The stock market rose today after several days of losses as confidence returns. Reading Steel Southern Pacific St Paul Erie Amalgamated Copper and Smelting led gains, with Erie Canadian Pacific Missouri Pacific Union Pacific and others climbing. Union Pacific faced selling pressure on dissolution plan uncertainty.
Sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers bills at 4.8790 for sixty day bills and 4.8360 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83. Bar silver 55 1/2 c. Mexican dollars 48 c. Government bonds steady railroad bonds irregular.
Copper firm with spot to May at 14.35, electrolytic at 15.00 AR, plus 16.25 15.37 percent. Tin around 46.30 to 46.75 for March and April 46.25 to 46.4. Lead steady at 4. Avon aged values for zinc 40. Spelter steady 6.30 to 6.40. Antimony dull. Cooksons 9.25 to 9.40. Iron unsettled and unchanged.
New York reports the cotton exchange will close on Good Friday March 21 and the following Saturday. London notes the stock exchange will close March 21 22 and 24 for Easter holidays.
Copper easy with spot at 65 pounds sterling and futures 65 pounds 5s. Tin steady spot 212 pounds futures 209. Lead at 15 pounds 8s 9d. Spelter 24 pounds 14s. Tron Cleveland warrants 638 3d in Lon on.
San Antonio markets offer fancy Roman Beauties at 1.25 per box, down from 2 last year. Apples from cold storage flood shelves as prices drop nationwide with demand rising. Bananas, oranges, and potatoes also see lower prices amid ample stocks and cold Idaho weather.
In New Orleans on March 11 sales of rice remain light and market steady. Receipts are essentially zero with clean 600 and rough Honduras none sold. Quotations show Japan at 6.50 and 3.75 for various grades, clean Honduras at 6 3/4 to 6 1/2 percent, with 4% at 5 3/4 and 3% ic for Japan.
In St Louis on March 11 wool markets showed steady tone with medium grades for combing and clothing at 23 to 26 cents, light fine 18 to 21 cents, heavy fine 13 to 18 cents, and tub washed 27 to 36 cents per pound.
Market notes show silk strike disorganising silk merchandise while primary cotton goods stay steady and wash fabrics trade remains seasonable. Eggs and butter firm, creameries quoted, receipts tallied. potatoes and poultry steady with varied live and dressed prices across states. Raw sugar and other commodities show steady to firm prices in New York and Kansas City reports.
Cattle sold on a steady market with steady beef steers and feeders. Hogs were active and about ten cents higher with top at $8.90 and bulk $8.30 to $8.85. Sheep and yearlings brought around $5.50, calves steady up to $8.00, receipts about 3500 cattle, 2000 hogs, 1000 sheep.
Chicago March 11 receipts and quotations show hogs 11 000 head market strong light 8 60 8 95 mixed 8 40 8 80 heavy 8 25 8 70 pigs 6 75 8 70 bulk sales 5 60 8 75. cattle 4560 receipts market steady Reeves 7 15 9 15 Texas steers 5 50 6 50 stockers 6 20 8 15 cows and heifers 3 00 8 00 calves 7 00 11 00. sheep 22 000 receipts market slow native 6 00 7 00 yearlings 7 25 8 10 native lambs 8 00 9 00.
Receipts today include 9000 cattle with Texas origin noted and market steady. Native beef steers range 5.28 to 8.25, Texas cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.50, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hog receipts 9500 with pigs and lights 6.75 to 9.00, mixed and butchers 5.75 to 9.00, good heavy 8.80 to 8.95. Sheep receipts 1800 and market steady, native muttons 5.50 to 6.75, lambs 7.00 to 9.00.
Kansas City on March 11 reports cattle receipts 12 000 with 300 southerns and a weak market tallies native steers 7 75 to 9 00 southern steers 6 25 to 8 25 southern cows and helfers 4 25 to 7 25 bulls 5 25 to 7 00 calves 6 50 to 10 Hogs receipts 16 000 market higher bulk 8 40 to 8 60 heavy 8 36 to 8 50 packers and butchers 8 40 to 8 65 lights 8 50 to 8 45 plus 7 00 to 7 75 Sheep receipts 10 000 market steady muttons 5 00 to 6 65 Colorado lambs 8 00 to 3 75 range wethers and ewes 5 75 to 6 75 range ewes 4 50 to ?
New York March 11 money on cattle firm shows small movements with rates around 3 to 4 percent. Closing bids and offerings reflect minor adjustments, with references to six month terms and related yields noted in the brief market dispatch.
New York open steady with a 4 to 7 point advance as Liverpool cables and foreign buying shape early trade. Prices eased slightly from the day’s best but remained 3 to 5 points higher on late predictions of bad South weather and improved spot quotes. Spot middling upland at 12.40.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady gaining 3.4 points on hopeful demand. Traders expected a rebound from oversold conditions but fresh rain forecasts and farm progress spurred selling. By noon prices were near yesterday's close with covering shifts and afternoon activity pushing months 7 to 10 points below prior close.
New Orleans report shows March 12.21 to 12.30 trading range and May 12.10 11, July 12.06 06, August 11.83 bids, October 11.45 to 11.46, December around 11.45 to 11.49. Closed steady with a small net advance of 6 to 11 points.
Spot cotton in Liverpool on March 11 closed higher with American middling at 7.344d and middling 6.784d. Sales reached 6000 bales, including 700 for speculative export and 5500 American, receipts 14,000 bales, 12,300 American.
Futures in Liverpool opened quiet and steady on March 6 with rates listed for March 6.52 percent and a sequence of contracts from March-April to Jan-Feb, showing small declines and steady tone through the trading session.
Market notes from Memphis and New York report prime basis oil at 5.30 to 5.34, meal at 24.50 to 24.76, and linters at 3.5 to 4.0. New York cotton oil closes steady with spot 6.33 to 6.43, futures ranges from 6.37 to 6.48, with 14 300 total sales and lots on March May July September in mid 6.40s.
A record lists births to Mr and Mrs A I Miller on March 6 in Chicago boulevard a girl To Mr and Mrs A Kalifa on March 6 North Pecos street a boy To Mr and Mrs Louis K Saur on January 28 Avenue C a girl To Mr and Mrs L M Collet on February 11 East Elmira street a girl The French sardine catch has been the poorest recorded for many years.
In New Orleans on March 11 spot cotton remained firm at middling 12 3/4 cents. Buyers and sellers moved 580 bales on the spot to arrive with grades from low ordinary around 9 1/4 to good middling 12 3/4 cents. Receipts totaled 5246 bales, stock at 104,242 bales.
Spot cotton closed quiet and unchanged in Galveston Texas on March 11. Quotations ranged from 84 to 13 1/2 cents with classifications including low ordinary 8 1/4, ordinary 9, good ordinary 10 1/4, low middling 11 1/2, middling 12 1/2, good middling 12 3/4, middling fair 13 cents. Sales were none free on board with 400 bales, receipts 8,365 bales, total stock 253,919 bales.
The spot market closed quiet and steady in Houston on March 11 with an 11 6 cent uptick. No sales reported though shipments reached 5582 bales and total stock stood at 136735 bales with prices across grades ranging from 84 to 13 cents for various quality levels.
In New York on March 11 cotton spot trading closed quiet with middling uplands at 12.40 and middling gulf at 12.65, with 59 bales sold. Brooklyn resident Mrs. Maria Padula dies at 104 in New York City. Washington may fund a national automobile show. O Ren tort op.
Union Stock Yards marked a well supplied market across divisions with cattle and calves trading, cows up to 5,5 calves 6.5, hogs peaking near 8, bulk 7.5 to 7.75, stock cattle 4 to 4.5, Fort Worth and other centers reporting strong hog markets and a broad recovery from Monday's losses.
Mucl V Morales and Sarah de la Garz obtained a marriage license. Charles H E Horn and Laura L Duval also listed. Mrs Miranda Phelps, aged ninety four, died in St Louis and was noted for Civil War era service.
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