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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
11
First shipment of Texas grown onions from Laredo headed to northern and eastern markets. About 2000 carloads expected this season with six special trains daily. Local prices quoted at 3.50 per crate and 4.50 per hundredweight as buyers bid in San Antonio and beyond.
TEA Creamery per pound 28c. STRY Springs 4.00 5.00 hens 5.00 turkeys per pound 12 13c. S Fresh country 15 17c. ATOES Idaho 2.75 per one hundred elahr ONS California in sacks 4.50 per edweight. POTATOES Maine stock 11 Pk Triumph per sack 4.25 Irish Copper sack 4.25 Burbanks 4.75, NGES California novels 2.50 2.75, ONS 360s 4208 6.00 5.25, ESE Full cream 22c.
Associated Press market notes list creamery quotes and produce prices with dairy items like margarine and eggs. Receipts include 10 678 cases with firsts at 19 to 30 cents and daisies around 19 cents, plus carlot notes for Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota and turkey and chicken quotes at steady rates.
Eggs upset the market with 22 584 cases reported. Fresh gathered extras bring 23 cents, dirties 20 5 cents, checks 19 4 cents.
Quotations today list creamery prices with 28 cents for firsts 26 cents for creamery 21 and a half cents for seconds 20 percent for extras 18 percent for firsts and high variability noted in the stock market reports.
Quotations today in Louis markets show chicken prices at 12 4 cents, turkey parts around 17 cents, ducks 10 cents, geese 8 cents, with creameries at 27 31 cents. Prices appear steady with slight declines in some dairy items as trading continues.
Raw sugar Muscovado 89 test 3.86 cents per pound, 16 test 4.36 cents, 89 test molasses sugar remains firm. Refined sugars steady as market closes.
York reports funeral arrangements for the late John Arbuckle. The service is set for 3 o'clock this afternoon, with market sessions at 12 and the coffee exchange at 2 p.m. The Associated Press notes the observance as a mark of respect.
In Yorix on March 28 Coffet No 1 futures settled steady with May and July contracts at $18.93.
The cotton seed market in Philadelphia and Tennessee shows firm closing with spot values ranging from 5.67 to 5.75 for immediate delivery and May through October futures quoted between 5.79 and 6.00. Sales volumes noted include 1000 at 5.87 and 800 at 5.89 amid multiple third and fourth calls.
The report from New Orleans lists refined cotton seed products with prices: cotton seed meal at 29.00 dollars per ton, cake at 29.00 dollars per long ton, and ammonia at 28 percent.
Weather report lists air pressure reduced to sea level and isobar lines. It notes temperature and precipitation indicators with symbols for clear and cloudy conditions. The report mentions wind, with first figure temperature second precipitation and third maximum wind velocity.
Wall Street opened with active buying led by Harrimans St. Paul Union Pacific and Great Northern Ore Certificates with gains on several issues while Amalgamated Copper and American Smelting sagged. Trading faded in the afternoon as bear pressure rose and losses mounted, though the close ended steadier with overall improved final dealings.
Associated Press reports steady prime mercantile paper at 4.4 percent and stable sterling exchange with bankers bill bids at 4.84 for 60 day and 4.8690 for demand. Coen marcial bills at 4.83 percent and Mexican dollars at 47 cents. Government and railroad bonds hold steady.
Associated Press reports New York money on call remains steady at 2 1/2 percent with ruling rate at 2 percent and closing bids at 2 percent. Time loans show firmness with 60 days at 3 percent, 90 days at 3.2 percent, and six months at 3 percent.
Exclusive report of a hat store at 402 East Houston Street with emphasis on location and business offering. No further details provided in the readable text.
The market saw light receipts of 180 head including 95 cattle 30 calves 53 horses and 2 hogs. Cows sold quickly from 3.50 to 4.25 while calves topped at 5 hogs brought 6.60. No sheep or goats were offered as the noon and afternoon yards were cleared by 2 pm.
Hogs topped the 8 cent level with sales at 8.05 and 5.02 in a light run of about 1000 head. Sheep and wethers sold strongly while cattle activity was fair to good on 1250 head. Best beef cattle brought 6.05 to 6.40, cows 8.25 to 5.50, bulls 3.50 to 5.75, calves 4.50 to 7.15.
Receipts estimated at 4500 cattle with a slow to generally steady market. Cattle prices Reeves 5.30 to 8.65, Texas steers 4.60 to 5.85, western steers 5.20 to 6.90, stockers and feeders 4.30 to 6.60, cows and heifers 2.60 to 6.75, calves 6.00 a carry. Receipts for hogs about 25,000 with a firm market. light 7.45 to 7.80, mixed 7.45 to 7.82, heavy 7.45 to 7.85, rough 7.45 to 7.60, bulk 7.65 to 7.80. Sheep receipts about 16,000 with steady to strong market. natives 4.20 to 6.15, western 4.25 to 6.40, yearlings 5.50 to 7.00, native lambs 5.75 to 7.80, western 6.15 to 8.15.
Kansas City stockyards report for cattle hogs and sheep with receipts of 2300 cattle 6000 hogs and 5000 sheep. Cattle steady with various classes priced from 3.25 to 7.75. hogs steady with bulk sales 7.60 to 7.80. sheep steady with mut tons lambs and yearlings priced across 4.00 to 7.60 depending on class.
Receipts totaled 2000 cattle including 400 Texas cattle with prices from 5.00 to 8.75 for native beef steers and 5.00 to 6.25 for Texas and Oklahoma steers. Hogs receipts 12000 with markets steady from 5.50 to 7.95, including pigs lights and butchers. Sheep receipts 4000 with native muttons 4.25 to 6.00 and lambs 6.00 to 8.00.
Chicago traders report bearish mood for winter wheat as May futures start around 1.08 dollars and drift to 1.03 while corn and oats rise. Pork, lard, and ribs futures show mixed moves with steady close for May wheat and gains in corn from southern demand.
Chicago quotes show No 2 red wheat at 1.03 1.04, No 2 hard 1.03 1.06, No 1 Northern 1.11 1.14, No 2 Northern 1.09 1.12, velvet chaff 0.90 1.08, durum 0.90 1.07. Oats No 2 white 0.56, standard 0.54.
Cash wheat No 2 hard 1 05 42 to 1 10. No 2 red 1 03. Corn No 2 mixed 74 75 c. No 2 white 75 76 c. Oats No 2 white 54 55 c. No 2 mixed 53 54 c. May wheat 1.01 ? July 92 c bid. Sep 90 c. Corn May 74 c. Jul 72 78 c sellers. Sep 70 c. Oats May 65 56 c. Jul 49 c.
Market report from St Louis lists cash wheat prices with No 2 red at 1.03 to 1.05, No 2 hard at 1.03 to 1.13, corn figures for No 3 at 7 3 4 percent, No 3 white at 74 percent, oats No 2 at 5 5 percent and No 2 white at 66 percent. May and July futures shown for wheat corn and oats with various percentage changes.
London market reports show lead steady at 16 pounds 2s 6d, spelt er steady at 25 pounds 1s, tin steady with spot at 196 pounds and futures at 191 pounds 5s.
In St Louis on March 238 lead firm at 4.22 percent and 25 for the lead option with spelter steady at 6.59 as trading quotes show little movement.
Associated Press reports firm rough Honduras and Japan rice with light miller supply. Clean grades advance. rough Honduras at 2.55 to 4.50, Japan 2.75 to 4.25, clean Honduras 4% to 5%, Japan 3% to 4's. Sales include clean Honduras 2860 at 3% 4%c.
New York cotton futures opened higher on better cables and south weather but pulled back after realizing. By midday prices hovered near unchanged with March reaching a new high for the year and spot quiet at middling uplands around 10.85.
The report shows January to December cotton futures with varied bids and offers, closing barely steady. Prices drift within narrow ranges with open high low and close figures indicating little net change across contracts.
New Orleans March 28 Cotton futures opened steady with a 6 to 7 point gain on good cables and a weak weather map. Scalpers bought on rain fears while Liverpool reports of a coal strike settlement boosted the market. shorts covered heavily. By midmorning prices rose 7 to 9 points before fading and slipping to about unchanged or one point down at noon.
Cotton futures closed steady with a small net decline after a day of mixed quotes. Prices showed scattered gains and losses across multiple months from March through December, with late declines narrowing the day's trading range.
Closing cotton spot in fair demand with prices up one point. American middling 6.79, good middling 6.41, middling 6.17, low middling 6.87, good ordinary 5.19. Sales 5000 bales including 500 for men and export and 7600 American. receipts 21,000 including 14,900 American bales.
Futures opened steady and closed barely steady with prices listed for March, April May June July August September October November December and January February contracts across multiple spread maturities.
Spot cotton closes steady with a total of 1000 bales sold. Prices range from low ordinary 73-16c to good middling 117-16c, with receipts at 8776 and stock at 211,293.
Special to The Light reports spot cotton in Houston on March 28 closed steady at middling fair with sales totaling 474 bales.
Special to the Light reports Galveston Texas on March 28 spot cotton closed steady with middling at 11 1 16 cents. Sales totaled 1093 bales.
Memphis market reports spot cotton steady with middling grade at 11 1 2 cents on March 28. Trade activity and price levels are summarized for local buyers and sellers.
Spot cotton closed quiet in New York on March 25 with middling upland at 10.85 cents per pound and middling gulf at 11.10. A sale of bales was recorded at 00 cents.
New York stock markets saw Standard Oil company of Kentucky stock trade at 900 a share, up 450 points from yesterday's low. Earlier in the week the price touched 320 amid market fluctuations.
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