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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
11
New York May 1 The cotton market opened with a modest advance but drifted into a net loss before noon amid frost fears in the western belt. Spot prices held at middling uplands 15.46 dollars, while near months fluctuated and old crops retreated about 1 to 4 points from the day’s highs.
A.P. reports May 1 opening for New York futures with cotton prices mixed. January 13.04 05, May 15.28 29, July 15.33 bid 15.35 86, August 15.04 05, September 13.81 bid, October 13.17 18, December 13.95 06.
New Orleans May 1 opening shows cotton futures steady with mixed gains on old crop months and small up moves for new crop. Weather forecasts promise colder conditions in the western belt and more rain in Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas, dampening early enthusiasm before profit taking trimmed gains.
Futures prices for May to December shown with mixed directions in a brief market note. May at 15.39, June 15.45, July 15.48, August 14.84, October 13.19, December 13.13 with small shifts.
Spot cotton remains quiet with prices 2 points higher amid 6000 bales sold of which 4900 American. Receipts total 300 bales all American. Futures open and close steady with May at 7.02d and other months ranging from 6.98d to 7.97 4d.
Receipts in Liverpool are steady at 8.33d with 6000 New York offerings at $14.45. New Orleans holds at 15%4c, Galveston shows firm at 156-16, Houston at 158-16, and about 2045 in volume reported.
May 1 report shows spot cotton steady with 164 lots sold and 116 arriving. Prices range from low ordinary around 11 3/16 to middling up to 15 3/4 cents with variations in strict and good categories. Receipts 1544, stock 99,691.
Memphis on May 1 reports cotton prices steady with middling at 15 cents. Cotto remains unchanged in the market, reflecting a stable trading day in the southern cotton belt.
Houston market report notes cotton prices steady with no change cited on May 1. Middling cotton held at 16 cents per pound as market activity showed limited variation and no new futures movement reported.
The San Antonio Union Stock Yards reports April receipts totaling 10 495 head including 3719 cattle 1632 calves 771 horses and mules 490 hogs 822 sheep and 2611 goats. Local sales reached about 4489 head with rail and wagon arrivals listed from Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad and other lines. Official April receipts compare to last year’s 10 596 head.
New York May 1 The market opened hesitantly but moved higher with gains in specialties. Canadian Pacific and Western Maryland led intraday advances while U S Steel and Union Pacific traded strong as traders awaited Supreme Court decisions.
The San Antonio school board will meet Wednesday afternoon in the Washer building to conduct only routine business. It also marks the regular monthly pay day for principals teachers and other public school employees in the city.
Princess Sachivoscos dies after twenty years in voluntary seclusion in two rooms of the Moscow palace. Death attributed to starvation. Notes and coins totaling $500,000 found in her rooms after her death following the betrothal’s demise on the eve of the wedding.
Galveston spot market reports middling cotton at 15.5 to 15.75 cents per pound with a firm tone on May 1 as trading shows steady demand and prices hold above earlier levels.
May 1 New York cotton spot closed quiet with middling uplands at 15.45 and middling gulf at 15.70. Sales delivered on contract totaled 37,800 bales.
At Union Stock Yards May 1 buyers were scarce as about half a thousand head were offered. Cattle and calves showed mixed demand with cows barely steady to lower and calves selling around 4.75 to 6.00 for top lots, hogs steady with prices near 6.25 for fed hogs.
Fort Worth May 1 hog receipts 1100 head. Prices 10 to 20 cents lower and sales mostly below five dollars. Beef steer receipts from South Texas predominated, with bulk sales at 4.35 to 4.85. Stockers and feeders bring 4.15 per hundredweight.
Cattle receipts reach 2800 with 600 Texans as market held steady to strong. Beef steers fetch 5.00 to 6.85, cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.10, Texas steers 4.50 to 6.125, calves 5.00 to 6.75. Hog arrivals 11000 down 6 to 10 cents, ranges 5.50 to 6.10. Sheep 4000 steady with native muttons 3.75 to 4.25 and lambs 5.75 to 6.00.
Cattle receipts 8000 including 1500 southerns market steady native steers 5.00 6.15 southern steers 4.25 5.75 southern cows and heifers 3.25 4.75 native cows and heifers 3.00 5.80 stockers and feeders 4.50 5.65 bulls 4.00 5.00 calves 4.00 6.25 western steers 4.50 5.90 western cows 3.00 5.00 hog receipts 10000 market 10 20c lower bulk of sales 5.60 5.75 heavy 5.60 5.79 packers and butchers 5.65 6.80 rights 5.70 5.85 sheep receipts 16000 market steady to weak muttons 3.40 4.40 lambs 4.75 5.75 fed wethers and yearlings in toc ar fed western ewes 3.40
Cattle receipts about 22 000 with slow to steady market. Beeves and Texas steers priced in the 4.60 to 5.50 range and cows to 5.60. Hog receipts near 63 000 with prices 5.55 to 7.05 and bulk sales around 5.85 to 6.00. Sheep receipts about 22 000 with markets steady and lambs and yearlings listed for native and western sources.
Liverpool posts May 1 figures for breadstuffs and provisions. Flour 16,000 sacks. wheat 980,000 centals. corn 635,000 centals. bacon 11,800 boxes. hams 4,000 boxes. shoulders 2,700 boxes. butter 2,200 cts. cheese 26,800 boxes. laid 6,100 tierces of prime western steam and 1,660 tons of other kinds.
The 7 am forecast for May 1, 1911, predicts fair and colder tonight with a return to fair and warmer conditions Tuesday. East Texas should see fair and colder tonight with frost in the far north, then fair and warmer Tuesday. A central storm lies over Michigan with cloud and rain stretching from the East Gulf states to the lakes, freezing in the northwest and as far south as Kansas, with a killing frost in Kansas.
May brings unusually firm egg prices across the country. Fresh eggs in San Antonio quoted at 15 cents per dozen with moderate supply, while New York holds prices up despite heavy receipts. Glass packaging demand rises and rail freight offices shift Saturday hours, affecting produce distribution. strawberries and dewberries remain scarce with crates fetching about 8.50.
Local jobbing districts show rising activity this month with unusually good wholesale business. Credit volume increased over last year and collections remain solid while overall business is considered satisfactory.
The morning quotation card lacked the apple item. Commission men labored the wires last week to secure a rolling car from a broker so they could offer today. The country is short on apples and cold storage holdings are nearly exhausted.
The Texas shipper notes San Antonio is not a call produce market though some consignments could fit that class. The market remains stocked with good commodities and the housewife remains a key buyer. Peddlers must offer top quality to sell.
The document lists prices for dairy and poultry items. Butter per pound ranges from 15 to 20 cents, country butter 15 cents, eggs per dozen 15 cents, cheese varieties from 18 to 24 cents and up to 381 cents for import ed Swiss, poultry prices include broilers 3.25 to 3.50, fryers 6.00 to 6.50, hens 6.00 to 6.25, guineas per dozen 3.25 to 38.60, ducks per dozen 6.00 to 7.00, squabs per dozen 1.25 to 1.50, geese 10.00 to 15.00, and turkeys per pound 16 to ?
On May 1 in Chicago quotations for dairy and produce were largely steady. Butter firm at 16 21c for creameries and 13 18c for daisies. Eggs steady with receipts of 23 788 cases and firsts at 15%c. Cheese steady with daisies 12 ½c twins 12 ¾c Americas 12 ¼c long horns 12 4c. Potatoes steady with choice to fancy 56 ¾wise and fair to good 53 55. Poultry live steady. turkeys 14e and fowls at 1. Veal steady with weight classes 50 to 60 lb at 6e, 60 to 85 lb at 64 ¾e, 85 to 110 lb at 74 9e.
Kansas City market summary dated May 1 shows creamery butter at 21 cents for first and 18 cents for seconds, with packing stock at 13 cents. Eggs listed with extra firsts at 15 cents.
In St Louis May 1 market report shows lead steady at 4.27 percent and spelter at 5.30. Chickens steady with springs 28 32 cents, turkeys 14 16 cents, ducks 14 cents, geese 6 cents. Butter creamery 24 25 cents. eggs lower at 14.46 dollars per hundred.
The Texas produce list gains two new entries corn and tomatoes. Corn is quoted at 40 cents per dozen and tomatoes at 1.75 dollars per six basket crate.
The United States Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports for the 24 hours ending 8 a m on May 1 at San Antonio Texas. Data includes temperature precipitation and related conditions observed across the 75th meridian time zone.
A brief note states the x minimum temperature covers the last 12 hours and that z is not used in calculating averages for the Houston district.
The eastern belt experiences unsettled weather with rain in Alabama and Tennessee. The west remains fair and cool. Some districts including Houston Mobile New Orleans? Vicksburg report an inch or more of rainfall. Allen Buell, local forecaster.
New York shows steady sterling exchange with actual business in banker's bills at 484.40 for sixty day bills and 486.56 for demand. Commercial bills at 483. Sterling and government bonds are easy, railroads irregular. Bar silver at 53.5 cents and Mexican dollars at 45 cents.
New York reports unsettled receipts totaling 23 661 cases. Fresh gathered extras fetch 19 cents per dozen, firsts 16 2/3 cents, seconds 16 4/3 cents. Western gathered white 18 19 1/3 to 19 1/2 cents. Southern duck eggs 17 to 22 cents. western ducks 17 to 20 cents.
As new potato supplies rise and market consignments loosened, shippers find it costly to pack in crates and now use standard potato sacks for shipping. This change signals a broader move to cheaper packaging amid fluctuating demand.
New York money on call steadies with 2 percent closing bid and offered rates. Short-term loans show dull activity with a 24 percent time loan offering and a 2 percent nine day rate amid quiet trading.
The national executive committee offers the full strength of the Socialist Party of America to defend John J. and J. B. McNamara, accused of murder in connection with the Los Angeles Times building explosion.
Local market lists new produce including Jonathan apples Lemons Florida tomatoes oranges potatoes bananas cabbage limes grape fruit and other vegetables under Puitt Commission guidance.
Lost velvet shopping bag from post office area at 820 Avenue D with reward offered. Also missing is a bay horse about 14 hands high weighing 900 pounds with back knees spring. return to 719 Howard Street or call old 3423.
Cotton seed products reported in Memphis on May 1 with oil at 5 dollars 43 cents per barrel meal at 23 dollars 75 cents per ton and linters at 3 4 percent.
Fragmented text shows scattered monthly figures from May to September including small monetary amounts and codes, unclear context. Strong entities are absent, leaving only detached numbers and partial labels.
May 1 Chicago reports show wheat futures rising as Liverpool stock declines ease bears. Oklahoma weekly data and large deliveries support bullish mood. futures gaps and cash grain quotes cited for futures, oats and corn movements.
Chicago May 1 receipts and shipments for grain were reported with totals for the day. The brief notice lists arrivals and shipments across grain lines, indicating market activity and movement through the Chicago facilities.
Car lot receipts for today in Chicago and Minneapolis Duluth report wheat at 29 cars with 16 contract grade in Chicago, corn at 318 with 65 contract grade, oats at 172 cars. Total wheat receipts today are unavailable vs 327 last week and 288 on the same day last year.
Cash wheat advanced with No 2 hard at 88 to 96 cents, No 2 red 89 to 90 cents, corn steady with No 8 mixed and No 2 white at 49 to 50 cents. Oats held firm with No 2 white 34 to 35 cents, close notes show May wheat 85 85 cents, July 82 1 2 cents, September 82 1 4. corn May 48 1 2 cents, July 50 1 2, September 50 1 2 cents.
St Louis grain prices rise across wheat corn and oats with futures showing gains. No 2 track red wheat at 3 94 to 3 94 and nearby July around 84 to 85 cents. Corn No 2 track 53 to 54 cents, oats No 2 track 32 to 34 cents and July 31 to 32 cents.
W N Neff appointed general superintendent of the Cotton Belt railroad succeeding the late J W Maxwell The new post follows his current role as Cotton Belt division superintendent based at Mount Pleasant with headquarters to move to Tyler Texas
San Antonio post office records show April 1911 as the second largest month on file with 1918 receipts at 24,400, an increase of 5,000 from March. Last December posted 31,000. J W Fuller, assistant master, credits the surge to the army division at Fort Sam Houston.
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