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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
13
The New York cotton market opens with futures up 7 points on old crop and mixed gains in near positions amid expectations of frost in the western belt. By late morning prices hover near 4 to 5 points above Friday's close as reports forecast fair weather and frost tonight. Spot middling uplands set at 15.45.
New York futures opened steady with January at 13.04 05, May 15.28 29, July 15.33 bid 15.35 36, August 15.04 05, September 13.81 bid, October 13.17 18, December 13.95 ve.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with mixed changes as old crop months rose slightly while July hit a season high near 15.33 after weather forecasts warned of colder conditions and more rain across the belt. Cables remained unfavorable but late morning and afternoon profit taking pulled prices back, ending the day near unchanged to modestly lower.
Associated Press reports New Orleans May 1 cotton futures opening steady with bids and prices shown for May, July, August, October and December contracts. May at 15.39, July 15.48, August 14.88, October 13.18, December 13.13.
Closing spot cotton prices rise 2 points with American middling fair at 8.87d and sales hit 6,000 bales including 4,900 American. Receipts total 300 bales, all American. Futures opened and closed steady with May at 7.03d and May-June 7.97 1 2d, reflecting firm demand and large exports.
Leading spot market report shows Liverpool at 8.33d steady, New York at $14.45 quiet, New Orleans 15 3/4c steady, Galveston 156 16 firm, Houston 158 16 steady with limited receipts across markets.
AIEW Orleans May 1 report shows spot cotton steady with market unchanged. Sales on the spot 164, to arrive 116. Prices listed from low ordinary 11 18-16c to strict good middling 15 1-6c, receipts 1544, stock 99,691.
Houston May 1 reports the cotton market steady with average prices unchanged for middling grade as buyers and sellers await further trading signals.
The San Antonio Union Stock Yards reports 10 495 head received in April including 3719 cattle 1632 calves 771 horses and mules 490 hogs 822 sheep and 2611 goats. Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio R A led with 4756 head driven and wagon receipts 3065 from other lines totaled 10 596 for April 1910.
New York stocks opened hesitating but moved higher with gains in specialties led by Western Maryland Reading and Union Pacific. Canadian Pacific climbed to 234 e rising further as Reading and Reading second preferred advanced while U S Steel drew strong demand.
The San Antonio school board will hold a regular meeting in the Washer building next Wednesday afternoon. Only routine business will be transacted. That afternoon is also the regular monthly pay day for principals teachers and other city public school employees.
Princess Sachivoscos dies after twenty years in voluntary seclusion in two palace rooms in Moscow. Death attributed to starvation.Notes and coins totaling $500,000 found in her rooms. Associated Press report from St. Petersburg dated May 1.
In Galveston Texas on May 1 price reports show spot cotton at middling 15.16 cents, with firn bids noted. Local traders monitor futures and market shifts for quick pricing cues amid regional activity and demand signals.
New York on May 1 reports cotton spot quiet with middling uplands at $15.45 and middling gulf at $15.70. Deliveries on contract total 37,800 bales sold.
At Union Stock Yards on May Day the market showed slow demand with about half a thousand head offered. Cows weakened to about $3.50 to $4.50 top, calves sold $4.75 to $6.00, hogs steady around $5.50 to $6.25, and mixed cattle shipments arrived from Cotulla and Laredo to San Antonio as buyers pressed for value amid a draggy trading day.
Fort Worth hog receipts 1100 with prices 10 to 20 cents lower. Beef steers from South Texas sold under five dollars, bulk around 4.35 to 4.85. Stockers and feeders moved at 4.15.
Cattle receipts total 2800 including 500 Texans with markets steady to strong. Native beef steers 5.00 to 6.85, cows and heifers 3.50 to 6.10, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.40, Texas and Indian steers 4.50 to 6.125, calves 5.00 to 6.75. Hog receipts 11000 with price 6 10c lower. pigs and lights 6.00 to 6.10, packers 5.50 to 6.00, butchers 5.95 to 6.10. Sheep receipts 4000, market steady. native muttons 3.75 to 4.25, lambs 5.75 to 6.00.
Cattle receipts 8000 including 1500 southerns. market steady with native steers 5.00 to 6.14 dollars and southern steers 4.25 to 5.75. Hog receipts 10000, market 10 to 20 cents lower. bulk 5.60 to 5.75. Sheep receipts 16000, market steady to weak with muttons 3.40 to 4.40 and lambs 4.75 to 5.75.
Chicago livestock quotations from May 1 show cattle receipts about 22 000 with a slow to steady market. Beeves priced 5.00 to 6.45, Texas steers 4.60 to 5.50, western steers 4.80 to 5.70, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 5.45, cows and heifers 2.40 to 5.63, calves 4.25 to 6.00. Hog receipts around 63 000 with prices 5.55 to 6.00, light 6.70 to 7.05, mixed 5.70 to 6.00, heavy 5.65 to 5.90, good to choice heavy 5.70 to 5.99, hogs 5.55 to 6.00. Sheep receipts about 22 000 with native 3.00 to 4.60, western 3.25 to 4.60, yearlings 4.25 to 5.10, lambs native 4.25 to 6.10.
The Associated Press notes Liverpool breadstuffs and provisions totals: 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 cwt, cheese 26 800 boxes, laid 6 100 tierces of prime western and 1 660 tons of other kinds.
Forecast issued at 7 a.m. calls for fair and colder tonight in San Antonio and vicinity with fair and warmer Tuesday. East Texas should see fair and colder tonight with frost in the extreme north, then fair and warmer Tuesday. The storm center lies over Michigan with cloud and rain extending from the East Gulf to the lakes, freezing in northwest districts and as far south as Kansas, with a killing frost in Kansas.
The market reports eggs unusually firm across the country with San Antonio showing strong supply. New York prices rose to 14 4 cents a dozen for storage packed firsts amid heavy receipts and tighter containers. Local rail freight lists will close at noon Saturdays, with wholesale districts planning early closings.
Local jobbers report a busy morning with strong wholesale gains and higher credit activity, yet collections remain solid and overall business satisfactory. Brokers struggle to secure rolling cars as commission men push wires, while apples remain scarce nationwide and cold storage holdings are nearly exhausted.
Local markets show strong stock with desirable goods and shoppers who favor top quality. Peddlers learn they must offer the very best to move produce in San Antonio.
Price to shipperless commission and to retailer cover Butter Creamery per pound 20c country butter 15c Eggs country dozen 1lbc Cheese Fancy cream 18 to 44c per piece Fancy brick 20c American Swiss 24c import Swiss 31c Limburger 20c Poultry Broilers 3 25 to 3 50 Fryers 6 00 to 6 50 Hens 6 00 to 6 25 Guineas dozen 3 25 to 3 60 Ducks dozen 6 00 to 7 00 Squabs dozen 1 25 to 1 50 Geese conan 10 00 to 15 00 Turkeys pound 16c
Quotations show butter at 16 21c for creameries and 13 18c for margarine, eggs steady with various prices for firsts and primes, cheese steady with daisies at 12 %c and long horns at 12 4c, potatoes steady with grades from 56 to 56 1 2c, poultry live steady with turkeys 14c and fowls 1c, veal prices by weight ranges 50 to 110 lb varying 6 7c to 9c.
Kansas City reports prices for dairy and eggs with butter at 21 cents creamery, 18 cents firsts, 11 6 cents seconds, packing stock 13 cents. Eggs show extras 16 5 cents and firsts 16 5 cents.
Lead steady at 4 1 4 percent, spelter at 5 30, poultry prices steady with springs 28 32 cents, turkeys 14 16 cents, ducks 14 cents, geese 6 cents. Butter dull at 24 25 cents, eggs down to 14 4 cents.
Since last week two items joined the Texas produce list. 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 the 24 hours ending 8 a m May 1 at San Antonio Texas. Data covers cotton growing conditions and rainfall patterns observed in the region during the period.
The minimum temperature reading covers the last 12 hours and is not used in computing the district wide averages for Houston. This indicates a data flag or exclusion from the district's standard average calculation.
In the eastern belt weather is unsettled with rain in Alabama and Tennessee. The western part is fair and cool. Rainfall of an inch or more is reported in Houston Mobile New Orleans and Vicksburg districts. Allen Buell local forecaster.
In New York on May 1, mercantile paper at 3 percent closed, sterling exchange steady with bank bills trading at 484.40 for sixty days and 486.56 for demand. Commercial bills at 483. Bar silver stands at 53 1/2 cents and Mexican dollars at 45 cents. Government bonds show ease while railroad bonds vary.
New York on May 1 notes unsettled receipts at 23 661 cases with fresh gathered extras at 19 cents and firsts at 16 5/6 cents. Western gathered white 18 19 1/5 cents, southern duck eggs 17 22 cents, western ducks 17 20 cents.
With new potato supplies rising and market prices easing, sellers switch from crates to standard sacks to cut packing costs. The shift reflects cheaper consignments and broader availability, affecting how offerings reach buyers this week.
Money on call remains steady with the opening and closing bids at 2 percent. Time loans show dull demand with 2 percent for a day and 2 percent for ninety days.
The national executive committee of the Socialist Party of America pledges full strength of the party for the defense of John J. and J. B. McNamara, charged with murder in the Los Angeles Times building explosion.
Local sales note lists fresh arrivals including Jonathan apples and Florida tomatoes along with lemons oranges potatoes bananas cabbage limes and grapefruit from the Pruitt Commission Co market.
Lost ladies velvet shopping bag in post office with reward offer at 820 Avenue D. Also lost stray or stolen bay horse about 14 hands tall weighing 900 pounds with back knees spring. Reward if returned to 719 Howard Street. Phone contact for inquiry and old $423 amount noted.
Cotton seed products in Memphis show oil at 5.43, meal at 23.75, linters at 4.4. Prices listed for May 1 reflect current market rates.
Vague OCR snippet shows scattered numbers and month tokens like July and Sept, plus decimal values and letter strings. No clear names, events, or locations readable. likely a fragment of a ledger or ledger-like record with dates and monetary figures.
Wheat futures rise in Chicago on Liverpool stock draw and Oklahoma report seen as bearish for bears. July futures mixed with gains, cash grain bids quoted for No. 2 red, No. 2 hard, No. 1 northern, and No. 2 spring wheat, with corn and oats also posting moves.
Chicago May 1. Receipts and shipments today were as follows. Grain movement records list arrivals and departures for Chicago markets, outlining quantities of corn, wheat, oats, and rye handled at the Chicago stockyards and mills.
Car lots report wheat receipts at Chicago today totaling 29 cars with 16 contract grade. Corn receipts reach 318 cars with 65 contract grade and oats 172 cars. Total wheat receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth today were 290 cars, down from 327 last week and up from 288 the same day last year.
Kansas City May 1 prices show cash wheat 88 96 cents for No 2 hard and 89 90 cents for No 2 red. Corn mostly unchanged with No 8 mixed and No 2 white at about 49 cents. Oats steady at No 2 white 34 cents. May futures for wheat around 985 and 82% bid for July. Corn May around 48 1/2 cents, July 50 1/2 cents. September 50 1/4 cents.
Market: No rack red wheat at 3 94, No 2 hard 90 cents to 1.00. Corn up with No 2 track and No 2 white 53 to 54 cents. Oats up with No 2 track 3.24 to 3.4 cents. Futures higher with May and July quotes for corn and oats, slight gains in May and July contracts.
Dallas May 1 announcement that W N Neff will become general superintendent of the Cotton Belt railroad succeeding the late J W Maxwell He currently serves as Cotton Belt division superintendent with headquarters at Mount Pleasant and will set his new headquarters at Tyler
San Antonio post office records show April 1911 as the biggest month for receipts aside from December 1919. Receipts rose about 5000 over April 1910 to over 24,400, with last December totaling 31,000. Army division at Fort Sam Houston credited for the surge, says J W Fuller assistant master.
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