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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
11
In May the cotton market opened with a sharp drop amid a gloomy submarine outlook and favorable crop weather. Prices remained a large net loss before a moderate late gain, New York closing 17 to 35 points below yesterday and New Orleans 24 to 35 points lower. San Antonio spots were 18.85.
The New York cotton market opened 3 to 7 points lower amid gloom over submarine tonnage destruction and favorable Southern weather. July fell to 19.55 and October to 18.85 before recovering after denials of tonnage losses, with July at 19.64 and October at 18.85 by late morning, aiming to steady through the afternoon though still down from last night. No exports were reported.
Unease over submarine activity and anticipated Texas demand sparked heavy selling and a broad price drop in early trading. Prices opened 2 to 10 points higher but quickly slid 42 to 48 points below yesterday's close, later steadying with active months showing net losses of 29 to 34 points and closing 24 to 35 points down.
New Orleans May 13 Cotton opened steady with May 19.50 July 19.23 and 18.70. December 18.78 and January 18.80. Futures showed a drop of 24 to 35 points on Thursday amid uneven trading.
Spot cotton prices in Liverpool rose to middling 12.96pence per pound with low middling at 12.784. Sales reached 8000 bales, 800 for speculation and export. Receipts totaled 3000 bales.
Futures trades show May 12.57d and May-June 12.50d with several distant contracts listed. LiverpooI is due to open Friday 11 to 15 points down. Cotton seed oil quotations in New York are reported for May 3.
The attorney general’s department approves issuing $40,000 bonds for MacCuloch County Road District No. 2. Bonds carry 5 percent interest, mature in 40 years with a 10 year option. The item appears amid unrelated text and jokes from Boston transcripts.
The Cotton Region Bulletin notes 24 hours ending 8 a m temperatures rise across most of the cotton region with readings 6 to 19 degrees above normal in Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas interior while Carolinas show 3 to 10 degrees below normal in places precipitation occurred mainly in Arkansas interior Mississippi and extreme northern Louisiana with heavy rains at Jackson Miss Clarkendale Miss Lake Miss and Bentonville Ark. All readings from the Weather Bureau.
Turpentine and resin markets in Savannah show firm prices and mixed activity. Turpentine: sales 311, receipts 159, shipments 304, stock 9 385. resin: sales 735, receipts 629, shipments 606, stock 88 174. Grade prices listed with varying figures across grades and brands.
A food and feed producing club was organized in Linton San Patricio county at a mass meeting of farmers and businessmen. Officers elected: C. S. Albertson president Miller Harwood vice president W E Haisley secretary. Prominent promoters Edwin Chamberlain W R Collier J M Vance F M McCall E Davis J C Patterson and D E Olp assisted in the formation.
Thursday May 8 1917 summary for San Antonio and vicinity and East Texas. Tonight cloudy cooler Friday will be fair. East Texas tonight cloudy with cooler conditions in northwest and north central portions and Friday generally fair with cooler interior east and south portions.
At Union Stock Yards May 3 the northern cattle market varied 10 to 15 cents higher at Fort Worth and softer at Chicago while hogs were unsettled between 10 to 15 cents higher at St. Louis and 5 cents lower at Kansas City. Sheep rose 15 to 25 cents at St. Louis as the local market remained quiet with cattle steady and hogs slow. Receipts included cattle 395 calves 41 horses 148 hogs 164.
Cattle receipts 6300 with higher tone. Steers and heifers 6.50 to 11.00. stockers 6.50 to 9.00. cows 5.50 to 8.25. bulls 5.50 to 5.50. calves 6.60 to 11.60. Hogs receipts 3660. market steady. bulk 15.00 to 15.25. top 15.35. Sheep receipts 2200. market strong. lambs 14.00 to 17.00. yearlings 13.00. wethers 11.00 to 13.00. ewes 10.00 to 11.00. culls 7.50 to 8.50. goats 6.50 to 9.10.
Receipts and prices listed for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago on May 3. Hogs receipts 24,000 with slow market and varied bids from bulk to heavy. cattle receipts 5,000 with slow market including native beef stockers and cows. calves and feeders. sheep receipts 10,000 with steady market and prices noted for Weberg lambs and other sheep trades.
May 3 market report lists Hog prices at 5 cent lower. bulk hogs around 16. abit. 85. Cattle receipts 2000 with firm to steady trade. Prime fed steers 12.00 12.76. dressed beef steers 9.50 12.00. southern steers 7.50 11.00. cows 6.50 10.75. heifers 9.00 11.50. stockers 8.00 11.15. calves 8.00 12.25. Sheep receipts 6000, market steady with lambs 14.00 17.40, yearlings 12.50 15.00, wethers 12.00 14.50.
Wholesale prices for white potatoes slipped to 5.25 per hundredweight, Mexican tomatoes to 2.25 per log box, and California lettuce to 2.50 per crate. Cabbage ranged 5.56 to 6.00 per hundredweight as earlier rates fell from 7 and 7.50. Minor gains posted for dry salt extras to 2 cents, bacon extras to 26 cents, dry salt bellies to 26 cents, and pure lard to 24 percent cents. other wholesale categories held steady.
Jobbers report prices to retailers with commissions excluded. Fees steady. Texas country butter and poultry prices shown with varied weights. Hens and friers range from about 5.60 to 9.00 dollars, turkeys 17 to 18 cents per pound, ducks 7 to 8 dollars per dozen, geese 12 to 15 dollars per dozen.
Quotations today show butter unchanged and creamery at 32 38 4 sc. Eggs higher with receipts 22 364 cases. Firsts 32 33c. Potatoes unchanged. Veccinis 40 cars. White oats across Idaho Colorado Washington Oregon at 2 60 2 65 and Wisconsin Michigan white at 2 40 2 60. Poultry alive unchanged with fowls 22 c.
Quotations today show butter at 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cents per pound for creamery firsts, 37 cents. seconds 36 cents. packing 29 cents. Eggs: firsts 31 cents. Poultry: hens 20 1/2 cents, roosters 16 cents, turkeys 25 cents. Potatoes 2 dollars 65 cents per hundredweight.
Local packing house quotations list dry salt meats and lard products with prices. Dry salt extra and baby bacon options range around 23 to 26 cents per pound. Fancy bacon and hams priced, lard and cheese rates noted. 14 to 16 pound bellies cited, other items include compound and American cheese per pound.
Livestock market report from St Louis shows hogs up 14 to 15 cents with prices from 15.20 to 15.90 per cwt for various grades. Cattle receipts 1800 with mixed beef, cows, stockers, and calves priced from 4.25 to 13.00 per cwt. Sheep receipts 800 with lambs quoted at 15.00 to 16.40 and ewes around 9.50 to 12.00, and clipped lambs listed.
State banks plan to join the federal reserve system soon, announced by the Federal Reserve Board. Leading state institutions have informed of their intention to apply for membership after completing necessary formalities. The move aims to pool reserve money under joint management to support industry, commerce, and public finances nationwide.
Chicago May 3 Wheat prices surged as speculation and post ponement of the German chancellor's speech spurred buying. May rose to 2.80 and cash wheat hit 3.14 a bushel, with July at about 2.26. Corn and oats gained, but demand remained light and provisions weakened.
Chicago on May 3 reported cash wheat at No 2 red and No 2 hard around 2.95 to 2.96 a bushel. Corn No 2% yellow at about 1.58 to 1.60. Barley traded near 1.25 to 1.65. Standard bid/offer noted.
Quotations listed for May 3 with cash wheat as No 2 hard 2.98 to 3.04, No 2 ae 2.98 to 3.04, No 2 mixed 1.52 to 1.83, No 2 white 1.62 to 1.63. Oats show No 2 white 72 to 78 cents and No 2 mixed 71 to 72 cents.
Kansas City grain markets closed with Wheat May at 2.84b, July 2.24, September 1.90. Corn May 1.82, July 1.44, September 1.33. Market activity reflected modest shifts in price across contracts.
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Thursday showed quotes but are incomplete due to garbled OCR. The fragment mentions exchange activity and a named individual LeLevEee, but specific rates or counterparts are not readable.
New York May 3 raw sugar quiet with centrifugal at 6.27 dollars, molasses 5.39, dyelined steady. Fine granulated sugar listed at 7.50 dollars.
Time loans for 60 days at 4 4 percent and 90 days at 4 percent, with similar rates for other month periods. Call money remains strong with bids around 3 to 4 percent and the ruling rate at 4 percent. The last loan traded at 4 percent, with closing bids quoted at 3 percent.
In St. Louis on May 3 quotations for wheat and oats were listed. No. 2 red wheat at $2.95, No. 2 hard wheat range $1.57 to $1.68, No. 2 white wheat omitted, No. 2 oats at $0.69 per bushel, No. 2 white oats not specified.
New York coffee prices show modest declines with futures easing on May contracts. May futures listed around 7.90 and July at 10, reflecting softer demand and steady positions in the trading ledger.
Weather Bureau bulletin notes wind under ten miles per hour and precipitation under .01 inch not published. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, signs the release.
In New Orleans on May 8 rough and clean rice remained strong with good demand. Receipts totaled 450 rough sacks and 405 millers sacks plus 9165 pockets of clean rice. Sales included 40 rough sacks of Blue Rose and 140 pockets of clean Honduras, with Blue Rose totaling 674. Quotations list rough Japan 5.00 to 7.00, Blue Rose 5.00 to 7.00, others unchanged.
The Review of Macens credits electric light with spurring major stage innovations. Proscenium framing replaced the apron, realism grew as scene builders aimed to reproduce life in detail, and actors began to perform without constant audience awareness, reshaping modern drama.
Lead steady at 10 Sosites 4 firm with spot East St. Louis delivery. Copper unsettled with electrolytic spot and Q2 at 30.90 to 31.00. Later deliveries 26.00 to 30.00. Iron firm and unchanged. Tin steady at spot 58.25 to 59.00.
Mercantile paper 4 percent and 44 percent. Sterling 60 day bills 4.72. Commercial 60 day bills on banks 4.71 percent. Demand 4.75 percent. Cables 4.76715. Guilders demand 40 percent cables 41. Bar silver 75 and a third percent. Mexican dollars 58. Government bonds and railroad bonds described as weak.
London reports bar silver at 31 percent per ounce with money at four percent. Recount rates show chart bill at four percent, three months advancing to four and thirteen sixteenths percent.
London market notes on May 3 show lead at 30 pounds 10 shillings, speler at 54 pounds, spot copper 130 pounds, futures 129 pounds 10 shillings, electrolytic 142 pounds. Spot tin 229 pounds 108 shillings, futures 123 pounds 5 shillings.
The Corpus Christi Fish and Packing Company of Corpus Christi filed its charter in the state department. Capital stock is $25,000. Incorporators are J r. Atman, Duke Onatman, and P. O. Cox, all of Nueces county.
In its monthly review the Federal Reserve Board reports that national business conditions remain broadly stable despite the United States entering the war. Across districts there is readjustment in progress yet no industrial financial or commercial distress is evident from wartime changes.
In a humorous scene Jenkins asks what makes that hen of yours cackle so loudly. The neighbor replies that they have just laid a cornerstone for the new parish room across the road and suggests the hen is trying to claim credit.
New York May 3 Stocks slipped further at the open as discouraging official commentary on foreign conditions raised liquidation. Equipment and munitions led losses of 1 to 3 points with rails and shipping shares dipping toward new lows. United States Steel and others fell 2 to 5 points, closing weak after renewed selling in the final hour.
Wholesale prices to trade include potatoes onions tomatoes cranberries sweet peppers beets carrots cabbage radishes asparagus celery turnips lettuce squash beans sweet potatoes English peas spinach rhubarb strawberries dewberries apples pineapples bananas oranges grapes lemons limes dried fruits sugar coffee rice molasses honey garlic chili peppers canned fruits vegetables meats fish and staples. Prices vary by item and origin Texas California and Mexico are named for several commodities.
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