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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1914
Page
9
Early trading shows narrow moves with Missouri Pacific lifting prices about 1 percent. Broad gains follow after a late morning rally tied to federal reserve news, then profit taking trims the advance before the close. Call money eases with rates around 1 1 2 percent and loans mixed across maturities.
New York on May 4 reports mercantile paper at 90 days to 4 3/4 percent, sterling exchange at 4 85.25 and 4 87.60, commercial bills at 4 82 and a half percent, silver at 59 1/2 cents, Mexican dollars at 45 cents, government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular.
Marine intelligence reports arrivals in Galveston on May 4 including the army transports Kilpatrick Meade Sumner McClelland Vera Cruz El Rio from New York and Atlan tis from Vera Cruz. New York also lists Noordam and Rotterdam ships arriving on May 4.
Rev. George H. Badger of the Unitarian church argues in a Sunday sermon that law should not compel personal customs or deny Sunday recreations. He opposes prohibition as impractical while supporting legal restraint of liquor. He warns statutes claiming Sunday restraint are not honest laws and defends personal liberty and voluntary church guidance.
Mrs. Annie and Mr. Lord and husband transfer ownership of lot 2 and 3 in block 92 Kerstane to W. & Eee. The transaction records a property transfer in the Kerstane area.
The market reverses on optimism over Mexican settlement aided by South American good offices. Easier money, crop prospects, and expected ICC freight-rate advances boost stocks while rail traffic improves.
Forward orders for cotton goods stay light and wholesale prices ease on many midline items. Heavy duck firm at the short end amid ample stock, mills focus on certain specialties, prints and print cloths quiet with 20 to 60 day orders awaiting expiration. Adverse weather slows retail sales and mills curtail output due to fewer forward orders.
Developments in the steel trade show orders for rolled products at about 40 percent of capacity and output down due to falling contract specifications. Industry operates near 60 percent capacity with steel corporation affiliates at 67 percent ingot capacity. Fujish furnaces were blown and more may be shut. tin plate contracts remain hopeful. Building activity soft with fabricators holding 14 000 tons and April contracts totalling 129 000 tons.
Juanita Allen Keller applies for an addition on West Laurel street and Jaffe Copeland proposes an orw dwelling on Guadalupe street with a £4000 estimate. Luna Park restaurant advertises meals.
Temperature rainfall and weather state for the Houston district stations for the 24 hours ending 8 am Monday. Conditions unsettled and showery with near normal temperatures. Rainfall reported at Minden Shreveport Waco Abilene Taylor Dublin Brownwood Dallas and Copperas. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
The note indicates observations recorded at 8 o clock in the morning on Monday. It specifies a time reference for the data collection but lacks additional context or identifying details about the event or location.
Department of Agriculture forecast for San Antonio and vicinity and East Texas. Monday night into Tuesday unsettled with cooler temperatures. East Texas likely showers in the east portion and cooler Monday night.
West Indies limes are shipped to San Antonio to meet demand as Mexico suspends supplies amid Mexico United conflict. Wholesale limes run 1 50 per small basket while lemons firm and rising. Oranges and lemons from California scarce, with wide buying interest.
Wholesale market listing covers eggs poultry fruits vegetables and canned goods with prices. Includes eggs candied 16c a dozen, hens 4.50–5.60 per dozen, turkeys 17c per pound, squabs 1.00–1.60 per dozen, potatoes Oregon 1.90 per hundred, onions Bermudas 1.60, lettuce 0.75, celery 1.26 per dozen, tomatoes 3.60–4.00 per 6 basket rate, oranges 2.76 per box, lemons 4.00–5.50 per box, bananas 2.50–8.00 per 100 pounds, pineapples 8 per crate, canned fruits and vegetables with various prices, sugar 4.40–4.50 per hundredweight, flour 5–6 per barrel.
Wholesale market prices cover meats lards seeds nuts and staples. Includes fresh meats like bacon and hams, dried fruits such as prunes and cranberries, cereals oats and corn, and bulk staples like beans rice and cotton seed products with per hundredweight or per sack pricing. Prices reflect trade to retailers in bulk quantities.
Butter higher in Chicago quotes with creamery prices from 18 to 26 cents. Eggs steady with receipts of 25 379 cases at market 18 19 cents for ordinary firsts 18 19 17 cents. Cheese steady with varieties listed 16 16 14 15 16 percent. Potatoes receipts 29 cars red 55 65 cents to 72 cents. Poultry alive steady fowls 10 cents.
Kansas City prices show creamery 24 cents, firsts 21 cents, seconds 15 cents for pirate stock 15c. Eyes beta 180, seconds 1 cent. Poultry at 13 cents, springs 15 cents.
On May 4 at St Louis market receipts included hogs 8000 with active trade and varying prices for pigs and lights from 7.00 to 8.60. Cattle receipts around 900 with native steers 7.50 to 8.25 and cows 4.65 to 9.00. Texas Oklahoma steers 5.75 to 8.00 and calves 6.00 to 9.00. Sheep and lambs strong with lambs at 7.00 and ewes 3.25 to 5.60.
May 4 at Union Stock Yards shows calves topping at 8 dollars amid strong hog demand. Cows slipped slightly from last week’s highs while best cows reached 5.50. Hog sales hit 7.75 in places but most hovered near 7.50. Sheep remained steady with lambs up to 7.25 and ewes at 4.75. Fort Worth and San Antonio reports noted brisk tone and solid receipts.
Reports of heavy weekend rains in Texas and Oklahoma and firmer Liverpool cables push cotton open higher by 1 to 6 points. Traders cover on planting concerns in the Southwest while old crop months rise on covering and bail support, with new crop up 12 to 13 points. market closes steady amid lingering wet weather forecasts.
New York May 4 cotton futures moved higher at the open with May at 12.56, July at 12.26 and October at 11.64. Prices closed steady with modest gains across the board, quotes showing May 12.56, July 12.28 and October 11.59 to 11.69.
Brisk trading opens in New Orleans with futures higher, August up 13 points and others up 7 to 10 as rains in the western belt and a firmer Liverpool market buoy prices. Early ranges held, with small fluctuations and a 1.3 point gain for new crop on day two.
New Orleans May 4 futures opened steady and up to 9 points from Saturday. May at 12.80, July 12.71, October 11.71. Cotton closed steady, 2 to 8 points higher, day highs and lows shown with May 12.86 down to 12.51, July 12.74 down to 12.65, Oct 12.? to 11.59.
Cotton prices steady with good middling at 7.384 cents per pound, middling 7.274 and low middling 6.864. Market notes sales of 12,000 bales including 1,000 for speculation and export and receipts totaling 7,000 bales.
Futures remain steady across the May to November spread with prices quoted at 6.88% for May-June, 6.75444 for July-August, 6.6244 for August-September, and 6.26 for October-November. The market shows little movement in the near term.
Leading spot markets show New York and New Orleans with middling gains of 14 and 13 percent respectively. Liverpool posts a middling rise of 7.27 cents, while Houston and Galveston register middling gains of 12 and 1 cent.
Cattle and hog markets in Fort Worth show steady to firm activity with strong shipper demand. Hogs rise 10 to 15 cents as buyers move quickly. sheep hold steady. receipts around 5 200 cattle 1 000 hogs and 5 000 sheep. Prices vary: steers 6.50 to 7.25. cows 5.25 to 6.25. calves 5.50 to 8.50. hogs best 8.40. lambs 6.00 to 7.25.
In Houston on May 4 spot cotton held steady with middling at 12.5 cents. Sales totaled 2060 bales on the spot and none for arrival. In Galveston May 4 spot cotton also remained steady with middling 13 cents and sales of 28 bales, with no arrivals.
In New Orleans on May 4 the spot cotton market held steady with middling at 13 1/2 cents. Total spot sales reached 979 bales while 614 bales were reported as to arrive.
New York on May 4 spot cotton closed steady with middling basis at 13 cents. Bales on spot none sales to arrive none and on contract 1100 bales.
May 4 markets show hogs with bulk 8.15 to 8.46, pigs 7.50 to 8.00, cattle receipts around 0000 with prime fed steers 8.60 to 9.15, dressed beef 7.50 to 8.50, cows 4.75 to 7.75, heifers 6.25 to 6.50, stockers 6.50 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 11,000 with lambs 6.25 to 8.20, yearlings 6.50 to 7.25, wethers 5.00 to 6.60, ewes 4.26 to 6.20.
Chicago market summary shows hogs with 26 000 receipts and slow trading. Prices range from 7.25 to 8.62 for various hog types, cattle receipts 17 000 with steady demand and beef prices from 3.70 to 9.50, sheep receipts 23 000 with slow sales and native lambs 5.90 to 7.15.
New York reports raw sugar steady with molasses sugar at 2.39 and centrifugal at 3.04. Refined sugar steady. cut leaf 5.05, crushed 4.95, mould A Lesearne 4.15. XXXX powdered 4.05, proven protesed granulated 3.90, diamond 3.90, operators 3.80, No. 2 3.
Cotton figures from Galveston New Orleans Mobile Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Houston Philadelphia and Texas City list totals. Reported totals show 9 703 bales across listed ports with several ports receiving larger shares and others smaller.
In Memphis Tennessee prime basis 6.40 meal 27 to 28 dollars per ton. Spot cotton seed prices range from 7.39 to 7.75 for May through December with several months listed. Coffee futures show No. 1o steady with July at 8.67 and September at 8.88.
The Elgin butter firm Qell reports a May milestone as production steadies at the Ce facility amid steady demand. Officials note improving supply chains and steady pricing supporting operations through spring.
The May reports from Brown Douglas & Blum Thorn & Maginnis Norman Mayer & Co Hayward & Clark describe a volatile cotton scene. Weather in Texas rains hurt planting while Atlantic states show better progress. Analysts warn late maturation and replanting risk and advise cautious trading with focus on new crop prospects.
Metal markets in New York and London show lead steady to quiet at 3.85 to 3.95, copper around 14.00 to 14.37, tin steady near 33.87, and spelter dull at 5.10. Futures quotes in pounds sterling and Tron prices are listed, with copper, lead, tin, and zinc readings. The Lane Park restaurant reopens as a first class venue.
May wheat futures jump as shorts cover losses and foreign demand boosts prices. Corn and oats rise with May and deferred contracts, while notes show limited May offerings and Argentina withdrawals affecting corn. Prices steady with modest gains. proceeds report No. 2 red wheat at 4 3 4 percent, corn No. 2 at 67 8 to 67 3 4, oats standard at 39 1 2 to 40.
Wheat mixed with No 2 red at 9 47 or 95 percent No 2 hard at 92 94. Corn shows No 2 TI Tl percent and No 2 white TI Ti at gc. Oats bid No 2 white at 49 cents with standard oats at 0 percent.
Wheat prices range No 2 hard 87 90c No 2 red 81 2c. Corn bids No 2 mixed 71 72c No 8 white 72 3c. Oats No 2 white 40c No 2 mixed 89 0c.
Grain futures closed steady with May wheat at 85 1/2 cents, July at 71 9/10 cents. Corn May 69 cents, July 68 1/2, oats May 87 1/2 cents, July 37 cents.
C Herbert Green of Waco chairman of the United Commercial Travelers railroad committee travels to Austin with the attorney general to address a protest filed with the railroad commission. The group represents Texas traveling men and opposes allowing three separate depots in Hillsboro.
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