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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1912
Page
7
Optimistic Texas reports on potato production collapse as blight hits. San Antonio farmers buy London purple and Paris green to fight the disease. experts warn Texas potatoes will be scarcer soon though not as dire as winter. Market trends show higher potato prices as production falls.
Butter steady with daisies and creamery quotes. eggs steady with ordinary firsts and firsts priced. Cheese holds with daisies long horns and young Americas listed. Potatoes strong with 40 car receipts. Wisconsin to Michigan Minnesota prices $1.10 to $1.25. Poultry firm with chickens 13 cents. Pork products steady at 50 to 60 pound weights seven cents.
Quotations today show cash wheat No 2 hard at 1.12 to 1.17 and No 2 red at 1.16 to 1.17. Corn prices list No 2 mixed at 0.79 to 0.80 and No 2 white at 0.19 to 0.80 cents. Oats No 2 white 0.57 to 0.58 and No 2 mixed 0.36 to 0.51.
Eggs irregular price report from New York on May 6 shows fresh gathered extras at 22 cents per dozen, No 1 dirty eggs at 16 cents and fines at 13 cents.
Butter prices show 30 cents for firsts 28 cents for seconds 6 cents for packing stock and 20 percent for packing. Eggs list extras 18 cents and firsts 16 cents.
Raw sugar remains steady with Muscovado 89 test at 3.55 cents, centrifugal 96 test 4.05 cents, and molasses sugar 89 test 3.30 cents. Refined sugars, petroleum, molasses and hides also steady. Leather market remains firm.
In Memphis on May 6 prime basis oil priced at 6.26 and 27, meal at 23, juice of inters 2% cited as market drift. Transactions noted as spot and futures style hints with mixed demand for cottonseed products.
hotel arrival notices show guests from St Anthony and Savoy area hotels. names include Graves It is Pradix Gray Torrey Roberts Logan Baker Long Austin Meyers Diggs Dickson Pollard Zimmerhan Woods Hutchins Calvert Manning Palmer Anton Hood Owens Smith Leach Granger Ken Gidding etc.
Mr and Mrs Charlies W Brand on May Zarszamora street welcomed a boy. Mr and Mrs Alfred De Saime on May 3 on Lombrano street had a girl. Mr and Mrs George L Whaling on May 7 near Boutp Mesquite street welcomed a girl. Mr and Mrs North on April 28 at 638 Mulberry street reported a girl.
Tonight and Tuesday unsettled with showers and thunderstorms. Observations at 8 am Indian time note air pressure and temperature patterns with iso lines and wind arrows. Reports indicate possible rainfall of 0.01 inch or more and varying cloud cover across the region.
Wheat rose to new highs driven by Ohio field reports as selling pressure weighed on corn. July wheat climbed to 1.14 or higher before retreating. oats weakened on good weather. Provisions held firm on light receipts with September prices around 11.30.
In New Orleans on a May market day spot cotton remained steady with modest gains. Market activity included 33 bales sold for immediate delivery and a range of grades from low ordinary to good middling with receipts totaling 1207 and stock at 77,645.
In Houston on May 6 spot cotton held steady with middling at 11 15 16 cents. Total sales reached 722 bales as merchants assessed market tones and demand.
Spot cotton closed firm and one half to one cent higher in Galveston Texas on May 6 with middling at 17 cents. Sales reached 500 bales as Associated Press reported.
New York spots closed steady with gains of 30 points as Middling uplands traded at 11.80 and gulf at 12.05 while sales totaled 2910 bags.
Memphis Tennessee May 6 Spot cotton held steady with middling grade at 11 5 6 cents a pound. Local buyers and mills watched the market as traders noted firm demand for nearby lots amid steady prices and light offering.
New York May 6 Cotton goods remain quiet as buyers delay loadings into a new season. Demand from mills is weak while orders already placed and spot offerings are selling at near peak levels. Fall River weekly print cloth sales hit 80 000 pieces with stock slightly reduced by contracts and spot sales. Ex port trade stays quiet but prices stay firm and shipments exceed last year.
May 6 at Union Stock Yards 165 cattle 86 calves and 8 hogs found a good buying side. Prices ruled steady with cows at 5 dollars top and bulk 8.50 to 4. Calves best at 6 dollars and around 5. Hog supply cleared, sheep shipped to Kansas City with Fort Worth selling privileges.
Fort Worth Texas May 6 The sheep market fell 60 to 76 cents from last week while Chicago losses ranged 35 to 60 cents. Hogs sold steady with 1200 head on offer and top at 7.95. bulk 6.90 to 7.65. Cattle strengthened with beef steers firm to higher and stockers 5.10 to 5.90, three car bulls at 85, calves up to 6.60. Supplies limited and slaughterers active.
ST LOUIS May 6 Receipts and quotations today for cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle receipts 3000 including 800 Texas steady markets native beef steers 5 50 to 9 00 cows and heifers 6 25 to 8 40 stockers and feeders 3 75 to 7 00 Texas and Oklahoma steers 5 00 to 6 25 cows and heifers 8 50 to 7 00 calves in carloads 5 25 Hogs receipts 8000 market steady pigs and lights 5 26 to 7 80 mixed and butchers 7 75 to 7 80 good heavy 7 70 to 7 80 Sheep receipts 3000 market steady native muttons 5 26 to 7 25 lambs 7 25 to 8 25
Cattle receipts 7000 with steady market. Native steers 6.50 to 8.70, southern steers 5.75 to 8.25, southern cows 4.25 to 6.25, native cows 4.25 to 7.75, stockers 5.00 to 7.15, western steers 6.00 to 8.40, western cows 4.50 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 6000 with steady market. Bulk 7.45 to 7.65, heavies 7.60 to 7.70, packers 7.50 to 7.65, lights 7.30 to 7.55, pigs 5.75 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 15,000 with market 10 cents lower. Muttons 4.50 to 7.25, samba 7.50 to 7.95, red wethers and yearlings 5.00 to 8.00, peewes 3.50 to 7.00, Texas goats 3.25 to 4.60.
Receipts estimated at 26 000 cattle market steady 10 cents lower Reeves 6.00 9.00 Texas steers 5.40 7.30 Western steers 5.70 7.65 stockers and feeders 4.25 6.75 cows and heifers 2.80 7.60 calves 5.0 8.50 Hogs receipts 4000 market slow at Saturday's average light 7.15 7.62 pig 4.75 6.80 bulk of sales 7.50 7.70 Sheep receipts 24000 market slow weak to 1 15 lower native 5.00 10.00 western 5.25 8.15 yearlings 6.40 square lambs 6.40 9.75 western 6.40 10.20.
Associated Press reports steady commercial paper at 4.4 percent and bank market quotes with 60 day bills at 4.8425 and demand at 4.8685. Commercial bills 4.88 percent. Mexican dollars at 48 cents. Bar silver at 60.5 cents. Government bonds hold steady and railroad bonds show irregular pricing.
On May 6 the Associated Press reports New York money on call at 2 percent, with 3 percent ruling rate and close bids. Time loans steady at 60 days 3 percent, 90 days 4 percent, six months 3 percent.
The New York opening showed broad weakness with United States Steel offered around 66 of 67% and 65% later, down from 69. Major rails Union Pacific Southern Pacific Canadian Pacific and Reading fell 2 points with many stocks off 1 to 6 points. Bonds were easy and the market closed heavy as liquidation and bear pressure persisted. Reading recovered to 173% from the day’s low as the rest of the list barely moved.
The 14 year old Emery Albright son of Mrs. B Albright of Stonewall street San Antonio was found beside a Southern Pacific track two miles west of Del Rio Texas. He had left home Thursday claiming to go to Floresville. Cause of death unknown though indications point to a Saturday night disappearance and possible train fall. The body was found Sunday morning by a westbound freight crew and was reported mangled. The body was to be returned to San Antonio tonight.
Cotton prices firmed at New York trading from open, rising 15 to 25 points and ending near 26 to 30 points above Friday's close. Dealers cited weather, bull support, and covering as primary drivers with demand steady and nerves high as reports from the belt warned of unfavorable conditions.
Cotton futures opened steady with an 11 to 15 point gain as rain drenched the belt. Heavy showers across many areas threaten crop damage and delay plowing, risking acreage not yet planted. By midmorning quotes stood 25 to 26 points above Saturday's close with mixed buying between accounts.
Close: Spot cotton in Liverpool shows good demand with prices up 9 points. American middling fair 1.07, good middling 6.69, middling 6.46, low middling 6.05, good ordinary 6.78, ordinary 5.89. Sales 12,000 bales, including 11,100 American bales for speculation and export. receipts 3,000 bales, none American.
Futures opened firm and closed firm in Liverpool with a ladder of contract rates: May through March-April shown at 6.29 to 6.28 percent, various spreads including May-June 6.29 and Dec.-Jan 6.21 percent, indicating stable demand across terms.
Wallace Pannell an eight year old boy sustained a possible skull fracture after a beer bottle was thrown from a passing automobile on Mitchell street. The driver fled the scene and left the injured boy with his companion. Mrs. M L Pannell reported the assault to police and supplied the vehicle number.
Professor Carl Hahn departed for Cincinnati yesterday as authorities investigate a sensational kidnapping attempt against his 14 year old son Barry. Hahn says he will contest any court action to remove the child, vowing to fight in court if necessary.
Retail food markets show few changes, with vegetables and fruits plentiful while meat prices ease slightly after weeks of rises. Eggs weaken to 20 cents per dozen in country markets, wholesale at 15 cents. poultry remains scarce and butter steady to plentiful.
Cotton Region Bulletin reports the 24 hour temperature rainfall and weather conditions for Houston district stations through 8 a m 75th meridian time. It lists conditions across the area including temperature highs and rainfall amounts for the period ending May 6.
West Gulf states see rainfall exceeding an inch with heavier totals of three inches or more in Nacogdoches Beeville Corpus Christi Houston and Galveston. Allen Buell local forecaster Weather Bureau notes near normal temperatures amid unsettled conditions.
Burial permits record multiple local deaths with ages and addresses including Sam Hammer 59 at North Medina street and Josefina Chavez 2 months at South Laredo street. Other entries note Enriquez Cortez 4 months at South Pecos street and Frank Gonder 40 years at South Pine street. Easter Weaver 38 years on Refugio street and Vroneis Pewars Poteet 44 years on Simpson street are also listed with May death dates.
The list shows permits for c B and W E Mahone 4 room building 845 North Flores 1500. Frank Heiligman 5 room dwelling 3608 West Aganier 1260. 8 M Eagle 5 room dwelling 1635 Denver 1000. J C Tips repairs 724 South Alamo 300. Robert Todd dwelling addition 640 Town 300. E L Geyer ironclad shop 681 Santa Clara 250. Weather reports are sent from Gibraltar to London daily by wireless telegraphy.
The document lists assets and liabilities including loans and discounts, stocks and bonds, real estate, furniture and fixtures, cash, and guaranty fund interests. Total liabilities amount to 1,063,388.84 with deposits totaling 1,795,262.83, marking the institution as the United States depository for the Fourteenth Congressional District.
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