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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1915
Page
8
The bulletin notes cotton prices rising amid a market rally during the period around May 1908. It references weather conditions affecting demand, with price trends influenced by Germany and other global factors. The report lists daily price figures and monthly notes, highlighting higher values and market volatility in the week ending May 16.
Market brief from Liverpool and New Orleans with mixed shifts in cotton prices, mids, and receipts. Specifies spot cotton values around 6.41 to 6.60 and receipts of 4000 bales, plus freight and forwarding figures. Also notes rice and banking sector items in New York and urges attention to clearing house reserve levels and recent market changes.
In New York May market reports show cotton traders upbeat with prices advancing for middling and other grades. Prices quoted across Houston Galveston and New Orleans reflect firmer tones, with rainfall and weather conditions noted as favorable for harvest.
Tumbling London price signals and cautious trading mark a choppy session across the stock market. Investors weigh rising insurance costs and a muted domestic backdrop as London gains fade and U S stock moves drift, with mixed final readings and lingering uncertainty.
Market notes show silver at 1.5 per ounce and speculative pricing on money markets. Money rates quoted include 2k per cent for three months around two and one half percent, with government bonds and mercantile paper mentioned alongside exchange trends and bid prices for bills and demand figures near 179.25.
Market opened modestly lower as bearish crop news weighed on wheat prices. Quotations showed strength before easing, with limited trading volume and a cautious finish near the day’s lows as oats and pork prices influenced sentiment.
Fort Worth market results show hogs at demand with receipts 7581, hog prices up to 9.80 per cwt for select hogs. cattle receipts 100 with steers up to 8.25 and cows around 6.75. spring lambs priced around 10.00 to 12.00. Chicago and Saint Louis reports indicate steady to strong trends, with western steers at about 4.00 to 6.50 and feeder prices varying.
The report from San Antonio on May 2 notes rainfall and temperature readings for the Cotton Region with market quotations for various regions. Prices are listed for corn, oats, and cotton types, including northern and white varieties, with ranges and per bushel or per hundredweight figures.
Regional markets show a mix of price movements. Butter and creamery products edge higher while eggs and poultry display steady or modest gains. Fresh potato quotations reflect Michigan and Wisconsin red varieties, with livestock and hog values listed alongside varied canning and shipping figures.
A chaotic OCR list reports 1915 metal and sugar prices, coffee and cotton rates, and varied market figures. Mentions include New York, Liverpool, and regional names. figures appear fragmented but suggest trading activity for refined sugar, copper, and textiles with several dated entries and currency-like notations.
A fragmented ledger style tale mentions real estate transfers and cotton statistics with a governor figure and scattered dialogue about officials and private offices. The garbled OCR inserts names and phrases obscuring clear facts, leaving a murky image of political and economic references.
A string of fragments mentions individuals tied to Texas locales including Duliow, Irenes City and Fort Worth, with scattered names such as Bel, Gunter, Wenetal, HEBEL OC, and others. The text appears as ill-formed OCR, listing several people and places without clear actions or dates.
Police in downtown action Saturday morning arrested seven drivers for operating motor vehicles without chauffeur licenses under the trade ordinance. More arrests expected before Saturday noon as 200 drivers reported without license or badge. Police chief Lancaster vows to curb wild driving and will confer with Justice Lowther to suspend two fines for traffic violations. Those charged include Sam Blackburn 22, Lacks 18, Robert Berkman 16, E Rompel 24, John Bastie 48, G Gelslar 40, and H Weifling 40 for various offenses including careless operation and slapping an auto at a junction.
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