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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
7
Explanatory note describes time standard and geodesic air pressure lines. It mentions sea level pressure contours and temperature lines, partly cloudy skies with rain possible. It references wind arrows, thermometer readings, and precipitation amounts, noting a weather report from the past 24 hours.
Wall Street figures show cautious buying as cotton prices wobble and overall trade volume remains light. Investors weigh supply signals and demand trends while market activity stays subdued.
The ceepe spot cotton markets provide daily quotations for middling grade. Prices are quoted as shillings for cotton delivered at the market unless otherwise specified.
The cotton market in New York opened steady with a 2 to 8 point advance as buying and covering supported prices. July and October futures rose on call but eased after the opening amid weekend profit taking and favorable weather with no rain in South Carolina and Georgia.
In New York on May 20 cotton futures opened steady with May at 13.05 and July 13.19 while October sits at 13.25 and December 13.388. January 13.54 and March 18.41 show higher levels as futures closed 10 to 11 points lower amid mixed trading.
An advance of 4 to 6 points occurred at the opening on May 20 in New Orleans cotton due to better cables than due, but the improvement did not hold well because of realizing. Half an hour after opening, activity showed signs of shifting as traders booked gains.
Advertisements offer a Raity-Bilt six-room bungalow with hardwood floors gas heater and garage on a 50 by 150 lot priced as a bargain with rent-like terms. Builders Chadwick and Harrison list contact Crockett 4976 and 855 for arrangements, plus a Beacon Hill Beactiv trade-in option at 906 Merchant.
Opening prices rose 1 to 2 points before rumors that French government representatives in Roumania had been recalled triggered heavy selling. The session ended with the market down 9 to 12 points from yesterday’s last quotations.
In New Orleans on May 20 cotton futures started steady with opening bids for July at 13.10, October 13.98, December 13.17, January 13.24, and March 13.34. The session closed 7 to 10 points higher, with final figures obscured by illegible text.
San Antonio buyers paid prices for cotton delivered at local compresses on Saturday. Grades shown include good average and strict middling to low middling levels. The fragment notes specific prices per yard but is incomplete.
Liverpool cotton market reports unchanged spot values with good middling at 8.90d, middling 8.74d, and low middling 8.54d. Trade shows 5000 bales sold including 500 for speculation and export. Receipts recorded as none.
Liverpool reports futures prices with May at 4.494 and a sequence through May-June 8.364, July-August 0.334, August-September 0.25, September-October 8.124, October-November 0.044, November-December 7.98, December-January 7.94144, January-February 7.924, February-March 7.9019, March-April 7.90, and April-May 7.84 and May-June 7.86d, indicating a steady trend.
Wholesale markets list price ranges for potatoes onions and cabbage across Texas Colorado California and Florida. It includes tomatoes celery peppers beets green beans squash and assorted fruits with crate and weight based quotes and notes on canned goods flour rice coffee and dried fruits.
The belt reports generally fair weather with temperatures near normal. Allen Buell, meteorologist for the Weather Bureau, notes conditions in the cotton region.
Chicago traders cite Kansas wheat as hit by Hessian fly with prices opening largely unchanged to up, then slipping after a sharp late drop by a leading house. July and September futures swing around $1.12 to $1.124, corn advances, mats firm, provisions pressured by speculative selling.
Shippers market reports show prices in San Antonio on Saturday with eyes weak for Texas country candied at 16 cents per pound and butter at 26 to 35 cents. Poultry prices ranged with hens at 6 to 6.50 per dozen and large fryers 6.50 to 7.50, broilers 3.50 to 4.00, turkeys 5 to 6 per pound, ducks 4.50 to 5.50 per dozen, geese 6 to 7 per dozen.
In Kansas City notes dated May 19 and May 20 butter ranges at 29 cents for creamery, 27 cents firsts, 25 cents seconds, 28 cents packing. Eggs are 21 2/3 cents for firsts. Poultry prices show hens 15 cents, turkeys 20 cents, springs 26 5 cents.
Raw sugar remains quiet with centrifugal at 6.52 and molasses at 5.75. Refined products hold firm with various forms from cut loaf at 8.80 to No 1 at 7.50, noting multiple grades and confections at 7.58 and 7.65.
San Antonio cotton seed oil mills reported a 7i baris for prime oil Saturday. The market was declared nominal.
New York May 20 Cotton closed steady with spot and May bids at 11.00, June at 11.01, August 11.10, September 11.12, October 10.22, November 9.42, December 9.32. Sales reached 7200 lots.
In San Angelo Texas on May 20 the early sale of 200000 pounds of 12 month wool to eastern buyers at 25 cents a pound marked the start of this year’s sales. The purchase is seen as indicating the region will produce about 32000000 pounds of wool this season.
Carrot buyers posted prices for grain and hay delivered in San Antonio. Corn options ranged from 14 cents to 85 cents per bushel with various grades noted. Oats and hay prices covered multiple varieties with per ton rates and packaging adjustments.
New York May 26 Coffee futures hold near steady levels with No 7 Rio at 9 percent. May delivery quoted at 8.65 and December at 58.68 as markets show little movement in the commodity.
Quotations were as follows Wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard at 1.12 dollars per bushel corn No 2 yellow 75 1/2 cents oats standard 45 46 cents barley 62 80 cents per bushel from Chicago trading desks on May 20.
Turpentine steady with 39 sales and 231 receipts. shipments 172 and stock 8046. Resin firm with 1064 sales and 486 receipts. shipments 264 and stock 65 348. Notable quotations lists various grades from A B to K and mixed grades.
Quotations were as follows today Wheat No 2 red 1.10 1.18 No 3 hard 1.10 1.18 Corn No 2 54c No 2 white 57c No 2 yellow 42c No 2 white nominal
London reports bar silver at 36 and a quarter pence per ounce and money at 4 4 percent. Discount rates stand at short billings and three months at 4 percent.
Quotations to Gay were as follows with grain prices: Wheat No 2 hard 1.06 to 1.12 and No 2 red 1.05 to 1.11. Corn No 2 mixed 69 1 70 cents and No 2 white 71 to 71 4 cents. Oats No 2 white 46 to 47 cents and No 2 mixed 40 to 42 cents.
A string of visitors from across the United States are reported staying at the Menger St. Anthony and Gunter hotels. Names include E C Watson from St Louis and E M Vogel from New York among new arrivals and registered guests. Local stops include L L Russell from Fort Worth and Mrs M Miller from Galveston. The notes list several other individuals visiting or stopping at the hotels.
Kansas City May 26 grain futures closed steady. Wheat May 1.02% July 1.04%. Corn May 6% July 0.9c.
Butter steady as creamery prices hold at 26 25c. Eggs receipts reach 22 616 cases with firsts at 21c and ordinary firsts at 20c in 1915. Potatoes rise amid arrivals from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota with old receipts 1.02 to 1.05 and new receipts 0.90 to 0.95. Live poultry prices climb with fowls at 17 to 21 cents and 7?14 cents across grades.
Market notes from Chicago show quotations for pork products, lard and bacon with May, June prices listed. Highlights include pork cut futures and packing house quotes for dry salt extras, bacon extras, dry salt belly averages, fancy breakfast bacon, fancy hams, bacon bellies, pure lard and compound lard.
Observations recorded at 7 am on Saturday May 20 1916. Wind speeds under ten mph and precipitation under .01 inch are not published here. Meteorologist Allen Buell notes these thresholds.
New York May 20 The early market showed a reactionary pullback after a brief uptick with Reading blocks trading at 104 and a 4 point overnight gain. The list rallied later with strength in Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific while steel remained range-bound and bonds moved irregularly, closing strong overall.
Trading in Mercant money markets in San Antonio on Saturday showed varied quotations. Dealers noted slight shifts in bid and ask levels across major currencies with no single standout movement.
The weekly report from New York shows clearing houses and trust companies hold 76,956,319 dollars in reserve above legal requirements, a decrease of 11,830,970 dollars from the previous week.
In New York May 20 the Mercantile paper rate stands at 3 percent with sterling exchange at 4.76 for demand and bills. Sixty day bills quoted at 4.72 and cables 4.76. Guilders show demand at 4.19 and cables at 4.1. Silver bar priced at 75 4 cents and Mexican dollars at 58 cents. Government bonds are firm while railroad bonds show irregular activity.
New York reports continued firmness in copper with large agencies not offering electrolytic for delivery before October and August quotations around 29.00 to 30.00 for later deliveries Iron prices remain unchanged.
Elgin Illinois May 20 butter market reports steady trading with 100 tubs priced at 29 1/2 cents per pound.
Marine intelligence from Galveston on May 20 reports vessels sailing to New York and Cuban ports. The schooner E Cid and the steamer Coma sailed, with Nils also listed for November departure, and Kingston noted among destinations.
In New Orleans on May 20 rough rice stayed strong while the clean grade held steady. Quotations were unchanged as receipts reached 490 and sales 690 pockets with clean Honduras at 49 1/2 cents per bushel.
Fort Worth Texas stock market report lists cattle receipts 500 steady with beeves 7 65 to 8 65, hogs 700 steady with ranges 9 50 to 9 80, sows and others 4 75 to 7 00, sheep scarce but steady with lambs 9 90 to 12 00 and ewes 7 50 to 8 25.
Hog receipts 1000 with strong to higher trade. Bulk 9.70 to 9.90, heavy 9.85 to 9.95, light 9.60 to 9.90, pigs 8.15 to 9.25. Cattle receipts 200 with steady market. Prime fed steers 9.50 to 10.00, dressed 8.25 to 9.50, southern 7.50 to 9.60, cows 5.50 to 8.25, heifers 7.60 to 9.75, stockers 7.25 to 8.86. Sheep receipts 1100, market steady. Lambs 10.00 to 12.50, yearlings 9.00, wethers 8.25 to 9.75, ewes 8.00 to ? (unclear).
Chicago livestock receipts show hogs at strong market with bulk in the 9.50 to 10.10 range and pigs from 7.50 to 9.60. Cattle receipts are light and prices hold steady with native beef cattle 8.10 to 10.25 and calves up to 11.26. Sheep receipts 2000 and prices steady from 7.85 to 13.50 for lambs and springs.
ST LOUIS Mo May 20 Receipts 1500 market steady Pigs and lights 7.50 9.95 99.95 mixed and quotations incomplete but indicate steady demand for hogs with mixed lots and prices around seven to ten dollars.
Cattle receipts 50 with market steady. Native beef steers 7.50 to 10.00 hoisting. yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 9.75. cows 5.25 to 8.25. stockers 5.50 to 8.50. steers 5.75 to 8.85. prime yearling steers 8.75 to 19.25. native calves 6.06 to 11.00. prime southern steers 9.00 to 9.56. Sheep receipts 8290. wethers 7.00 to 49.00. lambs 10.00 to 12.79. clipped ewes 7.50 to 8.70. clipped lambs 9.50 to 11.00. spring lambs 1.00 to 14.00.
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