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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
11
Classified note selling an east OASE and a large lot at 218 Zavala to settle a rate. Mentions 426 Dakota residence lot with paved street and owner anxious to sacrifice. Offers include 1400 for Orth and contact 211 Belvia after 6 PM for details.
Two story eight room house in good repair on Warwick Boulevard. Street paving underway. Terms available. Call Crockett 3132. Also for sale 409 Lopez Street four rooms back hall two baths reception hall and two windows, fronting on two streets with reasonable terms.
Advertisement notes fire, tornado, hail insurance and a Crockett Crockett real estate offer. It lists a large house with five large rooms sleeping porch hardwood floors chandeliers automatic gas heater built buffet bookcases fireplace and front porch with awnings. Seller Chadwick Harrison promotes bargain terms and initial payments from 200 to 600 dollars.
A fragment describes lots for trade in New Braunfels for automobile or live equipment valued at $421. It mentions wind nil and tank casing for a well at 9605 Light. NN SL A TE RR IT RT mn NN.
International Auto School at 618 S. Alamo Street seeks 25 chauffeurs offering 15 dollars per month plus board. Interested applicants should call or phone CR 808 for details.
The Irish potato situation strengthens with Texas market agents unable to fill northbound carrot orders. Texas potato yields are about 60 percent of last year as the season ends and shipments from Texas decline. Prices firm, with San Antonio jobbers asking 2.75 per hundredweight. Eggs rise one cent per dozen amid tighter country receipts and high candling losses. Gooseberries from Oregon arrive at wholesale with crates of 25 pounds selling 2 to 2.25. Texas onion season nears end with reduced northern movement but strong overall demand and prices. No major packer or grain dealer price changes.
Buyers paid various rates for country goods in San Antonio on Monday. Butter and creamery items showed weakness, while poultry prices held steady with hens, large fryers, broilers, turkeys, ducks, and geese listed per dozen or per pound.
The market shows nerves as prospects for peace look less encouraging and cotton prices waver. Traders monitor developments with caution as Cotton futures react to uncertain outcomes and fluctuating demand signals.
The daily quotations for middling grade cotton are listed for markets including San Antonio Houston Galveston and New Orleans. Prices are for cotton delivered at the market with figures such as 12.50 at San Antonio and 12.94 at New Orleans, reflecting current buying and selling basis.
Cotton traders adopted a cautious stance as early peace talks dampened demand. Rain relief in the South supported the market, but spot and futures showed little change with prices broadly unchanged from Saturday across southern centers. Buyers paid around 0.80 to 0.85 per unit for various grades at local compresses.
Cotton prices show initial scattering liquidation as less optimistic peace prospects and rain in the eastern belt influence sentiment. July slips to 13.02 near the day’s low while October eases to about 13.03, with some stop orders triggering a brief drop before prices regain ground.
New York on May 22 reports cotton futures opening barely steady at 13.92 for May and 13.10 13.08 13.22 13.25 13.39 for later months. Futures closed 1 to 4 points lower after session highs and lows.
Ambiguous text notes Liverpool opening Tuesday at a precise time with a one point lower margin. References to a 10:30 call and other scattered terms provide no clear events, persons, or organizations beyond generic locations and times.
Improved view of Nebraska crop spurred expectations of a wheat harvest similar to 1915, but prices fell across the board after Kansas forecast this year. July at 1.12 to 1.124, September 1.12% to 1.12%. Corn and oats also declined. hog provisions weakened.
Buyers listed grain bids with Texas No 3 corn at 6 1 2 cents and other varieties. Hay prices shown for bulk and per ton options including prairie and alfalfa with New Mexico green pea noted.
Rains in the eastern belt and forecasts of more rain weighed on the New Orleans cotton market. Prices slid 5 to 7 points initially, then fell about 11 to 12 points by late morning and 12 to 15 points below Saturday’s close as afternoon trading extended the decline.
Quotations show wheat No 2 red at 1.1141 12 percent, No 2 hard 1.10 1.11. Corn No 2 yellow 74 75 percent. Oats Standard 48 45 percent, Barley 62 at 77 cents.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with bids for July at 12.96 and December at 13.00 while January runs 13.08 and May 13.20. The market closed the day 1 to 6 points lower amid a row of inconsistent figures and partial price lines.
Liverpool May 22 spot cotton prices show good middling at 8.234 and middling at 8.674 with low middling noted. About 1000 bales sold for export and speculation, as receipts reach around 3000 bales in a slow trading day.
Futures barely steady with varied quotes across contracts from May through next April. Key figures include May at 35d and August-September at 0.13d, with several months quoting around 7.7p to 8.3p range amid a quiet trading day.
In St Louis on May 22 quotations show Wheat No 2 red at 1.11 to 1.16, No 2 hard nominal, No 2 at 78 to 79 cents, No 2 white 78%. Corn categories list No 2 at 41% to 41 2/3 cents, No 2 white nominal.
Quotations for wheat corn and oats in Kansas on May 22 show hard red wheat at $1.00 to $1.10, No 2 red $1.03, corn at 60 to 70 cents per bushel for mixed and No 2 white around 70 cents, No 2 white oats 46 to 47 cents, No 2 mixed 40 to 42 cents.
Grain futures at Kansas City closed steady on May 22 as trading paused with little change. Prices for wheat corn and soybeans held near closing levels amid light volume and market caution.
San Antonio markets show steady cotton pricing with nearby futures and spot prices tracking modest gains. Traders note moderate demand from mills as fiber values hold amid seasonal harvest fluctuations and quality grade variations across regions.
Union Stock Yards report shows cattle strong in places and weak in others with hogs unsettled. San Antonio listed 922 cattle 134 calves 98 horses and 158 hogs steady with top cows from 6.50 to 6.25 and calves 7 to 8. best hogs reached 9.25 while most sales ranged 8.50 to 9.00. No sheep or goats offered at San Antonio.
New York May 22 interest in the steel trade centers on war munition contracts totaling 550000 tons. Domestic projectile makers placed about 75000 tons of steel rounds. Foreign inquiries total about 125000 tons of rails for Russia France and Italy and nearly 100000 tons of wire products for the war zone. Domestic highlights include 50000 tons of marine plates for Atlantic coast boats and 250000 tons of blue annealed sheets for an automotile maker. Rail contracts at 60¢ a ton and fabricating shops booked 22000 tons of steel shapes.
Fort Worth Texas report shows cattle receipts 4500 with strong demand and price ranges for Beeves 7.25 to 7.76, stockers 5.50 to 7.60, cows 4.25 to 7.75, calves 4.50 to 8.75. Hog receipts 4500 with bids from 9.50 to 9.66 for bulk to 9.85 for light, pigs 5.00 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 10000 with slow trade. lambs 9.00 to 11.50, yearlings 8.00 to 9.00, wethers 7.00 to 8.50, ewes 7.50 to 8.25, goats 4.25 to 5.75.
Hogs receipts 15 000 with market lower. Bulk 9.65 to 9.85. heavy 9.80 to 9.90. light 9.65 to 9.75. pigs 8.75 to 9.26. Cattle receipts 10 000 with market steady to strong. Prime fed steers 9.50 to 10.00. dressed beef steers 8.25 to 9.35. southern steers 7.56 to 9.50. cows 5.50 to 8.25. heifers 7.60 to 9.15. stockers 7.25 to 8.85. Sheep receipts 9 000, market steady. Lambs 12.50. yearlings 9.00 to 11.25. wethers 8.25 to 9.60. ewes 8.00 to 9.60.
May 22 market notes show hog receipts 8500 with higher prices from 7.75 to 16.15 for various classes. Cattle receipts 3860 with steady trend including native beef steers seven fifty to nineteen. yearling steers and heifers eight fifty to nine point seven six. cows five to eight and a quarter. prime yearling steers and heifers eight point seven five to ten point two five. Sheep receipts 6000 with steady market. wethers seven to nine. lambs ten to ten point two five. clipped ewes seven point five nine to eight point seven. spring lambs ten to fourteen.
Chicago market report shows butter steady at 26 to 29 cents a pound for creamery grades, eggs steady with receipts of 23 824 cases and various firsts and ordinary varieties listed. Potatoes rise with old stock from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota priced at 1.00 to 1.15, new receipts at 95 cents to 1.10, Florida canned and Alabama Louisiana Triumphs noted, poultry alive higher with fowls at 19 to 21 cents.
Monday quotations list dry salt extras at 14 percent, bacon extras at 16 cents, dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pound average 11 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 2 cents, fancy hams 211 cents, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pound average 18 cents, pure lard 1449 cents and compound 12 cents.
In Washington on May 22 the House approved by 60 to 37 an amendment in committee to grant suffrage to women of Porto Rico. The proposal was put forward by Republican Leader Mann.
Kansas City market notes list butter at 29 cents per pound creamery, 27 for tires, seconds 26, packing 23. Eggs quoted firsts 21 cents. Poultry prices show hens 15, turkeys 20, springs 25 cents.
San Antonio cotton seed oil mills reported a 7K basis for prime oil Monday. The market was declared nominal.
Observation at 7 am reports breeze under ten miles per hour and rainfall below .01 inch. Meteorologist Buell notes minor precipitation thresholds and excludes trace amounts from publication.
Raw sugar remained quiet in New York on May 22 with Centrifugal at 6.40 and molasses at 5.63. Refined products held steady with cut loaf 8.80, crushed 8.65, mould A 8.15, tubes 8.15, XXKX powdered 7.80, powdered 7.75, fine granulated 7.65, diamond A 7.65, confectioners A 7.55, No. 1 7.59.
New York markets report coffee futures steady with May at 8.60 and December at 8.94. Prices noted as no bids and bids unchanged while futures hold near previous levels.
New York May 22 cot ton seed values shown with bids and offers for nearby and distant months. July and September contracts trade around 10.90 to 11.04 with other months listed. Total sales reported as 15 960. A Washington Star quote features Senator Sorghum on mudslinging, noting a rock instead of encouragement.
Fragmented OCR shows cotton statistics with multiple locations and numbers, including Galveston and Mobile data, plus assorted names and claims. The text ends with a quip about four hours of sleep and the phonograph, attributed to a judge.
May 22 report shows hog receipts at 39 000 with slow demand and prices ranging from 9.50 to 10.10 for various weights. Cattle receipts around 1 000 with firm markets and beef cattle price up to 10.30. Sheep receipts 16 000 with weak market. wethers 7.85 to 10.00, lambs 10.10 to 12.80, springs 11.00 to 13.50.
The Japanese steamship Wada Maru arrived with 3700 tons of zinc ore. Of this, 1300 tons were from China and the rest loaded at Cartagena, Spain. The ship departed Hai Phong January 28 and the ore will be sent to smelters in Oklahoma.
San Antonio bankers report Mexican silver dollars trading at 44 cents in American money, a record high. Mexican half dollars fetch 39 cents, while other silver money prices rise. usual bank note values remain steady though Carranza money slips to around two to three cents on the dollar.
In New York on May 22 the market showed easy time loans with 60 day terms at 24 percent, 90 day terms at 3 percent, and six month terms at 8 3 percent. Call money remained steady to high at 2 percent with the ruling rate, last loan, closing bid, and offered also at 2 percent.
The senate approved a committee amendment to the rivers and harbors bill allocating 234,700 dollars for Arkansas river improvements in Arkansas and Oklahoma, bank protection at Pine Bluff, and operation of a dredging plant.
Temperature and rainfall reports from the Houston district stations show generally fair weather with temperatures near normal. Rainfall exceeds one inch at many stations in the Houston New Orleans Montgomery Mobile Memphis and Vicksburg districts. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau issues the bulletin. In a new two cycle gas engine the entire control of gas is accomplished by a sliding sleeve working between the piston and cylinder walls.
The stock market resumed trading in New York on May 22 with broad strength led by rail shares and Transcontinentals. United States Steel opened with 2600 shares at 85 percent, Reading rose to 109 percent at midday setting a new high, aided by a favorable Supreme Court ruling, with Harriman and gas stocks also advancing and gains broadening into the final hour.
Lead at 7.12 and near 7. Recitor dull. East St. Louis delivery asked. Copper firm with electrolytic near nominal August and later at 29.90 to 30.00. Tin quiet spot at 48.58 to 49.50. Tran steady with No. 1 northern 24.75 to 21.25, No. 2 20.25 to 20.78, No. 1 southern 29.50 to 21.00, No. 2 20.25 to 26.75.
Lead at 31 pounds sterling for stee ling 12s 64. Spelter 938 pounds. Spot copper 137 pounds, futures 134. Electrolytic 158, snout tin 1198, futures 196 pounds. This market note lists commodity prices for metals including lead copper and tin.
Galveston reports arrivals including Nueced New York Altamaha Tepila Wada Mary and Hai Phong via Cartagena and Bermuda with tow for Tampico. Other ships listed Tepila and Trehawke with French Atlantic port calls. New York notes arrivals of Cameronia and Glasgow via Liverpool.
Mercantile paver at 3 percent sterling and 60 day bills at 4.72 percent demand 4.76 cables 4.78 guilders 41 percent demand 41 cables Bar silver and Mexican dollars quoted. Government bonds steady railroad bonds strong in the day’s trading.
The passage discusses safeguarding engineers eyes during observation, emphasizing protection against glare and blur from moisture and light. It mentions protective measures needed as work proceeds and cautions against eye strain.
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